Battle of Serenity game comments

POSTED BY: Saint Jayne
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SAINT JAYNE

Friday, January 16, 2004 3:05 AM

I hope all of you have been able to try the new feature game, Battle of Serenity. It was fun to make, and I hope to make several more Flash games. If you haven’t tried it yet, follow this link: http://www.fireflyfans.net/feature.asp?f=51

The game is based off the 10 second segment in Serenity where Sergeant Malcolm Reynolds saves the day by downing an Alliance skiff that is keeping his troops from taking to higher ground to defend the valley. I tried to get the Chinese labels and the indicators as close as possible to how they functioned in the show. Those CG people put a lot of effort into that little 10-second piece, and I have a new appreciation for their work.

(Boring) History of the Game
Some people like reading this stuff. Hey, some people watch commentaries. I’ve heard some people even juggle geese; hand to God.

I’m always out to improve my mad h4x0r skillz (in this case Flash) so I thought early this year, what kind of game can I build? Not a whole lot of options sprang to mind. I was half ready to do a version of Minesweeper where Serenity piloted amongst Alliance cruisers. Being a fan of first-person shooters, I just had to make a game where you destroy things, and as I watched Serenity again, I found my muse.

I had just heard Nathan Fillion’s description of firing that huge military gun, and I pictured myself there. What a great game that would make…

It was programmed in Flash 5 on a 2GHz Windows PC. Yeah, Haken, sorry for giving you a hard time about MS, but my other boxen are Linux and Mac! (and Flash 7 sux BTW). Programming time: 25 hours, although half of that was just shooting things. I was even tempted to put in a FOX target that replenished ammo, but some people might call that a mood-killer.

Post comments! I may not change this game, but I’m looking for a new game to program. Wasn’t there talk of a MUD or MUCK or something?

MANIACNUMBERONE

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:30 AM

It was fun. I sure do suck at it.
I think my brightness was set too low though. I had trouble seeing the little ships.

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Inara: Who's winning?
Simon: I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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SHINY

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:42 AM

SaintJayne, your game ROCKS!!! This is the sort of thing that would be worth putting on an official movie web site. It's just hard enough to be challenging without being impossible.

I'd love to see the option to have the Fox logo fly across the screen so we could blast that!

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

HEX20

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:47 AM

The game is awesome, and i finally figured out how to kill things, my personal best is 12

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Jayne: "Dear diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy... Today we were kidnapped by hill folk, never to be seen again. It was the best day ever."

GAIJIN

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:52 AM

It's a pretty cool game! Thanks!

Thanksgiving is a sham. But it's a sham with yams...it's a yam sham.

ZAPHODB

Friday, January 16, 2004 7:25 AM

Great game, but I'm a lousy shot. Really nice work.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:39 PM

Very cool game SaintJayne. It was a very cool surprise to pull up the site this morning & find that waiting for me.

It took a couple of games to get the hang of it, but I am up to 6 points.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

MANIACNUMBERONE

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:36 PM

Took me a while, but I finally managed to hit 2 ships to the ground. Yay!
I told ya I suck. Be patient with me.

DUG

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Saint Jayne:
I’m looking for a new game to program. Wasn’t there talk of a MUD or MUCK or something?

Funny you should mention....Check out http://www.geocities.com/aimarcusbbe/fireflyMUD/main.html

Isaac is looking for people or reasonable facsimiles of people to help with a Firefly MUD. I'm jumping in, but my experience level is low. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't mind hearing from a whole passle of folk.

SAINT JAYNE

Saturday, January 17, 2004 2:40 AM

Thanks for the comments guys! I hope I could make your days a little brighter. Of course I have to encourage everyone to keep up the target practice.

ManiacNumberOne, you're right, the ships are sometimes impossible to see - that's why the target ring is so important.

Hex20, a score of 32 would be quite impressive! I think there's a thread where you can post your high score.

Haken, Shiny, Ciara, Gaijin, BrownCoat1, ZaphodB, you're too kind. I'm just fueling the Firefly enthusiasm that keeps me coming to this site.

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