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**karmon** · 08-08-2006, 09:01 PM

hey, i just finished porting this connect 4 game, you can choose 1 or 2 players, as you can probably tell [if you try this game] that i'm not much on graphics, but you might be able to kill a few minutes with this game:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ilz1nb

that's pretty much what it looks like, except now there is a little icon on the right side of the board to tell you which player's turn it is (not really needed in singleplayer because the computer player responds right away).

hope you like it.

**Mister Chief** · 08-08-2006, 09:08 PM

How good is the ai?

**karmon** · 08-08-2006, 09:09 PM

it'll beat you. :P

**Mister Chief** · 08-08-2006, 09:10 PM

I'll give it a try then.

**Access_Denied** · 08-08-2006, 09:19 PM

Holy Sheet! I've played about 20 times and can't beat it. Your AI is too good.

**Twin891** · 08-08-2006, 09:38 PM

If you'd like I can help you with the graphics

**Mister Chief** · 08-08-2006, 09:42 PM

Its way too hard.

You need to fix it.

**SG57** · 08-08-2006, 10:01 PM

Maybe you don't understand the 'connect 4' alorgrithim (bad speilling).

Same with my xGrid BETA thats out... there is 1 method to always win...

**pspfan** · 08-08-2006, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by karmon

it'll beat you. :P

I beat it

. I wanted it to be harder. But it wasn't randomly going places, so it is a pretty good AI job.

**Twin891** · 08-08-2006, 10:58 PM

I just finished making this icon. If you like what you see just let me know and i can make graphics for the whole game.:)

**TheRaiderNation** · 08-08-2006, 11:00 PM

thats a kick ass icon.

**SG57** · 08-08-2006, 11:06 PM

But the game is not? Meany

**pspfan** · 08-08-2006, 11:18 PM

Yes, that icon is good.

**LMelior** · 08-09-2006, 06:42 AM

I beat it on the first try

I used to play all the time on my calculator though, and I think the AI on it was better. I don't know if I ever beat him when he went first. But of course as SG57 said I knew the algorithm so I could beat him with my eyes closed when I went first. :)

Anyway, Nice work! It is staying on my PSP for now. :) If this had a few other small games with it I would probably keep this on my PSP all the time.

P.S. Are you going to release the source?

**Master-Chief** · 08-09-2006, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by Twin891

I just finished making this icon. If you like what you see just let me know and i can make graphics for the whole game.:)

That's an awesome icon. I just looked at the RAR file and it seems very easy to skin. Go for it!

**karmon** · 08-09-2006, 08:23 AM

thanks for all your responses, yeah that icon is much better then the one i made, hahaha like i said i'm not much for graphics. and yeah, i'll release the source.

because i'm new to this psp stuff, the source is very messy, and i probably included a bunch of libs/headers i don't need.

http://karmon.dajoob.com/psp/connect4_src.zip

**jbirdta2** · 08-09-2006, 11:39 AM

heres some holes

heres a background file if one is implemented it will look cool i think.

**iamjeff** · 08-09-2006, 12:39 PM

great release!

looking forward to more!

**Meliagaunt** · 08-10-2006, 05:17 AM

it'd be cool if you had music playing in the background
like an mp3 folder or something

but that would probably eat up battery or something

but think of it kids
death metal + connect four = awesome.

**Siouxsie** · 08-10-2006, 05:22 AM

Customisable MP3s playing would pwn. Seems cool.

**Glynnder** · 08-10-2006, 05:47 AM

that would be great.

Looks nice!
Care for sharing the connect 4 algorithm with me?

**tiltedswine** · 08-10-2006, 09:45 AM

Last night I put out a request to Raven to have a background made. He came through in a big way. Check it out...

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=1429&page=251

**Master-Chief** · 08-10-2006, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Siouxsie

Customisable MP3s playing would pwn. Seems cool.

Use IRShell.

**-Dan-** · 08-10-2006, 10:01 AM

Couldn't you replace the current graphics with your own?

**tiltedswine** · 08-10-2006, 10:07 AM

Raven made a homebrew icon/background set. Not an in-game background. But yes, of course you could use your own.

**Siouxsie** · 08-10-2006, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Master-Chief

Use IRShell.

I refuse to.

**pspfan** · 08-10-2006, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Siouxsie

I refuse to.

Why? iR Shell is amazing!

**Siouxsie** · 08-10-2006, 11:37 AM

Because I don't know what it is.

**pspfan** · 08-10-2006, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Siouxsie

Because I don't know what it is.

That's a pretty bad reason. I'll just tell you what iR Shell can do:

-Do basic shell functions (launch homebrew, launch UMD, usb mode, exit back to shell from homebrew/umd, file browser, date/time/battery info display)
-Be an IR remote for over 2000 devices (and I think it's over 6000 devices if you download more than just the remote on the website)
-Take screenshots of homebrew, UMD, XMB, pretty much everything
-View images (.bmp, .jpg, .png)
-MP3 player that can run in the background of your UMDs and homebrew that are launched from iR Shell, has basic functions like pause/play, stop, next, previous, volume +/-, can make playlists
-Change CPU speed
-Switching between launched homebrew or UMD and iR Shell (to change your MP3 playlist or something like that)
-Transfer files to another PSP via Ad Hoc connection
-Skinnable
-Can run file manipulation functions (copy, paste, delete, rename)
-Configurator which lets you customize things like default CPU speed, date/time display, skin and put a password on file manipulating or entering the configurator
-Can lock the PSP so that a password is needed to continue
-PSP headphone remote control support for MP3 player
-Support for user plugins (EBOOTS to run a specific filetype).
-Support for UMD browsing
-Support for USB host file system browsing (remotely browse and run files on your PC via USB)
-Support for Infrastructure WiFi host (net host) file system browsing (remotely browse and run files on your PC via Infrastructure WiFi)
-Can redirect usbhost or nethost to the memory stick (allows proper homebrew streaming from the PC as well as MP4 streaming)
-Can launch the XMB from iR Shell and exit back to it (can do most XMB functions from here except play UMDs and launch homebrew, this is how you stream MP4 movies from your PC when connected and redirected)
-Alarm clock function
-Low battery warning
-Existing plugins (it can runs these files): PMP, AT3, PMF, ZIP, RAR, TXT, and some more on the official forums ( www.irshell.com/forum )

And there are still more good features coming in the next release!

**Nero** · 08-10-2006, 01:18 PM

yeh exactly wot he sed :)

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