A Time to Warp

Version History

Version 1.00 - Released 8/7/2004 7:33 PM USA CST

This version was submitted in the competition.

Version 1.01 - Released 8/7/2004 11:04 PM USA CST

I sped up the scrolling speed of the time line.

I fixed a few gramatical errors in the text of the game.

I moved the outer boxes in a little closer to the middle on the 1997 game.

I made the 1997 game bullet shoot a little farther.

Version 1.02 - Released 8/8/2004 4:01 PM USA CST

I adjusted the game to make it easier to play. Previously, the computer would commonly build up a wall of boxes that the user couldn't get through. I changed the 1987 game, 1992 game and 1997 game to make this happen much less often.

Version 1.03 - Released 8/8/2004 9:52 PM USA CST

I added a couple of new items to the timeline.

I fixed a bug that left the bullet from the 1997 game at the bottom of the screen in the 1992 game.

Version 1.04 - Released 8/9/2004 10:30 PM USA CST

I fixed a bug that was introduced in Version 1.03. In the 1987 game, the left-most box would sometimes come down an orb instead of a box.

I added more items to the Time Line, such as the invention of OpenGL, DirectX, and BlitzBasic for the Amiga.

I added a panel to the side of the game that tells you what color of orb that you are after.

When you beat both the easy and hard game, now it says "You got all the items", where before it said "You got some of the items".

Version 1.05 - Released 9/17/2004 11:19 PM USA CST

I corrected the title and the year of the Id's Wolfenstein game in the Timeline.

I added an award picture "3rd Place Winner" to both sides of the ACoders Competition logo.

Version 1.06 - Released 10/23/2004 3:37 PM USA CST

I made the program exit and unload nicer. Now, the screen goes black, and it only unloads objects that it loaded.

Version 2 Beta 1 - Released 8/17/2004 12:10 AM USA CST

I removed the 1977 game.

You can now shoot time orbs to make them dissappear.

I changed the program so the player cannot hold down the spacebar to keep shooting bullets anymore.

The player will stay in each time zone now until they get all 6 colors in the correct order.

When the player gets a wrong color out of order, they will only lose 1 color instead of going all the way back to red.

You move through time cronologically now instead of randomly.

I added an event about the Spectrum system to the Time Line

Version 2 Beta 2 - Released 9/17/2004 11:37 PM USA CST

I added a sunset background to the 1997 easy game.

I added a moonlit background to the 1997 hard game.

I added some better Crash graphics provided by Manticore Night to the 1992 crash sequence

I added an event about André LaMothe's book to the TimeLine

Version 2 Beta 3 - Released 9/18/2004 10:56 PM USA CST

I added a 3D model explosion effect, provided by Manticore Night, to the 1997 crash sequence

I added Manticore's name to the credits

I replaced the music for the 1982 game with a longer version of the song. Now, intead of a 13 second repeating track, it is 1 minute and 23 seconds.

I replaced the music for the 1992 game with a longer version of the song. Now, intead of a 27 second repeating track, it is 1 minute and 51 seconds.

I noticed that there was no info for 1990 in the Timeline. I added info about the NEO·GEO.

Version 2 Beta 4 - Released 9/26/2004 9:58 PM USA CST

I added the number of lives to the panel that is on the right side of the screen.

I added White orbs to the game. When you get a White Orb, you will get an extra life. However, the game will limit you to five lives.

I added information about Gauntlet to the Video Game History Timeline.

Version 2 Beta 5 - Released 10/5/2004 12:04 AM USA CST

I added a new difficutly to the game. Now, there is Easy, Medium and Hard.

I added brown orbs to the game. If you shoot at or drive into a brown orb, you will lose all of your collected orbs, and you will have to start over at red.

I added information about early games to the timeline, such as the Odyssey, Intellivision and Vectrex.

Version 2 Beta 6 - Released 10/13/2004 9:33 PM USA CST

I added a picture of the Minneapolis skyline to the 1997 easy game.

I added a picture of the London skyline to the 1997 medium game.

I reworked the car speeds for the 1992 and 1997 games, in order to make them easier to play.

I made the program exit and unload nicer. Now, the screen goes black, and it only unloads objects that it loaded.

I added information about Q-Bert to the timeline.

Version 2 Beta 7 - Released 10/23/2004 10:52 PM USA CST

I made the 1987 car smaller, to make it less likely to crash into a box when players are trying to squeeze through.

I added new sky backgrounds to the 1987 game. On easy, the backdrop is Mount Hood, in Oregon. On Medium, the backdrop is a Jamacian beach, complete with moving trees! On the Hard mode, the backdrop is downtown Syndey, Australia.

I added new sounds to the game. When you get a wrong color, which makes you lose an orb, an appropriate sound is played. Also, a sound plays when you get a white orb.

I added info about MIDI and the Macintosh to the Timeline.

Version 2 Beta 8 - Released 10/28/2004 9:51 PM USA CST

I reworked the 1987 Easy graphic of Mount Hood, to make it look more like what you would expect from 1987.

I changed the 1987 Medium game's graphic to be the scene of Ancient Egypt.

I changed the 1987 Hard game's graphic to be the scene of the Moon.

I added the ability for the player to override the 1982 background graphic and the 1987 background graphic.

To override the 1982 background graphic, the player must put a bitmap image that is 640 x 480 pixels named "1982.bmp" in the same directory as the game.

To override the 1987 background graphic, the player must put a bitmap image that is 640 x 480 pixels named "1987.bmp" in the same directory as the game.

Click Here for 2 sample bitmaps.

I added info about Sega's creation in 1954 to the timeline.

Version 2 Beta 9 - Released 1/9/2005 4:33 PM USA CST

I added a new Tripped Out mode to the game. This new mode is more difficult than the Hard mode, and it includes special effects to try to "trip you out".

I added info about EverQuest, the GameBoy Advance, and the PSP to the timeline.