Comments for JetpackHQ

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by InsaneJetman

InsaneJetman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:35 +0000

It’s looking good there. The pillar looks good, but not when it’s only one tile high. Perhaps a different version should be used in that case.

The faux-3D looks good on the bricks and stone, but I’m not sure about the boxes or the purple block.

I hope we get some better spikes too.

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Doug Howell

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:31:33 +0000

Wow the faux-3d tile look great as well! Now I’m itching to see how this all looks with the new graphics of Jetpack man flying around and the monsters in action. Can’t wait!

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Adam

Adam — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:27:37 +0000

Thanks Doug! I just added a v2 screenshot showing a faux-3d look I just added, and some tile improvements. I think it looks a lot cleaner.

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Doug Howell

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:17:40 +0000

Adam, candy world looks good enough to eat! These new tile sets change the look of the game in a very good way. Nice stuff!

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Adam

Adam — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:04:48 +0000

I added a candy world above!

There’s not going to be an Xmas version, but there was no physics difference due to the weight of Santa

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by CaptSnaz

CaptSnaz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:16:05 +0000

Query: Is anybody submitting art for the Xmas version? I always liked it better because there is a weight variable with Santa that makes it just a bit trickier. Also, I like the ‘Giving’ aspect more than the ‘Taking’. Just which paint programs are submitters using?

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Dave

Dave — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:42:34 +0000

I agree with Jojo, Jetpack really should just remain a game without deeper meaning. The brief premise of the game is silly enough as it is, but I think people are willing to suspend disbelief in the absurdity of it and accept it as something that needn’t have a proper explanation – why does the door open when I collect the gems? Who the f**k cares!

Unfortunately for those people you talked to, it is not a game to play if you want a deep narrative experience; quite the opposite, it’s a game heavily focused on the gameplay side of things – pretty much a pure ludic experience. I would even go as far as saying that it would hamper the game if there was some kind of contrived tacked on story.

Mario makes no sense. At all.
Lemmings – Green haired rodents with blue smocks fall out of trap doors in the sky; guide them to a door.
Tetris – Colourful blocks fall from the sky which magically disappear when lined up.
etc…

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Adam Dobay

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:24:46 +0000

Adam, I have started to put together an original backstory and plot variations. I will be either be sending it over to you or posting it here when I’m done.

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Jojo

Jojo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:31:57 +0000

The gems are part of a broken super gem that you need to escape this planet, because the super gem in your space ship broke? No idea, I always liked Jetpack for what it is – A game without deeper meaning, but instead a whole lot of fun.

Comment on Retrofit Contest – Week 4 by Adam

Adam — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:19:28 +0000

I’ve been talking to some people who don’t like Jetpack, and there was one main concern, that the game seemed kind of meaningless. For some people the mechanics of each level aren’t enough, they want larger goal to be striving toward. This is tricky, because there’s not a lot of sense to a door opening after you get a bunch of gems, but can anyone come up with a plot device that gives a bigger meaning to getting all the gems in all the levels of a mission, or the whole game?