Posted: 3/31/2007 11:42 PM
Post subject: B.A.L.L.O (Double Wires-like concept done better)
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moozooh
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After reading the Double Wires thread and trying it out, it occured to me that the game wasn't the best realization of the slingshot/wire action concept by far. So I decided to introduce a game that suits that title much much better: B.A.L.L.O by Marelwish Productions, the winner of Assembly '04 gamedev competition. The official site went down some time ago, so here are links for the most recent version on Underdogs and my hostspace. It's rather short, but it's much more fast and fascinating (also, good graphics). Controls: A, D — applying horizontal force to the ball; W, S — making the wire longer/shorter; mouse1 — shooting the wire; mouse2 — letting go of the wire. Enjoy.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 4/1/2007 11:35 PM
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I couldn't download it from moozooh's host space, and Underdogs kept saying something was wrong... I got it from Caiman. Gotta test it now.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself. It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success." - Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
Posted: 4/2/2007 12:04 AM
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Nice game, but it seems it doesn't like my mouse. It spasms occationally and I lose control. Anyway, if I click too fast, the second click won't do anything. I like to hook and unhook like a crazy man in those games. Also, there's no way to let go of the rope, for some nice air time, which would be extremely fun. More comments as I play more. Edit: Okay, it's really annoying me how I can't click to my heart's content. Also, I reached a cave with some treasure chests and a rainbow, which seems to be the end. Yay, I guess I won the game. Edit 2: okay, I guess there *is* a way to let go of the rope. Stupid me.
Posted: 4/2/2007 12:41 AM
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Blublu wrote:
Also, there's no way to let go of the rope
Huh? Tried pressing right mouse button?
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 4/2/2007 12:56 AM
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moozooh wrote:
Blublu wrote:
Also, there's no way to let go of the rope
Huh? Tried pressing right mouse button?
Yeah, I realized that before. But it doesn't matter now, I've completed the game already. Actually, it was probably a good thing I didn't try the right mouse button, since all it does is encourage riskier moves, increasing the chance of death from extremely likely to absolutely certain.
Posted: 4/2/2007 1:14 AM
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Actually, playing this game risky is the funniest of all, since you could reach some extreme speeds with skilled swings and "taking damage to save time". ;)
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Posted: 4/2/2007 8:24 AM
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Yeah, LLCoolDave and I are interested in individual level runs for this game. We have some pretty wacky runs done ourselves. :) Slingshotting yourself down a long corridor is nerve-wracking, but excellent.
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Posted: 4/8/2007 11:51 PM
Post subject: My point of view
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pirate_sephiroth
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In my arrogant opinion, this game SUCKS BALLS! Sorry, moozooh... =D I was playing double wires, and I don't think you can do this kind of stunt in that ballo thing. The game doesn't have music, so I added a silly tune.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself. It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success." - Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
Posted: 4/9/2007 2:07 AM
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wow. why does it keep speeding up though?
Posted: 4/9/2007 2:09 AM
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pirate_sephiroth
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Maybe it's because of the falling speed.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself. It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success." - Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
Posted: 4/13/2007 6:56 PM
Post subject: moozooh moozooh moozooh I fixed it now
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pirate_sephiroth
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Well, one of these nights I was bored and I made this. From my point of view, it adds some fun to this boring game.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself. It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success." - Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
Posted: 5/6/2007 2:27 PM
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avast! - Warning In Ballocheat.exe virus found : Win32:Trojan-gen. {VC}
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Posted: 5/6/2007 2:29 PM
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pirate_sephiroth
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bah, don't be silly...
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself. It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success." - Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
Posted: 5/6/2007 6:42 PM
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omnipotententity@oberus% clamscan firefox/Ballocheat.exe
firefox/Ballocheat.exe: Trojan.W32.HotKeysHook.A FOUND

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 114392
Engine version: 0.90.2
Scanned directories: 0
Scanned files: 1
Infected files: 1
Data scanned: 0.12 MB
Time: 9.348 sec (0 m 9 s)
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Posted: 5/6/2007 8:17 PM
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pirate_sephiroth, can we see the source code ?
Posted: 5/12/2007 6:50 PM
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pirate_sephiroth
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I made it using Trainer Maker Kit. Some antivirus find trojan signatures in trainers created with this software. Well, I couldn't find anything harmful in it. If it's a keylogger, it would save a file somewhere and then try to send to someone, and I didn't see anything like that. Anyway, you can't really trust what these things say. For example, most antivirus find a "Sniffer Trojan" in Winsock Packets Editor Pro. It's a sniffer, but not a trojan. The software can be used to "harm" other people, but not yourself. I believe some people don't really like cheats.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself. It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success." - Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
Posted: 5/13/2007 2:49 PM
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OmnipotentEntity
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So, that's a no we can't see the source?
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Posted: 5/13/2007 5:03 PM
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http://www.timsvault.com/cheattools/trainer_mkit.htm It uses a keylogger as a hotkey monitor, apparently. Still no reason to use it though.
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Posted: 5/19/2007 8:24 PM
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pirate_sephiroth
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Well, there's no source because the trainer is automagically created by the program. All I did was NOP the CMP instruction that checks if the collisions are greater or equal to 3.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself. It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success." - Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.