[Alpha] zJewels

[Marshillboy]

After some extensive work by both umisguy and I, we finally have together created an acceptable alpha release of one of our latest projects, zJewels. Based upon the popular matching game Bejeweled by PopCap games, you need to match 3 or more jewels in a row. Currently, we have almost everything working, but we still need to speed up the game a bit.

UPDATE (Beta release):

Nearly all graphical issues have been fixed, including the addition of a new menu that allows music to be played during the game. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to allow the player to reach the main menu from in-game, but there's really no point to that anyways.

UPDATE II (3.0 Beta):

The game now works with the XNA 3.0 Beta. Thanks go to Luthian. Enjoy!

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2tk6o1lhauc
EDIT: Posted updated version including fonts, thanks umisguy!
EDIT2: Posted beta version
EDIT3: Posted XNA Beta updated version. Thanks Luthian!

Screenshots:



Screenshot credits go to miceylulu

Original credit for code/graphics/sounds/etc. goes to
Jewels - Home

Thanks
~Marshillboy & umisguy

[N E S T E A]

please post some pictures.
most people dont download if it doesnt have a screenshot.
....

[mrgoodnight]

and i was just about to go to sleep, but then decided to check zuneboards.
tho tried to deploy and got this...
"The font family "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" could not be found."

Edit: the game looks great!
Also i downloaded the font from here if anyone else needs it
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sourc...a-1.10.tar.bz2

[DiNoGames]

Just tried it and the game itself works ok. A bit slow, but the mechanics already work great.

Keep it up!

[withthelightsout]

confirmed working on zune 30 gb.
been waiting on a bejeweled for a while,
a little slow, but excellent gameplay, just needs a menu.

[Robert13]

WHERE IS PACMAN???
haha.
By the looks of it this one is great. ill deploy later

[miceylulu]

It said I needed Blue Highway and the Bitsream one, and I got them both for free here: http://dafont.com

edit: After I got No More Moves, it wouldn't let me restart the game. It just went back to the game with no moves. Help?

[lumani12]

Originally Posted by Robert13

WHERE IS PACMAN???
haha.
By the looks of it this one is great. ill deploy later

lol i would defiantly love to have pacman on my zune

[Robert13]

Downloaded and installed both font families, still doesn't deploy.

[Dror520]

Originally Posted by Robert13

Downloaded and installed both font families, still doesn't deploy.

Me 2

[miceylulu]

Originally Posted by Robert13

Downloaded and installed both font families, still doesn't deploy.

Did you exit out of Visual Studio before trying to deploy again?

[serjtankianrocks555]

that happend to me and i just restarted visual C# and deployed again and it worked...

btw awesome game i got it last night like 10-20 minutes after the post was posted ahaah

[NuklHed92]

please post some screenshots...ive noticed some ppl have been slacking with that

[Lucifer]

I've been working on updating the code a bit, along with Marshillboy. 2 of the things we have been working on is the menu system, and the sound effects. I've got an updated release of this game, I modified the code so that when you get a Game Over, it automatically begins a new game. That will be removed when the menu is fully implemented. Marshillboy has not been clear yet as to whether or not he wants to use the zBlade for the menu. I have an update to the code here: http://download.yousendit.com/9A5CD6312D165679

[miceylulu]

Originally Posted by NuklHed92

please post some screenshots...ive noticed some ppl have been slacking with that

Originally Posted by umisguy

I've been working on updating the code a bit, along with Marshillboy. 2 of the things we have been working on is the menu system, and the sound effects. I've got an updated release of this game, I modified the code so that when you get a Game Over, it automatically begins a new game. That will be removed when the menu is fully implemented. Marshillboy has not been clear yet as to whether or not he wants to use the zBlade for the menu. I have an update to the code here: http://download.yousendit.com/9A5CD6312D165679

Thank you! That gave me some trouble

[Vettexl]

Looks sexy, Mars and Sean.

I will give it a try in a few minutes...

[Lucifer]

Originally Posted by lumani12

lol i would defiantly love to have pacman on my zune

We're also working on a pacman game as well.

Here is our updated project files for zJewels: http://download.yousendit.com/E305593907CE204C

[miceylulu]

I've been playing this for at least fifteen minutes now. It's fun, but I think I'll stop now, haha. High score: 27460!

[Soccerfreak24]

Honestly, i've never played bejeweled in my life, but I think i'm gonna DL and try this out.

[miceylulu]

Originally Posted by soccerfreak24

Honestly, i've never played bejeweled in my life, but I think i'm gonna DL and try this out.

WHAT?! How can you have gone your whole life (so far) and not have played Bejeweled! *faints*

Haha, jk, but seriously, it's a bit addicting

Edit: The newest game file is named "Jewels" and not "zJewels" so I fixed that for myself, but also, there is no Game Thumbnail. I rather like my games to have game thumbnails, so perhaps you could fix this real quick or with the next big update?