Re: [Super-tux-devel] Release Schedule/Milestones/GotM

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:31:25PM +0100, Ingo Ruhnke wrote:
> Tobias Gl=E4=DFer <tob...@gm...> writes:
>=20
> > Hey, backscrolling _is_ already possible. ./supertux --debug-mode.
>=20
> The question is not so much if backscrolling is possible, but more if
> we want or need it. With vertical scrolling its a must have, but with
> just horizontal scrolling its not really important and doesn't provide
> much advantages.
>=20

Not to repeat myself too many times, but I'm against 'backscrolling'
in a game with Super Tux's theme.

My previous jump-n-run game, Bobobot, allowed going back (although it
wasn't scrolling), but that's because there was no sense of urgency.

It was merely the entire world in danger, not your girlfriend. ;)
Also, there was no timer.


<snip>
> >>  * create a little credits-screen/extro or something like that
> > Dunno, if that's needed.
>=20
> To make it short, its a must have. It doesn't has to be groundbreaking
> or anything, but simply poping back to the start menu or something
> like that after the last level looks just so damn broken.

I agree.  We do have the 'Intro', so it'd be nice to have something ot
'end the story  [... for now]' (cue evil music)


<snip>
> 0.2.x - changing the engine to handle features listed in the current
>     Todo, break compability with 0.1.0 levels, basically creating a
>     pretty different game.

This is where I would fork completely.  Hell, it might even make sense
to just start from scratch for the 'next game.'  Definitely DON'T
just jury-rig on top of the current codebase to make a completely
different game.  There'll be a lot of picking and choosing, and throwing
away of code, from the first 'version' to make the 'sequel,' and it makes
no sense to do that INSIDE the original's code!

-bill!