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[EDIT: I did not make up this quote - WindozeNT simply deleted his post]

WindozeNT wrote:

samurai768 wrote:

How about you have to change all the sad macs to happy macs, and fix the system?

EDIT; For the name, you could call it "Why I have Windows" xD

Quit spamming.

I don't think that's spam... He was simply giving you ideas for your sidescroller 

I have no ideas at the moment, but if I get any I'll be sure to give them to you. Good luck!

Last edited by coolstuff (2010-07-25 21:23:13)

Bump

Hm.... the name could be Fix the mac or something. XD

samurai768 wrote:

Do you like my idea?

I was sorta joking about the title thing xD Maybe "Mac's Quest to Fix the Apple"    Or something along those lines xD

It was honestly great, but I'm sticking to a side scroller. If I ever make a Mac parody, I'll make sure the first thing I do is make a title sprite that says "Why I have Windows"! 
I've got a title now (I'm using your "Mac's quest to fix the Apple" idea); all I need is level designs, start screen design, what the enimies should be and what should be the player sprite. I have the beginning and ending also.
WindozeNT

STATUS:
Name: Mac's quest to fix the Apple   idea from samurai768
Level #: Around 16 or so   idea from (see below)
Goal: Reach Apple and get a repair disk from Steve Jobs.    idea from WindozeNT
Progression: Go through major versions of Mac OS and OS X.   idea from coolstuff
Main Character: Unkown
Enimies: Unkown
Obstacles:
Level Designs: None Yet
Start Screen:
Game Over Screen: None Yet
Side Scrolling Engine: Perfect Side Scrolling Engine v2    idea from archmage
Conclusion: Needs some work.
WindozeNT

Last edited by WindozeNT (2010-07-27 12:50:44)

coolstuff wrote:

WindozeNT wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

Maybe you could sort of progress through the systems? So at the start you're using System Software 1.0, and at the end you're using Snow Leopard.

That's brilliant! Now all I need is level designs and a side scrolling engine for Scratch with 1 or 2 environment sprites for each system. But how many versions of Mac OS are we talking of here?
WindozeNT

It's your choice, it's your project. How many versions of Mac OS do YOU want? You could choose the ones with major GUI changes.

System 1-7 in B&W all look the same to me, but I'm thinking of making the System Software progression more straight to the end, starting from Mac 0.85 (aka System 1 Tour) to Mac OS X SL. Like This:
.85-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.0-10.1-10.2-10.3-10.4-10.5-10.6 is the idea of level progression. I don't have any ideas of level design, so the objective could either be reaching something at the end, or just reaching the end and going to the next level without anything at the end to collect.
WindozeNT

Last edited by WindozeNT (2010-07-27 09:13:56)

coolstuff wrote:

WindozeNT wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

It's your choice, it's your project. How many versions of Mac OS do YOU want? You could choose the ones with major GUI changes.

System 1-7 in B&W all look the same to me, but I'm thinking of making the System Software progression more straight to the end, starting from Mac 0.85 (aka System 1 Tour) to Mac OS X SL. Like This:
.85-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.0-10.1-10.2-10.3-10.4-10.5-10.6 is the idea of level progression. I don't have any ideas of level design, so the objective could either be reaching something at the end, or just reaching the end and going to the next level without anything at the end to collect.
WindozeNT

That sounds good. If it's supposed to be a platformer, you could have windows as platforms, and stuff of the like. Hey, and maybe for the start, you could have the "Happy Mac" as it boots up.

That's what I did! The start screen appears after you click the Finder message after the crash. And yes, it is a platformer! I just need to know what the enimies and main character will be and how how the levels should work!

Last edited by WindozeNT (2010-07-27 10:43:33)

ihaveamac 
I have a mac, it's true.
So, coolstuff, in around 2 years I'll pass you in post counts >

WindozeNT wrote:

STATUS:
Name: Mac's quest to fix the Apple   idea from samurai768
Level #: Around 16 or so   idea from (see below)
Progrssion: Go through major versions of Mac OS and OS X.   idea from coolstuff
Main Character: Unkown
Enimies: Unkown
Level Designs: None Yet
Start Screen: http://i30.tinypic.com/2i07sk6.gif
Side Scrolling Engine: None Yet, because I don't think Perfect Side-Scrolling Engine v2 supports about 16 levels.
Conclusion: Needs alot more work.
Question: How do I make a scolling background?
WindozeNT

Your understanding is poor if you think it can't handle more than 6 levels. How did you arrive at this conclusion, is it the fact that no games made  with it have more than 6 levels? Really, the number of levels is only limited by the file size that the project grows to.

the scrolling tutorial thread is @ http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2440

Learn, it and understand it. If you do not learn and understand this then you will not be able to modify the scripts or fix bugs.

I reccomend using this engine over the one you listed http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/archmage/635312

The "perfect v2" project was meant specifically for a game called Archknight's Adventure. It is not as easy to understand as I just mindlessly slapped together whatever worked for some specific scripts. The template I posted above is meant for beginners, it is simple and clear.

Last edited by archmage (2010-07-27 12:12:55)

You have to read and understand the tutorial I posted if you want to be able to modify it. I can't stress this enough. Try following the tutorials and building a simple scrolling screen, then you will have a better understanding of things.

The answer to your question, is you just replace the existing costumes with your own. However, unless you get around to understanding things you will run into so many problems that you will never finish your project.

Have Bill Gates or some other high ranking Windows executive as the final boss.

Each version could get harder and you could add more things to it when you went though the level. I.e. Snow Leopard could be the hardest.
BTW: coolstuff how'd you know about Snow Leopard? Well I guess everyone know's about Snow Leopard.
PS: I'm using Snow Leopard right now!