Games Competition 2009 - Round 1 - Drelbs

shteev · Last edited by shteev on Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:08 am; edited 2 times in total

What the hell IS a Drelb? Let's find out....

RULES

Round 1 starts 12th of January and will end midnight, 1st of February(GMT)

Post screenshots in this thread.

Please ensure that you own a legal copy of this game to compete.

Don't cheat! - We know where you live!!!

Submit your scores on both NOVICE and SUPER level.

GAME INFO & COMMENTS

Drelbs@Lemon64

QUESTIONS

Please check the Lemon Games Compo FAQ

ROUND 1 SCORETABLE

...as soon as we have submissions

OVERALL STANDINGS

...will not be so slack this year, I promise Smile

EXTRAS

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Roger Frames · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

The game seems to have three difficulty levels: novice, tough and super.
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shteev · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject:

Roger Frames wrote:

The game seems to have three difficulty levels: novice, tough and super.

Does it? How do you get those, then?

Anyone have a full set of instructions, while I'm about it?
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Roger Frames · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject:

shteev wrote:

Does it? How do you get those, then?

Anyone have a full set of instructions, while I'm about it?

On the title-screen, press F3. Then F5 toggles the difficulty level. The default level is novice.

The Remember version includes the docs but sadly there's no text file.

I had a quick go and I couldn't really understand what I was doing but it seems the purpose is to "construct" squares by turning the lines?
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shteev · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject:

Ok, these look like some instructions for some Apple version of the game. They seem to be relevant enough to the game I'm playing to help out a bit:

http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Docs/Drelbs.txt

I'm just not getting this F3/F5 thing, tho. What version are you playing, RF?
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shteev · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject:

Silly me, I guess you're playing the Remember version Smile

I'll go and get that.

<rummage..... google... etc....>

OK, I've found the Remember version here:
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/rel...p?id=40852

It seems the F3/F5 keys don't work on the title screen, you have to press F3 whilst you are playing the game, then press F5 to alter your level and F7 to restart the game at your chosen level.

What level do y'all think we should play at? I'm looking for people who have played the game a bunch, since I'm a Drelbs n00b. As I understand it there are a limited number of levels, right? Anyone know what happens when you complete all the levels? Does the game end, or loop?
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Endurion · Lemon64 Game Champion Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 861

I'm playing without modifying any settings. What a weird game. The bonus screen gets slow if you keep freeing Drelbs (which makes it doable).
What's also weird, that is the exact same music that's playing in the game Big Ben?

27560

Roger Frames · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:58 pm Post subject:

Here's one from me, without any modifications.

29.140

Btw, I'd advise against using the Remember version. It crashed on me.
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merman · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject:

Was using the version in Gamebase, set to Novice.

21600

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Roger Frames · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:

36.870
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shteev · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject:

Ok, no complaints about NOVICE mode, and it seems like the game wants us to play it anyway (since it's hidden all the other modes away so carefully!), so that's what we'll play this month. Playing NOVICE also avoids the problem of people accidentally not remembering to change the mode of the game when they boot it up.

I've just played all the way through to the end with the trainers, and you should all be aware: During the 'end game' sequence, your score will tick up and up and up, and you'll be tempted to wait for it to finish. DON'T... when your score finishes increasing you'll be returned to the title screen with no way of seeing what your final score was. Take your screenshot early, and we'll be able to calculate what your final score is.
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shteev · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject:

Here's a first (or seventh, or twelfth, I lost count) attempt from me:

36,660
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Jolly_Roger · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject:

Suddenly,ugly faces.Thousands of them.

47570 - NOVICE

shteev · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject:

shteev wrote:

Ok, no complaints about NOVICE mode, and it seems like the game wants us to play it anyway (since it's hidden all the other modes away so carefully!), so that's what we'll play this month. Playing NOVICE also avoids the problem of people accidentally not remembering to change the mode of the game when they boot it up.

Hmm. On the other hand, it's Wednesday, and I've just got to level 7 (of 8)...

68,330 - NOVICE

Change of plan, then. We'll run TWO scoretables this month, one for NOVICE mode, and one for SUPER mode (which is the hardest difficulty level... intermediate difficulty is called TOUGH). Each scoretable will be scored out of 100, and then we'll add the points from both these tables together and halve them, so each player has a score out of 100 going through to the Games Competition Leaderboard. Any player who completes NOVICE mode will automatically gain maximum points for that scoretable... but the SUPER scoretable will score as normal.

So! Henceforth, please post the level on which you achieve your submitted scores.
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Roger Frames · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject:

Colour me surprised. This is an excellent little game, very addictive and with frenetic gameplay.
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shteev · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:40 am Post subject:

I'm moving house this week btw, god alone knows when I'll be able to be online again, or indeed if I'll have the internet sorted (as promised) when I move into my new place, so, y'all keep things ticking over if you don't see me, capiche?
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Jolly_Roger · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:39 am Post subject:

Made it to the last level,but apparently I'm not Drelb enough to survive it...

65330 - NOVICE

merman · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

9320 - SUPER

Didn't realise there were only eight levels...
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saehn · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject:

Wow, this is my first time playing this game and I'm really liking it. But I don't know how you guys are getting those great scores! I'm having a hard time getting over 20,0000 consistently.
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saehn · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

Boo-yah!

it's not as good as your scores yet, but I see a chance now!

47,000

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Roger Frames · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:11 pm Post subject:

Things get a bit too hectic after Round 3.

43.280 - NOVICE
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jt-3d · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:57 am Post subject:

I have trouble living very long in round 2. Embarassed

Novice, naturally: 12110

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Biscuit · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:15 am Post subject:

Yeah - this is tougher than I thought. Round 2 is already a hurdle in Novice. Barely managing it.

Novice: 31,950
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saehn · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject:

NOVICE 55310
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Mrs. Atombender · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:47 am Post subject:

Through this competition I've found out I really like this game. It's addictive. I love the instructions. They're hilarious. A 2-screen game about forming squares and dodging bullets and the instructions mention things like "dark corridor", "drelbish window", and "gorgolyte." For example:

Quote:

After all the enslaved drelbs are freed, you will discover the secret of the mystery lady.

I was wondering, though, after all 8 levels, is there an end screen, or does it repeat?

So far my highscore is 37,510 on novice, but I think I can best that.