Decided to do all the cutscenes and related images in... Blender 3D! Why didn't you think of that? All the pain and suffering of a 3D program, without all those pesky benefits provided by tranditional 2D vector programs. Curves? Who needs them!
Workin' on some cutscenes
add some keyboard navigation editor - fix tile re-arranging many many editor things. many. undo/redo for drawing and pasting Play level from editor add editor icons and tool shortcuts copy/paste for selection in chunks code clean up (format) Ctrl-pick tiles add, deleting, moving track pieces editor cosmetics add drag and drop tiles desktop editor loading Add chunks image loading start desktop level editor logo on load stun shockwaved skiers fade transition for dialogs All screens get fade transition fade out audio tracks turbo-charge boomerangs change formation if hit hard tweak sea spray effect match carving amplitude pause screen on game blur Boomerangs can't hit sharks, yo. game time for dialogs use game time, not real time. zoom bug Fix end-of-level screen Y axis inverted angle bug multi-coloured bunting add overlay dialogs. tutorial gfx fade in win man killer shark z-index fix fix boat on intro loops only speed up during level running Add carving bonus Fix high speed escapes-from-team-mates pop up images. more ufos Ufos. Ufos. tighten spring. add wave effect tweak spring physics
Finally getting to the meat of the game: the UFOs are coming. What are they doing here? We'll just have to wait and see, hey...
game time for dialogs use game time, not real time. zoom bug pass finish after timeover message move some magic numbers to data refactor level calls. add toggle helper Fix end-of-level screen Y axis inverted angle bug multi-coloured bunting add overlay dialogs. tutorial gfx fade in win man killer shark z-index fix fix boat on intro loops only speed up during level running Add carving bonus Fix high speed escapes-from-team-mates pop up images. more ufos Ufos. Ufos. tighten spring. add wave effect tweak spring physics
Flash effect to teammate pickup flash reappear bug figure out real device screen boundaries refactor colours Add 'flash' effect when getting teammates lil refactorz fix for new Ejecta version fix switching between modes physics in formation - part I Team mates can jump switch between formation and chains add block physics to teammates Start straight in game Team mates ahoy! Add chained skiers standing on shoulders synchro formations. awesome. fix sprites for ipad center camera on level and player boat leaves when level starts Seemless looping for tutorial mini flicker fix Fade in intro level looping map for intro sort entities (fixes appearing bug) no timer bar for intro area un-sink after level-over speedboat in the game! no splash when sinking. sink drag visual for cell editing fix baddie Y tile bug faster sinking. flashing warning chunk things in the editor more editor-ing. switch easily remember state in editor
fix undefined chunks Add chunkthings index to editor move editor to own file add flags that slow you down fix scripted entity Y coords Chunk editor kinda working more entity map editoring Start entity editor sink into water. overlayed text shockwave smash clean up targeting code Shockwave when landing near skiers Paris2Belgium. Refactoring some codez wings pickup for jetpack
My eyes, it burrrns! time becomes fuel! tweak player head timer Blinking timer over player's head add detour signs can drift in to checkpoints after time over
now in COLOR!
STILL TRUCKIN'!
Faster max speeds for jumps and jetpacks some nicer default levels Add checkpoint markers on timer bar Aw yeah - checkpoints are go! (origin/master) change all checkpoint blocks on hit clean up editor screens. newer levels add gruesome blood to skiers change checkpoint when hit add checkpoints Add level progress bar and pause button centre and focus on player greater control when jumping remove old maps refactor global map pieces export custom maps via post request switch between custom and default maps rename global level vars slow down the crazy enemy skiers no sharks in tight places fix getting stuck when dead on jetty start for allowing custom maps skiers above and below Jetpack multiplier bonus aggressive enemies, no sharks in tight spots start smarter skiers Highlight jumped jumps
ejecta fix pass positions to hit blocks Fix cut screen size for iphone5 set max frame time Clean game screen fix physics order for skier state machine fixes entity tweakin clean up index callbacks for dialogs some wacky sounds Proper inheritance for buttons Add 8bit track and crowd cheer remove debug move state machine thing fix for touchend changes in ejecta no carry-over jetpacks time remain tweaks y-coord physics fix blinking time at end Fix when player dies in solid area Level countdowns add motion blur effect Can't die, just pause. delta time for physics re-introduce sfx for jumps concrete jungle Fix crazy controls stabby rocks Add depth-chargers and explosions tune up load cutscenes scene-by-scene fast enemies
WaterSkiing. Breakfast of champions.
refix for hearts Fix image smoothing on love hearts Remove old assets Add tutorial placeholder. painting in editor rope affixed to invisible boat no more beach sharks. fix keyboard too. Fix physics bug with edge hits super bouncy edges player bouncin refactor iphone5 rendering bouncing off edges multiple block getting
The protagonist, Zune Flyski, has a friend who is a nerd. He invents things and can hack computers. He's responsible for the jetpacks. Also he will be key in unraveling the shocking mystery that no one is yet even aware of...
Added jet packs!
error handling for level editor testing alternate jetpack pickup Epic collision detection refactor shrink ipad stretched buttons fix player no-more-bounce bug Can't jetboost past end screen canvas cleanups Disallow going backward must bash hard to kill skier ROCKETBOOOOST fix initial camera position group jumping logic Sharks eat skiers call out some magic numbers block handling for new block types fix load ordering issue
Level editor for making levels on the train!
Refactoring entity block hit handling Add some grass and jetty Boomerang falls if hits while slow for real this time smaller boomerangs add 'stars' for levels Add backup option for level ed extra chunks for mobile editor phone editor out-of-bounds super level editor for iphone Changed surfin image to waterskiing. Obviously start of a level editor Keep some random doods for now First pass at non-random entities
Much like in the real world, winning the girl will be a difficult task.
stretch options background image for ipad springy y camera stop end-of-level crash on ipad remove old cutscenes Add options screen Add cutscene handler Add in-game options clean up button options Add buttons and unlockable buttons fix audio loading bug. add win audio smaller sharks. lame loader indicator fix dom offset. Add game pause button Fix images for ipad. Add splash buttons add skip button to cut intro more notes lock in amphibious body-snatcher. Add a win screen remove debug tighten up intro and cutscenes. fade ins corret level hiscore fix num tiles for ipad Add hiscore times timer on complete add level timer Keep waterbased entities in the water times and sizes to generic mo' lil bits splash-y something Add iPad support Spinny boomerangs 1. Add a todo list. serious stuff. remove dead comments Add state machine to level end game handling no hearts for clouds post-level cut screens force pause on intro screen just love hearts love hearts when save level design keyboard OR mouse controls basic keyboard controls for desktop Keep player over levels fix end game alert Add dialog overlays Checkerboard finish Multiple levels skypickup edit rename debug bounding boxes renaming vehiciles to skiers more cleaning General screen cleanups clean up for web version remove old sounds Sky pickups. woooo gfx touchups. Loading message Coin become lady. Trees on the beach No splash effect when dead nicer desktop frame tweaking camera, levels Add end of level (first pass) Start keyboard handler Remove camera debugging Boomerang sprites add boomerang sharks REALLY springy camera Springy camera clean up level code move camera to own file move physics to entity base Move widths and heights to camera speed lines add a camera turn down intro Lilmololcut loltro more cut intro flashy splashy screen Intro cutscreen setup minor level and rope tests move shark kindof level playin Add one-up add screen shake flip you physics Add shark attack add state machine, death states crashin dudes clean ma mess physics is go \! Some feel. physics forward bump tweak controlz YES. Controls are done stop charset warnings fix to iphone width Add server exec debugging rope in middle during jumps some touchups hit min velocity opportunity clean graphics fixes-ish move up and down. stop enemies trying wider levels More flippin controls. Groovy man animations more tweaking controls Audio for Firefox fix sharks document/refactoring make work in Firefox Fix bounding circle offset, slow down baddies Tweak controls - no two lefts/rights refactor player tick tweaking rules, 80-ifying, smoothing Fix entity removal. Add cash element Adjust boat tow-rope anchor point Add sharks and pickups adjust title printing bit more clean up refactored resource loading Querystring for desktop or iphone 80s-ify the whole shebang init commit
Protagonist: Zune Flyski
Zune Flyski: rebel - and nifty waterskier - is on a mission to save the local waterski club from the evil yachtclub owner - Steve. Can he win the big race, save the clubhouse, get the girl, and perhaps reveal a shocking mystery?
Yes he can. This is his quest...