ah thom, Sorry about the thing with Packman talks, I will admit I wasn't the greatest packman player, in or out of audio, so might well have miss-understodd the maze layout.
Well, the situation with the levels doesn't sound like quite as major a redesign as I initially thought, though features like Lava pits would be cool if they could be added in a future version. I certainly like the idea of recreating the classic game in audio though, especially sinse if a reasonable system can be made for things like disappearing platforms and vertical scrolling up ladders, it might open the way for more audio 2D platformers (yes Brian, I'm thinking audio mega man here). good luck with the developement. I deffinately think when a trailer or demo is available something should be posted on one of the retroremakes sites, sinse the in put from sited fans of the original game might be interesting. Of course as I've said before, i'm entirely in favor of games with large amounts of exploration, so the increased level size certainly appeals to me. Will the game stil have a save feature? Obviously this wasn't present in the original, but could be very useful in a remake. All the best, Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Montezuma's Revenge News > Hi Dark, > > Quote > For example, the maze in Packman talks I believe, is > not a replication of the original packman maze, ----- though it's entirely > possible I'm wrong on this point. > End quote > > Actually, the Packman maze in Pacman Talks is correct. The original > Atari game had four light blue rings with a square box in the center > where the ghost home was. There were tunnels on each side of the square > where you could exit and appear on the other side of the maze. Handy for > escaping ghosts hot on your tail. > > Quote > however, it does seem a slight shame that all the level designing that has > been done both by yourself and James North is completely scrapped, > especially for those people who played the previous demos. > End quote > > Yeah, I know. I don't like that either, but then again those levels were > not true levels of Montezuma's Revenge though they were pretty good. > Look at it this way. When the new levels go in it will be like a new > game, and the mystery of finding things is all brand new. > > Quote > One approach I've seen several remakes use, is to offer both "new" and > "classic" content. Thus you get the remake of the original game, but with > various optional extras. > End quote > > Yeah. I'm thinking somewhat along those lines. Some of the stuff in the > Alchemy version like lava pits were not in the classic Atari game. I do > think they are cool, and would like them to stay. So I am sure in some > ways adding them to some levels in areas that don't really have much > difficulty adds more difficulty, a ritcher gaming experience, and > doesn't effect the over all game. > > Quote > So in Monti for example, you could offer a choice (perhaps in the main > menue), betwene the classic temple maps, and the redesigned ones. > End quote > > Perhaps someday, but not for 1.0. There is allot of work to be done just > getting the basic levels done, and I have quite a few changes to make to > get the new levels to work. > Like adding support for more keys, vanishing platforms, more doors, etc.. > One major change is the fact the new levels will be much larger since > there is more rooms and content to add to the game. > > Quote > Also, as I said, it seems a shame that the work put into level design > might be wasted. > End quote > > Yes and no. It is not a complete loss. I had two complete levels to test > against, and those two levels have most of the content and stuff in > place to work on the new levels. > Most of the changes that needs be made now are adding more keys, doors, > etc and that code we know works. So it is merely a matter of copying and > modifying the code known to work to support more of them. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
