Announcement - Another World game on the Spectrum.

                                         

  Announcement: Another World          

                                         
                              (C) !mPeR!0
                                         
 The city of Nashville in the south of the USA, the state of Tehhecm
                               August 14, 1991, 2:45 am
                   Temperature in Celsius 24 degrees above zero
                                         
   "Damn, it was a hot night," - quietly
swore Professor Hedgehog,alternately
turning the steering wheel of your Ferrari to the right -
to the left.  No, it's not like there was a professor
screwed up, just the road to that place,
where was he heading so late and
dark time, was so confused that
could have thrown the very best off the scent, then
there are even professors.                    
                                         
  Speedometer needle startsgo off scale
and Hedgehog involuntarily swore relishfully at
address of his wife, who is the same
slow and clumsy carcass, like him
car.  If only his fortune would smile
him with a different smile... he wouldn't have to
I wouldn't have to drive this car
have a fat wife, his whole life went
would be in a completely different, brighter way.  
                                         
   Lost in thought o
justice,  the professor almost
missed the right turn. But thank God
he noticed him and after 5 minutes already
drove up to a low building. Signboard
at the entrance it said that this is where
organic processing plant
waste, but it was only a cover, on
in fact, there was something here that
Even the professor himself didn’t know. Once upon a time he
I tried to figure out by elimination that
what it really is
this secret object, but in the end I couldn’t
make the final choice between the laboratory
research of parallel worlds and
laboratory of genetic mutants.
Mutants Hedgehog considered his
superiors, their president, their
homies, in shorteveryone except himself..
                                         
   The professor got out of the car, loudly
slamming the door and headed towards the entrance
building. To a hoarse female voice "enter I
password and click dick",  Hedgehog
stopped and thought.  Yes he doesn't
remembered!  How could he remember the password?
which changed every day between
his wife's bust size and number
gas mask in the army.  After some
hesitation, Hedgehog typed "140127135" and
grimaced because that’s exactly what he’s like
the size of his wife's bust.  door
opened silently and Hedgehog walked in
inside.   Without the slightest hesitation he
headed to the elevator that took him
to the workplace...                      
                                         
 Laboratory for studying parallel mmpobs
                               August 14, 1991, 3:27 am
                                           32 meters underground
                                         
   The PC was old and shabby, and besides
completelyfilled with Coca-Cola,which
the professor liked to stimulate his
organism.  Hedgehog turned on the switch and
the monitor responded kindly to those who caressed
eyes with a green glow. Hedgehog loved
green color for many reasons, which
I didn’t tell anyone and my yellow-green
he was incredibly proud of the monitor in front of him
with my buddies when I hung out with them
weekends at a local bar.                
                                         
  Operating system C-DOS, written
the professor personally issued a demanding
request for a password, to which the professor
probably for the thousandth time with unsaid
answered with pleasure "HEDGEHOG BEST!"   
                                         
   After logging in, Xojehog set
computer download fidosh mail, a yourself
opened a bottle of Coca-Cola and tasted it
took a sip. As always, the professor started to sweat
on the keyboard and mouse, but he only contemptuously
spat and said, “It’s high time
nae.nutsya" began to wait for downloading
mail.                                   
                                         
   Finally maildownloaded.  Professor
put the unfinished can of coca on the table and
with anticipated pleasure I sat down to
reading.  Unfortunately echo USA.SEX.COOL in
I haven't been walking well lately, but
netmail there was only a letter from his wife
                                         
        “Dear nyncmk, don’t stay too long. And don’t drink        
         a lot of kokm - your potency drops from it.          
                                         
 Kisses to my little monkey, Helga."
                                         
to which Hedgehog replied "At home
Let's figure it out"  and signed up with my network
pseudonym "Mark Smith".  To the professor
got bored and decided to get started
work.                                  
                                         
   The devil knows what kind of project it was,
which the entire scientific staff pored over
laboratories. Hedgehog only knew that
no one else can cope with it except him
this work.   He suspected that
the results of his work will be
used in the fight against Russians
emigrants, whose mass invasion
led to an increase in prices forvodka and
stew and, accordingly, the crisis
American economy.                  
                                         
   At this stage,
DNA testing of Russians for the presence
genes responsible for autopilot course and
stop genes, sending signals to the brain
sufficiency of alcohol consumed.  But not
The professor was interested in DNA, so
He paid her only a fleeting glance.
Most recently in a Russian magazine
"Technika Molodezhi" he found a mention
about secret manufacturing technology
Russianintrauterine devicesand now
tried to declassify this technology...   
                                         
   Hedgehog displayed the image of the spiral on
screen and thought about the glory that
will lift him up to his aureole if he
will finish this job.    That way
in a euphoric state, he pressed Enter and
becameobserve 20 second process
testing the integrity of the spiral...      
                                         
   ...Meanwhile, the weather began
specifically to deteriorate.  The wind moans and
a howl drove away clouds of dust and empty cans
from a Coca-Cola bottle.  And here's the first drop
rain rushed down onto the rough
asphalt road.   The first... and behind it
millions of people like her.  It seems like this
called downpour. Electrical discharges
scientifically calledlightning,
pierced the flesh of the earth with their stings.
One of the discharges fell exactly in
laboratory, where he serenely observed
spiral professor...                    
                                         
   ...He slipped through the sewer,
like a cloud of rats.  Just as fast, just like that
sweeping away everything in its path. From the sewer
he headed into the ventilation system,
where it caused fatal destruction. He found
the one I was looking for, myfinal destination.
After which he hit...  ...A lot has changed in this room since
that moment.  There is neither a professor nor
computer.  Only a huge hole in the floor
yawns with its emptiness. Perhaps Hedgehog
dead, maybe he's somewhere out there,where we are
no...                                   
                                         
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!mPeR!0> This was my free statement
introductory cartoon to the game Another
World. The one that was made in 1991 
on the PC Delphine Software and which
subsequently had a sequelFlash
Back.                                    
                                         
   As I already stated in the ZX.SPECTRUM echo, I
took up the conversion Another World
(hereinafter referred to as "AW") on Spectrum. Not
I will be disingenuous and bonetb like many
gamemakers, what alreadyalmost 90% ready and
the game will be released in a month. Everything is much better
darker.                                 
                                         
   First of all,  who needs it?  I
I thought about it and decided that who the hell needs it.
I still won't get any money for this, but
If I get it, it will be a pittance.
I don't support the gaming scene either.
I’m going to, and actually support
nothing - the scene died about 3 years ago.
Therefore I am writing a game for myself, a
it means I don't care how long I'll be her
write and so on.                         
                                         
   Why do I need this? Then, what else
3 years ago I thought how cool it would be
make AW on Spectrum. Because games
of such a scale of this genre on Specnot
it was and will not be. Well, finally I want
leave Speck beautifully, having done something
a little valuable, but not devouring the tank
vodka.                                   
                                         
   In general, work on the game is underway
terribly slow. There are two reasons:           
                                         
1.  I'm still waiting for the dead old men
they will buy me a PC, without which I am without hands,
because I need to convert a bunch
sprites, without which I can't write
full-fledged engine.                      
                                         
2. I felt compelled to sit down at Spekov's AFM
and in general everything fell into disrepair.  In particular this
explained by the fact that for half a year I
I wrote practically nothing on Speck, but
I wrote on PCshnom AFM and now I can’t
get back used to the meager set
Z-80 instructions, as well as to 3.5 MHz.      
                                         
   Despite this, some work on
the game is already underway.  Mostly goes
conversion of game locations (verses
spoke, blah).  Happy thatwas found
a person who himself offered to help and
which has practically achieved quality,
which suits me.  It will appear
pisyuk, then I’ll quickly finish mine
animation grabber, pulling out animations,
envelopethem (there will be fewer problems there,
because  they will be black and white), and I’ll start
writing the engine of progress in full swing
:) So that narod.ru  ;) represents the volume
work, a little bit below I am approximately
listed what will be in the game and what will not
will be (due to the influence of the cartoon about
Great Nehochuhu ;).                    
                                         
   GRAPHICS and ANIMATION            
                                         
   According to rough estimates in the game
about130 locations.  Each of them needs
convert separately and manually, because
It’s almost impossible to assemble locations from pieces
it will work out.  I took on this dirty work
Dmitry Naboka, Why does he need a huge
Thank you.  True, he apparently has the same
me, sessions, etc., so he's not really
He’s in a hurry (and I’m not rushing him). For today
I have a couple of INTERMEDIATE ones lying around
versions of pictures, some of which
hanging around here.  Locations are converted from
320x200,  therefore have size 32x20
familiarity (even more than in Dizzy :).
Owners of Flash-Color can rejoice -
his support will be mandatory
(why else did I ask Tiden'a/DT to do
his support in BGE?!).                  
                                         




















                                         
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  As for animation, there is so much of it
damn it's getting so bad. There you
and stones fall, and birds fly, and
worms crawl, and all sorts of other
living/non-living things exist.  All this will happen
like in the original.                         
                                         
  Oh yes, I almost forgot, there are also a bunch of videos
for a clearer understanding of what is happening,
including a three-minute introductory video.
For a complete set, all this is also needed
will do.                           
                                         
        MUSIC and SOUND EFFECTS Everything is simple here.  There is AY - everything will be
sound on AY. There is General Sound - there will be
on GS.  The size of the sounds and music is quite
will allow you to play them even on GS with 128
piles ofbrains.                           
                                         
  Sounds 10 kilohertz, we impudently
let's pull.  By the way, such a weak frequency on
does not affect the ears at all. As I would say
Comrade Nashville: "sounds almost like 44x"
:)))))))) In principle, in the original there is
support and 5 KHz (it is written that for
slow machines ;), but we are at these 5 KHz
wanted to go to bed.                           
                                         
   DMA support is questionable. Who is this for?
The card for 40 mikrukhs got stuck. Isn't it
What about stuffing Echo with material?!     
                                         
              CODE etc.This is where complete darkness begins. This
You don’t have to churn out Tetris. Hedgehog something
wears a mask. Yes, and for free
can walk with objects, which means he still needs
apply a screen mask. Movement is possible
start from an arbitrary point,
hence store shifted sprites
doesn’t roll because there are too many of them,
and the whole thing will have to be shifted in realtime.
Let's add screen animation to everything,
enemies, blaster shots, defensive
fields.  What I mean is that to work at 2,
even at 3 int, native 3.5 MHz mo-
maybe is not enough. At a minimum you will need
percent, overclocked to4 with horseradish MHz.     
                                         
   Now about memory. It may turn out that
and 128 kilos  for a full game there will be
not enough.  Most of the levels in the game consist
of 12-15 screens + mask of this screen +
animation on almost every one of them.
Of course this case will be packaged somehow
Hrum andwhen switching to another screen
you'll have to wait 0.5 - 1 second, that's all for now
the junk will be unpacked. But even
if each screen is compressed to 4-5 kilos,
anyway  "it won't be enough."  So
support for extended memory will be
definitely.   Most likely to be taken
driver from Real COMANDIR, sort of
works for everyone.                         
                                         
   Live in anticipation, people.  I'm gone
I'll be back.                                 
                                         
P.S.: I recently dug up an e-mail  Delphine
Software, I'll write them a couple of affectionate notes soon.
It is quite possible that work on the game
will be conducted with official permission
her authors.  Can they give me money?
they'll pay... eh, I'm daydreaming ;)          
                                         
P.P.S.:  I'm kind of unhappy. Yesterday at
the guy who had thehalf
torn out locations, I launched Word &
Deed,  which was broken by some kind
Heratsker.  But they told me that he was on
large screws  partition table kakaet.
I didn’t believe it... now I had to have 8 GB
break the screw in a new way, and locations
to erect a monument.