Coders'Week by Alive Designs
C - - C - - HELLO EVERYBODY OUTTHERE ! FEEL VERY WELCOME TO THIS SMALL SCREEN ,WHICH WAS CODED ON 30.5.90 . YOU MAY WONDER ABOUT THE TITLE OF THIS CODE .I WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO YOU NOW . OH ,I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF : I AM MAIK , A MEMBER OF ALIVE DESIGNS ,THE PROFESSIONAL SECTION OF THE GROUP 'ALIVE' .WE IN AD ARE THE ONES ,RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL KINDS OF GAMES OR TOOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT . AT THE MOMENT I AM IN OUR CODERS' ROOM ,WHICH IS AT HOLGER'S PLACE . IT IS WEDNESDAY ,THE THIRD DAY OF CODE ! NOW THE STORY ABOUT THE NAME . WE IN AD ARE ALL CODING AT OUR OWN GAMES . AND IN THE LAST HOLIDAYS I AND HOLGER ,WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE AMIGA SECTION , DECIDED TO MEET EVERY DAY FROM THE MORNING TO THE EVENING AT MY HOUSE TO CODE . IT SHOWED UP T - BE VERY EFFICIENT SITTING WITH ANOTHER GUY WHO HAS ALSO HIS CODER PROBLEMS IN A ROOM FROM NINE O'CLOCK TILL SIX O'CLOCK .YOU CAN HELP EACHOTHER AND THE CONCENTRATION IS MUCH BETTER THAN CODING ALONE ! - AND IT'S FUNNY INDEED !!!! - AND AS OUR WHITSUN (PFINGSTEN) HOLIDAYS APPROACHED WE DECIDED TO DO SUCH DAYS OF CONCENTRATED CODE AGAIN . AT SUNDAY I STARTED TO BUILD UP MY COMPUTER IN HOLGER'S ROOM .AT MONDAY DOMINIC CAME WITH HIS AMIGA 2000 . THEN WE ALL IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO CODE AT OUR GAMES . HOLGER AND DOMINIC ARE THE ONLY AMIGA CODERS AT THE MOMENT . ON THE 64 I AND ANDY ARE THE TWO FIRST CODERS . BUT THERE ARE TWO GUYS WHO SOON WILL ALSO CODE UNDER THE AD-LABEL . THEY ALSO STARTED TO CODE AT THEIR NEW GAME . UNFORTUNATELY ,WE ARE ONLY TWO GUYS TODAY ,BECAUSE DOMINIC SUDDENLY FELL ILL AND HAS TO STAY AT HOME TODAY AND ALSO TOMORROW . BUT WE HOPE HE WILL BE OK AGAIN AT FRIDAY .AT THE MOMENT I AM PHONING WITH HIM . HE REALLY SOUNDS VERY ILL ! " HEY DOMMY .LET'S STOP THIS PHONETALK NOW ,OK ?" " OK , I PHONE YOU AGAIN TODAY . THANX FOR THE BOOKS YOU BROUGHT ME ! BYE ,BYE " .DOMMY HUNG UP THE PHONE . ON MY RIGHT ,HOLGER IS ACTUALLY ALSO CODING A SMALL DEMO-SCREEN ON THE AMIGA . HIS DEMO WILL LOOK NICE ,WHEN IT IS FINISHED ,I THINK . - HEY ,WHAT'S THAT ? - HOLGEQ BRINGS ME SOME COKE ! - CCCCOOOOOOOLLLLLLL !!!!!!! - HMM ,THAT'S REFRESHING ! HOLGER ACTUALLY THINKS ABOUT INCLUDING SOME VECTOR GRAFIX IN HIS SMALL DEMO .BUT IT SEEMS HE ABANDOMED THIS THOUGHT . DON'T YOU THINK IT IS A WASTE OF TIME TO TYPE LONG SCROLLTEXTS WHILE AN INCOMPLETE GAMECODE IS WAITING TO BE COMPLETED ??? I DO ! AND SO I STOP WRITING THIS TEXT .BUT I WILL CONTINUE IT IN SOME HOURS OR TODAY OR SOMETIME ELSE ... - BIS GLEICH !!!! - YEP ! BACK AGAIN ! IT IS NOW 22.30 AND DURING THE LAST TIME I TYPED SOME WORDS NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED . AT THE START OF THE EVENING A PAL FROM OUR CLASS SHOWED UP TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING THE WHOLE DAY . HE SPENT ALMOST THE WHOLE DAY IN FRONT OF DOMMY'S COMPY PLAYING ALL THE FEW GAMES HE COULD FIND IN HOLGER'S ROOM . AS HE LEFT US ,WE TOLD HIM TO SEND SOME OTHER DUDES FROM OUR CLASS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD TO US ,SO THAT WE HAVE SOME COMRADES TO ENTERTAIN US . DOMMY CALLED UP AGAIN TO TELL US THAT HE WILL COME ON SATURDAY ,BECAUSE HIS FEVER RAISED TO A HIGH LEVEL AND SO HE HAS TO STAY IN BED LONGER THAN IT WAS EXPECTED .BUT LET'S WAIT AND SEE . - NOW TO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ! - DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAMES WHICH WE ARE PLANNING AND WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN FUTURE ? - I'M SURE YOU DO ! - SO HERE IS A SMALL LIST OF ALL PROJECTS ,WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON : AT FIRST OUR MOST ADVANCED GAME . IT WILL BE RELEASED SOON . (TO BE EXACT ,WE ARE SENDING IT AWAY THIS WEEK .) IT IS A CONVERSION OF A COIN-OP GAME .IT IS A MIX BETWEEN TETRIS AND SPACE INVADERS . IT IS CALLED 'BLOCK SHOCK' . PROGRAMMER OF THIS IS ANDY . IT IS HIS FIRST GAME BUT IT IS FAR BETTER THAN MY FIRST GAME - (IT WAS AN UGLY MEGA-SIMPLE GAME CALLED 'PULL' ) - WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL MAKE THE MUSIC FOR THE GAME .THIS HAS TO BE DECIDED ,WHEN WE GET THE CONTRACT .WE WILL SEND IT TO DOUBLE DENSITY. - ( HELLO WALTER !) - I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S A C-64 GAME . I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMIGA PROJECTS LATER .THE SECOND GAME IS MINE ! IT IS A SPORT-GAME ,WHICH CAN BE COMPARED TO 'HAT-TRICK' AND 'HYPABALL' . IT IS FAST ,FOR TWO PLAYERS ONLY ,AND OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL OF FUN !!!! THE WORKING TITLE FOR IT IS 'SLAMMER' ,BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD KEEP THIS NAME OR SEARCH FOR ANOTHER ONE . THE THIRD GAME IS CALLED 'BALLOON' . IT IS ONE OF THOSE FUNNY THRUST-STEERING GAMES .YOU HAVE TO STEER A BALLOON THROUGH A CAVE AND COLLECT ITEMS ,WHICH YOU HAVE TO BRING TO A SPECIFIC POINT .THE GRAFIX AND THE CODE WILL BE DONE BY OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS MICHA AND MICHA . WE ALSO PLAN TO DO A TOOL .IT WILL BE A SIMPLE OVERLAY-SPRITE-EDITOR WHICH WILL ALSO CONTAIN SOME FLI-TOOLS .WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL DO IT ,BUT I AND ANDY WILL CODE IT TOGETHER . SO AND THAT WERE ALL THE CURRENT PROJECTS ,WE IN THE 64 SECTION OF ALIVE DESIGNS ( - THE ORIGINAL SECTION ! AD WAS FOUNDED ON THE 64 !) - NOW IT IS TIME TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMIGA PROJECTS : AS THE AMIGA SECTION IS EVEN YOUNGER THAN THE 64 SECTION ,THERE ARE NOT VERY MUCH PROJECTS AND MEMBERS AT THE MOMENT . HOLGER IS ACTUALLY CODING A FAST ACTION GAME WHICH IS LIKE ASTEROIDS ,BUT CONTAINS MORE ACTION AND FUN ,OF COURSE ! TILO ,OUR FREE-LANCE MEMBER, WILL DO THE GRAFIX FOR THE GAME .HE ALSO DOES THE GRAFIC FOR MY GAME .THE MUSIC WILL BE MADE BY OUR AMIGA MUSICAN THE-AN .THE NAME OF THE GAME IS 'ASTATIN' . IT WILL BE FINISHED AFTER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS . DOMINIC ,OUR NEW MEMBER HAS STARTED TO PROGRAM A NEW ACTION GAME WHICH IS LIKE HERO ,BUT BETTER AND WITH MORE FEATURES ,OF COURSE .IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WILL MAKE THE GRAFIX . NAME AND RELEASE DATE ARE ALSO UNKNOWN . UNFORTUNATELY ,THAT WERE ALL PROJECTS FROM OUR AMIGA SECTION . BUT LET'S SEE WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING ! GET OUR SMALL PROMOTION DEMO ON THE 64 CALLED 'FOLLOW THE RAINBOW' .IT'S SIMPLE BUT NICE TO LOOK AT ! ALSO GET OUR AMIGA VERSION OF THIS CODERS' WEEK DEMO ! HOLGER IS STILL CODING ON IT TO MY RIGHT . - "HEY HOLGER ,WHEN IS THE DEMO READY ?" - " TOMORROW !!!! " - NICE TO HEAR . I THINK I HAVE TO SEND SOME VERY PERSONAL HELLOS TO SOME GUYS : HELLO BERND FROM THE CEN ART STUDIOS ! MY SPECIAL FRIEND ! PHONE ME AND WE WILL BREAK NEW PHONE RECORDS ! LET'S DO SOME RELEASES TOGETHER ! HAVE LUCK WITH YOUR AND H'S GAMES !!! LET'S MEET AGAIN SOON ! HELLO OYAMA ! WE AREN'T IN CONTACT ANYMORE ,BUT I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK IN GAMECODING ! - WHEN WILL YOU START CODING GAMES INSTEAD OF DEMOS ? - YEAH ANDREAS AND ZORAN ! - HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL WITH YOUR STORMLORD-LIKE GAME ! IF THE CODE IS AS GOOD AS THE GRAFIX YOU SHOWED ME ,THEN IT WILL BEAT STORMLORD !!! - MOIN SVEN AND MARCO ! - HOPE TO MEET YOU ANYWHERE SOON ! - HALLO RUEDIGER !! - FINE TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE SO BUSY AT THE MOMENT . I HOPE YOU LIKE THE STUFF THE CEN ART STUDIO WILL CODE FOR YOU ! I'VE GOT A NEW IDEA WHAT WE CAN CODE FOR YOU ! I WILL PHONE YOU WHEN WE ARE READY TO CODE IT ! - YUPPA YUPPA FRANCO AND MARKUS ! THE SAME NOTE AS TO THE OTHER CEN'S ! HAVE YOU STARTED WITH YOUR FAT-MAN-GAME ,MARKUS ??? DO IT ! IT SURE WILL BE FUNNY !!! - HY CHRISTIAN ! - THANX FOR YOUR OHONECALL ! SORRY THAT I WASN'T AT HOME ! - THAT WERE ALL GREETS . I CAN'T THINK OF SOME OTHER ONES . OH ,DOMINIC PHONED AGAIN ! HE'S BORED AT HOME ,BECAUSE HIS COMPY IS AT OUR PLACE .I ASKED HIM TO DICTATE SOME WORDS BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHATTA WRITE . AND AS IT IS ALMOST TWELVE O'CLOCK I DECIDE TO STOP WRITING FOR TODAY ,BECAUSE I WANT TO GO HOME NOW .I HAVE TO GET UP EARLY TOMORROW AND SO I WANT TO BE IN BED NO TOO LATE . DOMINIC SENDS GREETS TO ALL YOU PEOPLES OUTTHERE ! OK LET'S END THE TEXT FOR NOW .SEE YOU AGAIN ON THURSDAY !!!! BYE BYE FROM MAIK ,DOMINIC AND HOLGER !!!! - AND HERE I AM AGAIN ! BUT NOT ON THURSDAY ,BUT ON FRIDAY ! IT IS SOME MINUTES AFTER NOON AND I WILL GO HOME SOON TO HAVE MY BREAK ! YESTERDAY ,THE GUY WHO VISITED US BEFORE CAME AGAIN JUST TO PLAY STUPID GAMES ON DAMMY'S COMPY ! DOMMY IS STILL VERY ILL AND LYING IN HIS BED AT HOME .BUT HE'S PHONING US FROM TIME TO TIME .YESTERDAY ,ANDY CALLED AND ASKED IF HE COULD COME TO SPEND SOME HOURS AT OUR PLACE .AFTER SOME TIME HE ARRIVED AND SHOWED US THE ALMOST FINISHED VERSION OF 'BLOCK SHOCK' .AFTER WE HAD DISCOVERED SOME BUGS HE HAS TO REMOVE ,WE STARTED TO MAKE IT READY TO SEND AWAY TO DOUBLE DENSITY ( TYPING LETTERS AND SO ON ... ) . LET'S HOPE HE GETS ENOUGH MONEY FOR BLOCK SHOCK !! OF COURSE HE DIDN'T SEND A COMPLETE VERSION TO DD .THE LEVELS ,THE INTRO AND SOME OTHER DETAILS ARE MISSING .HE STARTS TO PROGRAMM IT ,WHEN HE GETS A POSITIVE ANSWER .THIS AFTERNOON THE GAME MANIAC WILL COME AGAIN .BUT TODAY WE WILL GIVE HIM SOME (PAINT-)WORK ,SO THAT HE DOES SOMETHING SENSIBLE - AND HERE I AM AGAIN ! BUT NOT ON THURSDAY ,BUT ON FRIDAY ! IT IS SOME MINUTES AFTER NOON AND I WILL GO HOME SOON TO HAVE MY BREAK ! YESTERDAY ,THE GUY WHO VISITED US BEFORE CAME AGAIN JUST TO PLAY STUPID GAMES ON DOMMY'S COMPY ! DOMMY IS STILL VERY ILL AND LYING IN HIS BED AT HOME .BUT HE'S PHONING US FROM TIME TO TIME .YESTERDAY ,ANDY CALLED AND ASKED IF HE COULD COME TO SPEND SOME HOURS AT OUR PLACE .AFTER SOME TIME HE ARRIVED AND SHOWED US THE ALMOST FINISHED VERSION OF 'BLOCK SHOCK' .AFTER WE HAD DISCOVERED SOME BUGS HE HAS TO REMOVE ,WE STARTED TO MAKE IT READY TO SEND AWAY TO DOUBLE DENSITY ( TYPING LETTERS AND SO ON ... ) . LET'S HOPE HE GETS ENOUGH MONEY FOR BLOCK SHOCK !! OF COURSE HE DIDN'T SEND A COMPLETE VERSION TO DD .THE LEVELS ,THE INTRO AND SOME OTHER DETAILS ARE MISSING .HE STARTS TO PROGRAMM IT ,WHEN HE GETS A POSITIVE ANSWER .THIS AFTERNOON THE GAME MANIAC WILL COME AGAIN .BUT TODAY WE WILL GIVE HIM SOME (PAINT-)WORK ,SO THAT HE DOES SOMETHING SENSIBLE . - I'M HERE AGAIN .IT'S 6.30 AND NOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENED .ANOTHER GUY OF OUR CLASS VISITED US TO WATCH US .BUT HE LEFT US SOON .THE GUY WHO HAD TO PAINT SOMETHING PROVED TO BE NOT VERY TALENTED .HMM . I REALLY FEEL A LITTLE BIT TIRED ,BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO GET UP THAT EARLY IN MY HOLIDAY ! NEXT WEEK WE WILL GO ON A LEGAL PARTY .BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL BE VERY GOOD .OH ,HOLGER WANTS TO WRITE SOMETHING .HERE YOU HAVE THE KEYBOARD . HA ! - IF ANYBODY HAS READ THIS TEXT UP TO NOW, CALL ME: - I GIVE THE KEYS BACK TO MAIK. I'M BACK .HOLGER IS NOW GOING TO MAKE SOME FOOD FOR HIMSELF .NUDELS ,I PERSUME ! I HAVE FINISHED THE MAIN WORK ON MY BONUS SEQUENCE AND NOW I MUST START TO CODE THE EXTRA-SHOP SEQUENCE ,WHERE YOU CAN BUY A BETTER SPEED FOR YOUR PLAYER OR WHERE YOU CAN BRIBE THE REFEREE .BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW ,HOW THIS SEQUENCE WILL LOOK LIKE!!! BUT LET'S CODE AND SEE . TODAY I PHONED WITH JOCHEN ,WHO IS A MEMBER OF ALIVE . - (REMEMBER: ALIVE AND ALIVE DESIGNS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ! BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE ,HEHE) - HE TOLD ME ,THAT ROLAND(CREST) HAS CODED SOME NEW RECORDS WITH DYCPERS .HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE IS CODING ON THREE GAMES BUT IS NOT CONTENT WITH ONE OF THEM .I'M WAITING TO SEE ONE OF THEM . DOMMY CALLED UP AS USUAL AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL PROBABLY COME TOMORROW .THAT'S OK . - I KNOW THAT NOONE IS READING THE TEXT TILL NOW ,BUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS FACT ! - GAMECODING RULES IN '90 - I'M ENDING FOR NOW .CODE IS CALLING ! - SO LET'S DO THE WILD THING ! - BYE BYE AND SEE YOU SOME BYTES LATER IN THIS TEXT ... - BACK AGAIN TO BORE YOU ALL ! - IT IS SATURDAY EVENING .TODAY I STARTED IN THE AFTERNOON ,COZ I HAD TO DO OTHER THINGS IN THE MORNING (SLEEPING...HEHE) .I WANT TO END THIS SCROLLTEXT NOW ,BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO CRUNCH THIS SCREEN AND MAKE IT READY .MAYBE YOU WILL SEE THIS SCREEN IN FUTURE BECAUSE THIS WILL MAYBE BE OUR INTRO .BUT THAT'S NOT SURE YET . OK ,I HOPE YOU HAD AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WHILE READING THIS LONG TEXT .IF NOT ,I WONDER WHY YOU READ TILL NOW . AND AT THIS VERY END OF THE SCROLL I MUST YOU REMIND TO WATCH OUT FOR : - MAIK OF ALIVE DESIGNS SIGNING OFF ON 2.6.90 !!!! - HELLO EVERYBODY OUTTHERE ! FEEL VERY WELCOME TO THIS SMALL SCREEN ,WHICH WAS CODED ON 30.5.90 . YOU MAY WONDER ABOUT THE TITLE OF THIS CODE .I WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO YOU NOW . OH ,I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF : I AM MAIK , A MEMBER OF ALIVE DESIGNS ,THE PROFESSIONAL SECTION OF THE GROUP 'ALIVE' .WE IN AD ARE THE ONES ,RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL KINDS OF GAMES OR TOOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT . AT THE MOMENT I AM IN OUR CODERS' ROOM ,WHICH IS AT HOLGER'S PLACE . IT IS WEDNESDAY ,THE THIRD DAY OF CODE ! NOW THE STORY ABOUT THE NAME . WE IN AD ARE ALL CODING AT OUR OWN GAMES . AND IN THE LAST HOLIDAYS I AND HOLGER ,WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE AMIGA SECTION , DECIDED TO MEET EVERY DAY FROM THE MORNING TO THE EVENING AT MY HOUSE TO CODE . IT SHOWED UP T - BE VERY EFFICIENT SITTING WITH ANOTHER GUY WHO HAS ALSO HIS CODER PROBLEMS IN A ROOM FROM NINE O'CLOCK TILL SIX O'CLOCK .YOU CAN HELP EACHOTHER AND THE CONCENTRATION IS MUCH BETTER THAN CODING ALONE !P - AND IT'S FUNNY INDEED P!C - AND AS OUR WHITSUN (PFINGSTEN) HOLIDAYS APPROACHED WE DECIDED TO DO SUCH DAYS OF CONCENTRATED CODE AGAIN . AT SUNDAY I STARTED TO BUILD UP MY COMPUTER IN HOLGER'S ROOM .AT MONDAY DOMINIC CAME WITH HIS AMIGA 2L0K - . THEN WE ALL IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO CODE AT OUR GAMES . HOLGER AND DOMINIC ARE THE ONLY AMIGA CODERS AT THE MOMENT . ON THE 64 I AND ANDY ARE THE TWO FIRST CODERS . BUT THERE ARE TWO GUYS WHO SOON WILL ALSO CODE UNDER THE AD-LABEL . THEY ALSO STARTED TO CODE AT THEIR NEW GAME . UNFORTUNATELY ,WE ARE ONLY TWO GUYS TODAY ,BECAUSE DOMINIC SUDDENLY FELL ILL AND HAS TO STAY AT HOME TODAY AND ALSO TOMORROW . BUT WE HOPE HE WILL BE OK AGAIN AT FRIDAY .AT THE MOMENT I AM PHONING WITH HIM . HE REALLY SOUNDS VERY ILL ! " HEY DOMMY .LET'S STOP THIS PHONETALK NOW ,OK ?" " OK , I PHONE YOU AGAIN TODAY . THANX FOR THE BOOKS YOU BROUGHT ME ! BYE ,BYE " .DOMMY HUNG UP THE PHONE . ON MY RIGHT ,HOLGER IS ACTUALLY ALSO CODING A SMALL DEMO-SCREEN ON THE AMIGA .P C - HIS DEMO WILL LOOK NICE ,WHEN IT IS FINISHED ,I THINK . - HEY ,WHAT'S THAT ? - HOLGEQ BRINGS ME SOME COKE ! - HMM ,THAT'S REFRESHING ! HOLGER ACTUALLY THINKS ABOUT INCLUDING SOME VECTOR GRAFIX IN HIS SMALL DEMO .BUT IT SEEMS HE ABANDOMED THIS THOUGHT . DON'T YOU THINK IT IS A WASTE OF TIME TO TYPE LONG SCROLLTEXTS WHILE AN INCOMPLETE GAMECODE IS WAITING TO BE COMPLETED L?C - I DO ! AND SO I STOP WRITING THIS TEXT .BUT I WILL CONTINUE IT IN SOME HOURS OR TODAY OR SOMETIME ELSE L.T F - T .BIS GLEICH P!Z - YEP ! BACK AGAIN ! IT IS NOW 22.30 AND DURING THE LAST TIME I TYPED SOME WORDS NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED . AT THE START OF THE EVENING A PAL FROM OUR CLASS SHOWED UP TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING THE WHOLE DAY . HE SPENT ALMOST THE WHOLE DAY IN FRONT OF DOMMY'S COMPY PLAYING ALL THE FEW GAMES HE COULD FIND IN HOLGER'S ROOM . AS HE LEFT US ,WE TOLD HIM TO SEND SOME OTHER DUDES FROM OUR CLASS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD TO US ,SO THAT WE HAVE SOME COMRADES TO ENTERTAIN US . DOMMY CALLED UP AGAIN TO TELL US THAT HE WILL COME ON SATURDAY ,BECAUSE HIS FEVER RAISED TO A HIGH LEVEL AND SO HE HAS TO STAY IN BED LONGER THAN IT WAS EXPECTED .BUT LET'S WAIT AND SEE . - NOW TO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ! - DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAMES WHICH WE ARE PLANNING AND WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN FUTURE ? - I'M SURE YOU DO ! - SO HERE IS A SMALL LIST OF ALL PROJECTS ,WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON : AT FIRST OUR MOST ADVANCED GAME . IT WILL BE RELEASED SOON . (TO BE EXACT ,WE ARE SENDING IT AWAY THIS WEEK .) IT IS A CONVERSION OF A COIN-OP GAME .IT IS A MIX BETWEEN TETRIS AND SPACE INVADERS . IT IS CALLED 'BLOCK SHOCK' . PROGRAMMER OF THIS IS ANDY . IT IS HIS FIRST GAME BUT IT IS FAR BETTER THAN MY FIRST GAME - (IT WAS AN UGLY MEGA-SIMPLE GAME CALLED 'PULL' ) - WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL MAKE THE MUSIC FOR THE GAME .THIS HAS TO BE DECIDED ,WHEN WE GET THE CONTRACT .WE WILL SEND IT TO DOUBLE DENSITY. - ( HELLO WALTER !) - I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S A C-64 GAME . I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMIGA PROJECTS LATER .THE SECOND GAME IS MINE ! IT IS A SPORT-GAME ,WHICH CAN BE COMPARED TO 'HAT-TRICK' AND 'HYPABALL' . IT IS FAST ,FOR TWO PLAYERS ONLY ,AND OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL OF FUN P!_B THE WORKING TITLE FOR IT IS 'SLAMMER' ,BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD KEEP THIS NAME OR SEARCH FOR ANOTHER ONE . THE THIRD GAME IS CALLED 'BALLOON' . IT IS ONE OF THOSE FUNNY THRUST-STEERING GAMES .YOU HAVE TO STEER A BALLOON THROUGH A CAVE AND COLLECT ITEMS ,WHICH YOU HAVE TO BRING TO A SPECIFIC POINT .THE GRAFIX AND THE CODE WILL BE DONE BY OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS MICHA AND MICHA . WE ALSO PLAN TO DO A TOOL .IT WILL BE A SIMPLE OVERLAY-SPRITE-EDITOR WHICH WILL ALSO CONTAIN SOME FLI-TOOLS .WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL DO IT ,BUT I AND ANDY WILL CODE IT TOGETHER . SO AND THAT WERE ALL THE CURRENT PROJECTS ,WE IN THE 64 SECTION OF ALIVE DESIGNS ( - THE ORIGINAL SECTION ! AD WAS FOUNDED ON THE 64 !) - NOW IT IS TIME TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMIGA PROJECTS : AS THE AMIGA SECTION IS EVEN YOUNGER THAN THE 64 SECTION ,THERE ARE NOT VERY MUCH PROJECTS AND MEMBERS AT THE MOMENT . HOLGER IS ACTUALLY CODING A FAST ACTION GAME WHICH IS LIKE ASTEROIDS ,BUT CONTAINS MORE ACTION AND FUN ,OF COURSE ! TILO ,OUR FREE-LANCE MEMBER, WILL DO THE GRAFIX FOR THE GAME .HE ALSO DOES THE GRAFIC FOR MY GAME .THE MUSIC WILL BE MADE BY OUR AMIGA MUSICAN THE-AN .THE NAME OF THE GAME IS 'ASTATIN' . IT WILL BE FINISHED AFTER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS . DOMINIC ,OUR NEW MEMBER HAS STARTED TO PROGRAM A NEW ACTION GAME WHICH IS LIKE HERO ,BUT BETTER AND WITH MORE FEATURES ,OF COURSE .IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WILL MAKE THE GRAFIX . NAME AND RELEASE DATE ARE ALSO UNKNOWN . UNFORTUNATELY ,THAT WERE ALL PROJECTS FROM OUR AMIGA SECTION . BUT LET'S SEE WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING ! GET OUR SMALL PROMOTION DEMO ON THE 64 CALLED 'FOLLOW THE RAINBOW' .IT'S SIMPLE BUT NICE TO LOOK AT ! ALSO GET OUR AMIGA VERSION OF THIS CODERS' WEEK DEMO ! HOLGER IS STILL CODING ON IT TO MY RIGHT . - "HEY HOLGER ,WHEN IS THE DEMO READY ?" - " TOMORROW P!GB " - NICE TO HEAR . I THINK I HAVE TO SEND SOME VERY PERSONAL HELLOS TO SOME GUYS : HELLO BERND FROM THE CEN ART STUDIOS ! MY SPECIAL FRIEND ! PHONE ME AND WE WILL BREAK NEW PHONE RECORDS ! LET'S DO SOME RELEASES TOGETHER ! HAVE LUCK WITH YOUR AND H'S GAMES L!G - LET'S MEET AGAIN SOON ! HELLO OYAMA ! WE AREN'T IN CONTACT ANYMORE ,BUT I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK IN GAMECODING ! - WHEN WILL YOU START CODING GAMES INSTEAD OF DEMOS ? - YEAH ANDREAS AND ZORAN ! - HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL WITH YOUR STORMLORD-LIKE GAME ! IF THE CODE IS AS GOOD AS THE GRAFIX YOU SHOWED ME ,THEN IT WILL BEAT STORMLORD L!G - MOIN SVEN AND MARCO ! - HOPE TO MEET YOU ANYWHERE SOON ! - HALLO RUEDIGER !! - FINE TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE SO BUSY AT THE MOMENT . I HOPE YOU LIKE THE STUFF THE CEN ART STUDIO WILL CODE FOR YOU ! I'VE GOT A NEW IDEA WHAT WE CAN CODE FOR YOU ! I WILL PHONE YOU WHEN WE ARE READY TO CODE IT ! - YUPPA YUPPA FRANCO AND MARKUS ! THE SAME NOTE AS TO THE OTHER CEN'S ! HAVE YOU STARTED WITH YOUR FAT-MAN-GAME ,MARKUS L? - DO IT ! IT SURE WILL BE FUNNY L!C - HY CHRISTIAN ! - THANX FOR YOUR OHONECALL ! SORRY THAT I WASN'T AT HOME !T G - THAT WERE ALL GREETS . I CAN'T THINK OF SOME OTHER ONES . OH ,DOMINIC PHONED AGAIN ! HE'S BORED AT HOME ,BECAUSE HIS COMPY IS AT OUR PLACE .I ASKED HIM TO DICTATE SOME WORDS BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHATTA WRITE . AND AS IT IS ALMOST TWELVE O'CLOCK I DECIDE TO STOP WRITING FOR TODAY ,BECAUSE I WANT TO GO HOME NOW .I HAVE TO GET UP EARLY TOMORROW AND SO I WANT TO BE IN BED NO TOO LATE . DOMINIC SENDS GREETS TO ALL YOU PEOPLES OUTTHERE ! OK LET'S END THE TEXT FOR NOW .SEE YOU AGAIN ON THURSDAY P! - BYE BYE FROM MAIK ,DOMINIC AND HOLGER P!4 K - AND HERE I AM AGAIN ! BUT NOT ON THURSDAY ,BUT ON FRIDAY ! IT IS SOME MINUTES AFTER NOON AND I WILL GO HOME SOON TO HAVE MY BREAK ! YESTERDAY ,THE GUY WHO VISITED US BEFORE CAME AGAIN JUST TO PLAY STUPID GAMES ON DAMMY'S COMPY ! DOMMY IS STILL VERY ILL AND LYING IN HIS BED AT HOME .BUT HE'S PHONING US FROM TIME TO TIME .YESTERDAY ,ANDY CALLED AND ASKED IF HE COULD COME TO SPEND SOME HOURS AT OUR PLACE .AFTER SOME TIME HE ARRIVED AND SHOWED US THE ALMOST FINISHED VERSION OF 'BLOCK SHOCK' .AFTER WE HAD DISCOVERED SOME BUGS HE HAS TO REMOVE ,WE STARTED TO MAKE IT READY TO SEND AWAY TO DOUBLE DENSITY ( TYPING LETTERS AND SO ON L.G - ) . LET'S HOPE HE GETS ENOUGH MONEY FOR BLOCK SHOCK !! OF COURSE HE DIDN'T SEND A COMPLETE VERSION TO DD .THE LEVELS ,THE INTRO AND SOME OTHER DETAILS ARE MISSING .HE STARTS TO PROGRAMM IT ,WHEN HE GETS A POSITIVE ANSWER .THIS AFTERNOON THE GAME MANIAC WILL COME AGAIN .BUT TODAY WE WILL GIVE HIM SOME (PAINT-)WORK ,SO THAT HE DOES SOMETHING SENSIBLE4 K - AND HERE I AM AGAIN ! BUT NOT ON THURSDAY ,BUT ON FRIDAY ! IT IS SOME MINUTES AFTER NOON AND I WILL GO HOME SOON TO HAVE MY BREAK ! YESTERDAY ,THE GUY WHO VISITED US BEFORE CAME AGAIN JUST TO PLAY STUPID GAMES ON DOMMY'S COMPY ! DOMMY IS STILL VERY ILL AND LYING IN HIS BED AT HOME .BUT HE'S PHONING US FROM TIME TO TIME .YESTERDAY ,ANDY CALLED AND ASKED IF HE COULD COME TO SPEND SOME HOURS AT OUR PLACE .AFTER SOME TIME HE ARRIVED AND SHOWED US THE ALMOST FINISHED VERSION OF 'BLOCK SHOCK' .AFTER WE HAD DISCOVERED SOME BUGS HE HAS TO REMOVE ,WE STARTED TO MAKE IT READY TO SEND AWAY TO DOUBLE DENSITY ( TYPING LETTERS AND SO ON L.G - ) . LET'S HOPE HE GETS ENOUGH MONEY FOR BLOCK SHOCK !! OF COURSE HE DIDN'T SEND A COMPLETE VERSION TO DD .THE LEVELS ,THE INTRO AND SOME OTHER DETAILS ARE MISSING .HE STARTS TO PROGRAMM IT ,WHEN HE GETS A POSITIVE ANSWER .THIS AFTERNOON THE GAME MANIAC WILL COME AGAIN .BUT TODAY WE WILL GIVE HIM SOME (PAINT-)WORK ,SO THAT HE DOES SOMETHING SENSIBLE ., O - I'M HERE AGAIN .IT'S 6.30 AND NOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENED .ANOTHER GUY OF OUR CLASS VISITED US TO WATCH US .BUT HE LEFT US SOON .THE GUY WHO HAD TO PAINT SOMETHING PROVED TO BE NOT VERY TALENTED .HMM . I REALLY FEEL A LITTLE BIT TIRED ,BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO GET UP THAT EARLY IN MY HOLIDAY ! NEXT WEEK WE WILL GO ON A LEGAL PARTY .BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL BE VERY GOOD .OH ,HOLGER WANTS TO WRITE SOMETHING .HERE YOU HAVE THE KEYBOARD . HA ! - IF ANYBODY HAS READ THIS TEXT UP TO NOW, CALL ME: - I GIVE THE KEYS BACK TO MAIK. I'M BACK .HOLGER IS NOW GOING TO MAKE SOME FOOD FOR HIMSELF .NUDELS ,I PERSUME ! I HAVE FINISHED THE MAIN WORK ON MY BONUS SEQUENCE AND NOW I MUST START TO CODE THE EXTRA-SHOP SEQUENCE ,WHERE YOU CAN BUY A BETTER SPEED FOR YOUR PLAYER OR WHERE YOU CAN BRIBE THE REFEREE .BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW ,HOW THIS SEQUENCE WILL LOOK LIKEL! - BUT LET'S CODE AND SEE .P K - TODAY I PHONED WITH JOCHEN ,WHO IS A MEMBER OF ALIVE . - (REMEMBER: ALIVE AND ALIVE DESIGNS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ! BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE ,HEHE) - HE TOLD ME ,THAT ROLAND(CREST) HAS CODED SOME NEW RECORDS WITH DYCPERS .HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE IS CODING ON THREE GAMES BUT IS NOT CONTENT WITH ONE OF THEM .I'M WAITING TO SEE ONE OF THEM . DOMMY CALLED UP AS USUAL AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL PROBABLY COME TOMORROW .THAT'S OK . - I KNOW THAT NOONE IS READING THE TEXT TILL NOW ,BUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS FACT ! - GAMECODING RULES IN '90 - I'M ENDING FOR NOW .CODE IS CALLING ! - SO LET'S DO THE WILD THING ! - BYE BYE AND SEE YOU SOME BYTES LATER IN THIS TEXT L.8 F - BACK AGAIN TO BORE YOU ALL ! - IT IS SATURDAY EVENING .TODAY I STARTED IN THE AFTERNOON ,COZ I HAD TO DO OTHER THINGS IN THE MORNING (SLEEPINGL.G - HEHE) .I WANT TO END THIS SCROLLTEXT NOW ,BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO CRUNCH THIS SCREEN AND MAKE IT READY .MAYBE YOU WILL SEE THIS SCREEN IN FUTURE BECAUSE THIS WILL MAYBE BE OUR INTRO .BUT THAT'S NOT SURE YET . OK ,I HOPE YOU HAD AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WHILE READING THIS LONG TEXT .IF NOT ,I WONDER WHY YOU READ TILL NOW . AND AT THIS VERY END OF THE SCROLL I MUST YOU REMIND TO WATCH OUT FOR : - MAIK OF ALIVE DESIGNS SIGNING OFF ON 2.6.90 P! -