Author Topic: Ovid the Owl - Freeware Game (Read 24978 times)

lzr · « **on:** May 16, 2008, 02:03:20 am »

This game was a pretty big project for me, and was originally coded with DirectX. In order to get the game to be platform independent, I ported it to SFML. All the new code works, I just have to wait for some features hopefully coming in the next version, plus the mac port.

If you have windows, and DirectX, you can play the current version at http://lzr.cc/Ovid.htm . Hopefully the Mac port of SFML will be finished soon and my game will reach a much broader audience.

EDIT; The port is finished and you no longer need DirectX. You still need Windows, though, because I haven't yet ported the game to Linux or Mac.

The graphics were made with Blender, the music with Logic and a keyboard and microphones, and the game with Visual C++ express edition.

SirJulio · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2008, 01:16:37 pm »

Hi lzr,

very nice work, i definitely love it especially Music and Sound ambiance. =)

Laurent · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2008, 02:17:05 pm »

I love it too

I'm curious : which features do you need to complete your SFML port ?

lzr · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2008, 11:54:37 pm »

Not many, just a way to load subsets of images efficiently, and a way to load during threads. Also, overall performance seems to be slightly worse with SFML, but I think cross-platformability is worth the cost. The main thing I'm waiting for, though, is the Mac port, because the whole reason for porting it was so it would run on Macs and Linux.

Thanks for your compliments on the game. Did you finish it?

Laurent · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2008, 06:18:00 am »

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just a way to load subsets of images efficiently

That's one of the priority for next version.

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a way to load during threads

It's now possible.

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Also, overall performance seems to be slightly worse with SFML

I'd love to see a more detailed comparison

Are you using OpenGL, or just SFML ?

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The main thing I'm waiting for, though, is the Mac port

Should be available for version 1.4. We couldn't complete it for the 1.3 release, sorry.

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Thanks for your compliments on the game. Did you finish it?

I didn't spend much time on it, but I was already stuck with the second platform :lol:

Kernelpanic · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2008, 12:05:00 pm »

Yeah, I'll wait for the Linux-Version!

lzr · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2008, 09:37:42 pm »

Well, the whole game is completely finished in SFML. I want to release it along with the Linux version. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to compile that for me?

christoph · « **Reply #7 on:** June 22, 2008, 10:05:41 pm »

I could do that for you if you want. I can't find an download link on your webpage but that may be because I'm tired right now.

If it is not online right now you can contact me at christoph.egger@gmx.de

btw:
Free as in «free speech» or free as in «free beer»?

Your free software part on the website indicates the later

lzr · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2008, 02:51:51 am »

Yeahhh, it's free as in beer. This is only because some of my code is a little messy and I don't think anyone would benefit that much from seeing it. If people wanted to try my engine, there are countless probably better 2d game engines.

Thanks for offering to compile it. I emailed you the source code and it will hopefully work.

lzr · « **Reply #9 on:** June 26, 2008, 11:40:56 am »

I updated the game on my site so it now officially uses SFML, even though the Linux and Mac versions weren't ready. People were complaining about having to install DirectX updates, and I just wanted to leave that all behind as soon as possible. The Linux version is on its way, and hopefully the mac one will be next once the port is ready.

dewyatt · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2008, 10:30:52 pm »

I just played this finally and it's awesome!
It's fun, playful, and I like the music.

It's too dark for me though, I can barely see what's going on.
I'm stuck in some caves, trying to avoid hitting things I can't even see. :shock:

But it's very fun.

Daazku · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2008, 04:37:01 am »

It's a fun but really weird game! I did all thing and i bought a submarine but the game crashed during the load... I have no save so i don't have 30mins to play again to retest

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Graphics and music are nice but that not my kind of game lol.

Using shift to do action is not a good idea. In cave we have to do shift multiple time and in window we have the "remanant key" (dunno if the traduction is good) activated when we do that. AT LEAST you did something to pause the game when the focus is lost.

I can't say anything else than Good Job!

lzr · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2008, 07:58:08 am »

Hey, sorry about your broken save game file. Send it to me and I'll try and fix it, or at least make a new one exactly where you were. Have other people found that to be a common occurrence? There might be a bug in there that I missed. About the shift for action, it used to be alt which was worse, because the windows key was right in between the ctrl (glide) and alt (action) keys. I thought shift was an improvement, but even that's not perfect. Next time I might go with Z and X.

I'm still looking for someone to compile it for Linux. My graphics card on my PC stopped working for some reason, so I can't run it, but the code is completely finished for linux, and I just need to have someone help me hit compile.

Daazku · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2008, 01:08:49 pm »

No i don't have a saved game file. And the game crashed during the loading after i bought a submarine.

lzr · « **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2008, 03:21:28 am »

Ok, here is a saved game that should take you just as your about to buy the submarine after you completed the cave levels: http://lzr.cc/games/submarine.zip . Just extract the file and put it in the data\Saves folder of the Ovid the Owl Act I directory, and tell me when you download it so I can take it off my server.