Re: [Super-tux-devel] press release / announcement

[Ricardo C. <ri...@ae...>]

Hi,

 That's really good, just misses the new features ;)


 The code is now much more mature, unfortunately this doesn't have a major=
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reflection yet into the gameplay. But the user can count with the following=
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additions:
=2D support for OpenGL graphics rendering (use the -gl parameter, in case y=
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system has hardware rendering support);
=2D full featured built-in level editor;
=2D two new levels shipped, thus including a total of 4;
=2D support for multiple levelsets and tilesets;
=2D beautiful and easy to read fonts;
=2D menus suffered a major improvement;
=2D credits screen added;
=2D saving/loading a game is now possible;
=2D gameplay tunes:
 o BSoD gives a little jump, before falling (this incredibly reflects into =
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gameplay);
 o powerups directions is now depending on the Tux collision with the brick=
s;
 o velocity has been adjusted.
=2D support for stereo sounding;
=2D a new music is used when you are lacking out of time.

=46or more details, give a look at the ChangeLog file, shipped along with t=
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package.


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 I don't think SuperTux's future should be mentioned in the announcement,=20
after all, it looks like we are asking sorry and  are embarrassed by the=20
game.
 A brief mention can absolutely take place, but more information should be=
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only available via the webpage for more interested players.
 Crediting the authors would be also nice.

Ricardo Cruz


Em Ter=E7a, 16 de Mar=E7o de 2004 15:25, o Christopher A. Webber escreveu:
> I have developed a press release concerning the development of our
> game.  Feel free to edit it as you like.
>
> SuperTux version 0.0.6 is a massive rewrite of the older SuperTux code
> (from 0.0.5, before the recent rejuvenation of the project).  In other
> words, not only have we made innumerable bugfixes, we've structured the
> code so that it will be easier to build upon in the future.
> The game is still very basic, but can at least in this sense it has
> achieved the status of a fully playable minimalist jump-and-run game.
> This is progress.
> A level editor is now built into the game which is functional and yet
> easy to use.  We encourage you to pick up the game and its editor and
> develop some well written levels and submit them to our mailing list, so
> that we may incorporate them into upcoming releases.
> Having come in as Game of the Month has certainly spurred SuperTux's
> development.  A handful of very talented coders and artists have stepped
> forward to work toward Milestone one.  Through our combined efforts and
> discussion, we have agreed that moving toward Milestone 1 a new
> direction is being taken for the game.  The old geek humor of killing
> BSODs and eating caffinated mints had a certain level of entertainment
> to it... however, we want the game to be good in its own light and not
> be held back by geek politics.  This, along with what the team feels to
> be a need for better aesthetic appeal, has led us to the decision to
> completely redevelop the graphics of the project.  We aim to implement
> these by release 0.0.7.  A mock screenshot of the new style is available
> here:
> http://super-tux.sourceforge.net/milestone1/images/supertux-gamescreen.jpg
> and some of the artwork being developed is available here (along with
> XCF files for GIMP users):
> http://lingocomic.com/gfx/goodies/supertux/
> More information about our goals for milestone 1 can be found here:
> http://super-tux.sourceforge.net/
> Moving forward, we also do not plan on continuing Supertux as a strict
> clone of the Super Mario Bros series.  While still maintaining the
> initial concepts for game structure, we are allowing ourselves to branch
> off into new, creative directions.
>
> ---- That's the end of the release.  Other than adding comments about
> how awesome it is that Christopher Webber of lingocomic.com is working
> on the project, I don't think that there's anything else that needs to
> be added ;)
>
> Christopher Allan Webber
>
>
>
> The bottom line

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