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Comment · 3 years ago
I had a tendency to not finish most games I started, as my approach to game development was rather unstructured. This was one of those unfinished games. Looking at it 16 years later, it's quite a few sprites that I copied :D https://sagagames.de/bilder/screenshots/fruit4.png I wasn't very graphically inclined, so most of the graphics in that screenshot were actually lifted from a handful of games (which were mentioned in the credits of course). At least the spaceships and enemies I drew myself (which shows)... The screenshot shows a randomly generated endless level. I started building a level editor but that was the point where I stopped developing that game.

So, not sure I put it to good use. But it was a lot of fun. :)

Comment · 3 years ago
I spent countless hours on Icy Tower and Operation Spacehog. Thanks for those. :)

I'll also have to admit I stole a sprite or two from Spacehog for my own little horizontal space shooter as a teenager, hehe...

Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks, keeping the program comfortable and intuitive (as far as that's possible with trackers) is definitely one of my goals.
Comment · 4 years ago
You're welcome :)
Comment · 4 years ago
I guess it's Tracker Weeks at Hacker News? :) (MilkyTracker reached the front page just a few days ago)

OpenMPT has been my most extensive spare time project for the last 14 years. Excited to see it on the front page!

Comment · 5 years ago
Caution: VLC uses libmodplug on Windows (and probably macOS), which is barely maintained these days and plays many modules incorrectly. Many Linux distributions replace libmodplug with an emulation layer that lets libopenmpt do the actual decoding and playback, though, so module playback through VLC is much more accurate on those platforms.

Disclaimer: I'm developing OpenMPT and libopenmpt.

Comment · 5 years ago
Fast Tracker runs fine on Win9x, so it's just regular protected mode.

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