Bowling Game

[creekmonkey]

Have a bowling game made entirely with 3dfa except for the pin graphics which were dome in photoshop. The pin physics are not exact but are pretty close. There are still a few bugs which I hope to work out in time. Keep in mind I am a novice at programing and this is just a hobby of mine.

http://webpages.charter.net/creekmonkey/bowl.html

[my_6th_sense]

nice work

[sadako232]

Nice use of 3dfa! Keep it up with these great creations.

[ppedz]

Very nice!

[ForumNewbie]

Very nice clean, crisp version, and some nice pin collisions there ! Much more user friendly than my version

I scored 105. How did everyone else do?

My only comments for improvement would be to have a highscore table, and to speed up the animation for the bar that comes and cleans up the pins.

If you really are a novice to programming, this is a great first attempt.

Congratulations again,

Morgan.


PS - Wish I'd been able to get the graphics as nice as this on my old version: http://www.morgan-multinational.com/...game_(v9).html

[creekmonkey]

Thanks for the comments. And yep I am truely a novice although I have been tinkering with 3dfa since the very first version. Am looking at moving the game to a server where php and mysql are available & doing a highscore table. Although I must admit sql is definatly over my head so it will take a while! As for who has scored the highest? I have scored a 240+, but then I know where the slider and aiming arrow should be to score a strike.

[ForumNewbie]

I might be able to help you with the highscore stuff, since I guess you'll only really be needing pretty much the same mySQL table as I have with my game, although you might want a prettier page to display the table, as mine is functional, not pretty

You could probably just use a PHP script and mySQL table on my server, but I'd have to just think through if that would work across domains. PM me if interested

Again - Great work

M.

[ForumNewbie]

Robbed !

Hiya. When having my second go, I thought I was on for a cracking score (Just below your 240 target) but it seems there's a small bug on the scoring for the 10th frame.

In the 10th frame, I got a strike, then 8 pins, then 2 pins on the third bowl. The 8 pins weren't counted for some reason. You might need to look into this. If it helps, my scores were:

X,9-0,X,7-3,7-3,X,X,X,9-0,X-8-2.

I think my score should have been 202 (Although I'm not 100% as I can't quite remember how the scoring should work in the 10th frame), but it came up as 182.

How's that for testing

Great fun though ! I'm gonna beat that 240 if it kills me !

M.

[ForumNewbie]

It's no good. This is just like when I play golf.... The more I play, the worse I get

I'm giving up, in the hope that I can find a faster PC tomorrow which might give me a slight edge

M.

[creekmonkey]

The 10th frame can be a total of 30 max. In your 10 frame you listed(x,8-2) which would be a strike and a spare for a total of 20. Your score you showed
( x,9-0,x,7-3,7-3,x,x,x,9-0,x-8-2); which from my calculation should have total of 192, so if your score was 182 then there may be a problem with the score script. Im sure more bugs will show. When time permits ill see what I can find:

[blanius]

Looks and plays really well. Get the bugs worked out and submit it to one of the game sites like newgrounds....

[slickdude]

Great little game.

[sadako232]

I just scored 300!!

Just playing, actually got 100 exacty =p

[jwzumwalt]

Nice job!
One suggestion... the bar starts to clear the pins before the pins stop moving. You might want the bar to delay by 1/2 second or so.

Would you be willing to share your code with the rest of us 'newbies'?
JZ

[ForumNewbie]

Hooray. I finally managed it, and here's the proof

A clean sweep of 300

[creekmonkey]

Congradulations! I am glad someone has scored a perfect 300!

[creekmonkey]

I made some minor changes to the bowling game, moved it to a new server and added a topten high score list. The game is now located at
http://creekmonkey.com/bowl/

[sadako232]

Very Good! One problem though... Make it so when you actually send it to the high score it Removes that button (so you can't keep sending the same thing).


sorry bout that =p

[creekmonkey]

Very Good! One problem though... Make it so when you actually send it to the high score it Removes that button (so you can't keep sending the same thing).


sorry bout that =p

Thanks sadako any tips or bug reports are appreciated. Fixed the submit button so now you should only be able to submit your score once.

[my_6th_sense]

I found some bug in the game...
After throwing 5 strikes, the pins do not appear anymore
I can trow as mich as I want, but the pins do not show up anymore and the scoreboard is stuck on 5...

greetings