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[dopeman]

Chains is a puzzle game with a unique feel and distinctive vector graphics style. The object of the game is simple - to link adjacent bubbles of the same color into chains. As you progress through the physics-driven stages it becomes increasingly more challenging and your speed, strategy and skill will be put to the test.





DOWNLOAD THE DEMO

Features
20 levels each focusing on action, strategy or flow
Physics-driven gameplay
3 difficulty modes
Unlimited replayability value
Unique art direction with beautiful vector graphics
Soundtrack from the Belgian electro band Silence


I am most interested in technical issues that you may have with running the demo. Also, I'm especially proud because Chains is the first game made with the AGen 2D. The game is 100% Lua scripted.

Thanks for your time.

[imerso]

I like this type of game, will take a look when I come back to home. It somewhat remembers me of Locoroco (PSP), that is a very nice game...

[dopeman]

The new beta is out:
http://2dengine.com/chains/demo.zip
http://2dengine.com/...ins_Install.exe

Here's a list of the changes:
-the timers issue has been fixed so the game should no longer run slower than it is supposed to
-some new visual and sound effects
-records screen
-'tooltips' reminding you of whar the level goal is
-various bug fixes
-the game can run even if your audio card fails
-in game dialog which reports various system errors

[dopeman]

Final version of the game is out:
http://2dengine.com/chains/
We've made a lot of changes (too many to list) since we started beta testing.
Lastly, you can now buy the full version for USD 15.00

[dopeman]

Just want to let everybody know that we've dropped the price of the game to $9.95.
Also, the latest version includes an optional fix for the colorblind.

[dopeman]

I'm happy to announce that our little game got an 89% score in the 3rd issue of Indie Game Mag: http://www.indiegame...-available.html

Also, check out a video of the game:

[geon]

Congratulations! I would have tried it if I was on a win-box.

The video looks GREAT, though. Nice choice of music, and a very pleasing visual style too. The sharp primary colors are not easy to pull of without making it look like "programmers art". Interesting gameplay.

[dopeman]

Thanks a lot geon,
I should mention that a Mac port of the game is on the way

[dopeman]

We're happy to present an early port of Chains for the Mac.
It's a 32-bit universal binary, but for now it's Leopard only.
Backporting to Tiger is on the way.

We'd really appreciate any feedback on whether or not it works on your machine:
http://2dengine.com/...ns/demo.dmg.zip ~18 MB

[geon]

Won't run here... :'-(

It seems to exit immediately after it starts.

[dopeman]

geon, do you mind telling me your CPU and OS version?

Also, if you could post the results of "$HOME/Libraries/Logs/Agen.log" that would help us out a lot, thanks!

[geon]

[agen] starting Agen [1.2.5] built on [Apr 25 2009 21:49:02]
[agen] loading plugin [/Volumes/Chains/Chains.app/Contents/PlugIns//libAgenOGL.dylib]...
[agen] loading plugin [/Volumes/Chains/Chains.app/Contents/PlugIns//libAgenHID.dylib]...
[agen] loading plugin [/Volumes/Chains/Chains.app/Contents/PlugIns//libAgenOAL.dylib]...
[agen] found default video [GMA 950]
[agen] found default keyboard [Keyboard]
[agen] found default mouse [Mouse]
[agen] no default joystick found.
[agen] found default audio [Built-in Output]
[agen] will load file [/Volumes/Chains/Chains.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.lua]
[agen] engine initialized, running lua global code...
[agen] failed to set display mode
[agen] entering main loop
[agen] finalization started.
[agen] releasing audio...
[agen] releasing mouse...
[agen] releasing keyboard...
[agen] releasing video...
[agen] lua state released.
[agen] audio plugin unloaded.
[agen] input plugin unloaded.
[agen] video plugin unloaded.
[agen] all interfaces released. Exitting.



I have a Mac Mini running Mac OS X v10.5.6
1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo
1 GB RAM
GMA 950 integrated graphics with 64 MB VRAM

[dopeman]

Hey, thanks a lot for the reply.
The following step seems to be the problem:

[agen] failed to set display mode

Do you mind also posting the contents of the following file:
/Volumes/Chains/Chains.app/Contents/Resources/Save/settings.lua

[geon]

resx = 800
resy = 600
refresh = 60
windowed = true
sound_volume = 0.8
music_volume = 1

[Nils Pipenbrinck]

Dopeman, the game is very very nice...

Cheers,
Nils

[dopeman]

We are proud to announce that Chains will now be distributed by Canadian publisher Meridian4.
http://www.meridian4.com/games/chains/

You can download/buy the game here:
http://2dengine.com/chains/

[dopeman]

We're happy to announce that Chains is now available on Steam:
http://store.steampo....com/app/11360/

[dopeman]

Hi everybody!
We're excited to announce that Chains is now available on the iPhone for just $0.99

iTunes: http://itunes.apple....ile/id467549049

Gameplay video:

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