Wind And Water: Puzzle Battles

[slaanesh]

Just wondering what happened to this? Teaser demo was available some time ago... Will this be finished and ready soon?

 

[paxl13]

I'm awaiting it !...

Let's see when It'll be happen

 

[Shadowsithe]

I'm looking forward to it, the demo's playability would suggest a final product is most likely in the cards.

 

[SiDCrAzY]

I just emailed them asking if they had a release date for this AWESOME game.

I'll post it here if/when they reply back.

 

[fusion_power]

A while ago, they sayed "March 2007" I think... ^^"""
I'm sure, the Game will be finished soon, because even the old Teaser Demo looked very polished.

 

[SiDCrAzY]

Well, I haven't gotten a reply back, but it doesn't seem like its necessary anymore the interview(look below) answers most if not all questions I think.



Hooka did a very interesting interview with Yuan-Works.

You can find it there:http://www.yuan-works.com/WindAndWater/wnw_interview.html


Edit: The interview made want the game even more, I can't wait for its release.

 

[Julius]

Damn double post <_<

 

[Julius]

Wow, nice interview! That games just screems "quality"

I wonder if it is possible to play with two players when using a bob and the TV out?

 

[YuanHao]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for not replying earlier Sid, was waiting for the interview to come online to reply, but you went one step ahead

Anyway, I hope the interview answers anyone's questions

-- YuanHao

 

[fusion_power]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for not replying earlier Sid, was waiting for the interview to come online to reply, but you went one step ahead

Anyway, I hope the interview answers anyone's questions

-- YuanHao

YES! Amazing Screenshots! Impressive work, I wish I had such a gfx talent ^^""
But I find this quote here a little bit scary:
"...The AI is good enough to beat one of the creators of W&W!"
I hope, this AI will show mercy with an little amateur-Puzzler like me :lol:

 

[Julius]

Anyway, I hope the interview answers anyone's questions

Not mine about TV-Out and two player support

 

[Yuan]

Anyway, I hope the interview answers anyone's questions

Not mine about TV-Out and two player support


Hello there! Thanks everyone for the comments!

Let me answer those questions for you.

The TV-Out is funcional already, and it works "fine" as it is, however there are two "problems" we would like to fix.

First, the GP2X skips lines when sending the video signal, so the image suffer from a little cropping, which makes the delicate pixel graphics look bad sometimes. We have no idea if there can be any way to display the signal with all the lines and some "overscan", but it would be best if it could be done.

Second, the GP2X's screen's color is not callibrated properly, and there are several problems, especially with color saturation. The final game will have the color hand-callibrated to fit the GP2X screen properly, however, this would make the colors look wrong in a CRT display such as a monitor or television set; so we have to find a way to work around this.

Regarding your other question, Wind and Water is a lot of fun to play against another player, and multiplayer has always been a plan, even for the mini-games. One of the possibilities is to attach a USB controller to the BOB, though we haven't worked on that because the nearest GP2X store doesn't have it (it's been out of stock for a while). As soon as we have more time for that we will get a unit and test it to make it work for two players.

Hope that answers your questions.

fusion_power: glad you like the screenshots

Have a nice day everyone.

 

[AnimalMachine]

Wow, great interview!

Can't wait until I can buy this game. Keep up the good work.

 

[SiDCrAzY]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for not replying earlier Sid

-- YuanHao

No problem

Great game you have here, you'll definitely be getting a purchase from me!

 

[abertalia]

You'll definitely be getting a purchase from me!

Same here! The demo was fun as hell...

 

[paxl13]

I'll probably buy it the same day It'll go out

I'm Realy waiting it !

paxl13

 

[Julius]

First, the GP2X skips lines when sending the video signal, so the image suffer from a little cropping, which makes the delicate pixel graphics look bad sometimes. We have no idea if there can be any way to display the signal with all the lines and some "overscan", but it would be best if it could be done.

Yeah that seems to be a general problem with the TV-out right now. I hope that can be fixed.
If you happen to find a solution please share the code with the community!

 

[YuanHao]

Good to know that you're waiting for the game, that makes us work a lot harder hehe!

Yeah, I wonder if the TV out problem can be solved. It'd be real good if there's a solution!

 

[Julius]

Bump!