Castle Paradox

Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

Tough choices.... considering I didn't like two of them at all since they couldn't hold my attention long enough to get into them.

Simulation

1. Deer Hunter Xtreem. Because blowing the crap out of things is amusing.
2. Smokey McGoo. Glitchy, but I felt for a bit like I was playing the old Willow Game on the NES. Zelda script my foot, that's Willow.
3. I honestly can't decide. I'll have to say that OHR Date better simulates something than Project C, so I'll stick with OHR Date.

Enjoyment

1. Deer Hunter Xtreem. Mostly because it's short, only lasts roughly 3 minutes and sort of keeps track of your score. If only I could find that last deer before time ran out. Again, blowing things up fills me with a primal kind of joy. Also if you don't know who Hunter and Tim are, half the humor flows down the drain.
2. This is the real toss up, since I didn't have very much enjoyment out of the remaining 3. Smokey mcGoo managed to keep me playing longer than OHR Date and Project C combined, which is a BAD THING. Like I told PHC, I play games to have fun, and if I'm not having fun, it's not worth playing to me. Smokey Takes 2nd, if only because I played it longer.
3. Project C. Again, the point that I played it longer than OHR Date.

Iblis · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:15 pm Post subject:

The bugs will consume us all.

Simulation
1. OHR Date
2. Deer Hunter
3. ... I dunno... maybe Smokey McGoo.

Enjoyment
1. Deer Hunter (it wasn't particularly enjoyable, but it was short enough that it didn't matter)
2. Project C (it was somewhat interesting to look at for a little while)
3. OHR Date (it wasn't as buggy as the two remaining entries)
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Mr B · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 382

Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

Oh yes, question regarding this, Mr. B drew the road tilemaps, but it was like...3 years ago and I edited them all for my liking anyway. Would you still like him to vote, out of fairness? I'd not want to cheat, though the fact that the tilemaps have been quite altered/redrawn/edited etc they are basically mine now (ha ha Mr. B Raspberry!

). But, yeah, I'm sure he'd be willing to vote if you felt that much contribution made him a participant.

As for plotscripting counsoling...he...uh....told me that the "wait for text box" command existed. Big grin

But he never did any coding any, so...yeah. Whatever you say, MCW, you are the contest master. Smokin'

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MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:54 pm Post subject:

Vote anyways.

Me · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject:

Voting time.
SIMULATION:

1. OHR Date - A dating sim . . . who'da thunk it.
2. Project 'C' - Nice bit of survival horror type stuff. Simulates a flashlight nicely.
3. OHRadius - umm . . . simulates ship-flying?

ENJOYMENT:

1. OHR Date - one of the few OHR games that I actually enjoy playing.
2. OHRadius - pretty damn good for a shooter on the OHR
3. Smokey McGoos Grand Adventure - the lag was quite annoying, but the game had a nice atmosphere and thus was enjoyable.

Congrats, Shadowiii. Superb game you've made there.
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Mr B · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 382

TMC · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:51 am Post subject:

Ok, its time for me to vote. I've also decided against suddenly releasing my game 2 hours before the end of the voting period.

Simulation:
1. Project 'C'
2. OHR Date
3. Deer Hunter

Enjoyment:
1. OHR Date
2. SmokeyMcGoo's Grand Adventure
3. Project 'C'

Comments/Mini review for each game:

Project 'C': Once I realised what it simulated, I couldn't help but marvel at how well its done. My hats off to you, whoever coded it. Coincidentially, I was (about a year ago) going to code something *very* similiar to this. But you outdid me with different levels of light. Quite fun, but frustrating after a while (mostly due to losing progress due to bugs ==>). There are some nasty bugs that may freeze your game when you change floors or get to a save point.

OHR Date - I played this for hours, until my points for someone overflowed and went negative. Then I got pissed off and stopped playing. Also, it may be that I only tried twice, but I couldn't figure out what the special event during a date was. Oh well, I'll get back to this later.

SmokeyMcGoo's Grand Adventure - Fun, almost bugless, and running at normal OHR engine speed. Perfect characteristics of of any plotscripted battle engine. But after attempting the the last stage in the minigame for what must have been the 80th time, I gave up. Unfortunitly, it doesn't actually simulate anything.

Deer Hunter Xtreme: Great intro.. Shooting deers with bazookas is cool, but theres not very much to do... At least I can't find any bugs. I think it needs more animals, and, like has been suggested, more maps.

OHRadius: This games doesn't really simulate anything either. It's somewhat fun for a while, unfortunitly the enemies are pointless, except for gaining points, and its rather buggy. The first 2 or 3 times I got to level 2 a bug kicked in which prevented me from moved horizontally and vertically, only diagonally, which made the level unbeatable. 90% of the time my ship was not aligned by tile, so I could not tell whether I would crash into upcoming walls.
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Pictoyaya · Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 21

Simulation
1. OHR Date
2. OHRadius
3. Deer Hunter

Enjoyment
1. Deer Hunter
2. OHRadius
3. Smokey McGoos Grand Adventure

RedMaverickZero · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:37 am Post subject:

Hey these are the votes from the music man in my group. DW.
Simulation:
-Deer Hunter XTReeme
-OHRDate
-OHRraidus

Enjoyment:
-OHRradius
-Deer Hunter XTreeme
-OHRDate
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BenjI · **the assless** Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

Simulation:
1. Deer Hunter Xtreme
2. OHRradius
3. OHRDate

Enjoyment:
1. Deer Hunter Xtreme
2. OHRradius
3. OHRDate
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SDHawk · **Silent One** Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 80

Simulation:
1. OHRdate
2. Deer Hunter Xtreme
3. OHRadius (It's a tossup between this and smokey, as they both simulated nothing. And no, I don't consider emulating other games a simulation.)

Enjoyment:

1. OHRdate (I really didn't like it that much, but it is better than the others)
2. Deer Hunter Xtreme (the intro is amusing, the game isn't)
3. OHRadius (Buggy as feck (I've played the first level 4 times now, when I get to the boss where it has a text box it locks up the movement and refuses to advance the box), horrible movement, and generally unfun. Some pixel-based movement would help, for starters.)
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Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

Can I change my vote? Now that I know what Project C simulates, I (like most others) want to alter that catagory oh so slightly. I also finished playing through all the games again, so...here are my votes redone.

1. Deer Hunter Extreme (still most obvious and best simulation)
2. Project C (the only other one that simulated, the other two emulated)
3. Toss up...OHRadius and McGoo...both emulate well, but I can't honestly pick. But if I'd have to choose, I'd say OHRadius simulates better (sorry RMZ and co Raspberry!

)

Yeah, sorry for the conflict. If I'm not allowed to alter...eh.
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MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject:

Shadowiii, I already did the writing, and I'm not changing the votes due to laziness.
and Sew, I NEED YOUR VOTE OR OMFG MENOS DIEZ.

RedMaverickZero · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:04 pm Post subject:

Oh, and let's not forget Setu's vote. He's a clear member of the Project C team. My music dude voted too.
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