{"id":94,"date":"2013-03-01T18:34:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T09:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:11:30","slug":"allegro-games-2000-06","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/?page_id=94","title":{"rendered":"Allegro games 2000-06"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are seven games I made. They’re described briefly in the table here and in more detail down the page.\u00a0DOWNLOAD all games (5.1MB)<\/a>.\u00a0The games unzip into separate directories.<\/p>\n

Puzzle Stars was my big project in 2000, although I’ve worked on it since. All the others were made for competitions in which entrants had a short time (usually three days) to make a game meeting the requirements they specify, which are usually chose at random from a large set of artistic and technical requirements.<\/p>\n

For Windows users: After downloading, unzip it somewhere and run the exe file to play the game.<\/p>\n

For non-Windows users: All the games here except PacHack have the source code. To compile them you need a C++ compiler and the Allegro library. All have makefiles which should require minimal change. Julian vs The World also has a Mac version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GAME<\/td>\nmade with<\/td>\nCompetition<\/td>\nWhen<\/td>\nDays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Puzzle Stars<\/td>\nTrevor Tao<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2000+<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PacHack<\/td>\nReality Sucks<\/td>\nTeam comp<\/a><\/td>\nJun-Jul 01<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Icecream Van<\/td>\nSam Lawrence<\/td>\nSpeedHack<\/a><\/td>\nApr 02<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomb Robber<\/td>\nSam Lawrence, Simon Morris<\/td>\nBack2Hack<\/td>\nJul 02<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cubed<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSpeedHack<\/a><\/td>\nMay 03<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madd Race<\/td>\nScott Maclean, Bek Stewart<\/td>\nSpeedHack<\/a><\/td>\nJun 04<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legoland Adventures<\/td>\nGlenys Love<\/td>\nTINS<\/a><\/td>\nFeb 05<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julian vs The World<\/td>\nNick Majcen<\/td>\nSpeedHack<\/a><\/td>\nAug 05<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We Deliver<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTINS<\/a><\/td>\nMar 06<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Puzzle Stars<\/b>\u00a0is a puzzle game with a platform game engine, the project I have put the most work into. Contains the ten original puzzles and four more. It supports joysticks and makes use of the\u00a0AngelScript\u00a0<\/a>scripting system. I’ve included the entire AngelScript source (modified from what is now an old version), which contains x86-specific assembly code, so this will only compile on a PC. As well as my version here. there is an older Linux version which you can get at\u00a0Linux Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PacHack (not in the zip)<\/b>\u00a0is a somewhat incomplete game by Reality Sucks, an international team of eight: Four from different parts of USA, one each from Canada and France, and Colin & me. Despite our poor result (4th out of 4) it was a great experience, hence my continued participation in these competitions. I developed a tile system which got reused in Tomb Robber, Madd Race, Legoland and Julian.<\/p>\n

Icecream Van (not in the zip)<\/b>\u00a0is a rough modification of the Allegro demo game. It came 1st out of 18 in one of three judging criteria (code reuse).<\/p>\n

Tomb Robber<\/b>\u00a0is a platform game. In the eight days of Back2Hack we had to make a game using the BackMobile, a virtual system (built on Allegro) simulating an 80s video game system. The only other entry I know of was\u00a0Tom the Tomato<\/a>\u00a0by Elias Pschernig from Germany, whose catalogue of games (mostly from these contests) is longer and more impressive than mine.<\/p>\n

Cubed<\/b>\u00a0is a rough 3D game, the SpeedHack requirements calling for my first excursion into the 3D paradigm.<\/p>\n

Madd Race<\/b>\u00a0was originally a simple game made at MADD camp, then developed into an amphibious racing game in the SpeedHack.<\/p>\n

Legoland Adventures<\/b>\u00a0is a platform game with photo-graphics. It came 4th out of 22 in three of four judging criteria.<\/p>\n

Julian vs The World<\/b>\u00a0is another platformer (drawing heavily on the previous one), which was poor after the three days, but it has since been completed.\u00a0OS X version\u00a0<\/a>thanks to Thomas Harte.<\/p>\n

We Deliver<\/b>\u00a0is a fast top-down game with bikes, trains and automobiles. It came 2nd out of 21 in one category (the ‘time’ genre).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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