Projector Games goes live...

rib? · Post by **rib?** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 1:30 pm

gah! 18 disks of office 4.3 :S

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 3:27 pm

It's more alpha than beta... but we're scouring eBay for cheap USB ports and controllers.

But let me reiterate!

Give us your old USB joypads! Your old hubs! You'll get them back! You'll be in the credits! You can playtest! You might even *gasp* get free copies!

Playtesting weekend is provisionally slated for 2 weekends time. The more the merrier*

Just not sure what we'll play it on 'til we get a LARGE screen system - Si's 21" monitor?

*upto 127 people

Izzard · Post by **Izzard** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 3:38 pm

Damn, did I really throw away that old camcorder with the blummin lens? I knew I should have kept it. If you build them into the bottom of a cardboard box and stick it over the TV you can project the TV onto a wall very big. (As long as the room is VERY dark

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Izzard · Post by **Izzard** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 3:46 pm

Well, I DID, but I have just been outside and the bin men haven't been yet, so I have been tearing open bin bags LOL. Yay it was still there! Yay me.

** runs off to find a cardboard box **

Er.. .** washes hands **

(Yes, the whole project your TV with a lens and box thing is shite, but it's quite fun to try. Anyone got a small mirror or (better) a prism from an old pair of binoculars.. ..or do I have to insist Adam includes funtionality to flip the image left-to-right? I tried anyway, to support back-projection, but this is a much better reason).

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 3:52 pm

Can I please get a new housemate? O.o

shrek · Post by **shrek** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 4:56 pm

DjArcas wrote:*upto 127 people

Can you fit 127 people in your house?

Izzard · Post by **Izzard** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 5:00 pm

Absolutely.

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 5:04 pm

In our house? Yes.

Crowded around Si's 21" monitor? No.

Definitely would be a 'bring your own joypad' party tho

biggles · Post by **biggles** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 6:32 pm

i have a pad but it is the old port, got any use for it at all?

Post by **mid_gen** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 7:28 pm

I would that it's all through DirectInput, so it shouldn't care what interface it's connected via.

I've got an old Sidewinder (joystick port) round here somewhere that you're welcome to use.

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:09 pm

The only drawback with Joystick port joysticks is that you can only plug one in!

Post by **mid_gen** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:33 pm

The Sidewinder pads let you daisy-chain them together from a port on the back of each pad

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:44 pm

True. I've got two here. But only the sidewinder pads let you do that. Is that what you got?

Post by **mid_gen** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:09 pm

Yup, just found it.

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:10 pm

Ace. Now, how far away do you live?

Post by **mid_gen** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:19 pm

I'm at uni in Hull, but I'll be back down Basingstoke for a while as of Friday/Saturday, I can always mail it to you, I never use the darn thing

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:45 pm

Sure - mail me privately for my snail mail address

DjArcas · Post by **DjArcas** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:06 am

-- STATUS UPDATE --

It's playable! Check http://www.projectorgames.com for more details on the game, and the playtesting weekend! W00t!

Izzard · Post by **Izzard** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:48 am

Who looks after that lovely projector that comes to Shotgun...and can they come to our testing day?

(pssst - Dj - no-one will come, you know)

shrek · Post by **shrek** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:58 am

Sparks looks after that projector, only thing is he live in oxfordshire so I doubt he could come.

Izzard wrote:(pssst - Dj - no-one will come, you know)

I shall be coming even if I'm the only one.

Shotgun LAN

Projector Games goes live...

Unofficial Playtesting weekend now official!