Monday, December 30, 2013

Playing Black Mesa

In this post I will share my experience about my playing of Black Mesa, a mod of the orginal game called Half Life. Built on the "Source" engine, available for free download on Steam, Black Mesa has very improved look compared to the orignal. You can read whats written on the books, shelves, walls, better light refraction, shading, which makes the whole experience much more comfortable.


While playing I got to some software issues:
  • It happened to get stuck in one position. I could only turn my self around but not being able to move or do other things. This happened when I wanted to replay second chapter after finishing the complete game. 
  • Also when loading screen appeared many time the game crashed. So I had to restart it from last saved point. Ok, not much of an issue since I finished the whole game. I hope the team will fix this issue. 
I was really enjoing while listening to the Black Mesa soundtrack. It really adds much to the playing experience especially when you get to places where there is a big fight with many soldiers and/or creatures, therefore increasing the tension so that you feel what is like to be in place of Gordon Freeman :))



What makes this game good is that it is rich with puzzles the player has to solve in order to progress.  You are traveling trough cooling pipes, corridors, reef edges, jumping obstacles, shooting with soldiers, fighting tanks, aeroplanes, helicopters, launching rockets, avoiding laser detonating bombs, etc... One thing to note, before progressing trough the game: learn how to use the controls properly. For example jump+crouch move. I couldn't finish the laser level without dying hundreds of times. It is the place where I learned to use jump+crouch move properly. Unfortunatelly Black Mesa team didn't included the guide/practice chapter which is a part of Half Life. In fact the last chapters of Half Life were also not included, chapters like, Xen, Gonarch's lair, Interlooper, Nihilanth.
The team took about 8-9 years to complete this part. I hope the ending will be available soon.

I tried to make as many as possible, screenshots of the most important parts of the game using the Steam's F12 functionality. I made about 200 screenshots, so I will post them in parts.This part has 51 screenshots.

Gallery 

http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/92906255037/black-mesa-part-8
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93105376977/black-mesa-part-9
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93105428047/black-mesa-part-10
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93105533097/black-mesa-part-11
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106028597/black-mesa-part-12
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106084557/black-mesa-part-13
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106134602/black-mesa-part-14
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106178092/black-mesa-part-15
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106237372/black-mesa-part-16
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106301567/black-mesa-part-17
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106361407/black-mesa-part-18
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106450397/black-mesa-part-19
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106501562/black-mesa-part-20









Thursday, December 19, 2013

Playing Sonny: Destroyer

link:http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/sonny
genre: RPG, hack and slash, adventure, skill, turn based
player classes: Destroyer, Guiardian, Assasin, Gunslinger
The game has a story and plot.
The game has really thrilling music. I am really enjoying while playing.

music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7OQ0g2l5k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk0xWI8akxc&feature=share&list=RD9I7OQ0g2l5k&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuZ0BfRPNl4&feature=share&list=RD9I7OQ0g2l5k&index=2

links:
http://sonny.wikia.com/wiki/Ignition
https://armorgames.com/community/thread/329271/sonny-boss-2-omen
http://armorgames.com/community/thread/169383/how-to-beat-omen-ad-docter-herregods
https://armorgames.com/community/thread/96964/sonny-final-boss
http://www.kongregate.com/forums/3/topics/8145
http://sonny.wikia.com/wiki/ZPCI

Gallery

http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93106937102/sonny-destroyer-part-1
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93107083522/sonny-destroyer-part-2
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93107156717/sonny-destroyer-part-3
http://vladtheterran.tumblr.com/post/93107210517/sonny-destroyer-part-4

sonny
The begining

abilities
Abilities page
in game tips
In game tips

inventory
Sonny's Inventory
zpci
ZPCI- Zombi Pest Control Incroporated
escape from the ship
Escape from the ship
the tape
The tape, arrghh give me the tape :))))


gadi khala




Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Wonders in Math Land: patch 1.4.4

Hello again. I have added some new GUI features to the game. Now you have complete game guide that shows when you play the game for the first time. Also the number of cards in the levels increases from 12 to 18 cards. Cards now are place in specific formation to make the game more enjoyable and interesting.

http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/wonders-in-math-land

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

My games on chrome web store

Ah and yes, I have published my games on Chrome web store. If you are Chrome user you can download my games and install them locally as chrome applications. Just go to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps?hl=en and search for spinnerbox.

It will list all applications I have published.

This is how my game look like when installed as chrome application
 If you have already installed one of my games you need to remove old version and install the new one. Just go to Main menu-> Tools -> Extensions in chrome and search for wanted application. Click on the can to remove it. Than find the game you want on chrome web store and click install. It will be automatically downloaded and installed as chrome application. You will later see it in your extensions list.

Cheers, and have fun :)))

New version of Wonders in Math Land

Hello guys. Its being a while. I developed new version of the same game. Now it has 18 levels and you can submit your score after playing each level. I decided that time should go upwards instead of downwards, i.e you can play and enjoy exploring the game while making some points. This is a new update of the game. If possible I plan to add more modes that you can play. Cheers and have fun :)))

Play the game here: http://wonders-in-math-land.blogspot.com/p/game.html