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i.of.the.storm

Text Invaders - ASCII Art Space Invaders-type ga...
« on: April 02, 2006, 06:00:42 pm »
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Text Invaders 0.9.2
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I've been busy for a long time so I haven't finished this yet, but it's playable, and it's pretty fun and you can customize the levels and make your own through the use of XML files (which was a pita to research but easy once I found out how, XML in VB6 is not well documented).

It's simple, you just use the arrow keys to move and spacebar to shoot, avoid the falling V's, they're bullets from the enemies (it may seem obvious but somehow my cousin who has a MS couldn't tell,  :-\). After each level there's a shop where you can upgrade your ship. The levels file can be edited to change the difficulty, I'm working on loading all the XML files in the program directory and allowing the user to choose which one they want to play so that it's a lot easier.

Changelog:
0.9.3
  • Loads all XML files in program directory
  • This is sorta not done, but it works. Uninstall the previous version or delete text.xml if you don't want a duplicate levelset in your levelset menu.
0.9.2
  • Explosions added
  • Some code cleaning has begun, moving to more object oriented techniques now, but that's just engine stuff that no one sees. This only affects people trying to look at the source and make sense of it.

Downloads:
Text Invaders 0.9.3 Installer New!
Text Invaders 0.9.2 Source (VB 5/6)
The URLs are kind of weird because I use a CMS and I want to keep track of the number of downloads.

Comments & suggestions?

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Also, if you go to my site (imaginatix.net) then you can download development builds.
« Last Edit: May 16, 2006, 12:07:16 am by i.of.the.storm »
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Re: Text Invaders - ASCII Art Space Invaders-typ...
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2006, 10:58:36 pm »
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ahh... classic. I love this game, lol. its so awesome, thanks I lost my other demo. Great Work. ;)
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i.of.the.storm

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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2006, 11:35:30 pm »
Wow it's you! I was just thinking that some guy named sam used to love this game. lol. Thanks for the support.
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2006, 12:16:12 am »
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Lol! How did you know my name?! Crazyee. lol.
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2006, 02:30:48 am »
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This looks really great for being ascii only o.o
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i.of.the.storm

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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2006, 03:09:11 am »
Well what I mean is I made all the things out of text, except the buttons obviously. I decided to make explosions be a jumble of random letters, whenever I get the time.
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2006, 03:11:12 am »
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Yup, thats awesome. I've been a fan of it for a long time ;)
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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2006, 04:30:29 am »
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Well what I mean is I made all the things out of text, except the buttons obviously. I decided to make explosions be a jumble of random letters, whenever I get the time.

Yeah I know. I just meant that the ships look cool for being just characters XD. Also, the explosion jumble would rock.
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2006, 01:11:00 pm »
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Yup, you can say for sure he's pretty good at ASCII art.
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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2006, 01:40:10 pm »
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That looks awsome in its own way, i cant belive how cool it looks, i cant wait to be able to download again just to try out this game!
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2006, 04:31:47 pm »
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For Sure, it's simple, fun, and addicting.
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2006, 05:04:48 pm »
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Now thats an interesting idea, looks cool.
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2006, 08:40:29 pm »
I used to play this game every day before logging onto ZFGC. XD

I'm looking forward to playing again! *downloads*
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2006, 03:51:25 am »
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Lol, :P

What happened to the old game source? One day it just went Ka-Poof. And all was lost. Never to be found.

Enough dramatics....

but seriously, what happened to it?
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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2006, 07:45:48 pm »
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I remember this game!  I was running it at like 9 FPS. XD
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« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2006, 07:52:08 pm »
i remember this game! i remade a game maker version of it
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Lol, NM64, thats crazy. 9 FPS. Hehe, that makes me chuckle.
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i.of.the.storm

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« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2006, 05:55:05 pm »
Lol, :P

What happened to the old game source? One day it just went Ka-Poof. And all was lost. Never to be found.

Enough dramatics....

but seriously, what happened to it?
I don't know what was wrong but I fixed the link. Do you know VB?
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« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2006, 10:23:28 pm »
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:o, give me the text invaders, sig banner, lol. I had that on my samware on SMF. :P
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« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2006, 02:21:07 am »
wow played this game for a entire 5 hours (paused a few times) and i got pretty far.... it was tough! so i tried being the best text invaders gamer.. http://www.crimsonstudios.hostlix.com/images/img/untitled.PNG http://www.crimsonstudios.hostlix.com/images/img/untitled1.PNG
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