Printable View
Hey all - Just completed my latest project - ZOMBIE BLAST! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it!
http://www.dotcomcafe.co.uk/entertainment
When the page loads, just click on the "Zombie Blast" Link. Please note that you will need a fairly fast PC to play this game at it's true potential. Loading maybe a little slow on anything less than a 56k modem but it's well worth it! Enjoy....
Looks good and very creepy, but the game reacts very slowly (could be my computer) and it's really just another click and destroy game... I'd like to see something more original...
Olorin
Hey if it ain't broke - don't fix it! Yeah i guess the point and click thing is getting a bit old but thats why I tried to put an element of strategy with the gorezones...
...well what I was hoping would set this game apart was the presentation of it....
what a cool and fantastic game dude!!
I love it please do some more could you do anything with say.... balloons in it or something!!
Ha! I take it you liked "Balloons" too eh? Many Thanks Mr. Williams....
Hi there,
Great games. I really like ateriods.
I'm curious, do you make the 3d objects and the vectorize them?
-Dave
cool game :)
i agree with some other people that the point and click is getting tiresome, but this one is nice!
where is the music from? it sounds eerily familiar--like i just watched a movie with that music. is it from a movie?
Thanks everyone for the positive feedback...
The zombies were created in 3d and then vectorised (if thats a word) using vecta 3d - the same goes for a lot of the elements used in Asteroids 2000.
Currently working a few more games which should hopefully be completed by Christmas....
what about the music??
its been getting to me that i cant quite place it :)
Like the zombie, the game play though is far from being the most awsome flash shoot em up as you put in your subject, something about the target and the gun just don't feel right, don't look right either, all wrong. I didn't enjoy all the pop up windows on your page either! And isn't 290k just a bit to much for a flash game as simple as this?
Just giving you an honest opinion is all.
The music loop by the way I believe is from the myst game sound track, atleast it sounds awfully familuar.
[Edited by OxBlood Ruffin on 10-26-2000 at 05:47 PM]
We should have a rule on this board that if you knock something you have to give a way to fix it.
That right, for EVERY negative thing you say, you've got to give some positive feedback or a solution at least.
That just my honest opinion...
-Dave
I could not disagree more! I love hearing HONEST feedback.Quote:
Originally posted by Dafted
We should have a rule on this board that if you knock something you have to give a way to fix it.
That right, for EVERY negative thing you say, you've got to give some positive feedback or a solution at least.
That just my honest opinion...
-Dave
I get REALLY tired of people putting up extremely simplistic stuff and then getting all these cheerful, upbeat responses telling them how great their game is!!! I mean, positive comments and encouragement are great but don't tell someone what they have done is great when it ain't!!!
With that said, this Zombie Blast game does appear to me to be one of the better Flash shooting games (but a simple Flash game nonetheless.) I do agree with some of the comments that the gun and the crosshairs don't quite work. If the crosshairs are gonna move maybe the gun isn't even needed.
Maybe what we really need is another name for these sorts of Flash apps. Maybe Gamelets or something like that. There are some games like cards that a user might play multiple times. Even some of the "mindless" games like snake or tetris can be quite challenging and addictive! However, I truly cannot see myself playing one of these type of shooting games more than once as a curiosity. It is just too simplistic. And, I mean no disrespect cause it looks like the author of this game did a nice job of putting the elements together.
Just my opinions.
You seem to have misunderstood my message.
I NEVER said you lie, or say something is great when it's not.
I just said that if you knock something to back it up with ways to fix it!
-Dave
I just disagree with your rule idea, that's all! I know you did not suggest lying or exaggerating (that was my own personal little vent!)Quote:
Originally posted by Dafted
You seem to have misunderstood my message.
I NEVER said you lie, or say something is great when it's not.
I just said that if you knock something to back it up with ways to fix it!
-Dave
The reason I disagree with you is that I value valid, honest feedback whether the person providing such feedback knows how to fix it or not!
It's simple really. If I post a game here and you think it blows, as much as I'll hate hearing it, I need to! Maybe you are someone who really understands good gameplay but have no idea of how to create it. It's OK. I still want your opinion.
What I do agree with is that everyone should be thoughtful and careful when offering comments and criticism. We are all at various stages of Flashing and the goal here is to help and encourage!
Okay, thanks for the critisism - I'll certainly try to make some improvements.
However, I am interested BullFrawg, you mentioned on more than one occasion that "people put up simplistic games" and that if a game "blows" people should be told. Well Are you saying that Zombie Blast blows? I'm only asking because if you truely don't like it I'd like to know how you think I can improve it.
Also in response to Oxbloods comments - well to be honest the gun was used really as a means for eye candy - it's not required but I like it when people take the time to add such touches - I think it makes the whole package a lot more professional. The game was 290k becuase of the 3d to vector files used and the many sfx throughout the game - okay it may seem excessive but what you have here is actually a 30% cut down version for the Net. My client "TheDotComCafe" has purchased a full 3 level version which they intend to publish to CD as part of a company presentation(I'm currently working on it at the moment).
I agree, point and click games will not have you coming back for more but if thats what the client pays for this is what they get! As mentioned in a previous post, the game maybe a simple game engine but the presentation and execution was designed to be comparitive to a console game.
On a final note, I do agree that if a game, website or anythign has something wrong, then the designer should be told - but it also would be nice to hear any reccomendation they might make. I see a lot of terrible sites and games posted in these forums which receive acclaim and praise from every angle...okay so Zombie Blast may not be "the most awesome" Flash shoot-em-up but it's not the worst either....
Quote:
Originally posted by Gambini
Okay, thanks for the critisism - I'll certainly try to make some improvements.
However, I am interested BullFrawg, you mentioned on more than one occasion that "people put up simplistic games" and that if a game "blows" people should be told. Well Are you saying that Zombie Blast blows? I'm only asking because if you truely don't like it I'd like to know how you think I can improve it.
Also in response to Oxbloods comments - well to be honest the gun was used really as a means for eye candy - it's not required but I like it when people take the time to add such touches - I think it makes the whole package a lot more professional. The game was 290k becuase of the 3d to vector files used and the many sfx throughout the game - okay it may seem excessive but what you have here is actually a 30% cut down version for the Net. My client "TheDotComCafe" has purchased a full 3 level version which they intend to publish to CD as part of a company presentation(I'm currently working on it at the moment).
I agree, point and click games will not have you coming back for more but if thats what the client pays for this is what they get! As mentioned in a previous post, the game maybe a simple game engine but the presentation and execution was designed to be comparitive to a console game.
On a final note, I do agree that if a game, website or anythign has something wrong, then the designer should be told - but it also would be nice to hear any reccomendation they might make. I see a lot of terrible sites and games posted in these forums which receive acclaim and praise from every angle...okay so Zombie Blast may not be "the most awesome" Flash shoot-em-up but it's not the worst either....
yes it is
Hi guys, here is what I think:
Designers do games in flash not only to deliver fun and interactivity to their site, it show the actuall capabilities of the designer to deal with a complex scripting. Click and Destroy games even a very simple one needs a good graphs and plenty of scripting this is what you actually show that you are good designer and programmer. Web Interface every one can do, buttons tweens alfas no problem. When the question is game though you realy have to sit down start typing.
Mad_sci
Can you tell me where i've heard the music before? im not gonna be able to sleep till i know :)
I do believe the music loop was from the flashkit archives - it sounded familiar to me also which is why I used it...!
Quite haunting eh?
Gambini,Quote:
Originally posted by Gambini
However, I am interested BullFrawg, you mentioned on more than one occasion that "people put up simplistic games" and that if a game "blows" people should be told. Well Are you saying that Zombie Blast blows? I'm only asking because if you truely don't like it I'd like to know how you think I can improve it.
Sorry if I was unclear. I definitely did not mean to say Zombie Blast blows! Of all these types of Flash games I've seen it is certainly one of the best. You have done a very good job of producing a professional presentation in this game.
And, I agree with you completely that there is a place for this type of game. As a hard-core PC gamer for the past 20 years or so, I've come to have pretty high expectations and sometimes I fail to see the value in a simpler game.
But I do still get nuts when someone posts a "game" that is poorly drawn, poorly executed with simplistic or no game play and then folks respond by telling them it rocks!
Glad to hear you've sold your game. Congrats and good luck! :)
Bullfrawg
Zombie Blast is pretty camp..Good idea, like the
idea of having to hit specified areas, nice gore on the head
shot.
I like shoot em up games[; ]
Mod
http://www.modzilla.com/trendy.html
This is a first attempt at a fighter
trying to pick up some basics.. Looks like the people
in here are pretty advanced gurus.
Many thanks for clearing that up Bullfrawg - and I totally agree. I guess when we're used to seeing the amazing 3d games that are available for consoles anbd PC's today we tend to take flash games for granted...
anyway - thanks for the support!
I don't think this game is the most awfull shooter, although much improvements to a game in particular such as this can be payed much more attention to.
Some things you may want to take into consideration:
I'd say lose the target, perhaps have an option to turn it on or off, center the gun in the middle (a graduate jump would be nice when fired). Rather then just having the Zombie randomize from here to there zooming in, have em animated (walking) give it the effect as hes walking closer and closer to you, also a creepier background, perhaps the inside of a haunted house, with animated objects around (eye candy, as you say) would really catch the users attention more. And lastly, some kind of menu placed on the bottom, you know like, how many bullets you've got left remaining, a picture of your characters face thats supposed to be killing off these zombies, kind of like how its set in first person shooter games, ofcourse without the 3d rendering, unless you really want to tackle a big project.
You may wanna use keyboard events in place of the mouse to make your programming skills a bit more challenging.
Anyways, just an idea, you may want to consider some of these, you may not, if perhaps you do, then I'm glad I could point you in the right direction. Good Luck acha'
Believe it or not but almost everything you have said is being worked on for the 3 level cd I talked about in an earlier post - Zombies are walking, you have the choice of different weapons and also one of the levels take place in a "haunted mansion". There are also different variants of Zombie and the players "face" begins to turn into that of a zombie everytime you are hit.
The problem with Flash and more importantly, Flash on the net, is the question of frame rate. People have already complained that the game runs to slowly - well this is after the game is completely cut down so you can imagine just how processor intensive the full game will be!
Unfortunatley I can't let you see the 3 level version as of yet as I am bound to my client...sorry! But as soon as they are happy with it I'll let you know!
Gambini,
Can you comment on what kind of $$$ someone could expect to charge for such a production? Also, I noticed the copyright notice is your client. Did you deliver ownership of the game to them as well?
If these are not discussable, I understand! :)
Bullfrawg
My client "TheDOtComCafe" was originally started by myself as a UK portal site - I have since recieved sponsorship from various parties who now have input into the site (as well as me)- unfortunatley I can't realy comment any more than that! Sorry!
However, we are currently considering changing the ethos TheDotComCafe to more of an entertainment site targeted at the more proficient flash user. We're currently doing some research into this field and some prototype work has begun...it's all looking good. Keep checking back!