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New logical game coming soon

RalfRalf
edited September 2011 in Games
I have a pleasure to announce that I'm close to finish my next game :)

Rather small and not very ambitious project but I hope some'll find it enjoyable.

The title is Reductio ad Nihilum and as title suggest we must clear all the board from the jewels.

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We select 2 jewels of the same type in a row or collumn and they, together with everything between them will dissapear.

Sounds simple but on bigger boards it really requires strategy, planing and experimenting.


Have a look on the 1st level how it works:
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Coming soon in next few days...
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  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited September 2011
    Ralf wrote: »
    Rather small

    Yes, I do see two graphics which would benefit from a bigger size.

    /on-topic: Looking forward to it.

    If the flames moved while the game loaded it would a nice touch. :)
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited September 2011
    zxbruno wrote: »
    Yes, I do see two graphics which would benefit from a bigger size.

    Yes they are quite modest aren't they ;)
    Every night is curry night!
  • Code MonkeyCode Monkey
    edited September 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Yes they are quite modest aren't they ;)

    I agree. Those shoulder pads should be larger.
  • WookieeWookiee
    edited September 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Yes they are quite modest aren't they ;)

    :lol:
  • RalfRalf
    edited September 2011
    :lol::lol::lol:

    Oh my! Your wish is my command people. I'll make them bigger.


    Anyway why do all women in games have to have them big?

    They go with different sizes in real world, you know? :lol:
  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited September 2011
    Weird Science, anyone? :razz:
  • R-TapeR-Tape
    edited September 2011
    Looks nice simple and addictive, looking forward to it.

    (I think she's lovely as she is by the way ;))
    My speccy games.
  • joefishjoefish
    edited September 2011
    Ralf wrote: »
    Anyway why do all women in games have to have them big?
    They go with different sizes in real world, you know? :lol:
    Well, yes, but the cleavage above the costume is a little over-defined for what is shown further down. It is a great drawing, face, hair, arms, hands etc. Perhaps a tiny bit of shading to the sides of the torso and shoulders would improve it, as parts of it look a bit flat compared to the arms..?
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • redballoonredballoon
    edited September 2011
    Yeah, I think i's the lack of shading/dithering on the main body that makes her look like she's got a couple of tangerines down her top. Because there's shading on the arms, too, it just doesn't help, I'm afraid. But, still, looking aces.
  • de Vandemar Croupde Vandemar Croup
    edited September 2011
    looking great! (with exception of those two (read:too) small problems mentioned above...)
    pretty spacey, almost 3D L-bow shading makes the other important parts of the drawing unnecessarily shallow and flat.

    with this corrected the game will be all about the flawless gems...
    G! - That makes sense in BASIC 0:1
  • RalfRalf
    edited September 2011
    Thanks people!

    As you maybe know drawing full 256x192 pixels loading screens is harder then drawing 16x16 sprites for example. There is a lot of more decisions to be made which influence the final result.

    I am a very modest artist but I'm always making graphics to my games myself, trying my best and to become better.

    When I have time and sober up :) I'll try to improve her.
  • VertigoVertigo
    edited September 2011
    Surely it's best to not be sober when approaching this particular problem :)
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited September 2011
    Looking good so far! :)
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited September 2011
    Vertigo wrote: »
    Surely it's best to not be sober when approaching this particular problem :)

    Best not to be too drunk though or she'll end up looking like Mongy Lard :lol:
    Every night is curry night!
  • RalfRalf
    edited September 2011
    I have uploaded the game to Martijn. It should appear soon.

    I'd like here to thank great as usual Mister Beep for supporting me with
    music.

    If you find any bugs, let me know. The real life worries take their share
    and I was doing final touches to the game while thinking about something else so bugs are completely possible.
  • RalfRalf
    edited September 2011
    Ready:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026951
  • LCDLCD
    edited September 2011
    Ralf wrote: »
    Ready:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026951

    Just one word:
    EX-CEL-LENT!!!
  • joefishjoefish
    edited September 2011
    Nice - it's blimmin' difficult though.
    One slight issue - when you finish or quit a game, it forgets your joystick selection on the title screen.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited September 2011
    Bloomin' tricky, but nice work! :)
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • R-TapeR-Tape
    edited September 2011
    Top stuff!, only on level 4 at the moment. I'd prefer this as a 'continue same level', so I'll be using snapshots.

    Nice one Ralph.
    My speccy games.
  • weesamweesam
    edited September 2011
    really nice game, good work.

    Got to lv12 then made some stupid mistakes, so time to use snapshots!
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited September 2011
    Great game!

    Regarding the loading screen, I somehow suspect people had in mind something closer to this:

    2u88dvs.gif

    The .SCR file is available here if anyone's interested...

    EDIT: Improved left shoulder and a couple other details
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  • PaveroPavero
    edited September 2011
    http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=ReductioadNihilum

    http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/r.php#reductio

    There are probably two little bugs:

    1) Password for level 9 - one missing symbol

    2) Level 28 - one invisible symbol
    http://maps.speccy.cz
    http://www.zx-spectrum.cz
  • RalfRalf
    edited September 2011
    Thanks for report!

    Yes, there are 2 forgotten bytes to be corrected and set some non zero value. I'll upload the corrected version soon.
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited September 2011
    not too shabby at all :smile:
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited September 2011
    Pavero wrote: »
    http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=ReductioadNihilum

    Since you used my "alternative" screen, you may want to update your map since I have just edited my previous post with further adjusts... see above.
    Creator of ZXDB, BIFROST/NIRVANA, ZX7/RCS, etc. I don't frequent this forum anymore, please look for me elsewhere.
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited September 2011
    Also if someone thinks my previous change wasn't enough, I want to make it absolutely clear that I would never edit it like this:

    5jwtqq.gif

    Neither would I provide a corresponding .SCR file like this.
    Creator of ZXDB, BIFROST/NIRVANA, ZX7/RCS, etc. I don't frequent this forum anymore, please look for me elsewhere.
  • PaveroPavero
    edited September 2011
    Time Axis

    rn_boobs.gif
    http://maps.speccy.cz
    http://www.zx-spectrum.cz
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited September 2011
    ^^^ HA ha! If you run it backwards then the changes correspond with the name of the game.
  • MorkinMorkin
    edited September 2011
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    ^^^ HA ha! If you run it backwards then the changes correspond with the name of the game.

    :lol:

    When I first saw the screen and the title, for some reason I thought it was Harry Potter related, don't remember that woman from the films though.. :p

    Anyway, am I the only big thicky thicko here, took me about 10 attempts to beat level one, before I noticed that the first post told you how to do it. Stuck on level 2 now! :-(
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