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    Sqdef, My Tower-defense Game

    I will correct a previous post... The Fire Turret is only useless compared to the Outpost in the current economic scenario, in which open squares for Depots makes the higher damage-per-square of the Outpost outweigh its slightly lower damage-over-time-per-dollar. If the economic towers are...
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    Sqdef, My Tower-defense Game

    In terms of small changes that could address my concerns, most of them would involve changing some numbers. The income from killing creeps should increase faster. Some tower stats should be adjusted (more to come on that in a bit). And the Depot should be done away with, it breaks the game...
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    Sqdef, My Tower-defense Game

    And, to be honest, I have grown a little bored with sqdef. The financial aspect seems broken. Most other games you concentrate on building the right towers in the right patterns and order. In this game success is dictated by how efficiently you can build your early collection of Colonies...
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    Sqdef, My Tower-defense Game

    Why is money stored as a signed int? It rolls over from 2B to -2B :( 4B would only be slightly better, it should probably be a long long. Also, beyond about 8 digits the money field isn't wide enough, and more than 999 lives the lives field isn't wide enough.
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    Control Schema, Menus Especially

    I am a fan of the left or bottom button as no/cancel and the right button as yes. This mirrors the Nintendo "standard". We cannot rely on touch screen support when a large number of early release apps are likely to be gp2x ports (due mostly to the overlapping community) or low-requirement...
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    Control Schema, Menus Especially

    One area where the GP2X suffered (in terms of handing to a friend and expecting to be wowed instead of wtfed) was that every game used inconsistent controls in menus. Sometimes B is 'yes' and X is 'no, sometimes X is 'yes' and A is 'no', sometimes start is 'yes', sometimes start is 'quit'...
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    Release Assembled Pandora Video

    I don't mind the keyboard being as short as it is, although another 1/32" on the keys from a hard layer would be awesome. My biggest problem with the video is that the d-pad and analog nubs seem a lot less raised than in the renders. They even look recessed from some angles, and it looks like...
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    The Best Gp2x Software

    Thanks for all the replies! This thread served as I intended, a small seed that has grown and now I can harvest it for a list of things to install on my GP2X after going months without using it.
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    Release Pandora Now Has 256mb Of Ram And 512mb Internal Nand Storage

    I find humor in your choice of console, considering that the N64 had a memory upgrade that some games would not run without.
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    Installer, Package/data Management, Etc?

    Is there any work being done on the Pandora OS to facilitate package management? The current state of affairs on the GP2X (some things go in NAND, some go in specific SD folders, some go in arbitrary SD folders, some launchers read some folders and not others, nothing recognizes swapped out...
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    The Official Best Deals Topic

    Depending on the manufacturer (and refurbishing company, if different), I sometimes consider refurb units to be superior to new units, in that they have received a much more thorough inspection, and sometimes their first defect has already been located and repaired.
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    The Best Gp2x Software

    I haven't seen a thread do this yet, so here goes... Name the single best piece of GP2X software that has not already been named in this thread. Yes, that means you have to read the thread before replying. I expect to see the most popular stuff come up pretty quickly, but as more people post...
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    Sony Mylo For Sale

    sorry, somehow i didnt get the reply notification... the OS is a flavor of linux, but afaik it can't be replaced. I can ship it to the UK for $20.
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    Sony Mylo For Sale

    An admin moved the post and broke the link... Since the marketplace description says its just for GP* consoles, this really belongs in the Other Consoles forum, but it's the admins' call. Fixed, discounted, bumped.
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