Virus Effect (2D Platformer RPG Shooter)

gouessej · April 5, 2009, 1:29pm

Hi!

I have just tested it once again, it is still so cool (the sound effects are fine) ;D I like when the guy explodes ;D I think that if you go on improving your game, I will have to log in to test the full version. Keep it up.

CyanPrime · April 5, 2009, 2:29pm

You should never force someone to be part of a community. Which is what you’re doing by only allowing some things after you log in. You’ll get people who never post, or people who make crappy posts like quoting something and saying “I agree.” I know this because I tried the same thing with a Zelda fan game I made. I told people thry couldn’t download the latest demo until they registered and made 10 posts.

You should separate the game and community a bit more. People will join/post on their own if they like it.

Corvinex · April 6, 2009, 12:09am

By community, I didn’t mean posting, I meant the future interactivity of multi-player. I realize it is pretty much pointless at this point to have people sign up, but the game is no where near complete. So I couldn’t care less if people sign up at this point or not, that is why I have not advertised or anything else like that.

It is more of a proof of concept and a way to test so far. If you would like to try out what the game is like at this point you may.

The goal is to turn this into a story version, then turn that into a multi-player version.

Major stuff left to do before Story Mode:
-Dialogue boxes

appel · April 6, 2009, 12:25am

Extremely cool game.

I enjoyed the training, gonna take a look at it again later, definitely.

Corvinex · April 7, 2009, 5:22am

Episode 8 is out, you have to beat the boss again to unlock it.

Too much to say about it, too tired, plus I got a test tomorrow. I’ll post more info about it in the morning.

h3ckboy · April 7, 2009, 9:07am

crap I am gunna have to beat that insane boss!

I am in school so I will get it later.

Corvinex · April 9, 2009, 6:44am

Another full days worth of code

I balanced the amount of credx produced through out the game, by limiting it according to what level your character is at.
Fire now catches other stuff on fire, and damages the player.
And the over powered bullet pushing objects has been balanced as well.

These updates should cause the game to be a lot more realistic in terms of gameplay. I haven’t had a chance to try out the game yet from the beginning with this upate, so I would love to hear from someone that wants to give this a try.

I also posted a blog explaining the previous update if anyone is interested in reading.

h3ckboy · April 9, 2009, 5:24pm

I get this when runninig game:


java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: TestShooter.class
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
load: class TestShooter.class not found.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: TestShooter.class
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
load: class TestShooter.class not found.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: TestShooter.class
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

hope you can fix it soon (gotta try new level).

Demonpants · April 9, 2009, 7:52pm

Does this use Java 6 now? I can’t run the Applet anymore.

Corvinex · April 9, 2009, 8:24pm

Lol, I wonder if you guys saw the news posted on the front page…

Anyways It said Temporarily Down, but I just put the game back up. I was stuck at school and realized I left in some debug code, and at school I cannot connect or upload anything to my FTP server.

But its back up now, and ready to play. Its still 1.5 though.

h3ckboy · April 10, 2009, 6:38am

I still get the same error.

EDIT: nvm I just closed and reopened my browser

Corvinex · April 19, 2009, 4:09am

Hey everyone,

I just got done redoing the Training. I would love it if everyone could try it out and tell me what you think.

Thanks.

CyanPrime · April 19, 2009, 5:35am

First green door going <--------> won’t open up. both the switches in the room are yellow. Also, the eyeball is cute, and there’s no guest training skip.

Corvinex · April 19, 2009, 5:51am

The horizontal door, it opens when I play. Do you mean the triggers wont turn on when you shoot them? I’m redoing their collision box right now.

There will never be a version of VE where you can play without signing up, until we scrap this version completely. The game is pretty hard to make it where you can play automatically and not save. Or if I made it where you save on to Cookies, deletions may occur and like I said the game is pretty hard. So if you reset cookies all your progress is lost.

I plan later to create all kinds of mini games, like Timed Trials of different levels. Survival Mode where you try to stay alive the longest in between waves you can upgrade or buy new weapons. But all our weapons aren’t implemented, so instead of constantly redoing many mini games, I would rather spend my time finishing the game, then do all the cool extra stuff.

I will try to put up an updated video of the game for everyone to see all the cool new features and maybe a sneak peak of the story mode at the end.

h3ckboy · April 19, 2009, 6:18am

oohh, dialougue :).

so storymode should be coming bery soon ?

what is sumeru?

Corvinex · April 19, 2009, 6:43am

Yeah the story mode is ready to implement, I just need the NPC’s and Missions for it to be useful.

Sumeru is the Virtual World of VE. It is part of the story.

h3ckboy · April 19, 2009, 11:27am

hey there is thread where I asked how to do npc.

You have probably figured it all out by now, but if not I will tell how I did it ;).

Corvinex · April 19, 2009, 7:01pm

I have it pretty much figured out, but thanks.

Oh yeah I made a system for the dialogue to have translations. So when we release we are gonna have Spanish, Bosnian, Korean, and hopefully Japanese.

Json · April 19, 2009, 7:51pm

English would be nice as well

// Json

h3ckboy · April 19, 2009, 7:59pm

np.