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Black Winter 2: Final Assault |
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| Submitted on: 1/1/2003 8:47:29 PM
By: Wong Yat Seng
Level: Intermediate
User Rating:
By 82 Users
Compatibility:VB 6.0
Users have accessed this code 5687 times.
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| | | Black Winter 2 (BW2) is the second space shooter in its series, featuring many main weapons, side weapons, special weapons, variety of enemies, and its regular end-of-level bosses. The game uses 24-bit graphics, image masking(bltblt), sound effects, background music, and realistic explosions. The game is written in well commented codes, a tutorial guide to help programmers to build a basic space shooter, and a printer-friendly user manual for gamers who wants quick reference on weapons and ship statistics.
Players are welcome to send to me their highscore files and up-to-date pilot standings will be published here. Votes for this submission are much appreciated.
Top 10 Pilots:
1. jzthealien (131220 - Killed LastBoss)
2. Blaster Master (113435 - Killed LastBoss)
3. David Albrecht (105905 - Killed LastBoss)
4. Alejandro Villarreal (103195)
5. Gert Eising (98680)
6. Danny (93005)
7. Mat "CraZ" (83165)
8. Ayman J Singh (76900)
9. Over (63845)
10. Dafhi (43065)
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1/1/2003 9:25:37 PM:Adam Lane
Well done Wong Yat Seng, this is a big
inprovement since BW1. It is a lot
better with the image lists. 5 Globes
from me buddy, keep up the good work.
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1/1/2003 10:00:04 PM:
Well done, Wong Yat Seng! Great
improvement from the previous version.
I'll make sure my friends vote it!
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1/2/2003 5:36:56 AM:
havent seen stuff these great since
tyrian or raptor
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1/2/2003 5:50:09 AM:1stCoder
Bwahaha... dun wurry Seng! All your
classmate is going to download BW2.
I'll spread the word. Bwahaha...
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1/2/2003 10:15:47 AM:James W. Manning
I haven't even downloaded it yet, and
I'm giving ya five globes!!
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1/2/2003 10:28:43 AM:Emily83
Oh dear... i've known u so well to know
that u'll come up with something like
this one day. Well, i guess all the
money u've spent in arcade shooters
over the years has finally paid off
huh?
hehe... dun wurry, u'll get my
vote, Seng!
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1/2/2003 12:01:01 PM:lagware
This is simply amazing work! 5 globes!
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1/2/2003 12:08:45 PM:Jason Liang
Hey it's me. Nice game! I thought you
were gonna post it as ^Black Winter 2
so i kept lookin on the first page and
now i searched :D. 5
Stars/Globes/whatever.
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1/2/2003 4:22:25 PM:Matias A. Villagarcia
Totally Cool! that's all i have to say
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1/2/2003 8:54:20 PM:FoxHound
Hmm, the last boss is kinda hard to
kill. There's just way too many
annoying small ships coming. Are you
sure anyone has kill that before?
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1/2/2003 10:37:13 PM:
This is great! I really need something
like this. five globes from me.
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1/3/2003 1:38:47 AM:laracroft
Pulse Ring SG doesn't seem to work on
the left side or top of the screen,
same goes for Plasma Wave MG. Anyhow, 5
globes from me =) A job well done!
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1/3/2003 1:53:57 AM:
i like ur music, but your weapons kinda
lack sounds. why dont you put in
additional .wav for your weapons?
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1/3/2003 3:03:14 AM:dafhi
this is pretty amazing. the objects
size compared with the screen size
makes the game feel crowded
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1/3/2003 3:23:32 AM:dafhi
also, enemy bullets sometimes 'collide'
where there is empty space - possibly a
sign of quick rect test. and sometimes
player ship does not move after it gets
hit with .. something .. definitely
another ship. seems like an unusual
element in a space shooter
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1/3/2003 3:27:01 AM:dafhi
like the propane at the end of round 1!
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1/3/2003 3:43:06 AM:dafhi
The Side Gun "Pulse Ring" disappears at
the left side of the game field.
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1/3/2003 3:50:25 AM:Wong Yat Seng
Hehe... pulse ring is one weapon that i
dint foresee to include in my game. The
bitmap is too big and painting it
outside the boundary of the picturebox
will cause an error. the only way to
avoid the error is to disable it if its
border exceeds the left boundary of the
picbox. sorry bout that.
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1/3/2003 6:29:38 AM:dafhi
couldn't you just disable one of the
images
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1/3/2003 6:48:09 AM:James Beer
Code of the Month material for sure!,
Talk about unloading the big guns when
it comes to trying to win.
I'm
definetly giving a 5 for this!
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1/3/2003 10:36:59 AM:James2002
Well done 5 from me ,Yat Seng!
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1/3/2003 11:10:41 AM:Wong Yat Seng
um... i can't just 'disable' one of the
balls of the pulse ring. The actual
Pulse Ring is made of a big 3 bitmap
images of a a bunch of circles. I just
rotate these 3 pictures, kinda making
them look like spinning.
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1/3/2003 11:20:53 AM:BattleStorm
For the audience you were looking for
in this submission, I would have to say
this is simply amazing. Your comments
and code explanations are wonderful and
the code is pretty tight. This would
make an awesome DirectX or BitBlt
project. Definitely a learning
experience for the beginner and even
the advanced VB coder. I can go on
about what I like about this code but
I'll just keep it to the fact that I
like the whole thing. I spent about 15
minutes perusing the code and was
amazed at the amount of work that went
into this. Excellent job! 5 globes from
me..
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1/3/2003 2:44:17 PM:Dude2
nice! 5 balls
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1/3/2003 4:37:32 PM:Vlad Vissoultchev
this get incredibly difficult at some
point!!! hint: put an Exit Sub in the
beginning of Minor_HIT if want to see
the BLACK DISC boss
;-))
Cheers,
</wqw>
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1/3/2003 10:47:19 PM:
yo buddy seems like everyone likes this
game of yours
i'm passing the word
round...
make sure u win the code of
the month award YEAH
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1/3/2003 11:26:25 PM:Stu.
Full screen and 5 lives please.
I'm
too old for this and keep dying!
:(
5*
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1/3/2003 11:37:43 PM:
I heard from OCH about this......he
sent me the 1st version
too.....hehe.....i hope you know who he
is......I'll vote for ya
definitely........
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1/4/2003 12:39:00 PM:
Crazy is d word! to describe dis Nice
graphics... 5gs
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1/5/2003 9:27:46 PM:Wong Yat Seng
hmm... so far only one person send me
his HiScore.txt file. i wonder why....
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1/6/2003 12:54:39 AM:Nate Divine
Hey, great gob. For an intermediate
space shooter this is very nice. Seems
like your going to win the code of the
month also.. good luck. Hope the vote
I give ya helps. Keep up the good work.
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1/7/2003 1:30:27 AM:Abrian Stemmet
This game is amazing! I downloaded the
game a week ago and couldn't stop
playing it! Stunning code, very neatly
done! This is why I love programming!
For guys who have a pation for coding!
Not just sloppy code all over the
place! Keep up the good work! 5 globes
from me!
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1/7/2003 2:06:51 PM:Coding Genius
Personally I don't see what's all that
great about this. For example: 14 media
player controls. This is nothing short
of ridiculus. Not to mention all the
image lists. And not a single API call
or anything? I find it very slow
(compare the 30fps this does on my
system with the 400 (with delay too) I
can achieve with bitblt in a similar
game). Also, because of the lack of
bitblt, it tends to flicker slightly.
Once the game starts to heat up int he
slightest, thee game flickers so badly
it renders the game unplayable. As for
the loading/unloading time...games this
simple shoul load and unload almost
instantaneously. Also definetly not
impressed by the 32Mb RAM it takes up
(2x explorer.exe [Windows XP]). I find
the code poorly structured too, you
should be using classes and split the
code into modules. It's not good to add
thousands of lines into one form. There
is lots more I noticed too, but that's
all I'm going to mention. I think you
get the idea.
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1/7/2003 2:08:02 PM:Coding Genius
Now, the graphics are great and the
game itself is fun - I think that's
what all these votes and comments are
for - but I must say, I hate your code
:P It would be very nice if done right
(i.e. all resources in a resource file
and loaded to RAM. Everything done by
fast API. No controls on form at all.
No timers - tight fast game loop etc
etc etc). I would give the game 10+,
but the coding behind it..pretty low.
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1/7/2003 11:02:13 PM:Daniel Keep
Coding Genius, some good points there,
although you must admit that writing a
game with media controls and image
strips must be just as difficult :D
Wong Yat Seng, your game looks
fantastic. It's definetly a great
effort, but like Coding Genius said,
perhaps you should focus your energies
on writing a technically 'better' game
for the next one: perhaps DX8? You can
check out http://www.directx4vb.com/
for some tutorials on the
matter.
Lastly, Coding Genius,
correct if I'm wrong, but aren't VB
classes the SLOWEST way of doing
something like this since they're just
COM objects?
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1/8/2003 2:09:55 AM:Wong Yat Seng
dear Mister Coding Genius, i understand
that my codings are unsatisfactory to
your standards, but i felt that it has
greatly improved since BW1 (which was
horrible). I did not want to do such
complex codings and reference any API
calls as this is an intermediate
submission meant for a space shooter
tutorial. If programmers have trouble
understanding the basic constructs of
the game engine, they wont get to learn
much from the tutorial itself. Anyhow,
i appreciate your suggestions and
comments and will produce a better
submission for BW3 in the coming
months.
Anyhow i hoped everyone
enjoyed their game.
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1/8/2003 2:53:28 AM:Sprout182
The coding standards could be commented
but i believe the whole program is
great! I believe much effort has been
made this into a complete game. Other
space shooters in PSC never came close
to a complete game. This submission has
great entertaining value.
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1/9/2003 12:32:59 AM:
I liked the game and the tutorial is
also good, 5 globes
Now I can do my
own shooter ^_^ (hope it works hehe)
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1/9/2003 11:10:47 AM:
Great! I'm making a top-down
aircraft-game on my own and your code
gave me some good ideas on how to make
it better :)
In the tutorial you
mention that the game originally should
have been made using DirctDraw - it
would be really neat if you made that
version!
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1/12/2003 5:53:15 PM:Jason Liang
wow... your game sure is great... it's
attracted more people in like 6 days
then my game in a month... lol
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1/13/2003 2:18:58 AM:Trevor Lewis
Wow, I had no idea that vb was capable
of rendering graphics that quickly.
This is indeed a job very well done.
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1/13/2003 10:32:30 PM:Peter Wilson
Glad to see you didn't use API's or
DirectDraw. It's always great to see
what can be done without them. I must
admit to being surprised by the number
of controls on the form, and the 1700
lines of code in a single procedure;
that's just too much! Ignore the
"genius" that told you to use classes -
they are just too slow - stick with
Arrays. Although I would only give you
3/5 for the code, I did give you 5/5
for the game which had a very well
rounded finish to it, including scores
and documentation. Keep up the good
work.
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1/14/2003 5:14:40 AM:
wow, this program is really great...
your so good! keep it up
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1/14/2003 5:15:59 AM:
I believe that you are very good in
programming or may be an expert... hope
you can teach me too--marlon ogsila
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1/14/2003 11:28:12 PM:
Can I distribute the source code and
compiled version of your game on my new
web site. www.freebits.us is where you
can read all the information about the
site and service. THANKS A LOT!
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1/18/2003 4:27:38 AM:
What the hell...your so excellent.
5
Globes
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1/18/2003 7:26:41 AM:Scorpion King
Excellent!!!
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1/22/2003 12:12:45 PM:
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1/22/2003 12:14:08 PM:
Pretty addictive little game!!! Seems
complex enough for me and I like all
the options you can choose to play the
game (weapons and all). Good code. Keep
doing good work.
u deserve 5 globes :)
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1/23/2003 10:26:53 PM:
Good God
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1/26/2003 4:26:54 AM:
Woah! Why can't I make sumthing this
good? Ok, don't answer that!It's coz I
am a beginner :P It looks really great
man! You get 5 globes/stars/green
little ball thingies from me!! I just
thought I'd make it 70 users who gave
you 5 globes
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1/26/2003 2:04:56 PM:Zach O''Brien
You should use Madules for your Sub's,
will speed up the game. Also, when you
get hit the map flashes.
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1/26/2003 2:04:57 PM:Zach O''Brien
You should use Modules for your Sub's,
will speed up the game. Also, when you
get hit the map flashes.
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1/26/2003 10:14:13 PM:
I can't figure out how to use the
imagelist.draw. It doesn't not give me
an error. Nothing shows up on the
screen when I run it. Any ideas?
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1/26/2003 11:04:14 PM:Wong Yat Seng
To Zach:
Actually, i intentionally
made the screen flash when u get a
critical hit. But i guess my critical
effect wasnt that good and most people
thought it's a bug instead.
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1/27/2003 3:49:00 AM:Wong Yat Seng
I've made a simple tutorial on how to
use the Draw function of an
ImageList:
http://www.planet-source-c
ode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeI
d=42727&lngWId=1
This should
(hopefully) solve all your problems
regarding the use of Imagelists.
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1/28/2003 6:02:44 PM:
Woohoo
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1/31/2003 10:02:30 AM:
Incredable! 5 Globes and worth more!
Simply The Best
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3/2/2003 9:21:46 PM:Derek Skeba
Way to hard, should ba able to move
faster. also make it fullscreen, and
change their resolution. otherwise good
game. got a website?
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3/3/2003 3:57:44 PM:Carson Stoffels
Nice job, i like the element of
leveling up your weapons.. adds a lot
of value to the game. I suggest for BW3
you do it in DX7. It would make it much
better.
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4/25/2003 6:32:08 PM:
I submitted my high score and i was
wondering where the list was. Anyways 5
stars.
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5/9/2003 9:08:00 AM:Bram Pelgrom
Based on the comments of all people I
am thankful for supporting the
open-source community :) without even
taking a look at the code, I think you
deserve 5 globes from me :) Keep up the
good job! Thanks mate!
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