Monday, July 07, 2008

Rokoban, a Sokoban version, in 3D





I remeber when was the first time I played Sokoban. It was on my Gameboy. I was only 12 and it was summer. That summer I bought one of those 16-in-1 cartdridges. There were a lot of awesome games there but there was one that I remember specially. I didn't even knew his name until some years later. It was an awesome game that made me spent a lot of time thinking and having fun. There was a guy with a hat and some boxes that you had to push to some cells that were marked with points. I didn't need some instructions or something like that to play it, the game was in Japanesse. And I think that is one of the wonderful things of this game. It was intuitive, fun and gave you that felling of satisfaction when you finished a level you have been trying for days. It was Sokoban.

A lot of ports of this game have been released since then, for all platforms, including the DS. But anyway I wanted to make my own version :D I have spent a lof of time on it. Not because it is very hard to develop (I coded the logic of the game in just an afternoom and in 3 weeks I had my first playable demo) but because at the time of developing this game I have also been improving ZEngine. The version that I've made is on 3D and I thinks is the first one like that released on the DS. You can also load set of levels from your card and I think this is also new too. And the main character of the game is Roko, one of the character that I draw for my weekly comic strip tinomi. I had the model done years ago, it was going to be on 1010 Locos por el tenis, and finally I have been able to place it on a game

Ok, that's all from me, at the moment. Here I leave you the versions for Windows and Nintendo DS. There is no version for Symbian. You now what? I hate Symbian, it is horribleeeeeeee. Yes that's the truth, you don't program for Symbian, you fight! XDDDD And I am tired. I don't know if I'll continue supporting Symbian versions or not. Who knows. Hope you enjoy the game. For any suggestion of bug report, you know where to find me :P

Download Windows Version
Download Nintendo DS Version

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17 comments:

  1. flipper83July 07, 2008 9:52 AM

    windows version jar is corrupt. i cant extracts files.

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  2. ZaloJuly 07, 2008 9:58 AM

    Yes, I know. I'll fix it when I got home this afternoom.

    Anyway, the game has been designed for the DS, so just enjoy the good version :P

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  3. flipper83July 07, 2008 12:18 PM

    tanto te cuesta volver a comprimir el fichero y subirlo tio cerdo? q no tengo aki la ds?? XD

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  4. ZaloJuly 07, 2008 2:56 PM

    I am not at home, man

    do you think that I have all my projects with me the whole day? I have to get home so that I can upload it because it is on my laptop

    Pd: ostias ya XDD

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  5. flipper83July 07, 2008 5:17 PM

    ops i didnt read this "Yes, I know. I'll fix it when I got home this afternoom. " im sorry ^_^U

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  6. ZaloJuly 07, 2008 7:46 PM

    One post in English, one post in spanish... XDDDDD

    Anyway, it's fixed now :P Thanks for letting me know

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  7. AnonymousJuly 09, 2008 9:38 AM

    This game is great! I really love the fade/transition effect.

    If you could add some sound and maybe a bit more variation in the textures it would rock even harder.

    Great job Zalo

    --Seb

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  8. ZaloJuly 09, 2008 9:52 AM

    I am going to need some need with the sound. It's hard to find someone who wants to make musics for free.

    And I love the transiction effect too!! ;D

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  9. platinioJuly 10, 2008 10:06 AM

    Hola Gonzalo ! .
    no sé nada de ti desde hace un montón , ¡ ya no te conectas al msn ! ( o por lo menos no te veo nunca ) .
    Te tendré que mandar un email o similar ... mucha suerte !! espero que te esté llendo muy bien .

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  10. chinovaderJuly 11, 2008 10:40 PM

    I'm having a lot of fun playing this game, dude, very good finish to it! Congratulations and thank you very much for sharing!

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  11. AnonymousJuly 14, 2008 12:10 AM

    Thanks... MUY GRACIAS...for this nice 3D sokoban ... My mother enjoy it so much ;-)

    I need more levels now ;-)

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  12. ZaloJuly 14, 2008 8:38 PM

    MUY ERES BIENVENIDOS

    I usually get my levels from this web:
    http://www.sourcecode.se/sokoban/levels.php

    Enjoy ;)

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  13. AnonymousJuly 15, 2008 4:22 AM

    Im using an R4DS and it starts up on a black screen for me.
    Any suggestions?

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  14. AlvaroJuly 26, 2008 7:50 PM

    Esta genial gonzalo, me lo he bajado y funciona perfectamente, muy currado tio, sigue asi.

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  15. xtianisimoAugust 07, 2008 2:15 PM

    Wow nice game.

    http://www.arcadegamesfanatic.com

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  16. AnonymousFebruary 08, 2009 2:12 PM

    i have had to download 'YSMenu' so Jumble madness rom will play but now rokoban ds will not bootup on my r4mars card any suggestions
    thanks

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  17. ZaloFebruary 08, 2009 2:17 PM

    Try the latest version from my downloads section.If you have downloaded the file from an external server it may be an old version

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