Yahtzee's Last Stand

[JohnReaper]

Everything I suggested was not particularly hard, unless there is no way you could access a server. I also gave the reason a leaderboard would have been a good idea, so he could see why it felt necessary, that way the problem could be tackled without a leaderboard but by another means to an end.

This is a message board, you can't take everything literally. The 3D controls comment was an obvious exageration. Of course, I'm not the only guilty party here. I seriously doubt that you could set up a database, program in the various fields necessary, program a sign-up web page, and then code a log-in system for flash in one hour. That is also an exageration. All of that is necessary in order to incorporate leader boards into a flash game. Leaderboards can't be stored as XML files.

What if the developer wasn't already familiar with database creation and management? What if they didn't already have their own web-hosting? And why should they go to all the trouble you are describing for a simple flash game that they don't actually get to own, for a contest that they didn't know they would win? And users would have to sign up to their leaderboards before their scores would be recorded, adding another level of complexity to the game.

I'm not saying it was a bad idea. For a game like this, where the objective is to stay alive and get the highest score possible, on-line leaderboards do make sense. I just don't feel these circumstances warrant the extra time and effort.

The leaderboard wouldn't take that longer than an hour, but I meant the other suggestions I made would easily fit into an hour.

There are a million and one tutorials online on how to make a simple Flash leaderboard, I've use a couple for college projects and it's not difficult even on the first time. So even if he isn't familiar, he obviously has coding skills and isn't an idiot, I'm sure he would pick it up easily.

A lot of people have servers, well a lot of people I know do, I'm sure he could find someone with the small space needed to just whack it up for this.
But my view is quite bias on that, as I make websites for the majority of my income, so my contact list has quite a few nerds with servers in it, but someone who programs Flash games well enough to win a contest must know someone.

And exactly, it isn't a bad idea for this kind of game, the developer himself said he wanted to but couldn't. Which is fair enough and I don't see why you're kicking up a massive fuss over suggesting something that was wanted to be included anyway, it's not a huge amount of extra work, and is really cheap to get one even if you didn't. The response the developer game me was more than adequate and reasonable, I think you're going a bit over the top.

stop being a tosser from wha i played its Sheer Mindless FUN thats whats gaming is about not whos the best or who has the largest Dong extending gun call me cassual even though i play games like a religon but Gameing used to be fun now its all about how can come up with the next bullshity gimmic that will be repeated TO DEATH it all started with doom the Space marine then max payne and the bullet time then came halo the god of halo clones that needs to die now we have MW2 coming along with its present day setting i will bet you 500$ that in the next few years MW clones come along and thats BESt case scenario

 

[DazZ.]

Everything I suggested was not particularly hard, unless there is no way you could access a server. I also gave the reason a leaderboard would have been a good idea, so he could see why it felt necessary, that way the problem could be tackled without a leaderboard but by another means to an end.

This is a message board, you can't take everything literally. The 3D controls comment was an obvious exageration. Of course, I'm not the only guilty party here. I seriously doubt that you could set up a database, program in the various fields necessary, program a sign-up web page, and then code a log-in system for flash in one hour. That is also an exageration. All of that is necessary in order to incorporate leader boards into a flash game. Leaderboards can't be stored as XML files.

What if the developer wasn't already familiar with database creation and management? What if they didn't already have their own web-hosting? And why should they go to all the trouble you are describing for a simple flash game that they don't actually get to own, for a contest that they didn't know they would win? And users would have to sign up to their leaderboards before their scores would be recorded, adding another level of complexity to the game.

I'm not saying it was a bad idea. For a game like this, where the objective is to stay alive and get the highest score possible, on-line leaderboards do make sense. I just don't feel these circumstances warrant the extra time and effort.

The leaderboard wouldn't take that longer than an hour, but I meant the other suggestions I made would easily fit into an hour.

There are a million and one tutorials online on how to make a simple Flash leaderboard, I've use a couple for college projects and it's not difficult even on the first time. So even if he isn't familiar, he obviously has coding skills and isn't an idiot, I'm sure he would pick it up easily.

A lot of people have servers, well a lot of people I know do, I'm sure he could find someone with the small space needed to just whack it up for this.
But my view is quite bias on that, as I make websites for the majority of my income, so my contact list has quite a few nerds with servers in it, but someone who programs Flash games well enough to win a contest must know someone.

And exactly, it isn't a bad idea for this kind of game, the developer himself said he wanted to but couldn't. Which is fair enough and I don't see why you're kicking up a massive fuss over suggesting something that was wanted to be included anyway, it's not a huge amount of extra work, and is really cheap to get one even if you didn't. The response the developer game me was more than adequate and reasonable, I think you're going a bit over the top.

stop being a tosser from wha i played its Sheer Mindless FUN thats whats gaming is about not whos the best or who has the largest Dong extending gun call me cassual even though i play games like a religon but Gameing used to be fun now its all about how can come up with the next bullshity gimmic that will be repeated TO DEATH it all started with doom the Space marine then max payne and the bullet time then came halo the god of halo clones that needs to die now we have MW2 coming along with its present day setting i will bet you 500$ that in the next few years MW clones come along and thats BESt case scenario

Right, first off let me attempt to decrypt that huge sentence.

Yes I agree gaming is about fun and not having a big gun? I'll start with this, I think the rest of what your saying is a tangent about how we should stop making game clones, which is quite irrelevant to anything anyone here has said.

I do agree games should be made about fun and not having bullshitty gimmicks. I'm going to assume you mean a leaderboard is a bullshitty gimmick, otherwise I fail to see why you quoted me.
Are leaderboards a gimmick? They have been around since games started, way before "Doom the space marine" as you called him. It is common for games of this genre to have leaderboards, see Pacman or almost any 2d side scrolling game. They help for when a game doesn't have distinct levels to show progress, or are quite repetative, to make you feel like you want to carry on instead of get bored and feel like you are racking up numbers for no-one to see.

How does suggesting a leaderboard make me a tosser?

 

[JohnReaper]

I was saying That there Hundreds of games that where fun with out leader borads Sonic is a great example (( the old 2d side scroller))

But what makes you a tosser is how you react to every one saying its harder than it looks with


but there are hundreds of tutorials out on the internet those people know what the hell they are doing on a server scale the Yahtzees last stand game while fun was obviously done by some one that knows What a game is and i clap for that


but i am digressign again

props to the Creator of yathzee's last stand And yes leader borads are nice but dont jump to that as fast make small steps and get a feel for gaming and programning

also pac man was self contained to do it for a flash game would need acess it a server and constantly updating the game

Which strangly i can't play right now since for some reason it jumps to the credits

 

[(sic) humor]

Excellent game, made me kill half an hour that should have been spent doing work. So it functioned like an actual game. Great visuals, loved the use of Zero Punctuation character art, and it included the theme music. Awesome job.

 

[dubious_wolf]

ok im content this is stupidly fun and lets me waste some time... iPhone this ***** and I'll give you a dollar.

 

[ShinningDesertEagle]

Really like this game. Zoom feature seems a tad unnecessary though.

For the sequel; it would be a better game in my opinion to have a point-and-click type of shooter. I prefer being in control of my attacks as opposed to having automatic fire. Also the game should be expanded to have more than one room.

That is assuming a sequel is ever created .

 

[MattClassic]

It isn't loading for me. It keeps showing the credits scrolling up then flashing the start screen. Do I have to have something installed?

Same thing for me. I get a 100% progress bar and then it just shoots straight to the credits.

 

[Alconja]

Same thing for me. I get a 100% progress bar and then it just shoots straight to the credits.

A couple of people have mentioned that, but I haven't been able to reproduce it... what version of flash are you running? (it was built for Flash 10).

 

[MattClassic]

I'm using 9,0,124,0 (no idea why Adobe's version check listed it with commas like that). Gonna try it again just as soon as the stupid Flash Player site stops timing out on me and I can update.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Okay, I'll admit, it is pretty good.

S'alright Rich, I played all of them and would have said it's a shame you didn't get in the top 3, yours was a lot more acerbic.

If people don't know, you can play all of them here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/games/stonking_great/], although some of them are dire.

Gratz Alconja though.

 

[Woem]

Tee hee hee. A fun little game. ^^

3 quick points:
- The superpower is useless.
- How is Yahtzee going to stretch this into a full review...?
- I like the enemies and their individual attacks, but how come Batman is one of them? His game got a good review, Batman has no reason to slaughter Yahtzee.

There's a superpower in the game?

 

[Woem]

This game is absolutely brilliant, it's a shame there's no wall of fame or highscore list. It would be so great to see this game in next year's Summer E Games.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Yay, I died Stonking Great. Got 19750 points and survived for 7 minutes.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Tee hee hee. A fun little game. ^^

3 quick points:
- The superpower is useless.
- How is Yahtzee going to stretch this into a full review...?
- I like the enemies and their individual attacks, but how come Batman is one of them? His game got a good review, Batman has no reason to slaughter Yahtzee.

There's a superpower in the game?

If you hold the left mouse button. Don't, it's bloody useless.

 

[Woem]

Tee hee hee. A fun little game. ^^

3 quick points:
- The superpower is useless.
- How is Yahtzee going to stretch this into a full review...?
- I like the enemies and their individual attacks, but how come Batman is one of them? His game got a good review, Batman has no reason to slaughter Yahtzee.

There's a superpower in the game?

If you hold the left mouse button. Don't, it's bloody useless.

Oooh nice, I didn't notice that. I think it can be pretty useful after 5 minutes when things get really hectic.

 

[MattClassic]

BAH, gave up trying to get it working on Firefox. Runs just fine without updates on IE. Figures.

In all honesty, I'm a little underwhelmed. Fun little time waster I suppose, but I can't see myself obsessing over high scores and whatnot the way I do with some flash games. And as quite a few people already said, the little charge attack is pretty worthless.

 

[Vrex360]

I'll give an opinon on this when I get the chance, but right now my internet is slow as a crippled snail so I shall have to wait on playing this game. But I'm hearing good things about it, and I imagine at some point Yahtzee will be reviewing it.

EDIT: Have played it, was a blast.

 

[mantafirefly]

The superpower is not useless given that every kill is 100 points times multiplier. It's designed to be used for high scoring purposes than survival. Seems fine to me. 73,000 points and I died a charismatic stallion.

 

[MysteryJack]

I'm actually very fond of this. I like the arcade feel of it, which is done very well. I don't find the superpower as useless as people say it is, because if you charge it away from enemies, it reflects most of their attacks, which leaves them open for the actual attack.

My highscore is 52,140 points, which apparently means I died a charismatic stallion.

 

[Sonicron]

Also, because there is only one batman game that didnt suck

I assume you mean Arkham Asylum... in which case: BLASPHEMER!!! You honestly mean to tell me you didn't like Batman Returns on the SNES?! Best damn sidescroller beat-em-up of all time!