RGB_Man

Digital Anime

(Posted 2008) [#1]

RGB_Man is a bit of a pacman clone. (Windows only)

Still not finished and still has a long way to go, but good enough to post it anyway

If you want to try it, download it here :

http://www.dedicatedservices.org/projects/blitzmax/RGB_Man/RGB_Man.zip

http://www.dedicatedservices.org/projects/blitzmax/RGB_Man/RGB_Man.zip

When you start the game for the first time it will run a config so you can setup resolution and select a webcam for video input.
Webcam will be used to make pictures for the hiscore lateron in the project.

First player (Red) can play with Joystick/Keyboard (space to start game)
For second player (Green) and third player (Blue) you need 2/3 joysticks, better controller options will be added later.

There is also no hiscore and a good menu yet, and you cannot eat ghosts at this stage....

This project is intended for my cocktail cabinet, so there will be an option to enter credits.

Let me know what you think and let me know if you have any troubles with it

Buggy

(Posted 2008) [#2]

Looks awesome, I'll have to try it!

Digital Anime

(Posted 2008) [#3]

Sure, forgot to include the zip file.... You will find it in my first post

degac

(Posted 2008) [#4]

Sorry, but it doesn't work.
In the TaskManager I can found RGB_Man eating ram...and nothing else.

Digital Anime

(Posted 2008) [#5]

[edit]
Confirmed same bug on a notebook with no Joysticks/Webcam attached. I'll try to make some changes to make it work with other configurations as well. This bug has something to do when no controller is attached, will fix this today when I get home...

Anyone else tested this game? Best played with joypad and webcam turned on to get the idea
[/edit]

Did you select a input device as webcam? Try also No Camera in that case... I noticed someone was having troubles with other video capturing devices, I only tested it with a webcam here.

You can change the options with the setup.exe

Space Fractal

(Posted 2008) [#6]

Config:
You does not need a seperate setup.exe file, that use so much space. Instead you can checking if a config.ini exists or not on the startup of the game....

If it does, pop this up or run directly without setup.

Resolution:
Why not to check all graphics resolutions and check if it a 4x3 format. This because it didden't list my default resolution, 1450x1050 I use on my work machine.

Some thing like this:

Local LastX=0;
Local LastY=0;

' 1.33 is the 4x3 format. 1.25 can been used for 5x4 format, if you want to add these as well.
For Local mode:TGraphicsMode=EachIn GraphicsModes()
	If STR_Round(Float(mode.width)/Float(mode.height),2)="1.33" And mode.depth=32
		If mode.width<>LastX And mode.height<>LastY
			LastX=Mode.Width
			LastY=Mode.Height
			Print "resolution found: "+mode.width+" "+mode.height
		EndIf
	EndIf
Next


Function STR_Round:String(value:Double,digit:Int)
	Local result:String
	Local data:String = String(value)
	Local on=False
	For Local i=1 To Len(data)
		If on=1 Then digit:-1
		If digit=0 Then result=Left$(data,i); Exit;
		If Mid$(data,i,1)="." Then on=1
	Next

	For i=1 To 32
		If Right(result,1)="0" Then result=Left$(result,Len(result)-1)
	Next
	If Right(result,1)="." Then result=Left$(result,Len(result)-1)
	Return result
End Function

Game:
I could not get this game to run. I have same problem as degac have, but it does works, if I attached a joystick. Many arcadecabs (like mine) also use various form for keyboard controllers, hence you should set the default controls same as MAME and should been remappable.

Would been nice if you chooiced to render the graphics on startup, and not when you start a new game.

Would been nice to have some speed settings for faster or slower gameplay.

Graphics is really nice and work fine.

Digital Anime

(Posted 2008) [#7]

I changed a few bits and it should now even work without any joystick/joypad connected.

I also added some hiscore as a small extra, but it cannot take pictures yet en scores aren't yet saved... That is what I will continue working on next.

Just click the file on top to get the latest version

@ Space Fractal

- Rendering is done before every level, reason for that is ingame speed, Hi quality blocks aren't needed all the time.
So when all items are small they are drawn small and grabbed in that size.

- Speed settings are going to be implemented lateron, I first need to be 100% sure the game runs well before adding that option.

- I will keep the loose setup for a while, and lateron I'll implement it in the main exe, just needed something to test creating and readin config files.

Thanks for your comments.