[funkboy]

Hello everyone,

just wanted to notify anyone interested that I have released a new version of my golf game, KGA Golf. It is now up to version 1.2. The website is at:
http://www.karlbecker.com/golf

Direct download links are:
Mac OS X: http://www.trapzero.com/Downloads/kgagolf-osx-12.sit (5.9MB)
Mac OS 7, 8, 9: http://www.trapzero.com/Downloads/kgagolf-ppc-12.sit (5.9MB)

There's a download of just the game without the editor for Mac OS 7, 8, and 9 on the web page for those with slower modems.

Please feel free to post in this thread or e-mail me at golf@karlbecker.com with your thoughts on the game... especially if you find any ugly bugs!

The update will go on VersionTracker and MacUpdate tomorrow.

Thanks,
Karl

[Weezer]

what happened to tennis updates?

[funkboy]

I haven't touched the tennis game in quite some time, actually. Not since before Christmas break, well before then.

I've been working on this golf update since the holiday break began, since I felt I could really improve the game.

Don't worry, the tennis game will be making a return. It's just in hiatus for awhile - it will definitely be revamped sometime this summer, if not before then.

[mrchin]

I've been playing the Golf since you first released tennis. Both have been an addictive time killer at our office.

Great competition. Though I wish you can make tennis two player. Maybe rendezvous across two systems. Golf could do this on one or multiples as you take turns.

[funkboy]

Originally posted by mrchin:
I've been playing the Golf since you first released tennis. Both have been an addictive time killer at our office.

Great competition. Though I wish you can make tennis two player. Maybe rendezvous across two systems. Golf could do this on one or multiples as you take turns.

This is exactly what I've always hoped to do with my games - have them be nice little break for people who are busy. Especially my sports games.

I do hope to make tennis and/or golf two-player. Golf will be easier, and at least at one computer. I've never done stuff over a network, so I'm not quite sure how/if that'll work.

Of course, I must ask (since I am a shareware author ), have you purchased KGA Golf? I'm not at my computer right now so I can't check if someone whose forum name would be "mrchin" purchased the game.

A poor college student could use the little registration, though

I've got some good ideas for two-player golf, too, though I'll need to probably rewrite my engine - can we say balls colliding in mid-air?

[funkboy]

I'd just like to let everyone know I just released KGA Golf version 1.2.3. You can download it here:
Mac OS X: http://www.trapzero.com/Downloads/kgagolf-osx-123.sit
Mac OS 7, 8, 9: http://www.trapzero.com/Downloads/kgagolf-ppc-123.sit

Version 1.2.3 adds:
* Sound effects on/off toggle
* Smarter camera that will try to get the hole and ball in frame as much as possible
* Inset display to show the ball and its terrain
* Out of bounds, so beginner golfers won't hit the ball too far off-track
* Other small bug fixes

A couple screenshots:
http://webhost.btinet.net/~funkboy/g...es/screen2.jpg
http://webhost.btinet.net/~funkboy/g...es/screen3.jpg


Please let me know what you think of this new version of golf, as well as my new version of KTA Tennis, version 0.60. That's available at
http://www.karlbecker.com/tennis/
It has a lot better control than the previous versions did, and I'm working on smarter player intelligence right now.

[Ryan Becker]

Cool games, and I like your last name!

-Ryan

[funkboy]

Originally posted by Ryan Becker:
Cool games, and I like your last name!

-Ryan

Thanks - and your last name is just as great as mine!

[funkboy]

I got in the promo material for Tiger! (Mac OS X 10.4)

Check it out:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/theater/safari.html

KGA Golf 1.2.3 is listed in the RSS feed, which is just amazing in my opinion

[Ryan Becker]

Originally posted by funkboy:
I got in the promo material for Tiger! (Mac OS X 10.4)

Check it out:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/theater/safari.html

KGA Golf 1.2.3 is listed in the RSS feed, which is just amazing in my opinion

Awesome! Congrats!

You should be happy they didn't steal your game and make it part of Tiger though... cough, cough.... Dashboard looks a lot like Konfabulator....

-Ryan

[funkboy]

Originally posted by Ryan Becker:
Awesome! Congrats!

You should be happy they didn't steal your game and make it part of Tiger though... cough, cough.... Dashboard looks a lot like Konfabulator....

-Ryan

I agree, it is somewhat depressing that Apple seems to have gotten so close to outright stealing... in fact, I don't know how much closer they can get really.

Hey, if they would have made either a golf or tennis game and bundled it, though, I'd be happy, since that means Apple would finally be paying attention to the games market.

[Ryan Becker]

Originally posted by funkboy:
I agree, it is somewhat depressing that Apple seems to have gotten so close to outright stealing... in fact, I don't know how much closer they can get really.

Hey, if they would have made either a golf or tennis game and bundled it, though, I'd be happy, since that means Apple would finally be paying attention to the games market.

Well, Panther's application switcher was a complete rip off of LightSwitchX as well...

But, Konfabulator wasn't really the creator of the idea of desk accessories, or "widgets" (maybe they coined that term?), because they have been around since like OS 8.6 or 9, and in Windows. But, Dashboard sure looks a lot like Konfabulator, and I know that I, like many others, instantly thought of Konfab when I first saw Dashboard.

I would've liked to see the Konfab guys get some credit though....

-Ryan