TRIPLE PLAY the Flash Game

[webmaster1444]

I would like to know what other people think of this game I made over the past few weeks. The game is a replica of the 2005 FRC game Triple Play. I really like it and would like to know about any ideas and/or comments about the game. It isn't quite complete it still needs a good intro and main page. But how is it so far? I also don't know how to advertise it to others so if you want you could tell others or put a link to it.

Game Play
The main point of this game is to move the robot around and pick up the tetras and put them on to the goals. Another is to get the most points in the 2 min they give you. and other variables influence play like damage and battery life. To pick up a tetra from the ground you must have the arm down, to pick a tetra up from blue human loaders and auto loaders you must have arm at the middle level, and to put a tetra on any goal you must have the arm up.

Controls
move = arrow keys
arm up = home
arm middle = page up
arm down = page down
claw open = shift //not completely working yet
claw closed = ctrl //not completely working yet

http://www.first1444.com/gamepage/gamepage.html

Thanks for the comments and ii hope you enjoy it!
Bobby Givens

[Bcahn836]

That is awesome. Something to keep me entertained for a while. LOL

[pakrat]

I think it would be cool if there was a computer that would go against you, but im guessing it would be hard to do. i guess another thing is that you should be able to stack the side goals with the middle hieght i think...

[webmaster1444]

One thing i would like to do is save high scores but i don't know how. So if you know how and have sample files or you have a tutorial that would be very useful to have.
Thanks
Bobby Givens

[webmaster1444]

I think it would be cool if there was a computer that would go against you, but im guessing it would be hard to do. i guess another thing is that you should be able to stack the side goals with the middle hieght i think...

It would be very difficult to add an opponent so i won't go there right now.
The middle arm height isn't high enough to do that and I am tring to make it as realistic as possible.

Thanks
Bobby Givens

[pakrat]

i got 80 points,


but it turn out that it gives you a 10 point bunous any time theres three tetras, so it gives you 13 points if you already have a row and then score another tetra on that row.

i just got 100 :)

[Heretic121]

ok ya... i cant score at all lol... i need help :D

*and there is multiple levels for the arm!?! *other than down or up!?!

*nvm re-read lol

w00t 110 :D

[Kyle Love]

I've only gotten a 74 so far

[Billfred]

Huzzah! 107, all nine capped.

It's a great way to keep from doing my english paper play around with some free time--I love it. Outside of the cosmetics you mentioned, I would suggest adding a restart button, so you don't have to reload the page every time the clock runs out.

Or, if you are feeling frisky, how about a two-player mode? (P1 takes the arrows and those other buttons, P2 uses WASD and nearby keys)

All in all, great jorb.

http://www.billfredinthenighttime.com/bsoa.GIF

[SuperJake]

119pts <-- All 9 capped w/ 3 tets on one goal

Great game!

[xzvrw2]

This game is awesome. Thanks for making it.

[Ryan Dognaux]

120 points - all 9 goals capped, plus another teta and behind the line at the end. This game is awesome.

Edit: 143 points now

[crazykid234]

sweet game

127 all on the center row

[Jon Anderson]

Kinda like the physics bug from last year... (http://www.cyberblue234.com/images/firstgame.bmp)

[ebmonon36]

I got a 113 with the center row stacked 2 tetras high and the end stacked 1 high and a row along the bottom and I had the robot in the endzone at the end.
Eric

[Ryan M.]

Nice work on this. Took me a while to figure out how to place tetras, but I got it eventually.

You can pick up tetras from the loading zones without being in the triangle. Maybe you should asses penalties for that. :)

[Kyle]

I love it, I am going to play this all day tomorrow, since I am going to be sick from school tomorrow ;) Thanks for spending the time to make this.

[Ian Curtis]

That is so awesome!! May i suggest that eventually there are several options for your robot aka you can chose to be fast with a slow arm or slow with a fast arm?

[Aaron]

Very cool game. You have a future programing flash games. I wish my robot could single handedly get 100+ points a round. Now for some constructive criticism

Pros:
Arm height variation
claw (when u get it working)
field was flawless
damage counter
battery life

Cons:
no competition ( i know that would be hard)
human zone is instantaneous
robot is a lot slower than most real robots

And some ideas:
have the robot slow down a little as the battery drains
make it so that u can release tetras
have red tetras randomly appear as 'competition'

[Kyle Love]

I still am stuck at 120 :mad: ...

What kind of strategies are you guys using?

I am starting by grabbing a "vision" and going down field then going to autoload and taking it down field and working my way back to my home row...what other ways are you guys playing this game?

[Barry Bonzack]

120- 9 capped, two extra, and behind the line

Edit: 132 now

[ahmad]

Is there a way you could put the actual .fla file for download ??
I've been looking for something like that for a long time ...
I'll appreciate it.

[webmaster1444]

Very cool game. You have a future programing flash games. I wish my robot could single handedly get 100+ points a round. Now for some constructive criticism
Pros:
...
Cons:
...
And some ideas:
have the robot slow down a little as the battery drains
make it so that u can release tetras
have red tetras randomly appear as 'competition'

Those are good ideas i will try to add some of them.
It may be a little while till i can update the game because i missed 3 days of school for nationals and finals arn't to far away but i will defiantly keep it updated.
I'm going to add a really nice intro with the story behind FIRST so people who don't know about it will understand.

Thank You for all the ideas and comments i will try and do some of them
i really don't think i can add an opponent or 2 players because normal keys don't work well with flash but i have some other methods to try.

Thanks Again
Bobby Givens

[Kyle Love]

I like the updated version! Cheat codes?!?!?! So do we totally have to guess the codes or are they "encoded" in the game somehow?

[Ian Curtis]

So what exactly is the claw for?

[theory6]

Amazing game I love it.
If you have time you could make it so that the more points you score you get upgrades to your robot to make it move faster, etc. Maybe levels with opponents. That must be hard though. But overall this game is INSANE, once you perfect it I suggest you send it to some online flash game websites, i'm sure they'll be happy to host it. :D

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I love this game. I tried making a game like it with our robot but I know nothing of Actionscript coding in Flash. Their claw was to keep hold of the tetras. I know this all too well. They defeated us in the finals at St. Louis, good job guys.

[tiffany34990]

i have yet to play this game...but it's taking up a lot of some of mine friend's time...so it must be good....

i saw it though and it looks great!! great job!! eventually i'll play...in a few weeks then i can have all the fun i want..i can't wait....

[BandChick]

Wow, this is really fun. I hope you decide to make it a two player game one of these days ;)
Great job! I'm not very good at it though.

[BHOP]

I thought it was awesome that i could score 12 tetras on the center goal
No ones robot could stack that high.

[BandChick]

I don't know of any, but I bet there's a robot out there that can!
1089 (my team) could stack 7....and that was pretty much the highest I saw.

[K.Shaw]

wow great job on this game! it was fun to play!

[Lil' Lavery]

Its a TON of fun. I love it. But whats the claw for?


ing tetras on the same goal, and got 17 tetras high! I wish our bot could reacht that high ;)

[henryBsick]

Is the ratio of bettery consumption in normal speed equal to the ratio of battery conumption in high speed? It seemed unbalanced, touch the boost and the battery drops like a rock, but go without the boost and drive for miles.. it seems.
And I know it is just a game but if yuo are looking for reality why is there a batery meter? In a two minute match the 18 amp hour batteries we have do quite well. I think the time is a tough enough limit to beat.

$.02
-Henry

[Lil' Lavery]

Bah, I can get 117 with my eyes closed (not really, but give me a couple hours to practice and I might ;) ), but I cant get higher than that. :/

[Brandon Holley]

cheat codes?? what are the codes? or how are they obtained?

[Vince lau]

my highest is 123, can't seem to get past that

edit: just got 126 :p

[pakrat]

sorry, but i've got you all beat.

153, no cheats.

[Brandon Holley]

The most tetras i can get on 1 goal is 20...anybody get higher?

[pakrat]

what baout highest scores??

[robot180]

Um...I played three times, the first time seemed fine. The second match ended with 40 seconds left. (the clock only got down to 40 and the score screen popped up) The third match ended with 49 seconds left. It appears to be a glitch or something.

[pakrat]

what about your battery and or damage??

if you boost a lot or hit stuff a lot, you will "die" early, and not get the full time allotted

[robot180]

AH! That's it. I wasn't watching the battery voltage.

[Rohan_DHS]

omg! that game's awesome, gj you guys, u should all be proud! i checked out ur site too...thats lookin good as well :)

[MikeL303]

first of all great game, now i am have something to play in school. second what are the codes and what do they do?

my high score so far is 129. only if i could get this score in real life.

[Fireworks 234]

I really enjoy playing this game. Because this game is SUPER!

[Mike]

Cool game, for the online scoring system it shouldn't be too hard. Just make it POST data to a PHP page that puts it in a MySQL database. Then a page that retrieves from the MySQL and prints the top 10 scores. If you can make it POST data to a page, I'll gladly do the rest for you.

EDIT: Maybe a pause button too...

[tckma]

Has anyone run this in Firefox? I am using FireFox 0.8, and I can't seem to get anything from the auto or human loaders. Just the two that are on the field at the beginning.

Or maybe I missed something in the instructions?

(edit: when all else fails, read the directions -- "to pick a tetra up from blue human loaders and auto loaders you must have arm at the middle level, and to put a tetra on any goal you must have the arm up." I see.)

[Juju1031]

Great game.

But wat about those cheat codes?
You should create it so that you can be on the same team or verse each other?

132 high

[Mike]

New thing, maybe make the arm up/middle/down buttons different. On almost every keyboard those buttons are in a different setup, and I know on mine at least it's pretty awkward using them. How about, arm up: 8 on the number pad; middle: 5; down: 2?

[MikeL303]

what is the open and closed claw used for?

[webmaster1444]

Thanks I am glad you like my game I have tried to fix all the errors, so I don't think there are any more but if there are let me know at
"webmaster@first1444.com"

I saw a few questions so here are a few answers.

-The claw did have a use but i can only get it to work one way. You can't pick or drop a tetra without the claw open. I was going to drop it if you move abruptly but i can't get it to work correctly so it is now there to look nice. use Shift and Ctrl to open and close.

-The buttons are pretty weird because I am limited on which buttons I can use in Flash. i would use the letter keys but they don't work correctly and have lots of problems.

-About the cheat codes. I have quite a few so here are some. If you post a score please say which cheat code you used.

2xbatt - 2 times the battery life
dewalt - 2 times the speed
icey - Drift mode (fun)
Armor - Extra strength
2xtime - 4 min. timer
die - instant game over (really stupid)
icey+ - Drift mode with Armor

Oh I also have a downloadable version of the game. Here it is

Triple Play Download (http://www.first1444.com/gamepage/TriplePlay.exe) (it is a .exe)

There are a few more but i won't give them now.

If you have any more questions please post them of email me. Thanks and Enjoy.

Bobby Givens
Team 1444 Webmaster

[Compnerd]

The game, was removed last year, from the site. It should be back up tomorrow afternoon around 5:00 Central time. Hope you like it... again

[Compnerd]

The game has been put back on the server!!! Check out our website, and click games, and it will come up! Enjoy!

www.first1444.com