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Jetpack 2 - by the creator of the original Jetpack

51 points by kondro 14y ago

daurnimator 14y ago
Am I the only one that thinks I could code this whole thing in a weekend/hackathon?
- ajuc 14y ago
  Even drawing these 1000 tiles would take more than a weekend.
- whiskers 14y ago
  I reckon you could get the first 90% done in a couple of days sure... The last 90% would probably take a few months though!
  - daurnimator 14y ago
    90%+90%?
    - whiskers 14y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule My point was really that people often look at something and think "Oh that's easy!". But when you actually get to the real depth of the problem it's much much more complicated and fiddly and time consuming. Off the top of my head here are a list of things you'd need to consider for developing a game: name, story/concept, title screen, credits, intro animation, implementation of gameplay/physics/loading/saving/graphics, settings / players details, user interface and GUI elements, help, input processing (mouse,joypad,joystick,touch), sound (music, ambience, effects, interface effects) ,artwork (logos, gui elements, backgrounds, sprites), repeated playability testing (is it fun, well tuned?), level creation (initial design, tweaking, testing for edge cases), utilities (level editor, sprite/animation tools), demo mode, cheats, achievements, scoreboard, installer. And of course a game over screen.
kondro 14y ago
I have fond memories of this game as a child. One of the games I was truly addicted to. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this Kickstarter posted this morning and I'm definitely a supporter. I would suggest you do too. Also, if you know anyone at HalfBrick, maybe you should suggest to them that the support a project that they've borrowed the name of for their wildly successful iOS title.
krollew 14y ago
Wow. Realy nice. I remember first Jetpack very well. One of the best games I've played. I think it's realy worth to pleadge this project!
knotty66 14y ago
Initially thought this referred to 'Jetpac' - the 8-bit game by Ultimate Play The Game. This looks cool though too. Good luck!
- adrianhoward 14y ago
  Glad to see I wasn't the only one :-) Damn... I played Jetpac to death when I was a small. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac for those who are curious)
  - mopoke 14y ago
    Awww, I was disappointed. An updated version of Jetpac (or Atic Atac) would be great.
    - mscdex 14y ago
      What about this: http://www.mobygames.com/game/jetpac-refuelled http://www.mobygames.com/game/jetpac-refuelled
M4v3R 14y ago
I don't know about you guys, but I hate the new graphics. It's not that I don't like hi-res graphics, but I just dislike the current style, tiles especially. Classic jetpack had great graphics style and everything seemed to fit together. Graphics on demos posted for the Jetpack 2 seem ackward and don't fit one into another. I hope author uses the money to hire gfx artist not only for the backgrounds, but for tiles and other bits, too.
nitrogen 14y ago
My younger brother and I (mostly my younger brother) spent many hours as children recreating the stock levels in the level editor so we could learn how to beat them. 'Twas a very fun game.
89a 14y ago
old one looks better

51 points by kondro 14y ago

daurnimator 14y ago

Am I the only one that thinks I could code this whole thing in a weekend/hackathon?

ajuc 14y ago
Even drawing these 1000 tiles would take more than a weekend.
whiskers 14y ago
I reckon you could get the first 90% done in a couple of days sure... The last 90% would probably take a few months though!
- daurnimator 14y ago
  90%+90%?
  - whiskers 14y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule My point was really that people often look at something and think "Oh that's easy!". But when you actually get to the real depth of the problem it's much much more complicated and fiddly and time consuming. Off the top of my head here are a list of things you'd need to consider for developing a game: name, story/concept, title screen, credits, intro animation, implementation of gameplay/physics/loading/saving/graphics, settings / players details, user interface and GUI elements, help, input processing (mouse,joypad,joystick,touch), sound (music, ambience, effects, interface effects) ,artwork (logos, gui elements, backgrounds, sprites), repeated playability testing (is it fun, well tuned?), level creation (initial design, tweaking, testing for edge cases), utilities (level editor, sprite/animation tools), demo mode, cheats, achievements, scoreboard, installer. And of course a game over screen.

kondro 14y ago

I have fond memories of this game as a child. One of the games I was truly addicted to. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this Kickstarter posted this morning and I'm definitely a supporter. I would suggest you do too. Also, if you know anyone at HalfBrick, maybe you should suggest to them that the support a project that they've borrowed the name of for their wildly successful iOS title.

krollew 14y ago

Wow. Realy nice. I remember first Jetpack very well. One of the best games I've played. I think it's realy worth to pleadge this project!

knotty66 14y ago

Initially thought this referred to 'Jetpac' - the 8-bit game by Ultimate Play The Game. This looks cool though too. Good luck!

adrianhoward 14y ago
Glad to see I wasn't the only one :-) Damn... I played Jetpac to death when I was a small. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac for those who are curious)
- mopoke 14y ago
  Awww, I was disappointed. An updated version of Jetpac (or Atic Atac) would be great.
  - mscdex 14y ago
    What about this: http://www.mobygames.com/game/jetpac-refuelled http://www.mobygames.com/game/jetpac-refuelled

M4v3R 14y ago

I don't know about you guys, but I hate the new graphics. It's not that I don't like hi-res graphics, but I just dislike the current style, tiles especially. Classic jetpack had great graphics style and everything seemed to fit together. Graphics on demos posted for the Jetpack 2 seem ackward and don't fit one into another. I hope author uses the money to hire gfx artist not only for the backgrounds, but for tiles and other bits, too.

nitrogen 14y ago

My younger brother and I (mostly my younger brother) spent many hours as children recreating the stock levels in the level editor so we could learn how to beat them. 'Twas a very fun game.

89a 14y ago

old one looks better