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  • Name: Daniel
  • Homepage:
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  • Date: Sat May 3 21:36:37 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Check out the new features on the Message Board including:

    -Highlighting Effect

    -Now says "# Broomsticks Fans" online instead of "# Members"

    -Cool new section at bottom of the page.

  • Name: Matthew Davis (CHICAGO子ollie)
  • Homepage: CHICAGO子ollie
  • From: Australia
  • Date: Sun May 4 06:45:04 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Before I start: May May May May May!!!

    Ok, now I dare say believe that there are some of you out there that do not believe my progress of Broomsticks GB.

    Well I have made progress. I have two shots on my site. Follow my site link up top here, then goto Broomsticks GB

    -Matt

    Cool! What tools are you using to develop for GameBoy?

  • Name: matt sykes
  • Homepage:
  • From: england
  • Date: Sun May 11 05:20:28 CDT 2003
  • Comments: hey paul ure games awsome, but could u tell me where you got the titan engine from plz? thanx matt chedda_cheese@hotmail.com

    Matt,

    go here:

    http://talika.eii.us.es/~titan/titan/

  • Name: matt
  • Homepage:
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  • Date: Mon May 12 12:38:03 CDT 2003
  • Comments: hey paul. just saying that whenever i try to run broomsticks 3d demo it always says demo version expired, even if i hav just downloadded it. hlp plz!! ps broomsticks is awsome

    Oops! The demo version of Broomsticks 3D expired! I will post a new one tonight.

  • Name: ~WhereDaPetzAre~
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  • From: CatVille
  • Date: Mon May 12 17:02:24 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Hiya paul how r u doin? Still luv broomsticks ive been playin it 4 over a year! I used 2 sign this all the time with my name Michael... U may remember me! Guess what? I'm makin a Broomsticks fan site! How cool is that paul, u r gonna have a fan site! lol! ~WhereDaPetzAre~

    Hi Michael,

    cool! :-)

    What is the URL?

  • Name: ~WhereDaPetzAre~
  • Homepage:
  • From: CatVille
  • Date: Thu May 15 16:08:36 CDT 2003
  • Comments: it's not up yet paul, but when it is it will be at broomsticks3d@fanspace.com. Lala..

  • Name: Nigel York
  • Homepage:
  • From: Iowa
  • Date: Sat May 17 18:58:23 CDT 2003
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  • Name: Daniel
  • Homepage: Hogwarts HP
  • From: Oklahoma
  • Date: Sun May 18 18:40:40 CDT 2003
  • Comments: For the past few weeks I have been designing a Harry Potter Message Board. Though it is still under construction I feel that it is ready to be publicized! Hogwarts HP is officialy open!!!

    On Hogwarts HP you can be sorted into one of the hogwarts houses. Chat with Harry Potter, and broomsticks fans. Find out information on the Harry Potter books, movies, and games, and more! You can even become a teacher! Please sign up!

    ***If you are interested in being a teacher at Hogwarts HP, e-mail me, or send me an Instant Message once you become a member! THANKS!!!

  • Name: Diana
  • Homepage:
  • From: Los Angeles
  • Date: Thu May 22 22:38:04 CDT 2003
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  • Name: Matthew Davis
  • Homepage: CHICAGO子ollie
  • From: Australia
  • Date: Mon May 26 05:22:14 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Hello

    Well, I'm using Clickteam's "The Games Factory". I only make it look Game Boy. The game itself will be a Windows Application, therefore making it easier to use.

    I have posted a small demo version of the game so far. Here is the address:

    http://au.geocities.com/chicagolollie/BRGB.zip

    It's a small download (aprox. 230kb) and shouldn't be a problem to run. :) Just copy and paste the link into a browser

    -Matt

    Matt,

    finally tried this out and I like the look! However, for me the gameplay did not work well at all. It was hard to get the player off the ground. It seems like the physics were too fast on my machine, what kind of CPU do you have?

    One hint for making any game is that you should either set a framerate (e.g. 30 fps) or you should calculate the physics based on time (distance = velocity*time, velocity = acceleration*time). Either way, you need to factor time into your main loop, otherwise the game will play differently on different speed machines.

    In Broomsticks, I set a frame rate of 30 fps. Here is pseudo-code for my main loop:

    beforeTime = getCurrentTimeMilliseconds()
    doSimulation() 
    elapsedTime = getCurrentTimeMilliseconds() - beforeTime
    if (elapsedTime < 30)
      sleep(30 - elapsedTime)
    

    By checking the time at the start and end of each main loop iteration, I can tell the game to sleep for an amount of milliseconds that will result in a constant framerate of 30 fps. On a slow machine (e.g. 100 MHz), the simulation may take close to the full 30 milliseconds. On a fast machine (2 GHz), it may only take 2 milliseconds, but it will then sleep 28. As a result, the game will play the same on both machines. The only difference is that the first machine will be using most of its cpu whereas the second machine will be hardly using it at all and can run other programs at the same time with no problems.

  • Name: Matthew Davis
  • Homepage: CHICAGO子ollie
  • From: Australia
  • Date: Tue May 27 05:52:06 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Just an update on that last message. You can go to my site too, but it's probably easier to just copy and paste the link.

    -Matt

  • Name: Matthew Davis
  • Homepage: CHICAGO子ollie
  • From: Australia
  • Date: Wed May 28 04:49:29 CDT 2003
  • Comments: I just did a quick check on the guest book numbers, and I've got a question:

    WHERE IS EVERYBODY?!?!?!!!?!?!

    It's so quiet in this guestbook...

    -Matt

    Yeah, it has fallen off a bit. Right now, there is on average only 1 signing a day. In the past the average was about 3-4.

    People are still playing the game though. The demo gets played (downloaded) about 1000 times a day. Of course, a little over a year ago it was being played about 4000 times a day!

  • Name: Daniel
  • Homepage:
  • From: United States
  • Date: Wed May 28 14:53:28 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Hey, Matt you should check out the Broomsticks Message Board and also check out the Harry Potter Message Board I made!
    We need more members, and anyone who likes Broomsticks or Harry Potter will like those Message Boards!

  • Name: Joey
  • Homepage:
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  • Date: Wed May 28 20:04:37 CDT 2003
  • Comments: The Broomsticks Game Boy doesn't work for me. I don't know why.

  • Name: Matthew Davis
  • Homepage: CHICAGO子ollie
  • From: Australia
  • Date: Thu May 29 06:51:42 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Argh... See, that's what happens when you sign up with geocities... Fr frr fr...

    Ok, I've fixed the link. You'll have to access it from my website. Goto 'Broomsticks GB' and click the link at the bottom of the page to get it.

    Sorry for any inconvience :)

    -Matt

  • Name: Steve
  • Homepage:
  • From: Port Angeles, WA
  • Date: Thu May 29 11:38:10 CDT 2003
  • Comments: I am really enjoying the full version. I have made some really cool charecters. Is there any way I can get Broomsticks GB???

    Steve,

    I'm glad you like the full version. Send in your characters and I will be glad to post them in the characters gallery.

    Ask Matt Davis about Broomsticks GB.

  • Name: Joey
  • Homepage:
  • From:
  • Date: Thu May 29 15:56:16 CDT 2003
  • Comments: It still doesn't work. A windows errow message pops up and it says "A required .DLL file, CNCS32.DLL, was not found."

  • Name: Matthew Davis
  • Homepage: CHICAGO子ollie
  • From: Australia
  • Date: Fri May 30 06:11:59 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Steve..

    Yes, you can get what I've done so far of BRGB by going to my site. Goto 'Broomsticks GB' and click on the link at the bottom of the screen.

    Joey..

    It seems that you are missing a Windows file... Don't worry, I've got that covered for you. Now, follow the links again. I have added it to the original zip file :) Just unzip it in the same directory as BRGB

    Who would've thought a GB-style game could be so much work :)

    -Matt

  • Name: Matthew Davis
  • Homepage: CHICAGO子ollie
  • From: Australia
  • Date: Sat May 31 05:49:18 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Just a pre-reminder. Tomorrow is the first of June, so don't forget, Paul...

    ...Paul?

    Hey, where are ya? Hello?!

    <(oO.)> *RAZZ*

    I'm here. Better late than never. :-)

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  • From: jh
  • Date: Sat May 31 13:29:31 CDT 2003
  • Comments: Hi! I惴 crazy!! HA!HA!HA!HA!HAA!