test my new simple game - please

[zefrank]

http://www.zefrank.com/racinggame/index.html

[Frieda]

ze it's too damn hard! i can't do it! AAAARRRGGGHHHH!

[Frieda]

ze? could you make a bit more room for the rocket? please?

[lapietra]

grr.

[bealeblues]

dammit man!

[Red Princess]

crash crash crash, i suck too, could one of the sides of the path make it bounce instead of crashing? something... i can't play it anymore i have killed too many of them, feel guilty

[zefrank]

some peeps are getting it it seems, the high score list is filling up...

do you really want it easier???

i'll be making multiple levels in the future with swinging doors and garvity pits but this is the training ground...

[zefrank]

made it easier..try again

[zefrank]

Frieda's on the board...

[Frieda]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :D

this is a lot easier!

[lapietra]

Multiple levels would be good -

something to work up to :)

[Deviate]

easier? it still blows.

razzafrackin ship. what shoddy workmanship. you'd think you could bump the thing a bit without it exploding. what, we get 6 year olds on no sleep with jittery caffine injected digits slapping these things together on a quota?

f*ck.

-st.

[Frieda]

holy monkey! look at dickie's scores! :eek:

[dickieC]

Great

Can you make the typeface on the high-score a bit bigger?

I can't read it

[Frieda]

me neither! :(

[zefrank]

your wish = my command

[Deviate]

must





kill





dickie

[Frieda]

ha hey ze.. could you like.. reset the highscore list? :D:p

[Deviate]

thanks for enbiggening the high scores list.

now, please, can you stop hiring little children to build your interstellar vehicles? that's just tacky.

-st.

[zefrank]

7.89

[lapietra]

how the.......?

I can't even get the darn thing floating that quick...

[Deviate]

7.bastard

-st.

[dickieC]

must


beat



8


seconds...

[Deviate]

must



beat



skull



into



concrete.....



-st.

[dickieC]

It's MUCH harder trying to go round the bottom way.

oo-er

[dickieC]

I don't believe it!!!!!

[Deviate]

got back on the list....

but not for long, i'm sure....

bastards.

-st.

[zefrank]

trying some different versions out over the next couple days...

no gravity racing style...moving boards etc...

[Frieda]

just don't make it red strawberries. ever.

[Red Princess]

yellow taxis, yeah it would be fun to crash those, or stinky busses

[Madmack]

Never was good at these games.. How did you get 7 seconds..!!??

[dinzdale]

Double the speed, more crashes and make the controls sloppy, put a rear-view mirror to ignore, no turn signals.........call it the Women's version.

[Red Princess]

my prince, still he ignores me.

[zefrank]

the 7 seconds was for a different board...

i'm switching them to test them out...soon I'll have a multi level game...

just experimenting at the moment...

i'm quite pleased with my little toy so far...

[Red Princess]

i am happy for you ze, really i am , it is going to make ME even nuttier than i already am, *giggles maniacally*

[Madmack]

I like it..
Work productivity is dropping though..!!!

[Red Princess]

i did too much work this week anyway

[bealeblues]

like i've been able to work the past 3 days anyway while tied up in RP's gunny sack....

[Red Princess]

boy, talk about your snivelers

[Madmack]

Ok..
I'm getting the hang of it now..

[lapietra]

Originally posted by dinzdale
Double the speed, more crashes and make the controls sloppy, put a rear-view mirror to ignore, no turn signals.........call it the Women's version.


*ahem*.

*taps foot in an irritated manner*

*Some* of us are quite good drivers, actually.

:mad:

[Deviate]

dinz dinz dinz...

people are going to start enthusiastically ordering Beale's sushi if you keep that up...

and we both know which prime cuts will be first on the chopping block....

heads up, man.

-st.

[dinzdale]

Well it seemed that the "boys" seemed to be Ok driving, but the girlies were still applying make-up in the mirror.......

OOOOooooooooo..........

[AllegroNg]

Oh but no one knows how happy I was when I finally landed. Granted it took 26 seconds....

[Deviate]

good for you NG!

-st.

[AllegroNg]

Shut up.


;)

[amanda]

you shut up

I can't even land the blasted thing.

sooooooo close... then KABLOOIE!!
there went my pride, dignity and all around self-respect.

Way to go, ze.

;)

[RuneT]

8.71


what a great game!

but 4 seconds is not possible, whats up with that?

[RuneT]

6.656

hah, beat that!

[RuneT]

4.69 But I am cheating!

[chuckie egg]

I cant do it at all! :(

I'm rubbish!

[Frieda]

Originally posted by RuneT
4.69 But I am cheating!
:eek: cheating?? how?

[Frieda]

oh. poep. YEAH RUNE! CHEATING IS WRONG!

(how? tell me how!)

[RuneT]

Not until I hear something nice and flattering about me!
:D

[Frieda]

oh rune. you are soooo cool.

[RuneT]

Okay

You can land sideways. To get a better time, you choose the lower route and land sideways towards the left hand side of the landing pod.

[g00se]

I know... nothing to write home about but dammit- if you could count how many times it took me to get that time....

SO- how the hell did you do it in 9 seconds then Mike?

[zefrank]

sideways???

really...

like how sideways? like the ship is rotated...that shouldn't be possible

[masterofNone]

gotta love emergent behaviors

[Red Princess]

hee hee, i am glad they beat your game because all i could do was crash.

[RuneT]

Originally posted by zefrank
sideways???

really...

like how sideways? like the ship is rotated...that shouldn't be possible

You can land sideways but not while being rotated. And you still have to keep the speed down.

[imdrsmooth]

13 seconds here. I'm happy with that.

[RuneT]

And for the record. The game isn't simple anymore!

[zefrank]

oh, i see.... you mean by touching the side of the lander...

yes..not so simple...

you are seeing the levels that will ultimately be in the game...soon to come "gravity pits"

oooooo!!!

whose a dork?

Iam Iam

[Marlon]

I like the competition between me and Mike, he beat me in yesterdays level , now this level is all mine ;)

bytheway , I love the game and the levels

[zefrank]

gravity pits have arrived!!!!

[Red Princess]

i LIVE in a gravity pit, feels like it today anyhow. i will go crash the spaceship some more now

[Red Princess]

i made it on to the score board for about a minute, i'm happy

[lapietra]

Originally posted by nycwriters
Hehe... you're so cute.

I know, isn't he? :)

[Marlon]

when I want to break my own record I always seem to forget how I managed to get such a fast time anyway...?!
I'm crashing into walls now......they break the ship into pieces

[zenbabe]

This game makes me angry, I want to go kill something...:mad:

[AllegroNg]

Whose a dork? Who's a dork? ;)

I am having dreams about this game, Ze! It is consuming me! I can only get 26 seconds!

*Visibly excited about new variations*

[Marlon]

could you make a level like this ;)
for all the die-hards! hehe

[zefrank]

there will be much more complex layouts...

still testing other features though...like antigravity pits (today)

booster and slow down fields, zero gravity scenarios, etc...

will also make the game "movable"...ie the level can stretch beyond the borders of a single screen...

[amanda]

why am I suddenly reminded of Wile E. Coyote, pouring over his drawing board?

just don't purchase anything from the Acme company.

[RuneT]

Help me to deal with my anger, I want to shoot down something!
It would be cool if you could shoot down individuals from the hiscore list?

[Frieda]

how about shooting holes in walls to reach the landing pad?

[RuneT]

10.669 and I am boiling of anger.

A good idea, Frieda. I could use that.

[Frieda]

relax rune! calm down. they're all cheating!

[Zyle]

waaaaaaah I can't even get over the wall :///
I'm gonna blame it on my stupid laptop..

bah :/


=====
edit: oooooooh I've got the hang of it now :p can't land still tho...

[Panda]

Cool game Ze,

its just like "Lander" from the olden days of gaming,

ONLY MUCH HARDER!!!!

[AllegroNg]

Allllright! So I'm not the only one who remembers playing Lander on my Commodore 64!!!

[lapietra]

I'm with Peg.

So far my attitude toward this game is "Just Say No." :D

(i have enough things in my life that make me feel incompetent...)

[zefrank]

you're on...next level will be very easy....

for the most part.

[lapietra]

*mwah*

[zefrank]

0 gravity + more responsive steering...if you take your time and go slow its easy.

[chuckie egg]

I still cannot do it, I am SO pathetic. doh!

[RuneT]

Ohhh! I win!

[chuckie egg]

right that does it.........

[chuckie egg]

How do I land? I could not have landed more gently and I still crashed :(

[Marlon]

is there a cheat ? 14 seconds is the high score , and 14 seconds seems almost "impossible" because you have to land using almost NO speed and you can't go full speed through the narrow passway.... and the three first turns allready take 10 seconds!
You cant do the last part in 4 seconds, because that's the hardest part :)

[RuneT]

mmmmmmmmmmm?


Do you call me a cheat?

[Marlon]

I was asking if there was a cheat , I mean , if you have 14 seconds thats means you're really fast , but the thing is , you can't land fast or you'll crash...I've tried to land using no speed at all , going one pixel a second and still crash while attempting to land ! you may have soem landing tips for us ? ;)

[RuneT]

Was just pulling your leg Marlon. I did not cheat but ze's hiscore code has a weakness. Try and guess what it is :p

[Marlon]

pulling my leg almost made me trip :)

I meant to use the word BUG instead of cheat , 'cause I know there is a bug , some guys got a highscore of 0 seconds, I thought maybe Ze had fixed it , this way we'll never know who's the fastest ever!

There's no use trying to get into the highscore's list now , hehe
they're full of people abusing Ze's highscore code !

RuneT - could you set a new highscore of 5 seconds please :)

[RuneT]

I could only do it once.

Hint: Say my computer has been on for the last couple of days and the task bar is full of "running" programs.

[Marlon]

I got it thnx, I got 0 sec. but it didn't show up on the list ;)

[RuneT]

BUG: let's say that you are in level 2, and leave the game running on your computer. Ze come up with level 3, and resets the hiscore. when you continue playing you are still on level 2 and you submit your score to the hiscore that is in use for level 3.
Thats all.

Note to ze: On the client, have the level # submitted as well as the score.

[Deviate]

ah screw it.

i tried to thwart your high score, but alas, for some damned reason now i'm crashing every time i try to land. even when i touch it square on the base with all the force of a falling feather.

grrrr.

-st.

[Marlon]

even landing 1 pixel a second makes me crash now!
I don't think that it's supposed to be that sensitive?!
It looks random because 1 in 20 tries it doesn't crash and I'm going the same speed..hmmm

[RuneT]

I have no trouble landing at all, thats in all my tries. are you sure that the ship is alligned 100% vertically?

[Marlon]

I even tried it zooming in 2 times and going 1 mm an hour!
The first few times I had no problems also, but now I can only land once in 20 tries ...

[Deviate]

yeah Rune, i'm sure. i've never had any trouble landing. now i'm exploding every time.

and i do not have the patience to try it 20 times. i've just given up.

i'm a trooper.

-st.

[zefrank]

Originally posted by RuneT
BUG: let's say that you are in level 2, and leave the game running on your computer. Ze come up with level 3, and resets the hiscore. when you continue playing you are still on level 2 and you submit your score to the hiscore that is in use for level 3.
Thats all.

Note to ze: On the client, have the level # submitted as well as the score.

yup - eventually there will be a level id...for now revel in cheatdom.

[Marlon]

but what about the landing troubles we're experiencing?
Or do Deviate and I deserve to crash and burn every try :)
we might be going too slow?

[laughingbuddha]

But how did that chap do it in 11 seconds!!!! is that a bug too!!!

[zefrank]

not sure...i'll have to look into that...

took the level down...added a very simple one....

[Deviate]

very simple. woobie woo.

-st.

[laughingbuddha]

simple are thou sure??? what was ur best time!!

[Deviate]

i hate mike.

-st.

[Marlon]

yep, I can land now too again!

as for hating Mike , he's only cheating, I make a right turn right away full speed , and it takes me 5 seconds just to reach the other landing spot full speed, you can't do it in 4,4 seconds without cheating, cause you can't land full speed, you have to slow down.

[zefrank]

how could he cheat?

[RuneT]

I managed to land in 4.8 sec.

I also did Marlons experiment and had a hard time to get below 4.6 seconds when crashing in the landing pad. I wonder if the clock is a bit slow to stop when you crash?

[Marlon]

He isn't , I jut wanted to let Deviate feel good :p

[RuneT]

so how did you get that time marlon?

[Madmack]

Hmm..
If you do a 'loop de loop'.. It seems to throw things off..
I can't get level enoght to land..

[ambo]

I'm very proud of myself.
I actually managed to blow myself up right on the launch pad with nearly imperceptable movement in any direction.

[Marlon]

Originally posted by RuneT
so how did you get that time marlon?

just press up + right button immediately, till your ship is horizontal and then release the right button , then have way through the screen press the left button till the ship is almost in an upright position , then release the gas button and try to touch the very edge of the landing spot with the very edge of your right landing gear? (your ship being level with the landing spot) and if you do this right it will count as a succesfull landing.

If you repeat this sequence lots of times you will eventually get it just right and get a highscore position.

I'm not in it anymore 'cause I'm waiting for the new level !
It's becoming 1 of my favourite games ZeFrank :)

[RuneT]

I struggle to get below 5 sec when i have fu throttle and right turn from the beginning. I have been trying to release the trottle a bit during the start to turn the ship in a lower altitude. but, 4.8 is still my best so i might be wrong.

[Marlon]

it may also depend on the performance of your pc , I seem to go faster with my PC at home , about half a second faster.
It might be my imagination tho.

[laughingbuddha]

what config?

[Marlon]

you know , the usual things , processor speed , other programs running while playing this game , sometimes I play the ship is going really slow but the timer isn't.
So I can imagine it can also be the other way around.

[AllegroNg]

Am I the only one who thinks that this is the funniest thread ever!?

[Deviate]

yes.

[Marlon]

the thread about the 3 bald hamster with 5 legs peeing on a mutated underage pig wearing a wig was the funniest thread ever ... or was that just my secret fantasy ?

I've gotta try to remember....hmmmmm

[zefrank]

new level...another try at 0 gravity...I took off all the restrictions on landing so you can go as fast as you want and at any angle...

its a pure speed race.

[ambo]

movies ze, movies
you, annie, movies
game not simple
movies

[Marlon]

4 seconds! damn those cheaters ! ;)
I do like the new landing feature Ze ! hehe

[Deviate]

i LOVE this one.

i HATE the highscore glitch. it cheats all the REAL high scores.

-st.

[noxxville]

balls

[RuneT]

Those are highscores from the previous level. Some users are stuck on the other level until they restart their game. Ze will fix this eventually.

[zefrank]

Originally posted by ambo
movies ze, movies
you, annie, movies
game not simple
movies

but i like making games....

you really just want me to make movies about my cat? i think after a while that would become a bit existentially draining.

the way I work in general...so you know, is that I choose an area I'd like to learn about and then create a project that will help me achieve that goal. The dancing page for example was a project to help me learn about digital video on the web...

this game was originally an attempt to re-acquaint myself with high school physics, and then became a way for me to teach myself simple database interactions....

the "simple" refers not to the difficulty of play, but harkens to an older usage of the word - "not elaborate, elegant, or luxurious - plain, unassuming" instead of "posing no difficulty: easy, effortless "

[AllegroNg]

Originally posted by zefrank
but i like making games....

the "simple" refers not to the difficulty of play, but harkens to an older usage of the word - "not elaborate, elegant, or luxurious - plain, unassuming" instead of "posing no difficulty: easy, effortless "

And this is why I find this thread so dern funny! Because of the 140 posts on it involving all of us fussing about how to land a teeny rocket without the ever so teasing crash.

I'm hooked, too
:rolleyes:

But but.. maybe it's time for a new contest? Chuckie needs a digital camera!:)

[RuneT]

Originally posted by AllegroNg
And this is why I find this thread so dern funny! Because of the 140 posts on it involving all of us fussing about how to land a teeny rocket safely!

Captain Quirk takes his landings very seriously, miss Allegro!
Do you want to come for a ride? Due to extencive pilot training I can now offer a 50% chance of survival! Fasten your seat belts. Uhhm, never mind. Seat belts aren't important. Do you have any last meal preferences?

[Deviate]

i think you need to make a game about Annie. the Exciting times of Annie the Cat and her day-to-day adventures in one NY apartment.

i'd be excited as all hell to see that.

-st.

[dinzdale]

Especially when she finds the blender....... Yay !!

[Marlon]

hehehe now Ze , could you consider making this level?

I was bored and was thinking of a new exciting level ;) !

You'll see it's great , with a warp and moving pieces of tunnel!

and a very excited rocket-driver!

[Deviate]

holy crappy mcbuckets!

you trying to KILL us marlon?

my spaceship exploded just by LOOKING at that map.

-st.

[RuneT]

Don't make it ze! It looks horrible!

Hehehe

Actually I like it, but the 2 moving box challenges are quite similar?

[laughingbuddha]

hey looks like good fun..i am game for it :>

[Marlon]

Originally posted by Deviate
holy crappy mcbuckets!

you trying to KILL us marlon?

my spaceship exploded just by LOOKING at that map.

-st.

whuahaha

and RuneT , they are the same , but also different !

1 is moving side-ways and the other 1 is moving down.

This level should be a BLAST ! ;)

[zefrank]

the challenge would be to shoot through the gap at the right time...i think thats what Rune is referring to...the challenge is the same regardless of the direction of the boxes.


the board makes me thinkof a frogger style game where you have to time moving panels to get to your objective...I might add a reverse thruster onto the ship...

[laughingbuddha]

yep..veru interesting..not too long though..30 secs in perfect

[amanda]

YES!

me want reverse. please.

thank you.

[surflugen]

I find it hard to beleive people are getting there in just over 6 seconds.. I few straight there and could only reach it in over ten seconds. Maybe it is a connection/computer speed thang.
Cool game altogether though. I spent many quarters in my early teens playing Luner Lander at the roller rink.

[krafty]

ouch! crash & burn

Never mind landing, I can't get aroung the corner :(

[ambo]

Originally posted by zefrank
...you really just want me to make movies about my cat? i think after a while that would become a bit existentially draining...

So sue me if I'm a selfish bastard
I LIIIIIIKE the movies
I miss your face
And Annie is always amusing
Games don't amuse me
You exist to amuse me
Weren't you informed ?

;)

[Deviate]

sadistic bastard.

[Deviate]

8.388 seconds. wow. i'm proud o' me.

meanwhile i'm going to lose my job. thanks ze. i'm happy as all hell and soon to be jobless.

bastard.

-st.

[Marlon]

yihaaaaaaa 5.108 seconds!

[Deviate]

bastard with WAY too much time.

-st.

[zefrank]

high scores are relative for the moment...having a faster processor gives one an unfair advantage, slower processors take longer to render each frame of of the game but still can keep accurate track of the amount of time that has passed...

I need to work this out...I might add a processor check in the beginning of the game...or I might count discreet renderings instead of seconds...

[Marlon]

I work at an ISP , so I'm online at least 9 hours a day working ;)
and playing too much games


my processor is just a pentium 733 , no too fast ,
I'm gonna get a new one just te beat everyone , 'cause I'm a bastard !

[zefrank]

I've adjusted the game...should equalize the scoring

[surflugen]

Thanks Ze :D
I was able to reach it in 6 seconds.

[surflugen]

still working on that gentle landing thing?
It would be cool if you spread it out a bit and made it so that you had to land the craft gently like in Lunar Lander.

[Deviate]

wow, i'm going SO fast.

i'm frightened.

-st.

[Marlon]

Originally posted by zefrank
I've adjusted the game...should equalize the scoring

Isn't the best way to test this is to have a level where your landing platform is on top of the screen exactly above the starting platform ? This way you only have to accelerate , no stearing whatsoever.
Now everyone should have the exact same high-score , if someone is still able to do it faster , it's not fixed!

You might test this only for a few hours , I don't think people would find the level very challenging ;)

As for this level , Reneeke and I get the same high-score , so it looks like it's fixed...

o yeah , to get the high-score , you have to go full speed between the first and second anti-gravity-things and land on top of the platform , if you go underneath them you're fastest time will be 4.82 sec.

[zefrank]

currently I'm checking frames instead of time...I can up the frame rate so there are more possible discrepancies between scores...but if you think about it, there is a "best" way to play.

trying to come up with an "equalizing constant" would be far less accurate.

[zefrank]

new level for Marlon :)

the down arrow is now a reverse thruster...

important for this level...

[Marlon]

O my God ! yihaaaaa thnx Ze ! I'll be having a lot of fun with this one! I feel ........ excited ;) !

Oww , I just played it , and it's a lot easier then it looks like ....
I didn't even need the back thrust.

[Marlon]

can someone please tell me why cheating is so much fun?
there's 2 -3 people still cheating almost every level , when do they get enough?

[amanda]

coolness.

thanks for the reverse.

[g00se]

Can you add a keyboard shortcut to the "try again" and "play the game" links Pleeeeez??

[masterofNone]

it would be cool if "play again" only took you to the high scores page again if you had the slightest chance of actually being listed there... otherwise it would be good to just have at it again... right now it just seems like it's taunting me.

[zefrank]

will add a shortcut for play again...

marlon, do you think the 20 is a cheat?

if so, how? the last level was in the 5 range

[Marlon]

I'm 99% sure they're cheating, why you ask me?!
well , I take the first 4 turns full speed and that takes me about 13 seconds , now you still have to take about 6 turns and the last 4 you can't go fast , otherwise you'll crash and burn. To me that's proof enough they're cheating.

I also think they're cheating because when I played this level this morning Pieter had the high-score with 41 seconds, a realistic time. I played it for a while and got my fastest time to 34 seconds. Then 5 minutes later the high-score is 21 seconds by Rob and then another 21 by Reneeke and finally someone with 20 seconds with the name: "david is a g".
They usually fill the whole high-score list with their name, why not now? And if I got the number 1 spot , I'd use my real name , not "david is a g" that's just playing around and tells me he didn't have to take any effort into getting number 1.

And if they're not cheating then they're twice as fast as me, and I refuse to believe that ;) well , maybe for 1%

o yeah , I didn't see Rob or Reneeke on the high-score list yesterday , I don't think they played yesterday.

[zefrank]

new level: all about the curves

<enter> or <return> is the quick key for playing again.

[zefrank]

new level: all about the curves

enter or return is the quick key for playing again.

[rmr]

I cannot play games...for I am dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marlon]

I just cheated without knowing it !

I was playing the previous level and noticed that all of a sudden the high-score list was empty....I then submitted the time I just got and then refreshed the screen. It was then that I saw that the level had changed ..... I'm a cheater against my will !

[zefrank]

wow this ones tough....

but possible

[Marlon]

and my cheat score has disappeared again, yeah ! ;)

[surflugen]

I dig this one but now I want fire power. I could get there a lot quicker if I blast those damn balls out of the way. Nice change up to. I cursed for about 10 minutes till I time it out enough to get around the first turn.

[zefrank]

firepower will come eventually, but it changes the fundamental essence of the game...not quite ready to go there yet

[Marlon]

aargh , I really hate this level , it's now more an 'evade all the balls' tactic kind of game , instead of concentrating on finishing fast I have to concentrate on avoiding the balls.

This main objective in this level seems to be avoiding balls instead of it being a racing game. Personnaly I don't like to first study the path the balls take and then thinking of how to manouvre through the balls path to do it the fastest way possible.

I don't know if what I say comes across the way I want it to, sure I like to avoid obstacles , but not if they are going so fast that I can't see them coming. I also don't mind studying the path the obstacles take , but in this level the emphasis is not racing , but avoiding , I don't like that.

[surflugen]

this one is hard. I don't see how those other people were getting such low scores.

[danh]

Arrrggg!!

Fun, but it doesn't quite beat Athiest(TM) the game.

[zefrank]

athiest (©0000) - "There is no high score"

[amanda]

ooo yeah...

totally digging this new level.

it's a whole new game, baby.

[danh]

Originally posted by g00se
Can you add a keyboard shortcut to the "try again" and "play the game" links Pleeeeez??
hey Mr. Frank, you could always make it like Buddist(©) the game and have the ship "reborn" after each crash.

Except as a duck... with rockets...
maybe...

[Marlon]

a new level please Ze , I've been waiting for 3 days now, I'm addicted to new levels , I need some before I go crazyyyyyyy
hmm what's this pink donkey thinking flying around in my room?

[Zyle]

IT'S TOO HARD!!! i suck.

can you put the easy levels somewhere so i can practise them Ze? :p

*flutters her eyelashes*

[zefrank]

made an "easy" board

[Zyle]

hmm... I see highscores of 4.x seconds but it's still the hard one... I deleted all my temp internet files but it's still the hard one :( *sniffle*

[Zyle]

ooh ooh I see the easy one now, thanks Ze! *huggle*

[Zyle]

Originally posted by zefrank
high scores are relative for the moment...having a faster processor gives one an unfair advantage, slower processors take longer to render each frame of of the game but still can keep accurate track of the amount of time that has passed...

I need to work this out...I might add a processor check in the beginning of the game...or I might count discreet renderings instead of seconds...

ah hah, I was just about to ask about this. so THAT'S why i suck ;)