ApoWomenInvasion

[Demonpants]

Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention that you should have the women come onto the screen in groups as well, and pop out of random places (like from behind trees and whatever) instead of the constant stream coming from the edges. It becomes impossible to get very high scores once you’ve gotten rid of the initial chunk of women unless you sit around and wait for more to come in. The spawn algorithm should probably be dynamic.

[h3ckboy]

@markmistry

xyle if you got windows go to control panel double click the java icon and under temp internet files click view and start deleting all the webstart entries low and behold they will be gone from your add/remove list…

for an online score this is how i do it.
using my server program i read the highscore data and put it in a text file then i use php to read the file and show it on the website.

<?php $lines = file('http://www.kickassevolution.com/highscores.html'); foreach($lines as $line_num =>$line){ echo htmlspecialchars($line) . " \n"; if($line_num==9){ break; } } ?>

i also get my game to read the same file

I dont think that he has a server.

[erikd]

@Apo

If you choose hard, then you are a woman and the men want you

…hence the difficulty ‘hard’, ho ho. Sorry couldn’t resist :-X :persecutioncomplex:

Nice game
To add to the silly sexist theme, maybe you should give it a ridiculously cheesy pun name like they do in the ‘adult movie’ industry (you know, ‘Night of the giving head’, ‘Shaving Ryans Privates’, that kind of thing)

[markmistry]

1381 im the greatest ;D brilliant game i loved it really fun you really need that high score up and running could spend ages on that reminds me of bc bill on the spectrum now that was a sexist game if your old enough to remember it…lol club the women on the head drag them back to your cave and produce kids then stop them from being eaten by dinosaurs…lol

[Markus_Persson]

@cylab

No, no. Stick with the women. And sexism is funny.

The game is fine. It’s so far into silly that it’s funny.
Sexism per se is in no way funny. I was referring to the posts in this thread.

As for no women reading these forums, I doubt that.

[cylab]

@Markus_Persson

Sexism per se is in no way funny.

OK, you are right. Silly over the top sexism is funny, real sexism is not.

[h3ckboy]

@Markus_Persson

As for no women reading these forums, I doubt that.

well according to forum stats ever 42 men there are 1 women. So I guess there could be some women. There are only like 50 active members though :/.

[Markus_Persson]

And there are a lot of unregistered people reading the forums. (Right now, 18 guests and 9 registered users)

[h3ckboy]

@Markus_Persson

And there are a lot of unregistered people reading the forums. (Right now, 18 guests and 9 registered users)

fair enough.

[princec]

I imagine a similar ratio m:f in unregistered users as registered though…

Cas

[Markus_Persson]

It doesn’t really matter how many women are reading, though… No sexism.

[Apo]

New version to play: Click here

Now I’ve implemented an online highscore. Show how good you are.

@Demonpants

Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention that you should have the women come onto the screen in groups as well, and pop out of random places (like from behind trees and whatever) instead of the constant stream coming from the edges. It becomes impossible to get very high scores once you’ve gotten rid of the initial chunk of women unless you sit around and wait for more to come in. The spawn algorithm should probably be dynamic.

Now the women come sometimes in groups on screen and from behind trees =) Great idea =)
The spawn algorithm is changed a little bit. =)

Whats missing:
In the next version the women will form crowds.

I hope you like it. =)

[h3ckboy]

hmm, you took the top 6 places

I got 7th though

[markmistry]

2nd haha who’s your daddy

[Apo]

Little new version:

Now you get in level 3, 5, 7 and 9 a bomb more. So the game is easier, you can reach a higher score and play longer. I think it’s a good change. =)
My new record is now 18369. =)

And now there are more women at the beginning. So the action starts faster. =)

And a highscorelist is added at the website. =)

[Apo]

Now I removed some bugs in the story mode and added a namefield in the options. =)

[Apo]

I’m happy =) because a german pc game magazine printed my letter about ApoWomenInvasion with screenshot and link. =)

[h3ckboy]

@Apo

I’m happy =) because a german pc game magazine printed my letter about ApoWomenInvasion with screenshot and link. =)

sweet congratz!!!

[Apo]

Thanks =)

Now I’ve implemented more sounds. Another backgroundmidi, an explosion sound and a sound for the buttons. And everything works fine now in the applet and the offline application.
I would be delighted, if you could test it. Thanks

[kappa]

Thanks for your request for feedback.

Your got a great controversial idea with a nice touch of humor to it (should attract ppl to play).

The game is nice and stable as I have not come across any technical issues in running the game.

Its enjoyable but lacks the final amounts of polish and consistency expected, I’ll point out some of these issues.

• Graphics
  Ingame graphics are very nice, colorful and appropriate, however 3 things stand out like a sore thumb.

1. The Explosions, they do not fit in with the game style and break graphic consistency, they are too realistic for the flat cartoon style of the rest of the game, and as the animation plays it looks really bad like the explosion picture has been cut out of another place and put there. Better to have a more flat and cartoon style explosion.

2. The Target Circles, they also make the the game look bad and again break graphic consistency. Firstly the aspect ratio is wrong, see the circular shadow around the trees for the shape it should be, second they have a horrible color tone which reminds me of the horrible looking Java2D shapes. Use a color tone/texture which is more fitting.

3. The Arrows pointing to explosions, they again don’t look that good, its like something airbrushed on in paint. Understandably to suit the HUD style but more on that later.

The HUD and Menu systems works well but I really didn’t like the theme used, maybe your were aiming for a GUI made of blood (not sure it fits the game theme totally) but its not very convincing, it looks like a really bad airbrush in paint. Improving this would go a long way in giving the game a lot more of a polished look and feel.

• Sound
  The sound and music you have is decent, however theres some bits missing, which if added would make it better.

1. The fact that sound isn’t on by default is odd, and its really awkward to go all the way into the menu settings to go and switch it on, maybe have a check box to enable it when the game ask you your name in the beginning or like a icon in the corner (like some flash games do).

2. A sfx for the women/men being blown up would make it more satisfying.

3. When the character says ‘GO AWAY’ maybe have a sfx for that

• Gameplay
  The gameplay is nice for a quick blast, but has a few quirks that make it less enjoyable.

1. No satisfaction of seeing yourself being blown up, the menu just pops up, theres no sfx and no death animation, leaving you scratching your heading and thinking what just happened. This doesn’t make for a nice way to loose.

2. Make it more clear how much points you’ve just racked up by blowing a certain number of ppl up, this should make the game more fun, maybe a visible text at the place of the explosion for a few seconds.

3. The messages you get at the top when you kill a certain amount of ppl is a nice touch, but it isn’t very visible (black on red a bit bland) maybe make that more in your face, like big text poping up in middle of the screen for a few seconds and maybe a nice sfx to go with it.

4. Make the women/men movement better (more intelligent, maybe add some repellent between them), as they just get stuck to each other or in a long line.

Overall theres no complaint about your coding, its pretty solid (appart from the dodgy follow AI )

You’ve done a good job with getting the game almost complete and the online highscore stuff is very nice as it makes the game more competitive.

You might consider adding a bit more dept to the gameplay (like powerups, more moves and attacks by the women) but not really a must if the game is aiming to be a quick blast.

nice work Apo.

p.s. Pardon the dodgy grammer and typo’s, wrote it up in a bit of a hurry.