Ovine by Design » Stu http://www.ovinebydesign.com Retro Remakes and Classic Games Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Whos is this REX ? – coming to an iPhone soon http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/03/05/whos-is-this-rex-coming-to-an-iphone-soon/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/03/05/whos-is-this-rex-coming-to-an-iphone-soon/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:57:30 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=624 Coding and graphics are coming along nicely on our latest iPhone game.

We havent got a name for the game yet, but our latest character is all set, is the iPhone ready for OvinebyDesign ? – we shall see.

So without further ado, meet REX, REX HUNTER

Rex Hunter

Rex Hunter

Its a very retro inspired game, more details and screenies once we have them :)

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/03/05/whos-is-this-rex-coming-to-an-iphone-soon/feed/ 0 First Armalyte Review http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/03/02/first-armalyte-review/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/03/02/first-armalyte-review/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:52:40 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=618
Ooooo a box

Ooooo a box

Go checkout the first review of ARMALYTE

Link clicky http://justonemoregame.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/first-review-armalyte-official-pc-remake/

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/03/02/first-armalyte-review/feed/ 0 More News http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/23/more-news/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/23/more-news/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:50:30 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=615 Other news,,over at JustOneMoreGame hes having an Armalyte week :)

“Why Armalyte? Why this week? Maybe I have something special up my sleeve for you…”

Oooooo maybe a review of Armalyte ? – hope hes kind.

other news is that the iPhone game engine is alomst done – almost ready for level design me thinks. Im sure we’ll have to tweak the engine here and there but its going to be a corker – very very retro !

The original movement system for “the final ninja” is in and Ive started on the level editor. Dont expect too much too soon, Smila is swamped with work which means fun stuff is pushed back……

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/23/more-news/feed/ 0 Bit belated http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/17/bit-belated/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/17/bit-belated/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:01:25 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=613 Check out the retroremakes new post – They very kindly put CHOLO in their top 5 essential remakes to download.

I have very fond memories of coding CHOLO, think it was my first attempt at a full game in 3D and enjoyed every minute of it.

Hope theres a CHOLO II some day – but have to change the name for legal reasons tho :)

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/17/bit-belated/feed/ 0 The Final Ninja http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/12/the-final-ninja/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/12/the-final-ninja/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:04:59 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=608 Final Ninja

We have started on our take of The Last Ninja, “The Final Ninja”. GFX by Smila, Music by Infamous, coding by me :)

Screenies and updates to follow.

Were busy at the moment as we are also currently updating our first iPhone game. :)

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/12/the-final-ninja/feed/ 10 Armalyte Gets it First Public Outing http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/10/armalyte-gets-it-first-public-outing/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/10/armalyte-gets-it-first-public-outing/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:41:58 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=601 Armalyte at Retrovision

Armalyte at Retrovision

Head over to Psytronik for pictures and report of the first public viewing of ARMALYTE (the remake) soon to be released April 2010. Ive prepared a special version for reviewers/mags etc, so if you interested get in touch with Kenz on his web site.

Seems the Retrovision is quite a laugh shall consider going next year.

Think its about time to change my avatar me thinks …..

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/02/10/armalyte-gets-it-first-public-outing/feed/ 2 Any interest in a Mac Version of Bruce Lee ? http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/01/14/any-interest-in-a-mac-version-of-bruce-lee/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/01/14/any-interest-in-a-mac-version-of-bruce-lee/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:27:55 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=591 As the title suggests – is there any interest in a Mac version of Bruce Lee ?

I dont think theres much work in converting it so I might just compile and release it…..

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/01/14/any-interest-in-a-mac-version-of-bruce-lee/feed/ 2 GoDaddy Support is Rubbish http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/01/10/godaddy-support-is-rubbish/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/01/10/godaddy-support-is-rubbish/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:37:28 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=589 Ovine.net has been down for over 24 hours but is finally back up. This not only effected the HTTP but also the FTP access that we have. This meant that the outage was nothing todo with our website and more that the IP address of our shared server was not accessible to the outside world.

goDaddy support did not acknowledge (and have not) the fact that it was down and I quote “It works for us” – well it would do its on your network. They sent stock emails asking for screenshots of what our screens look like, “have you forgotten your password – this is how to reset it” etc. Their support is being run by monkeys ………

Surprisingly the error has now cleared and hopefully its back up for good, but this experience has left a bad taste in my mouth as I also use them for my work-work hosting too. Think it might be time for a change. Saying that tho – better the devil you know ?

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2010/01/10/godaddy-support-is-rubbish/feed/ 0 Ovine Forum back online http://forum.ovine.net http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/22/ovine-forum-back-online-httpforum-ovine-net/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/22/ovine-forum-back-online-httpforum-ovine-net/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:47:00 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=564 As the title says, http://forum.ovine.net is back and open for business

forum

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/22/ovine-forum-back-online-httpforum-ovine-net/feed/ 0 Jet Set Willy 3.1 Beta Released http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/21/jet-set-willy-3-1-beta-released/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/21/jet-set-willy-3-1-beta-released/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:12:34 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=562 Ive released Jet Set Willy 3.1 BETA to the testers.

Lack of time and effort means I will have to rely on the testers to get this out the door. I’ll report back their comment and findings in due course. Although saying that its alomst Christmas so im not expecting much yet :)

Merry Christmas

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/21/jet-set-willy-3-1-beta-released/feed/ 8 Mini Update For Driller http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/17/mini-update-for-driller/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/12/17/mini-update-for-driller/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:29:16 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=560 Ive just uploaded a recompile of Driller using the latest build of Blitz3D and an updated version of our packing utility.

This should get rid of a few false positives that have been reported. I’ll do the same with CHOLO as there have been some reports of that slowing down on modern machines.

I cant promise it will cure all the problems of course – the non joys of using a high level language is that you cant “fix” broken core problems.

As its almost XMAS I have very little time at the moment. Im going to packup the JSWOL3.1 and send it to the testers at the weekend, hopefully that can find time to test it.

Ive done some work on Cyrstal Kingdom Online in the mean time, so hopefully that’ll see the light of day in the not too distant future.
Seeing that this one is Free we are welcomed back to the RetroRemakes Page. Check out the thread HERE.

Armalyte seems to be im limbo. The testers/feedback guys have gone quiet – busy time for everyone at the moment. More news about that when I have it. Oh Ive recompiled to use DX7 so its got more chance of working on “lesser” machines without the worry of the OPENGL falling down or stuttering :)

I havent seen Andy online in ages, think hes busy with a project thats all shhhhhhh secret – cant wait to see that that is. Oh ive turned into a COD6 junkie, multi play is so addictive even if im mega pants at it. Still enjoy it.

Oh did I mention that I actually spoke to SMILA ? – I think ive known him for over 5/6 years and never met or spoke to him, we met up on XBOX live/COD6 and actually spoke. Hes not as broad a Geordie as I thought he was going to be. I put on my posh brummie/walsall accent which threw him I think :) . Cant say we spoke much about current projects – too busy shooting and in my case, being shot. Damm those dual shotgun wielding people !

If I dont post again this side of XMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS !

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Due to lack of time and other projects my time is limited for testing so all the help i can get is great. It does mean that JSWOL 3.1 will finally see the light of day ?

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JSWOL 3.1 In test

To help me thru the Armalyte Testing (which is going really well BTW) Im resurrecting JSWOL 3.1 !!!

I tried to get AndyH to have a look at it but he seemed less than enthusiastic so Ive taken the reigns back. :)

A lot of the bug fixes and new features are already in there but I’ve recently updated alot of the network code (upto the current version of RAKNET). Ive even put a little bandwidth graph on screen which I’ll keep in game (its helped me to test) its always nice to see a graph on screen :)

* Willy on skates i.e. you cant stop
* Willy Mines (drop mines to spruce up the game)
* User Map editor
* User maps supported (uploaded in game or as a downloaded file)
* In game flags next to servers to help choose a server nearer you.

** lots of bug fixes **

Im still looking at a PC / MAC(intel) release. Dont hold me to a deadline tho !!!! Its done when its done.

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Almost there – been 10 months of alot of work but Armalyte is almost done. Im finally getting better at the game too – YEY.

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Heres where I am so far :-

Mame Cab

How much fun can you have with MDF ? :)

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So back to level 2 and tweak time. This is the fun part now. The bosses are in need of loving.

On level 1 we added a nice lazer to the enhance the play. Just have to think of other such “tweaks” for other levels.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/10/02/armalyte-update/feed/ 0 Whack-A-Monty-Mole http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/09/07/whack-a-monty-mole/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/09/07/whack-a-monty-mole/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:58:26 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=522 Courtesy of Barrie Ellis over at One Switch, he brought to our attention that Whak-a-Monty-Mole has been used at an ablegames event that was recently held.

Whack-A-Mole

For those of you that are unaware of what the event is about

” Our event is the first annual AbleGames, an opportunity for children with significant disabilities to play video games, compete, and have fun! It will be held on Saturday, August 29th, at the Jefferson County fairgrounds in Denver, Colorado. There is a page with info and the flyers/forms at:

http://www.uchsc.edu/atp/events_AbleGames.html ”

Its humbling to think that our efforts have at least enriched one persons life.

More pictures from the event can be found HERE and HERE

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Ive had a few emails recently asking about the ingame music in Cholo. The ingame tune was entirely a random mix of some riffs I did to set a bit of atmosphere.

So Ive created a little app/screensaver that recreates the Cholo ambiance :)

Click for Standalone version or ScreenSaver Version (copy into your windows folder)

By no means fully tested on every system, im deep in Armalyte ATM.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/06/19/holidays/feed/ 1 More Armalyte http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/06/11/more-armalyte/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/06/11/more-armalyte/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:30:16 +0000 StuC http://www.ovinebydesign.com/?p=404 Still awaiting any more feedback from the guys on the last Armalyte Level 1 build.  All the bugs have been squashed and indeed Smila has mapped level 2 and is starting the attack patterns.

Level1 Demo will be released and we’ll guage the reaction and take feedback on board (as we always do).

Having the core engine done will mean that the rest of the levels should be down to design rather than code.  The bosses have to be coded as each one is unique so I’ve still got stuff todo.  Were thinking of ways to upgrade the bosses already.  Saying that we dont want to make them a chore,  more just a challenge.

Im posting quite a bit on twitter BTW,  check it out  http://twitter.com/StuOvine.

Heres a sample from twitter – this is a little screenie of the level editor

little picture of the level editor on Twitpic

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