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Can I play it on the desktop browser?

Yay!! , \

Originally posted by AleksOD:

Can I play it on the desktop browser?

Yes, I believe you can!

I thought this would be using WebGL (which Opera Mobile now supports), but it's actually using pre-rendered scenes (images) and all the creatures seem to be in the same place every time.

So it's basically a point & click adventure game that looks like an old-school RPG done with plain old HTML+CSS+JS.

Not a bad effort, but not really a technical showcase for Opera Mobile, this would run in any other modern mobile browser.

I the music and the trees. Great Job!

WOW! Wish I See The Whole Thing But I Busy Playing The Altador Cup.But It Is Pretty Impressive TO Playing a Game Through The Opera Browser.

good information

Great its incredible8-)

Thanks for the comments guys! I really appreciate it!

Originally posted by AleksOD:

Can I play it on the desktop browser?

Absolutely. That's how I made the video! You can load either the PSP or smart phone port to your browser. The resolution would be small, but its definitely playable.

Originally posted by d4n3:

I thought this would be using WebGL (which Opera Mobile now supports), but it's actually using pre-rendered scenes (images) and all the creatures seem to be in the same place every time.

So it's basically a point & click adventure game that looks like an old-school RPG done with plain old HTML+CSS+JS.

Not a bad effort, but not really a technical showcase for Opera Mobile, this would run in any other modern mobile browser.

You're absolutely right that the game is just HTML and Javascript. I would like to point out that the game doesn't work in just any new browser though.

The animations are all animated GIFs (not flash) and a lot of browsers (including Opera MINI) take shortcuts and don't display the images correctly. (you'll get a still shot of a JPG substitute instead)

I have an Android 2.2 phone, Galaxy Precedent. (if you guess Straight Talk, you guessed right) I've tried the game in the following browser apps: Dolphin HD, Opera Mini, Skyfire, Astro, Maxthon, Angel, Boat, Galapagos and Ninesky. Opera Mobile is the only browser that supports the game on my phone.

(There's no Firefox, Chrome, etc. because those apps are for 4.0 phones. The game could work with them, but I don't have that type of phone)

The rest of the browsers are stuck on the first frame of the very first image, the title screen. (since it fades FROM black, all you see is black)

Originally posted by Coyotee:

I the music and the trees. Great Job!

I can take full credit for the music. Actually, I'm a musician first... probably why the only thing I know is Javascript and HTML. The trees were designed by my good friend Todd.

( ^ - ^)

Once again guys, thanks again for the compliments. I hope you enjoy the game!

This is Morsy on AM Forums :3
I'm on vacation and I only have my 3DS, so I tried to play the game on it.
It worked. THAT WAS AWESOME. Keep up the good work

SWEET!
Did the sound work ok?

What version did you use - The smart phone version or PSP version?

good

@hguols: sorry for my brash comments, I guess I had the wrong expectations and I was primarily interested in the technical stuff

The game is pretty cool and nostalgic.

Originally posted by hguols:

(There's no Firefox, Chrome, etc. because those apps are for 4.0 phones. The game could work with them, but I don't have that type of phone)

I just tested, and the game does work in Firefox Mobile Beta on Android 4.01 (Galaxy S2).

Chrome Mobile Beta has a security restriction with using frames to local urls, so you can only get to the title menu. Manually opening the room .htm files renders them just fine, so I see no reason why it wouldn't work hosted online.

Originally posted by hguols:

The animations are all animated GIFs (not flash) and a lot of browsers (including Opera MINI) take shortcuts and don't display the images correctly. (you'll get a still shot of a JPG substitute instead)

Are the gifs a problem only on the title screen?

You could do the fadein animations using a little javascript or CSS transitions.

Originally posted by d4n3:

@hguols: sorry for my brash comments, I guess I had the wrong expectations and I was primarily interested in the technical stuff

The game is pretty cool and nostalgic.

No, your comments weren't brash at all! In fact they were quite welcomed! I realize that it wouldn't be cutting edge tech... I mean, the newest programs I used in the making of this game was published in 2006. LOL

In regards to nostalgia, if you look up a Youtube Video of King's Field Additional I or II (also released 2006), you'll see where my approach came from.

Originally posted by d4n3:

I just tested, and the game does work in Firefox Mobile Beta on Android 4.01 (Galaxy S2).

Chrome Mobile Beta has a security restriction with using frames to local file:// urls, so you can only get to the title menu. Manually opening the room .htm files renders them just fine, so I see no reason why it wouldn't work hosted online.

Thanks for letting me know! Ever since the downloads were available, the online versions of the PSP and smart phone versions were available as well. I set those up because I thought there would be those who wanted to check out the game, but didn't want do download something that was going to be that many megs. ....and, there are those who have no need for memory cards with that much space, or space at all.

Originally posted by d4n3:

Are the gifs a problem only on the title screen?

You could do the fadein animations using a little javascript or CSS transitions.

I could do that. I would have to edit every animated GIF frame. (probably several hundred images) I think what would actually be easier (on me) is to make a lo-fi version of the game where all the animated GIFs were replaced with a single frame image. Then even the dinosaur phones could play the game and I could leave my coding alone... in theory.

Still, I don't think I'd work on that right away for several reasons.
1) I'd hate to put that much work into something, and then everyone goes for the standard version instead.
2) I don't know how older phones can understand script. Its possible that I could do all that work and it still wouldn't work on lo-fi phones.

Originally posted by hguols:

SWEET!
Did the sound work ok?

What version did you use - The smart phone version or PSP version?

Sadly, no. D: And idk which one I used, I went to http://www.thefieldofkings.com/touchscronline

Well, that kind of figures. The game plays on my PS3, but no sound from both versions. The version you tried was for smart phones. If you tried the PSP version which the online link is http://www.thefieldofkings.com/psponline , and there's still not sound, then... well...

I guess you could sit next to the stereo or something.
:/

I have an update. There's good news and bad news.

First, the bad. There was a mistake in my coding toward the end of the game. Long story short, it was impossible to get to the last boss the legitimate "beat all the bosses" way. (I tested more the "non-legitimate" way to beating the game. Yes, there's a secret to getting to the last boss very quickly.) The good of the bad news is that it was only accessing the last boss which was flawed. Everything else was fine.

The good news is, I fixed the problem completely. All the files/links/online-game on thefieldofkings.com website are fixed and updated. None of the file sizes changed because it was a simple line of coding that got overlooked. Its all good now.

The bad of the good news is there's no patch so to speak. It requires a re-download, and re-install. My sincere apologies for the inconvenience.

Some more good news, I've had multiple people ask me... how long does it take to beat the game? Well, I decided to find out... and document it.

Here's a video of a The Field of Kings speedrun so to speak. How long it takes from the start of the game, to unlock the seal to The Ineffable King Edward (last boss). Surprisingly, it was just a little over 12 minutes. I'm guessing with beating the boss, assuming you knew exactly what you were doing (much like in this video) it would barely be more than 13-14 minutes to completely beat the game. Be wary of spoilers. This video reveals boss locations and quite a few enemy weak spots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlpJ4m5edw8