Temporary Blockage
I’m putting the project on hold for 4 months in order to work on the website of a certain unnamed presidential candidate. The chance to contribute was too compelling to pass up!
On another note, IcySon55 is working on a Nintendo DS version of the original Jetpack. If you have connections in the video gaming industry and know a publisher that might be interested in such a project, let me know.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Wow, that’s cool. Have fun! (And while your at it, get the White House to fund Jetpack 2.)
July 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Whoa, Jetpack for Nintendo DS? That would be sooo awesome! x3
July 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
July 31st, 2008 at 10:17 am
Sorry for the screenshot being of version 0.02 (we’re up to 0.04 I believe). I’ll update it when I can.
http://sx.sytes.net/jetpackds.png
August 1st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
@IcySon55 - That seems really cool. Too bad I don’t own a DS though.
@Adam Pedersen - Perhaps while this is happening you should collect donations from fans (Music, Art, etc) while things are on hold? I did give a shot at making some music for Jetpack, but I don’t know what format you need it in sadly. (I have it both in Impulse Tracker and MP3 Format as of right now). Is there a place I can send it to? I should I wait till your not as busy?
August 13th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Hi Adam Pedersen!
I have no idea to contact you personally, so I’m trying this devBlog now :)!
I have some question for you so … is there a way to contact you via e-mail or something ? (The Email on the Adept Software page won’t work)
Thanks in advance!
RyogaH
August 20th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Oops, I fixed that page with the correct email address.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Ok let me tell you something, this is the most important piece of information you will ever here. Jetpack will be 10,000 times better if jetpacking and jumping were 2 seperate buttons. You have no idea how many times I’ve died because I couldn’t jump while having fuel, or just plain waisting fuel over a jump.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I’ve thought of doing that actually, I’ll test it both ways.
October 19th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Perhaps it would be ideal to have two buttons for jump, the main one of which doubles for jetpacking. Then everybody can use the same button for both actions, and in edge cases you can use the secondary jump button, the best of both worlds.
October 19th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Yes that’s a good idea, have the jetpack button fall back to jump as normal, but a separate jump button for more advanced players.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Wow. I had no idea that there was a Jetpack sequel in development. I plugged so many hours into Jetpack and it’s Xmas version… I think it was my first true game addiction.
Can’t wait to put even more time into the sequel!
November 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
hey now that the election is over, how soon will you be returning to …….. JETPACK 2 YAY!!!!!!!!!! ?
November 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Victory Achieved. Should be back on Jetpack in a couple weeks
November 5th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Wait, “victory achieved”? Does that mean you worked on the Barack Obama website?
November 5th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I was very happy with the election result
November 5th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Alright I’ll confess, yes I’ve been working on barackobama.com up in Boston. The offer came up, and how could I turn that down??
November 7th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
when are you going to resume production of jetpack 2?
November 10th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Yay! (for Obama’s victory and for the return of Jetpack!)
November 11th, 2008 at 12:24 am
oh, whoops…a couple weeks, lol. I expect an update next week, then!
November 11th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I’m still disappointed there will be no scrolling but I can’t force you to do it after all. The biggest limitation, I felt, is that you could only make one-screen levels. There are so many vastly better room designs that could be made with a larger scale. Linking levels is an improvement, but how about allowing multi-screen levels that just don’t scroll? Sort of like ZZT back in the day or better yet, Dangerous dave. You could transition from screen to screen and back, but it would simply display the new screen instead of scrolling? *sigh* I guess it’s a losing fight but I’d still like to see Jetpack on a grander scale. If I knew a blasted thing about programming I’d think about modifying the original Jetpack myself supposing the source was ever released. It’s not like I have anything better to do. I like the idea of separating jump and fly buttons but I think it should be an option(sounds like you were doing it like that anyway). Been a while since I’ve been at the site, hoping I see some good things in the future.