It is called Elves Revenge, and screenshots and gameplay demo are available athttp://www.errolian.com
Full details of the game and the downloads (game, plus source code) are athttp://www.errolian.com/2006/11/22/3d-buzz-xmas-game-coding-contest-elves-revenge/
Remember that you should realy make posts like this comments if you are not asking a question.
Hi Glenn - Quick question. Can you elaborate a little more what is wrong with the post? I am not trying to be smart or anything I really don't know. I gathered from some other posts that it was encouraged to post things you have built or your experiences with XNA and just want to make sure that I follow the guidelines of posting on this forum. Thanks!
Don
There was nothing wrong with the post except that it was marked as a question... If you make the post a question and it goes un answered it goes against the stats for the forums, also (From memory here) the answered questions are ranked higher in the search for the forums site. This allows users to get answeres to there questions first in there searches.
We do like to ask that you post about your projects, but if you are not asking a question in the post, ie how do I do this type questions... just mark them as a comment.
Thanks for the clarification Glenn, I appreciate it. I am new to the forums and just want to make sure I understand the protocols and expectations. Thanks again for the reply.
Don
Hi Errolian - I downloaded and played your game. It's great! I really liked it a lot and had a lot of fun playing it.
A couple of things that would be nice:
1. Being able to control the Santa with the left joystick control. I realize that the character cannot move diagonally but to me it would be easier to move using the stick. Not sure how hard that would be. I am just learning game programming myself and how to work with the XB0x controllers.
2. More of a segue into each level along with user interaction (e.g. "Congratulations! You have cleared this level!" and a prompt to press the A button to begin the next round).
Just a couple of first thoughts.
The graphics, sound, game play, etc. are all really nice.
I'll post again if I find anything else I think will be useful.
Great job and good luck in the contest!
Don
Nicely done! I liked the polish on the menus, music and button graphics. A couple suggestions though
Other than that, good job
Hello!
I have also played the game and for your first time I have to say that it is very good, it need's that little extra as doing the same repetative actions all of the time with out something diffrent happening grates on the gameplay after a while. The music is good, but again a change would be nice, maybe when an elf collects a present the speed of the music increases. The elf's A.I. should be increased so that they can purposefuly collect the gift's as at the moment it is very random, and some animation's would be nice as well.
I had alot of fun playing the game (for the short while that I played it) and I understand that entering this new arena is difficult, and there are limmit's to what you can do at first. Keep building on the project as it help's for you to gain more expereance and build insperation for future games to come.
Keep up the good work!
I can't wait to showcase my games as well, so watch this space (after I have learned C# as I am using C,C++).
