Release Arora Rift 32X

[Blackcurtain]

Thanks, I'm sticking to 32-bit color mode, as I want to achieve nice looking gradient opacity on my explosions and other effects that has a lot of glow to them. The game is running pretty smooth now on the Pandora after some optimization.

 

[milkshake]

Native res or upscaled?

 

[Blackcurtain]

Native res or upscaled?

Scaled to 640x480 (looks better than 800x640). Most important thing is that the game runs fast and smooth as I want the gameplay to be more fast-paced than the original Arora Rift.

 

[Blackcurtain]

Here's some more random screens from testing runs on the Pandora

 

[milkshake]

looking good so far

 

[Blue Protoman]

WOW!

 

[kayuz]

wowwwo wee!
is damn good!

 

[Blackcurtain]

Here's a quick gameplay trailer I whipped together. Enjoy!

 

[notaz]

Probably worth posting this at boards.openpandora.org as most pandora users hang there.

 

[Blackcurtain]

Probably worth posting this at boards.openpandora.org as most pandora users hang there.

Thanks for the tip, will do.

 

[Blackcurtain]

Just wanted to let you know that Arora Rift 32X will be released tomorrow Friday, at www.blackcurtainstudio.com.
It will be added to the repo later on also.

On another note, the original Arora Rift for Caanoo will receive a price drop.

 

[CPUnltd]

NICE!

 

[Blackcurtain]

Arora Rift 32X is now available at www.blackcurtainstudio.com.
More channels will be available at a later time.

 

[Loon]

Hi Black Curtain, am really liking the look of Arora Rift, great to se some commercial software released for the Pandora.

Have you considered posting news of this release in the Software news section of the official boards?

 

[CPUnltd]

can't seem to log into the page... flash seems to be blocking me out. I get odd code when I type in my username, a bunch of *s show up ahead of me typing in my password (probably also odd code) and the login button doesn't want to work (but if I click "buy" it tells me I need to log in and reloads the entire page)... tried this on 2 different browsers, one of which is pretty popular (Opera).

 

[Blackcurtain]

can't seem to log into the page... flash seems to be blocking me out. I get odd code when I type in my username, a bunch of *s show up ahead of me typing in my password (probably also odd code) and the login button doesn't want to work (but if I click "buy" it tells me I need to log in and reloads the entire page)... tried this on 2 different browsers, one of which is pretty popular (Opera).

Sorry about that, try to login at this page instead.

 

[CPUnltd]

Thank you... that worked!


wait... maybe not... your page is very FLASH heavy, isn't it? I actually just hit a brick wall that is a blank page...

 

[Blackcurtain]

Thank you... that worked!


wait... maybe not... your page is very FLASH heavy, isn't it? I actually just hit a brick wall that is a blank page...

The header menu is Flash yes, but it's far from "heavy". There's nothing in it but small graphics and button click actions.

 

[CPUnltd]

Well, well, I was able to get in and buy the game, but I needed to install the real flash (couldn't use open-source equivelant) to navigate the site... it is what it is, I have my copy now...