[Kde-games-devel] granatier

[Mathias Kraus]

Arturo Silva schrieb am Freitag 18 September 2009:
> > actually it's kind of a joke. look for the "wilhelm scream"
> 
> I see, an easter egg.  ^__^b
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream
> 
> Good thinking, although I still think something along the lines of
> Wormux "death rattles" would be more universal.  ^^v

thanks for the hint, will look at it.

> >
> > yes, it's too early in the development, but I would appreciate any help in that field when it's in a more advanced state.
> 
> hehe, I'll be on standby then.  :)
> I've actually gotten more and more interested in helping update the
> KDE User Manual, since that's an important newbie resource (assuming
> they RTFM to begin with) that seems somewhat neglected.  If I do end
> up involved with that, I'm sure it'll be good practice and whipping
> something up for Granatier would be a piece of cake.  ^^b

would be great

> > I think there won't be any AI for 4.4. only local multiplayer. have you tried to move the second player with W,A,S,D and putting the bomb with Q. the third player is I, J, K, L and SPACE and the fourth player R, T, Z, G and C.
> > I need to make it configurable though.
> 
> I did now!  Although it's darn hard to move two of these little guys
> simultaneously.  :P

yes, it's a two+ player game at the moment.

> Also, for some odd reason, Player 1 seems to leave behind some visual
> artificats while certain animations from Player 2 are in progress
> (mainly when a bomb is placed or it blows up).  See the attached PNG
> for a screenshot (although the artificats vary in size).

that's right, I have to investigate where it comes from.

> Should probably note that I don't have the option to select 3 or 4
> players, at least from the build I downloaded.  And yes, configuration
> capacity is a must -- this is KDE, after all. ^___^v

in trunk there is now a GUI for it. for your snapshot you have to edit granatierrc and add "Players=3" in the "General" section.

> >
> > handicaps are also on my TODO like them from clanbomber
> 
> Not sure who else has tested this for you, but I think it would be
> great for you to add a little TODO list file in the Granatier source
> directory.  That way, anyone who tests it will see what's coming down
> the pipeline.  ^^b

good idea :)