Helicopter - CoryBee game wizardy - Bezel art is in & looks good - 06/04/13

[Louis Tully]

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[Louis Tully]

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[Termin8tor]

I'm sure it will turn out amazing as always. 

[CoryBee]

I have been playing this game for the past 40 minutes.....what have you done man!!!! 

http://www.helicopterplay.com/helicopter/thehelicoptergame.php

I keep telling myself, after you get to this score then you can stop playing....then I get to the score and think....well if I can get that far, you can get to 1500 points................FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Dance Commander]

I'm at work and I had a small browser window open on the corner of my screen to sneak in  a few rounds of helicopter, but people keep walking up behind me and I panic and crash
Right, I suppose I should get back to work.  Excellent cab idea btw.

[Louis Tully]

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[Louis Tully]

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[CoryBee]

Do you plan on just booting straight into the .swf file or what?

[CoryBee]

I find it much easier to play because there is no lag after it is downloaded



Just in case you don't have it yet or someone wants it....

[Louis Tully]

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[Seith]

There's a way to take that SWF file and export it as a standalone EXE file.  It depends on the version of Flash it is running on, but if you get the Flash Standalone Player from the Adobe site, and you play the SWF using that, there is a selection in the menu to "Export Standalone Player".

[Gamester]

Fun game!  If you enjoy this, you will probably also like Jetpack Joyride, which is available on mobile devices.  It's basically this game on steroids...

[CoryBee]

There's a way to take that SWF file and export it as a standalone EXE file.  It depends on the version of Flash it is running on, but if you get the Flash Standalone Player from the Adobe site, and you play the SWF using that, there is a selection in the menu to "Export Standalone Player".

This is a good idea.

I made the swf into an .exe file for you.

Create a shortcut for it and go to properties, select run maximized. Now just set the shortcut it as a shell for windows.

File was too big to attach, here is a link for it.

[Louis Tully]

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[CoryBee]

Playing around with the SWF file now, I think I have found a way to save the high score 

Once I get that done I will attempt to add a high score list.

Until then I took the copyright thing out.

[CoryBee]

Grrrr, it's not working. Will try some more after lunch.

[CoryBee]

Wow, I spent way too much time figuring that out.

Here is the Helicopter game that now saves your highest score on that computer.

Attached is the SWF and here is the link for the EXE

I am fairly certain I can create a high score board for it as well, but I do not have the energy right now.

Cheers! 

[nickels]

I am currently working on a flash skee ball game and also want a high score list. I'm working in AS 2.0 so its older code. It seems like a shared object is the way to go to store variable locally. I am unable to get it working at the moment - too buggy. If you figure out the logic behind a local scoreboard in Flash I'm all ears! Good luck with your project. I'll post my code here if I ever get my scoreboard working.

[Louis Tully]

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[CoryBee]

No worries man, I am always glad to help out the community.

You didn't say to change the first text that reads "Click to start" but I took the liberty to do so.

Took me a second to find what that font was called, was going to make it comic sans as a joke but I restrained myself.

Here are two versions for you, one is just what you requested and the other I added a Green Button in the beginning for a bit more arcade feel to it. Let me know which one you like best.

Recap:

• Removed the "copyright: seethru.co.uk" text from the beggining
• Added High Score script to save "Best:" score locally
• Changed start screen main text to fit Arcade buttons. From click mouse to press button
• Added arcade button to start screen for dramatic flair 

Let me know if there is anything else I can do. Still haven't had a chance to really work on the "High Score Board" frame yet, will let you know if I make any headway.

I am hoping you will be starting construction on this build really soon, can't wait to see it in a cabinet.

I use "Macromedia Flash MX Professional" (Garrrrr)

Screen Shot

I am currently working on a flash skee ball game and also want a high score list. I'm working in AS 2.0 so its older code. It seems like a shared object is the way to go to store variable locally. I am unable to get it working at the moment - too buggy. If you figure out the logic behind a local scoreboard in Flash I'm all ears! Good luck with your project. I'll post my code here if I ever get my scoreboard working.

PM me with the flash game and I will take a look at it after I add one to the helicopter game. Wont be too difficult to modify it for yours, although I am sure your game is much more complex than this one.



Once again attached are the .swf files and here is the links for the .exe versions

Without Green Button

With Green Button

[Louis Tully]

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[CoryBee]

Haha, thanks for the compliment. I am nothing compared to Sjaak, I am glad he took up my suggestion to build the Felix game, mine wasn't turning out 1/100th of what his is now.

Green button idea came to me in a fit of starvation haha When I get focused on something I neglect everything else as well.....

I removed those lines, well moved them off screen because it is needed to run the game.

I don't want any of your money for this, if I get the "High Score Table" working you can shoot me a little something something if you wish.

Actually, I would like to make a Helicopter serial plate for you if you want to buy one from me. Give this game and your cabinet that legit Arcade feel to it. If you havent seen the work I have done check out this link

This is the main reason why I am helping you, I love the simplicity and challenge in this being an arcade game. I want it to look like it was meant to be an arcade game and not some flash game thrown in a box. Also, I think I want to make one as well, maybe with a different design for the cabinet though.

Flash 8 should work fine. Let me know if there is a compatibility issue with my FLA file.

Here is the SWF, EXE & FLA files.

And just the .swf attached for good measure

Don't be afraid to let me know if there is anything else that you would like to change and\or add.

[CoryBee]

Here is a snapshot of it without the bars.



Also I was working on the "High Score Table" again and it hit me, if I did implement it in the game....how would you input a name to the table?

I don't like the idea of more than the one button you have on it.......

[CoryBee]

Forgot about clearing the saved "High Score"

To do this all you need to do is delete a folder.


XP:

"Documents and Settings/yourusername/Application Data/Macromedia/Flash Player/Shared Objects/your flash userid/localhost/"

That folder ^^ "LocalHost" ^^

You like AHK so if you wanted to you could put a small button somewhere in the cab that auto deletes the folder when pressed.

Is this going to be at your work? I would put a small coin door on it and charge them a quarter per 5 minutes or something like that. But I am devious



EDIT: Actually it is a file deep down in that folder ^^ But I find that nothing else has been saved there.

[PL1]

Also I was working on the "High Score Table" again and it hit me, if I did implement it in the game....how would you input a name to the table?

You could just save the score without initials -- makes bragging rights harder to establish, but gives players a high water mark to compete against.

If you want to include initials, make it so each press of the button increments the first initial through the alphabet, space, backspace arrow, "End", then looping back to A . . .

When you release the button for >~3 seconds, it locks the current letter and goes to the next initial. (Unless you selected "End")

It will take a little longer than most games to enter high score initials, but this method allows you to do it with just one button.

BTW, if you want to make the process faster, make "End" the first option to popup instead of "A".


Scott

[Louis Tully]

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[Louis Tully]

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[CoryBee]

I have no idea how to fix that issue, but trust me when I say I know the frustration when you can't fit through the damn thing. I am not a flash game developer, I just know my way around "MX"

I would say ditch the high score table, but I will see what I can come up with.

haha, the productivity is flowing at your work

Audio files removed & added to more recent post

[CoryBee]

I don't know how I noticed this before but the audio is broken. I did some testing and it happens when the SWF is decompiled to FLA.

Test the original game here and compare it to my latest version. You will notice that my version the audio does not react right away to you clicking.

I will see what I can do to fix this.

[CoryBee]

Damn I am on a roll with this program.

I present "CoryBee - Helicopter Game 2.1"

• Fixed Audio "Lag"

Here are the files, included is also the audio file folder requested

It seems it gets broken every time you decompile it, even after my fix. Let me know if this becomes an issue when you are trying to change the sounds, it shouldn't if you don't convert to FLA & just save the SWF file in "sothink".

Cheers! 

[Louis Tully]

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[CoryBee]

Yes there is a limit to the length of the audio file. I also forgot to add the modified audio files in my latest ZIP folder. Those were needed to help remedy the broken ones from version 2.0, no worries though I applied the fix to your audio files and set it to the right length.

Here is "CoryBee - Helicopter Game 2.2"

• Swapped sound files for Tully's version

I have to say I love the new sound effects, makes the game that much better. Stereo explosion when the helicopter crashes was a nice touch. 

Here is the updated version, audio files are there this time in case you want to edit them some more

[CoryBee]

Just finished with the serial plate, what do you think? And which do you prefer? I like to keep the picture on the left side and nothing on the right but thought a helipad might look okay there since it is simple.

[Louis Tully]

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[CoryBee]

The length is basically all you need to match, I can edit it a little bit if it trails too long. Would have to re-edit the FLA file though. So when you get done editing the audio files just send them my way and you wont have to worry about it.

I love the red LEDs when you crash, this is going to be a very unique cabinet.

EDIT: Haha, Just noticed the thread title update. That is the kind of payment I require, recognition!

[CoryBee]

Got bored and wanted to teach myself more about flash games and this game in particular. Obviously not polished, fun to swerve around being a smaller vessel.

[Yvan256]

You could make a multi-game cabinet and add other 1-button games, such as Canabalt.

[Player 3]

No offense, but wouldn't it be easier to just make your own clone following some tutorial with a framework like Flixel or Flashpunk? You'd be in more control of how it handles things and keep from having a hard time ripping and modifying not your own work. Then you could wrap it native possibly with Qt like NAVE did and be done with it.

[CoryBee]

It would be 10x harder to go that route to make an exact clone of a game that he has played countless times over the years. Even the slight change in audio makes him itch.

What I have been changing is just to make it more arcade cabinet friendly. The game he wants on it is already there.

[Louis Tully]

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