A new game (Bosskoneun)

[John Reimer]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:37:06 -0800, Will DeVore  
<quartz13163 at distanthumans.org> wrote:

> John Reimer wrote:
>
>>> Nice game.  I like the graphics!  However, one thing I find annoying is
>>> the player's ship movement.  When using joystick or keyboard, it just
>>> jumps to the direction of the press in 45 degree increments (even  
>>> worse,
>>> every press makes you point immediately in the direction of the
>>> keystroke...so it's not even really 45 degree increments!).  That looks
>>> and feels ugly.  And furthermore, enemy ships don't seem to have this
>>> limitation: they move and turn in fine increments which gives them a  
>>> much
>>> more fluid motion.  It's not fair! ;D
>
> Hi John,
> Thanks for the compliment. I will take a leap here and guess you never  
> played the
> orginal game back in 1981. :) The original game had the player's ship  
> limited like
> that, perhaps to put more quarters in the owner's pocket. ;) Granted  
> this isn't an
> arcade game but I thought I would keep close to the original intent. The  
> arcade
> game "timepilot" had more of what you described. Beside what other way  
> could I
> keep you from getting to level 21. :D
>
> -Will.


Yes, you are right.  I don't think I played the 1981 version of the game.   
But I think I've played several like it.  I should have realized that was  
the reason. I guess a remake has to be true to the original. :)

I believe I've played timepilot before, but that was many moons ago.

Anyway, nice work!

-JJR