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**The Grey Matter** · 09-18-2005, 02:19 PM

good evening polygon fans, as you might have noticed in the last month i didn't updated the Polygon Game project, while i have many good reasons for this. i can happily declare - i'm back - and this time with a new project.

My next project is called "(VEX) Digital-Battle" is a xonix style game. your mission as the first PSP antivirus is to conquer as much of the screen (PSP memory) without being hit by the evil upgrade viruses. if you lose - your system will be upgraded to firmware 2.0 MUUHAHAHA! (not seriously of course).

While it's not a downgrade solution nor the PSIX (which i must admit i'm very impressed of) its my small (while addicting) contribution to the homebrew community - which in he bottom line is based on good homebrew than on downgarde solutions.

anyway, several of the features i'm considering to include to the first version :

- the regular power-ups and weapons.
- high score table with an option to export the best score to a "best-of-the best" table on the internet.
- fully skinnable screen backgrounds. (actually i will upload a reference template in the next few days)

in the code department the game is 75% done (before debugging - yuck!), while my progress in the graphics department is quite impressive as you can see in the attached image.

as you might already notices the player graphics and the virus graphics are temporarely in ASCII art. now i'm looking for a nice player graphic set, and sets for two-three types of enemy viruses.
if you are gifted in pixel art more than me don't be shy and contact me or upload your artwork to this thread. as well this thread will be used to upload background sets , and of course for your ideas.

Site admin note:
oh.. and a last request to the site admins... please do not post the preview image in the news page. there is no need to create unnecessary hype around this project - at least not until it's done.

**Jake** · 09-18-2005, 04:27 PM

And I was just wondering what was up with Polygon today.

Can't wait to play it!

**KINGOFNOOBS** · 09-18-2005, 04:39 PM

you should make it if they really lose then it changes there version.txt to 2.0. so that way it seems like the virus really infected the psp[/SARCASM]

**Dj Brimstone** · 09-18-2005, 04:48 PM

Nice job. This reminds me of the game "Virus" for the computer. Perhaps you could have it to where if you last for a certain length of time, an "exploit" appears, and you move on to the next level (if you can make it to it, that is). As you go on, the Updater moves faster, and the time limit increases...Just a suggestion though.

**whitehawk** · 09-18-2005, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dj Brimstone

Nice job. This reminds me of the game "Virus" for the computer. Perhaps you could have it to where if you last for a certain length of time, an "exploit" appears, and you move on to the next level (if you can make it to it, that is). As you go on, the Updater moves faster, and the time limit increases...Just a suggestion though.

Ya, and the levels could be 1.0, easy, 1.5, a little tricky, 1.51, harder, 1.52, a little harder, 2.00, a lot harder and so on.

Nice job TGM. Looking forward to it, and love your polygon game :clap: :dance:

**FrozenIpaq** · 09-18-2005, 04:58 PM

Ah wow! So this is what you were up to

I can't wait for it to be released :P

**Macca** · 12-20-2005, 06:38 PM

ne more news on this project?

**HotDeals** · 12-20-2005, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macca-hacker

ne more news on this project?

i was wondering the same

SteveB · 12-21-2005, 12:46 AM

I WANT TO DO THE MUSIC FOR THIS ONE !!!!! remember grey matter ? i did a bunch of music for polygone ?

i would have offer some help on artwork but it looks like you nailed it

perfectly !! didt you !

Edit : ooops i was too excited and posted quickly.. i see you need some art for the characters... ok i am on it... please pm me with details

is there mutiple frames for the character ? what is the ideal size ? 32x32 ? what is the behaviours of the different ennemies ? bounce off walls in any direction ? move left to right ?

**Nevada** · 12-21-2005, 01:11 AM

Heh, reminds me of Zolyx on the Commodore 64,

was a great game, very addictive, hope you can pull it off

SteveB · 12-21-2005, 01:14 AM

Could it look something like that ? smaller of course.. ill rezise and perfect it per pixel. But is the "general" look ok ? i could easily do 4 or 5 of those. This took about 30 mins. Could it fit as the "playable character "?

SteveB · 12-21-2005, 02:04 AM

Sorry maybe im working on irrelevant stuff but i started to work on some music.

what do you think about this type of music ? fit ? its hard to tell when you did not play the game

. Those are far from finished , im not going to spend time polishing them when dont even know if you can use them.

music sample 1
music sample 2

I will finish them when i get feedbacks from the codemaster.

**googlypuffs** · 12-21-2005, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveB

Sorry maybe im working on irrelevant stuff but i started to work on some music.

what do you think about this type of music ? fit ? its hard to tell when you did not play the game

. Those are far from finished , im not going to spend time polishing them when dont even know if you can use them.

music sample 1
music sample 2

OMG!!! what do you use to make your music?!? it sounds like it would be in wipeout pure or PSPR... which is a good thing

**Master Inuyasha** · 12-21-2005, 06:16 PM

Nice, cant wait for this. Seems, like there are alot of new homebrews comming out for christmas, this is gonna be great!!!

SteveB · 12-21-2005, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by googlypuffs

OMG!!! what do you use to make your music?!? it sounds like it would be in wipeout pure or PSPR... which is a good thing

fruityloops . I use to have like 5000$ of outboard gear and now i do the same stuff with a 300$ software and a decent laptop

Virtual synths got really good.

if anyone need this type of music for their homebrew game dont hesitate and ask me. I make it for free, i just love psp homebrew games. Note that i will only do music for projects that are almost complete. I am happy to work for free but i am not happy to work for nothing

**Master Inuyasha** · 12-22-2005, 10:45 AM

The musics great too.

SteveB · 12-24-2005, 08:23 AM

where did The Grey Matter go ?

SteveB · 12-25-2005, 02:55 PM

If you guys liked the music listen to my newest track

hehe

http://www.dakurv.com/samples/Carl_Dingus.mp3

i know i am a silly *******

**thehalo2renegade** · 12-26-2005, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveB

If you guys liked the music listen to my newest track

hehe

http://www.dakurv.com/samples/Carl_Dingus.mp3

i know i am a silly *******

Hopefully all your hard work gets implemented into this homebrew game. I think your work would make any homebrew instantly better great job.

SteveB · 12-27-2005, 12:23 PM

i dont think Carl_dingus.mp3 will make it in any games hehe unless i remove the voice samples. It was just for people who want to hear more

this could make it in VEX tho and will most probably be heard in the game if the dev master wants it

http://www.dakurv.com/samples/2n2l0gu3.mp3

09-18-2005, 02:19 PM	#1
The Grey Matter PREMIUM Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 34 Trader Feedback: 0	(VEX) Digital-Battle good evening polygon fans, as you might have noticed in the last month i didn't updated the Polygon Game project, while i have many good reasons for this. i can happily declare - i'm back - and this time with a new project. My next project is called "(VEX) Digital-Battle" is a xonix style game. your mission as the first PSP antivirus is to conquer as much of the screen (PSP memory) without being hit by the evil upgrade viruses. if you lose - your system will be upgraded to firmware 2.0 MUUHAHAHA! (not seriously of course). While it's not a downgrade solution nor the PSIX (which i must admit i'm very impressed of) its my small (while addicting) contribution to the homebrew community - which in he bottom line is based on good homebrew than on downgarde solutions. anyway, several of the features i'm considering to include to the first version : - the regular power-ups and weapons. - high score table with an option to export the best score to a "best-of-the best" table on the internet. - fully skinnable screen backgrounds. (actually i will upload a reference template in the next few days) in the code department the game is 75% done (before debugging - yuck!), while my progress in the graphics department is quite impressive as you can see in the attached image. as you might already notices the player graphics and the virus graphics are temporarely in ASCII art. now i'm looking for a nice player graphic set, and sets for two-three types of enemy viruses. if you are gifted in pixel art more than me don't be shy and contact me or upload your artwork to this thread. as well this thread will be used to upload background sets , and of course for your ideas. Site admin note: oh.. and a last request to the site admins... please do not post the preview image in the news page. there is no need to create unnecessary hype around this project - at least not until it's done. Attached Thumbnails

09-18-2005, 04:27 PM	#2
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12-21-2005, 12:46 AM	#9
SteveB Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 21 Trader Feedback: 0	I WANT TO DO THE MUSIC FOR THIS ONE !!!!! remember grey matter ? i did a bunch of music for polygone ? i would have offer some help on artwork but it looks like you nailed it perfectly !! didt you ! Edit : ooops i was too excited and posted quickly.. i see you need some art for the characters... ok i am on it... please pm me with details is there mutiple frames for the character ? what is the ideal size ? 32x32 ? what is the behaviours of the different ennemies ? bounce off walls in any direction ? move left to right ? Last edited by SteveB; 12-21-2005 at 12:53 AM..

12-21-2005, 01:11 AM	#10
Nevada Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,848 Trader Feedback: 0	Heh, reminds me of Zolyx on the Commodore 64, was a great game, very addictive, hope you can pull it off __________________ [B]Nevada's design blog : [/B][URL="http://www.nyleveia.com/"]http://www.nyleveia.com[/URL]

09-18-2005, 04:48 PM	#4
Dj Brimstone Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cardboard Box Posts: 310 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice job. This reminds me of the game "Virus" for the computer. Perhaps you could have it to where if you last for a certain length of time, an "exploit" appears, and you move on to the next level (if you can make it to it, that is). As you go on, the Updater moves faster, and the time limit increases...Just a suggestion though.

09-18-2005, 04:58 PM	#6
FrozenIpaq Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,986 Trader Feedback: 0	Ah wow! So this is what you were up to I can't wait for it to be released :P

12-20-2005, 06:38 PM	#7
Macca QJ Is Cluttered. Join Date: Jun 2005 Real First Name: Daniel Location: New Zealand. Posts: 6 Trader Feedback: 2	ne more news on this project?

12-21-2005, 02:04 AM	#12
SteveB Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 21 Trader Feedback: 0	Sorry maybe im working on irrelevant stuff Sorry maybe im working on irrelevant stuff but i started to work on some music. what do you think about this type of music ? fit ? its hard to tell when you did not play the game . Those are far from finished , im not going to spend time polishing them when dont even know if you can use them. music sample 1 music sample 2 I will finish them when i get feedbacks from the codemaster. Last edited by SteveB; 12-22-2005 at 02:57 AM..

12-21-2005, 06:16 PM	#14
Master Inuyasha Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA \| Banned: 3 \| Warned: 3 Posts: 2,253 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice, cant wait for this. Seems, like there are alot of new homebrews comming out for christmas, this is gonna be great!!!

12-22-2005, 10:45 AM	#16
Master Inuyasha Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA \| Banned: 3 \| Warned: 3 Posts: 2,253 Trader Feedback: 0	The musics great too.

12-24-2005, 08:23 AM	#17
SteveB Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 21 Trader Feedback: 0	where did The Grey Matter go ?

12-25-2005, 02:55 PM	#18
SteveB Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 21 Trader Feedback: 0	If you guys liked the music listen to my newest track hehe http://www.dakurv.com/samples/Carl_Dingus.mp3 i know i am a silly *******

12-27-2005, 12:23 PM	#20
SteveB Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 21 Trader Feedback: 0	i dont think Carl_dingus.mp3 will make it in any games hehe unless i remove the voice samples. It was just for people who want to hear more this could make it in VEX tho and will most probably be heard in the game if the dev master wants it http://www.dakurv.com/samples/2n2l0gu3.mp3 Last edited by SteveB; 12-27-2005 at 01:24 PM..