[REBOL] Re: ANN: Christmas surprise(R-puzzle)
From: gerardcote:sympatico:ca at: 28-Dec-2002 23:32
Hi Cyphre,
You wrote:
> Subject: [REBOL] ANN: Christmas surprise(R-puzzle)
> Hi all,
>
> Finally, I find little time to hack-up all the code together and release
> first public christmas version of R-puzzle game. As I said it is still a
> quick hacked version but it is playable so here you are:
>
> do http://www.rebol.cz/~cyphre/puzzle.r
>
> or desktop/sites/cyphre/r-puzzle
>
> some game info follows:
>
> -this game *needs* latest Rebol/View 1.2.8 beta (sorry guys, but it uses
> alphachannel and other stuff so...be patient and wait for the new official
> release of your Rebol/View port)
On my sister-in-law's machine with her old 56K modem, I found the download time long
enough but it was such a great pastime you put
together that the wait was very welcome after all...
> - ingame controlls: LMB drag&drop pieces, RMB rotate pieces
It is functioning like a charm - then it was so on my Pandora's box but your game consumes
a lot less resources... and it is also
portable ... as soon as the newer 1.2.8. View is ported to other machines and OSes...
> -don't blame me for the strange behaviour of the right mouse button when
> clicking to fast under View - this is a bug ;-)
this is not too annoying ... since I don't click too quickly!
> -I decided to pack together with the game some gfx I found on the net so be
> patient and download all those ~5MBs of data. I think you will like it ;-)
That was the longest to download but so what for seeing such a great app. running ...
> -next version will have online hi-score, better gui, bugfixes and ofcourse
> some nice feautre requests you can send me using in-game feedback.
>
I am having a lot of fun as it is but I'll wait patiently for the next version ... playing
with this one !
> enjoy it! Have a nice rest of christmas and Happy New Year! And keep up
> Reboling!
You too Cyphre and for your relatives either,
Gerard
