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delta's forthcoming Games

Started by delta on 18 April 2008 • 97,558 views

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#684202 February 2010

I thought i'd better post some updates about everything.

I plan on really cracking on with Curse of The Mystics over the next few weeks, and getting it released by the end of Feb. I'll have a better idea of a release date by the end of tomorrow, but I'm going to try for Fri 26th Feb.

Egyptian Tomb Dizzy will see Dizzy and Grand Dizzy exploring an Egyptian Tomb (what a surprise!) I am going to try something novel though, which people will hopefully like... :wink: I'll post the story and more details about the game in due course (i.e. when i come up with them!)

Galaxy Bound Dizzy will be put on hold for a few months so that I get both CoTM and ETD finished in time for the competition.

Aztec Tomb Dizzy is really just me putting a marker down for the name (sorry!) and probably won't be made or released this year at all. I'll be concentrating on GBD once CoTM and ETD are finished.

Dizzy Legends: Return of The Righteous is a difficult one to pin down. Basically I won't have the time and don't have the inclination to do it this year, which pushes it back to 2011, but it all depends what other things I'm doing then. I'm very aware that it's taken almost 10 months to make CoTM, and I don't know if I'll have the time or not in 2011. It will get made, it's just a question of when...

#684253 February 2010

No worries m8 :smile: All I can say is good luck with CotM and ETD!

#6899214 March 2010

one last update here. Basically everything is now on hold except ETD.

ETD will be finished, but it'll be a minor miracle if it's in time for the easter comp.

RoTR is the only other game I'm contemplating doing. However I'm not giving a time-frame, so it could be next year, or it could be a few years from now. It could, of course, never happen, although I do hope to do it sometime.

As for everything else, well, don't get your hopes up, that's all I'm going to say. I've been doing these games for over 3 years now, and life has moved on a lot from when i first cursed while making DMD.

#6907320 March 2010

The map for ETD is now nearly finished.

no puzzles have yet been started. Only 1 'brain teaser' puzzle has been coded, and 2 only dangers coded. There are a *lot* of both, so that may take a while.

Oh, and I haven't actually even *thought* of any puzzles yet.

anyway, screenie:

https://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp106/eqixx/etd3.png

#6919125 March 2010

look what I found: http://games.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-Jamie-Douglas-10803.html

I've informed them about recent updates to CoTM, TLoD and DMD. Also told them that one of the games isn't mine...

#6919225 March 2010

I got a number of emails from them notifying my mine were on amongst other other bits contained in them.

I assumed as I saw some of yours you already knew about, appears you may not have until now.

I inform them too about they didn't have the latest versions but nothing has been updated but I was surprised with the emails I got at the time.

Find mine here
http://games.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-Matt-Lee-17577.html

#6919325 March 2010

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I got a number of emails from them notifying my mine were on amongst other other bits contained in them.

I assumed as I saw some of yours you already knew about, appears you may not have until now.

I inform them too about they didn’t have the latest versions but nothing has been updated but I was surprised with the emails I got at the time.

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I came across the site sometime last year, and used the 'inform us of updates' link to get them to update all of my games that they had. I've never had any emails from them.

#6921126 March 2010

I didn't see the inform updates link but I decided to contact them again, anyway they have updated
now {yolkfolk}:dizzy:

Yours is quite a list, you must be getting worn out lol..

#6938731 March 2010

Dizzy Legends: The Lord of Darkness listed under my name :tongue:

#7009716 April 2010

I've finished coding the custom movement for Grand Dizzy in ETD :smile:

it's only taken me about 3 hours! {yolkfolk}:blink:

I need to do Dizzy's custom movement next, which could be more complicated...

#7009816 April 2010

'Once more unto the breach' {yolkfolk}:scared:

#7009916 April 2010

it's actually very similar to the 'hanging' movement you did, but i want it a bit more complex - when he walks off the ledge, he'll fall over the edge and hang there. :tongue:

#7011216 April 2010

right, i've done that, and am pretty pleased with it! :smile:

i've sent the first beta to a couple of people, to have a little play with it. It's just basically all the switch puzzles, the dangers, and the custom movements that have been done. I've done a beta version because i want feedback on the switch puzzles and dangers!

#7011316 April 2010

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custom movements

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ooh - Prince of Persia Dizzy???

#7012017 April 2010

I got as far as reaching the first checkpoint, It was more a matter of trial and error with the first puzzle but it really was fun :yes:

I'm absolutly gobsmacked with how well you've done the game so far. I wish you good luck with finishing it. :cool:

#7012417 April 2010

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I got as far as reaching the first checkpoint, It was more a matter of trial and error with the first puzzle but it really was fun :yes:

I’m absolutly gobsmacked with how well you’ve done the game so far. I wish you good luck with finishing it. :cool:

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oh yeah that's not so much a puzzle, more of an extended danger! :tongue:

#7020223 April 2010

right, ETD is coming along nicely now, however it probably won't be released until the evening of 30th April!

I do however need another beta-tester. Preferably someone who was able to complete Treasure Tomb Dizzy, because ETD will be the hardest Dizzy game you've ever, ever played.

no more screenshots, because I really don't have time to do any!

#7023424 April 2010

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Preferably someone who was able to complete Treasure Tomb Dizzy

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That rules me out then - Believe me, Ive tried, but this is the only one that has defeated me
{yolkfolk}:tired:

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ETD will be the hardest Dizzy game you’ve ever, ever played.

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:surprise: ooh nooo - but on the plus side - it could lead to the biggest help forum weve ever seen {yolkfolk}:raspy:

#7023624 April 2010

there are points in the game where you can save your progress, but you can't choose those points. :wink:

plus, there are two ways of completing it. get stuck playing dizzy? try playing as grand dizzy instead!

#7024424 April 2010

IT'S FINISHED!!!! {yolkfolk}:yahoo:

EDIT:: except I haven't wrote the story yet...

EDIT 2:: this is the story:

Dizzy and Grand Dizzy have got the treasure-hunting bug again, and have gone off on their own to explore an Egyptian Tomb.

Take control of either Dizzy or Grand Dizzy and experience two different adventures in the same game. Take different routes through the tomb as you bid to find the hidden treasure, and avoid the curse of the pharaohs!