Level Making Invitation

I posted a document some time ago on the google code site that explains how to make Awesomeguy levels for the Android game. If you follow the document's instructions you should be able to make an Awesomeguy level for either platform, the Nintendo DS Homebrew or the Android. If you're interested in making such a level, say for level 11 of the Android game or 12 of the homebrew, I'd be happy to include it. Here's the link to the HOWTO document.

http://code.google.com/p/awesomeguy/wiki/ConstructingLevels

When you're done, send me two files, the 'awesomeguy.xml' file and the level.fmp file that is created by Mappy. Below is an address that you can send it to.

david.c.liebman (at) gmail (dot) com

If you're really interested but you're having trouble, you can email me and I'll try to help you out. I understand most people will find this to be uninteresting, but the offer stands and I'll consider anyone's level seriously.

Android Update - Google Analytics

A new Awesomeguy game has been released on Android Market. It uses a special java library to collect usage statistics for the developers through Google Analytics. Google Analytics are enabled in the game by default, but can easily be turned off using the Options page. The main statistic that the developers are interested in is how many people actually play the game (as opposed to how many people have the game installed on their phone). A link to the barcode that allows your phone to download Awesomeguy from Android Market is found below.

http://android-awesomeguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/awesomeguy-on-android-market.html

This will probably be the last change to the Awesomeguy Game for the Android platform for a long while.

New Nintendo v0.4-beta3 and Android Update

The Nintendo Homebrew version of the project has been increased to 'v0.4-beta3'. The changes that were made were many, but one was the addition of a new level 11. This is a boss level with an until-now-unseen boss monster. It shoots laser beams. The source code and the binary are available on Sourceforge at the link below.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/awesomeguy/files/awesomeguy_0.4-beta3/

Meanwhile, the Android version was updated. The android update was a small fix that allowed the game to be played more easily on tablet Android devices. There has been no attempt to incorporate the level 11 boss monster code in the Android version, and I don't know when that might even take place. Still, the game looks better on a tablet sized screen than it did before. There are no updates to the database tables so people should be able to play the game with their old database without interruption after they update their game. A link to the bar code that will allow you to download the game from the Android market is below.

http://android-awesomeguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/awesomeguy-on-android-market.html

As always, you can use the links to the right of this post to visit Google Code or Sourceforge.net to look at the code that goes into the Android and Nintendo versions of Awesomeguy, respectively.

New Nintendo v0.4-beta2

There's a new version for the DS. It was pointed out that the high score mechanism wasn't working right, so it got fixed. Below is a link that will download the DS binary.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/awesomeguy/files/awesomeguy_0.4-beta2/awesomeguy.nds_0.4-beta2.tar.gz/download

I'll also include the link to the Android project home page on Google Code. The Android project hasn't changed, since it uses an entirely different high-score-saving mechanism.

http://code.google.com/p/awesomeguy/

Just as a note, I'm working on a boss level for the DS. I'm not rushing so it will take me a while to complete, but it's definitely under way. After that I'll think about porting the code over to the Android.

Nintendo News

Awesomeguy for the Nintendo DS has been updated to version 0.4-beta. If you are into Nintendo DS homebrew, try it out. You can click this link to download the binary.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/awesomeguy/files/awesomeguy_0.4-beta/awesomeguy.nds_0.4-beta.tar.gz/download

The Android project is still available at Google Code. Below is a link to the barcode for downloading the game on your Android phone.

http://android-awesomeguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/awesomeguy-on-android-market.html

Awesomeguy on Android Market

The first version of Awesomeguy is on the android market. Install it if you like and leave comments.

Google Code

Code resources for the Android version of Awesomeguy have moved to 'Google Code'. This is the link to the Android project in its most recent form.

http://code.google.com/p/awesomeguy/

The Nintendo DS version of the project still resides in a Sourceforge repository. This is the link to the Sourceforge Nintendo DS project.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/awesomeguy/

The Android project has moved from Git version control to Subversion, as Git was not offered by Google Code.