Actually, James's version of 3d mode would still have technically been a 2d game. You could just choose to have the sound go from in front of you to behind rather than left and right. The actual game play would still have been the same. He was looking at using 3d buffers to give the sounds a more realistic feel. His attempt to do that seems to have been part of what caused him grief trying to complete the project. Michael Feir Creator and former Editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about Montezuma's Revenge. > Hi Tom, > Just got your Email to the list. I'm forced to agree with a lot of the > others who've responded here. The original Monty is what was advertised, > so > that's what the finished product should resemble. As a few people have > said, > we have just one other accessible side scroller, Super Liam. We ne more. > Let's keep Monty the way it is. If enough people want a 3-D game you could > always either release a 3-D sequel or release a later version of Monty > that > includes an optional 3-D mode. That's actually what James North was going > to > do. You could choose to either play 3-D or 2-D side scroller mode. > > > > It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go. > > > > > >>From: Thomas Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [Audyssey] Thoughts about Montezuma's Revenge. >>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:31:51 -0400 >> >>Hello list, >>Today I have been doing some major revising of the Monty game engine, >>and I've really had some ideas how I could make the game better, but by >>introducing the changes it may completely alter the original intent of >>the game. Since these changes are so dramatic in nature I would like a >>friendly discussion on the matter and sound out everyones thoughts about >>what I am thinking of doing. >>First, I have had several emails since I have taken the game over to add >>a save and restore feature. Since the game was initially intended as an >>arcade game I couldn't do that and keep the game scoring fair. However, >>I can do what was done in GMA Tank Commander and have two different >>modes. If you play standard game it will allow saving and restoring >>games without keeping score. If you selected play arcade mode it would >>play the game as an arcade game, keep score, and disable saving and >>restoring games. What do you all think? >>Second, I've had several requests for a first person style game rather >>than a traditional side-scroller. Honestly, I tend to agree a 3D first >>person style game would be so much more fun and interesting. You would >>have six directions of movement, left, right, forward, back, plus up and >>down. It would allow for more complex temples and mazes. However, this >>is a major deviation from the original game in the end the game would >>probably evolve into something else and not really be Monty any more >>unless this was Like Montezuma's Revenge II or something like that. In >>other words a sequel rather than a direct one to one version. Any >>thoughts? >>I am aware of people like Michael's opinion that the game should follow >>the original as close as possible. I could do that, and even technically >>put in the original character if I wanted. Lot's of ideas, and I am >>looking to ad some new options. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >>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. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Be seen and heard with Windows Live Messenger and Microsoft LifeCams > http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/default.mspx?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > 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. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 27/09/2006 > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] 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.
