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Joystick Johnny Demo

Name:	J Lesko
Date Posted:	Jun 15, 2007
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Exactly two years ago today, I posted a plan about a GID I made called Joystick Johnny. In a nutshell, it was a bunch of minigames mostly inspired by the classic arcade.

Coincidentally, I released a demo today of the full version that I've been working on since August of last year.

Download the Demo (14 MB)

Note: Please enter your initials at the end. This sends stats to help me balance the difficulty. When it asks for a scoreboard name, you can use: GARAGE

And here's the original prototype, for comparison:
Download Original GID

Current Version:

GID Version:

After the release, I will write more about how I got from one extreme to the other, along with screenshots showing the progression of design. For now, I'm just looking for honest feedback. =)

Also, hey, what do you know, there's a GID this weekend, though I probably won't join in this time. Though, I think the above is a nice reminder (or warning!) of what can happen when you GID.

Recent Blog Posts

List:	11/06/07 - Designing the Joystick Johnny Interface 09/19/07 - Heeere's Johnny! 06/15/07 - Joystick Johnny Demo 02/20/07 - GID: Another 24 Games 04/10/06 - GID j - "J" is for "Joe Didn 02/14/06 - GID18 - 24 Hour Game Maker 12/22/05 - 1-2-3 Bumblebee 11/28/05 - Plan for J Lesko

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Anton Bursch (Jun 15, 2007 at 04:34 GMT)

These games are awesome!!

Thomas Buscaglia (Jun 15, 2007 at 05:11 GMT)

This is freaking sweet. It's so much more polished than last time I saw it. I like the 'virus' aspect too. Already signed up to buy.

You should post a demo download link on the GGE page too.

Thomas Buscaglia (Jun 15, 2007 at 05:33 GMT)

BTW, that Hogger virus level is crazy hard. :)
Edited on Jun 15, 2007 05:33 GMT

Tom Perry (Jun 15, 2007 at 07:48 GMT)

Wow this is awesome, congrats on getting it done. Very polished.

Leroy Frederick (Jun 15, 2007 at 07:55 GMT)

The progress you made between the two look great, fantastic work, i'll try to check out the demo later! :0)

Steve L (Jun 15, 2007 at 08:11 GMT)

Awesome! I thought the original was brilliant!

Downloading now!! :)

Joshua Dallman (Jun 15, 2007 at 08:16 GMT)

And I hope it's not too early to announce that when this game is released it's already slated to appear in the GG game store. Rawk!

BTW did Safari Tycoon: Africa Adventure and Turtillery Duel make the final cut?

Gary Preston (Jun 15, 2007 at 09:40 GMT)

Great to see a GID game turning into a full game. Gotta love the players ship in the asteroids style game :)

Just in case you want bug reports, I had corrupt graphics on part of the main menu and end score menu. The enter scoreboard was ok, but the enter initials option looked like it was overlayed on the enter scoreboard screen.

J Lesko (Jun 15, 2007 at 19:44 GMT)

Thanks for the feedback, guys. =)

Thomas: I'll definitely update GGE. And I'll tweak that virus level since I agree it's pretty ridiculous.

Joshua: They're both in the final set of 40, but things still might shift. And I haven't settled on the Safari Tycoon name yet. =)

Gary: Thanks! I'll look into that bug.

David Higgins (Jun 16, 2007 at 02:53 GMT)

Loved it ... absolutely loved it -- great game.

Can I ask ... what did you use to make it ...

Love the concept ... it was almost like playing Mario Ware ... even had the goofy elements (pizzaroids ... haha ... frogger with a pig/farm ... lmfao)

Good job ...

J Lesko (Jun 18, 2007 at 20:16 GMT)

Sorry for the late reply, David. It was made using BlitzMax and lots of elbow grease. =)

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