Pink Point

[Klems]

Hi !
I'm French so my english may sound bad, sorry about that

I'm currently making this game called Pink Point, since 1 year and a half.
It's a 2D scoring action game, playable in the browser (LWJGL applet).

The gameplay itself is pretty simple. It's a top down shooter, you have a weapon and you can cast spells. You kill monsters to increase the score multiplier. When monsters die, they drop a certain number of gems, which you have to take to gain score points. The game is playable with 1 player, or 2 players on splitscreen (coop or versus).
I'm trying to make this game as fluid and dynamic as possible.

I don't feel comfortable with releasing the game yet because I still have a lot of work to do.
Be sure you'll be the first informed about the beta though.
Here is a short gameplay video:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/LQBzc73IFMI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/LQBzc73IFMI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>

And a screenshot 



A lof of sounds are placeholder and are taken from various games.
Feel free to tell me what you think !

[Geemili]

That game looks awesome! I liked the visual effects, although it looked like the blackness might get intrusive. Of course, if it is an action game, planning wouldn't be a problem.

[ags1]

The video makes play look smooth and the scenery gives a feeling of depth. I did think the floating numbers might obscure the action at critical points. It looks very impressive!

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[princec]

Looks really good!

Cas

[Jimmt]

Impressive graphics. The 3d/2d look is really awesome

[deathpat]

wahouu this looks very good indeed !
It's funny I've recently made the same kind of fog of war available in my game as an option

Can you please give some details about the librairies you used ? ( or not used .. )

I hope to see a demo soon

PS : It's nice to see another french here ... we're not a lot I think

PPS: you should add a screenshot in the first post for the showcase

[ra4king]

Really cool graphics and effects. I think the sounds are perfect, too bad they're placeholders

Games like this are what we want to see being made with Java!

Good luck with this!

[Klems]

Thanks for the positive remarks !

...although it looked like the blackness might get intrusive. Of course, if it is an action game, planning wouldn't be a problem.

What do you mean "planning" ?
Also I'm probably going to change the black background for a proper background, with geometrical shapes and parallax scrolling.

I did think the floating numbers might obscure the action at critical points.

You make a good point here. It doesn't bother me ingame, but I'll try do do something.

Can you please give some details about the librairies you used ? ( or not used .. )

LWJGL (OpenGL/OpenAL, Util), Slick-Util, JInput, JOgg/JOrbis and JavaPNG
I'll upload a screenshot, thanks

[ags1]

I did think the floating numbers might obscure the action at critical points.

You make a good point here. It doesn't bother me ingame, but I'll try do do something.

Maybe make the numbers go transparent as they get bigger?

[ra4king]

Why are you using JavaPNG? Slick-Util already uses MatthiasM's PNGDecoder to decode PNG files

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[Klems]

Maybe make the numbers go transparent as they get bigger?

I don't want to make the numbers transparents (apart from the fade out) because translucent text doesn't seems like a good idea to me. I'll try it though !
Maybe some kind of "4*24" instead of four "+24"... I'll think about it.

Why are you using JavaPNG? Slick-Util already uses MatthiasM's PNGDecoder to decode PNG files

To decode animated PNG !
Those will be used for animated sprites/decals, placed with the map editor (night moths around light, fireplace lighting, etc).



I'll try to make a short video to show visual effects I made lately. Mainly metaballs and refraction shader.

[davedes]

Don't bother with animated PNGs... Just use a sprite sheet. Load time will be faster, it will require less GL texture binds (i.e. more performance), and it will allow you to batch your sprites in a single buffer (again more performance).

(Unless you're relying on 2D texture arrays, in which case.. carry on.)

[ReBirth]

The game looks so manly but why pink?

[Klems]

Don't bother with animated PNGs... Just use a sprite sheet. Load time will be faster, it will require less GL texture binds (i.e. more performance), and it will allow you to batch your sprites in a single buffer (again more performance).

Yeah... That's definitely one of the thing I would have done differently if I knew about it sooner.

The game looks so manly but why pink?

My main source of inspiration is the film "From Beyond", released in 1986. You can watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgZuCXY-vR8
That's where the pink palette come from I wanted to recreate that weird "feel" from the movie.

[ReBirth]

I see, hope there's option to turn blood into pink!

[Giovanni]

It looks so awesome. Keep it up!

[Mads]

Looks great!

[h3ckboy]

when can we try?

[Tim Spekler]

Looking forward to a release. Seems amazing !

[Gudradain]

Looks fun

[Eli Delventhal]

Looks totally excellent. I'm excited to play it when it's ready.

[Klems]

I'm working on the background...
I'm not sure about this stuff. The shapes are parallax layers and rotate similarly.

[Klems]

And also a new gameplay video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3k9b7pAlnkE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/3k9b7pAlnkE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>