Buy framework, get Defenstar for free!

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Playniax(Posted 2010) [#1]
SORRY!, Offer expired at the 7th of november!

Defenstar is a horizontal scrolling shoot'em up inspired by games like Defender, Datastorm and Dropzone. There hasn’t been a game made like this in a long time. With it's wonderful graphics, sound and smooth gameplay it's a great gaming value for young and old alike! It will test your arcade skills to the maximum.

Defenstar on youtube

Ignition is the framework used to create it!

Ignition 1.7 out now!

HOME PAGE!

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asoed(Posted 2010) [#2]
DUDE! that is an awsome game!

how long did it take to make it?


asoed(Posted 2010) [#3]
btw, can you change your deal to buy defenstar, get the framework for free? ;-)


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#4]
It took way to loooooooooong:) No seriously, about 2.5 years I guess.


Tri|Ga|De(Posted 2010) [#5]
What about us who already got the framework?


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#6]
That is a valid question:) yeah why not, it's al most x-mas.

People who bought will get it, give me a day or 2.


Hotshot2005(Posted 2010) [#7]
I might buy it before 7 November :)


Defoc8(Posted 2010) [#8]
was thinking to buy your framework to have a play with.. sadly it seems that your payment system wont allow the use of free email addresses.. i tried the paypal option, but it still freaked out about the e-mail address..

Im not overly concerned... but i thought you might want to know about this..


josk(Posted 2010) [#9]
I had been thinking of buying your framework for a bit, giving Defenstar (which is a craking litle game by the way) away free with it pushed me over the edge.

This should motivate me back into programming.


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#10]
Hi josk, good luck with that and thanks!


Hotshot2005(Posted 2010) [#11]
They dont even accept hotmail or yahoo when buying your framework *thump down* :(


ImaginaryHuman(Posted 2010) [#12]
Free email addresses are prone to fraudulent transactions, which is why many retailers will see them as a red flag, but not necessarily stop the order entirely.


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#13]
Yeah, we use share-it. They run that policy. I think it's because what ImaginaryHuman is saying. Not that I'm calling you a fraude:)


therevills(Posted 2010) [#14]
Hey Playniax,

Just wondering which timing system you used in Defenstar? (since your framework has two (fixed and delta))

Thanks!

PS Framework looks very cool

Edit: I notice that your iTPlayfield type rely quite a bit on your iSetViewport function which calls BlitzMax's own SetViewport... which has been known to cause issues on a few graphics cards - unless it has been fixed recently?

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Playniax(Posted 2010) [#15]
Thanks!

On default Defenstar uses fixed at 60 hertz. When Delta timing is enabled it uses both.

Yes, I believe the issue was negative coords I discovered on one of my computers but iSetViewPort fixes that problem.


Hotshot2005(Posted 2010) [#16]
! We cannot accept free e-mail addresses, such as "hotmail.com", for orders using the payment type you selected. Please enter a different e-mail address or change the payment type.

FFS!

what email do they accept?


Hotshot2005(Posted 2010) [#17]
I have bought it :)


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#18]
Yeah. Thanks. Hope you like it!


Doiron(Posted 2010) [#19]
Ordered, and waiting for Share-It to verify the purchase. :)


therevills(Posted 2010) [#20]

believe the issue was negative coords I discovered on one of my computers but iSetViewPort fixes that problem.



What are the specs for the computer which it failed on?

Ive made a post here about SetViewPort issues:

http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=92585

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ShadowTurtle(Posted 2010) [#21]
Hotshot2005:
! We cannot accept free e-mail addresses, such as "hotmail.com", for orders using the payment type you selected. Please enter a different e-mail address or change the payment type.

FFS!

what email do they accept?

Use the email account from the internet-provider you do use.

Insider: 1. Register a account @ ebay.com. 2. make a little buy. 3. the email does now work perfectly with paypal.. 3. Do not forget: A extra registration is needed. You have make that already, i think.

In any way the account needs to be registered and verified from paypal.

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Playniax(Posted 2010) [#22]
Ordered, and waiting for Share-It to verify the purchase. :)


What payment method did you use? It should not take this long in my experience.

I'm going to dig deeper in the setvieport issue but the problems I had are fixed. It was on an OLD machine that was running XP/DX7 while he should not:)


Doiron(Posted 2010) [#23]
What payment method did you use? It should not take this long in my experience.

I used PayPal, and I received the following message but the order still hasn't been processed:
Your order for "Ignition / Defenstar" (order number #####) has been
received and is being verified by our team. Your order will most likely be
processed within the next 12 hours, but in no case will it take more than
24 hours.

In order to avoid multiple charges to your credit card, please do not
resubmit your order.


Details via e-mail. :)
I use the paypal account a lot, so I'm confident it's just a security measure.


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#24]
OK!


Tri|Ga|De(Posted 2010) [#25]

That is a valid question:) yeah why not, it's al most x-mas.

People who bought will get it, give me a day or 2.



How is it comming along.


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#26]
Done! Have fun!


Playniax(Posted 2010) [#27]
The first versions of Defenstar included a simple html document with the instructions of how to play. Some portals asked us for a better instruction manual and in pdf format so we made something that turned out to be surprisingly nice.

(I'm aware of the typo's, I will correct them)

The Windows version of Defenstar has an update function in the options menu. The Mac version now also has this. For people who downloaded the mac version prior to 21-11-2010 here is a patch for the mac. Just download and unzip it and put it in the root folder of Defenstar. This will activate the update option in the option menu of Defenstar.

Also I put a new sample of the Ignition framework docs online for download

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