2012-02-26 21:38:06 (edited by dick 2012-02-27 08:20:20)

hello everybody,
I'm happy to give you this small game called balloon blaster
in this game, get prepared for a little action and a bit cheating and a bit of
humor.
get it here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34600650/balloonblaster.zip
enjoy
edit: this link is always up-to-date

2012-02-26 22:39:05

What's the goal of this game?

2012-02-26 22:41:43

just, shoot the balloons! you can beat it as well when you don't play in endlis mode

2012-02-26 22:49:04

hi.
hmm i like it but i have 2 things that you might want to think about fixing.
1. in your read me it says that the auto catch baloon moad is the key next to the space bar on the left. that is rong it is the fird key on the left. called control.
the second thing is, well i think you could do with getting a better mike.
just saying.
i thought it was great apart from those ssmall things.

I'm gone for real :)

2012-02-27 07:51:11 (edited by dick 2012-02-27 08:19:00)

I have a pritty good mic, but I didn't record some stuff right.
will rerecord.
about  that key, I never said it was next to the space bar. I only said it was to the left of the space bar
thanks for your comments
edit:
new version 1.05 is out
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34600650/balloonblaster.zip

2012-02-27 13:13:25

dick, you know?
I liked it
keep it up

2012-02-27 14:17:35

What's new in 1.05?

2012-02-27 18:34:52

version 1.05 has mainly some bug fixes.
but don't worry about that, because a new version, 1.1 is out!
it includes:
A check for updates feature wich only shows you new updates, It doesn't download them, but anyway.
Now stores settings in the registry.
more bug fixes.
balloons can come from right and from the left now.
now, if you've used auto balloon catch mode, it will give you 0 points instead of removing 125 points.
now a message gets placed on the clipboard when you've played in endlis mode or you used auto balloon catch mode. o yes, from now on, I will call auto balloon catch mode just abcm, because that is easyer.
just download the game in the first post

2012-02-27 22:25:50

Hay,
Where did you get the music? because I really like it! This theme is nice because part of it is used in one of those ticket arcade machines, called big bas bonus. You spin a wheel and you colect tickets, but if the game is left long enough, it plays part of that music, so, that's made me happy!

2012-02-27 23:03:57

the music is from http://www.freeplaymusic.com, they have over 8000 free mp3 music tracks!

2012-02-28 18:58:10

Hi,
I don't understand the balloon auto catcher. How can it be activated?
@Dick, nice work! And the music while gameplay is really nice.

Janagirl!

Greetings,
Janagirl!

2012-02-28 22:54:42

Hi,

Did you take a look at www.freeplaymusic.com's terms of service?
Sadly, I found the "free" part of it not to be too great. As far as I understand, I'm not allowed to use it in my software, even when giving credit. However, if I'm misunderstanding this, then someone please tell me so. TOS are confusing! big_smile

Shame really, since I found some great tracks on there one could use.

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2012-02-28 23:53:50

hey dick, nice work man! I really love this version of the blaster its awesome, but how do you activate the audo catch modes? and il check out that free play music sight for you gorthalon and get back to you on that.

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2012-02-29 00:50:15

Hi Dick,

Fun little time waster, that. Of course it's been done a few times but your take on it was interesting. One thing I noticed though, when you try to disable statistics in the options menu the game freezes.

Kind regards,

Philip Bennefall

2012-02-29 03:35:20

Hi Dick,
When I run the game, it comes up with this error.
File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 3 (1)
Line: settings game_settings;
Error: Identifier 'settings' is not a data type

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 14 (1)
Information: Compiling void main()

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 15 (14)
Line: game_settings.setup("rwgames","balloon blaster",false);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 16 (18)
Line: if(!game_settings.exists("balloonvolume")) {
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 16 (4)
Line: if(!game_settings.exists("balloonvolume")) {
Error: Expression must be of boolean type

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 17 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("balloonvolume",-18);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 18 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("musicvolume",-12);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 19 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("mutemusic",0);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 20 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("usesapi",0);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 21 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("stats",1);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 23 (23)
Line: int temp=game_settings.read_number("usesapi");
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 24 (8)
Line: if(temp==0) sapi=false;
Warning: 'temp' is not initialized.

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 45 (27)
Line: start.volume=game_settings.read_number("balloonvolume");
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 53 (19)
Line: temp=game_settings.read_number("mutemusic");
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 58 (21)
Line: volume=game_settings.read_number("musicvolume");
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 59 (19)
Line: temp=game_settings.read_number("stats");
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 138 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("balloonvolume",balloon_volume);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 139 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("musicvolume",volume);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 142 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("mutemusic",temp);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 145 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("usesapi",temp);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

File: C:\balloon blaster\balloonblaster.bgt
On line: 148 (14)
Line: game_settings.write_number("stats",temp);
Error: Illegal operation on 'int&'

best regards,
Jack

2012-02-29 13:05:33

Hi,
To activate the auto catch mode, press control.

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2012-02-29 16:37:28

Hi Jack,

It looks like you have an old version of BGT installed. The settings class, which is used to read and write data in the registry, was introduced fairly recently. If you redownload the engine from blastbay.com, the game will work fine.

Kind regards,

Philip Bennefall

2012-02-29 21:54:44

Hi Burak,
I pressed the controlkey more times but nothing happened.

Janagirl!

Greetings,
Janagirl!

2012-03-01 08:55:57

hello everybody.
I changed the cheat code. Battle zones first cheat? in the first version, wasn't that something with level up? I read it on klango.
Anyway, Please tell me if I'm wrong on free play musics  terms. I don't know, I think it should be all right, but now when you said that, I'm not shure. If I'm wrong, I'll release a new version instandly.
ah well, Philip, thanks for reporting the minor bug. I think you have the music turnd off, I'll fix that bug now.

2012-03-01 12:17:55

Hi,
I don't know if Roel changed the keystroke but in the last testing version it was control.

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