Waterskier

[midnight magicman]

Try hitting select on the latest version above and letting me know what you think of color on the other levels. Will do my best to make it look like you like it.

 

I like the first one (light blue sky, dark blue water). The other color types would be cool after game ends (the way the 70s games did)

 

Have you tried level 3? What if I kept level 3 difficulty of it and made you have to pick up 2 skis and then the boat would pick you up? I just can't get rid of the shark screen unfortunately. Emotionally attached. I'll be glad to hear about way to improve it though, including ways to get points. I thought before it might be good to be able to whack the shark with a ski after you pick one up?

 

Well, if you have to have the shark screen, maybe have that be the screen after you wipe out (i.e. you hit a patch of weeds/or whatever you want & you have to evade the shark & wait to get picked up).

 

I definitely want to increase difficulty as game goes on. I'm not sure the best way to do that though since there is no sense of level completion. Maybe I could add a life bar on right that could be the distance to home/marina.

 

How about something like Stampede where the speed increases, targets get smaller as you hit a new point total?

 

 

Peace

[Fort Apocalypse]

How about something like Stampede where the speed increases, targets get smaller as you hit a new point total?

 

I'm not sure about the ramp getting smaller (but it is doable, just may not look good?).

 

You can see what the speed difference would look like in the current version by trying the different levels. I think level 4 (3 if 0-based) is a little too fast.

 

I'm thinking slalom would be easier to do with increasing speed with since then it could become a matter of how quickly you could turn back and forth. Maybe I should add slalom. Think so?

 

If so when should the skier jump and when should the skier slalom? (Maybe thats what the select switch would let you pick (jump or slalom?) or would it alternate throughout the game?

 

Thanks for all of the ideas!

[midnight magicman]

I'm not sure about the ramp getting smaller (but it is doable, just may not look good?).

 

yeah, you're probably right about that.

 

You can see what the speed difference would look like in the current version by trying the different levels. I think level 4 (3 if 0-based) is a little too fast.

 

I don't think it's too fast. I DO think there is TOO MUCH variance in all 4 speeds though (espcially between 1 & 2). Not sure if you can have speeds that fall between 1&2 or 2&3.

 

I'm thinking slalom

 

What do you mean by slalom? You mean a time limit to get back to marina?

 

Maybe it could be a combination. See how many ramps you can hit b4 you get back to shore. If you don't hit a certain point total, you don't get a certain point bonus?

 

Also, I have yet to successfully grab a hold of the rope/handle. Can you slow down the boat a little?

 

Peace

[Fort Apocalypse]

Unfortunately the compiler is getting stuck in an infinite loop in the latest version of my code, so I'm stuck.

 

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong that might cause it to do this?

waterskier1.4.bas