September, 2009

Dungeon Hunter

Gameloft has been making lots of games for the Iphone/Ipod recently and they just spit out another high quality game. Dungeon Hunter, a game that can be compared to a Diablo type style of game-play, available for $6.99 in Apples AppStore. Using either a tap to move or a digital joystick you run around hacking and slashing monsters with 3 different classes to pick. You have the normal Knight, Rouge, and Mage. The story line is you play a king that tried to resurrect his lover but she came back as evil and killed him and took over the joint. A fairy brings you back to life a few years later to take back what is yours and undo this evil. If I didn’t get the story correct that’s because it doesn’t matter, game-play matters.

I don’t want to judge this game too much because I have only had about a hour of game-play so far and only one class(Rouge). But from what I was able to play which was up to level 7 so far, its a decent Diablo game for the Iphone. The graphics are top notch with detail down to each piece of armor or weapon you equip. Sounds are what you would expect, with some nice knock off Diablo music. The controls take time to get used to, just as every game for a touchscreen device does. The digital stick sometimes is not as responsive as I would want it to be. I keep switching from touch to digital stick.

[Update] Dungeon Hunter has been pulled from the App store to fix a crashing problem when you get to a level called Forge. Will be updated and back in App store soon. (Source)
[Update] Dungeon Hunter back in the AppStore. (Source)

Schooling for Programmers

Chrome

I have been busy with school learning how to program, and this time it’s the type of programing that might have use one day. I have been thinking about adding a page to show programs I work on during the course of my java class. Why not, its nothing special and can serve as a guide for people in my class. There will be some new titles that will come out soon for me to do a abrupt review on but until then I must concentrate on my school work.

If you are a Mac user then I would suggest checking out Google’s web browser Chrome. I noticed that they have a developer copy of Chrome for the mac that you can download. If you are a Windows user they have had Chrome out for a while and very light weight and simple. Its not as stable as the Windows version but its worth checking out.

Developer Chrome for Mac OSX

Update: I forgot to mention the new themes Google Chrome now offers! Thanks Matt Wright for adding that!

Containers of Space

So I spent most of today cleaning out my closet. Its filled with computer hardware, routers, cables, and even a Nintendo 64 and Super Nintendo. My current way of organizing is with a bunch of plastic clear containers, each with organized parts. Example: one container has everything to do with audio. Audio cables, plugs, headphones, and so on. There’s a container for keyboard/mice, hard-drives(dead ones or ones that can be fixed), mixed cables, spare computer parts, and even a toy container with G.I. Joes.

Tomorrow I will be getting some kind of shelving put in so not every thing is in the floor. The point to this post is I want to take pictures of my “computer room” for a my nerd crib type of deal. Details on that later.

Today Gameloft and TouchArcade added some more detail on this Iphone game called Dungeon Hunter. This time some game-play video and I think I’m very excited. Looks like a Diablo RPG type game which I am a huge fan of. Most of all the video game-play doesn’t look too bad. Graphics are nice, animation looks decent, I’m hooked.

Wolfenstein

I am a huge ID software fan and have played and enjoyed every game developed. Now I was hoping for a great online experience with this new version of Wolfenstein but it did not deliver. Single player is great as always with ID’s games, and it keeps me entertained. There are points of the game that can become boring but once I unlocked some upgrades I wanted to keep playing. The upgrades can change a gun completely in my opinion and so forth, changes game-play as well.

Graphics are simple but good enough for that type of game. Graphics are nothing ground breaking but serve the purpose and using the veil powers look really amazing. I don’t really like how they implemented the gaining of veil power, but at the same time I can’t think of a better way. Faster regeneration veil power would be nice but that’s too easy. Sounds are over all decent. Not enough of the old death emotes they made in Wolfenstein 3d.

Wolfenstein (PC)