MochiAds is offering a downloadable version of Straw Hat Samurai! It comes with an exclusive Straw Hat Samurai wallpaper (in 800x600, 1024x768 & 1280x800 resolutions), a Straw Hat Samurai AIM buddy icon and a Straw Hat Samurai MSN icon.
You can pay as much as you want for it =) I know that you can play the game free online but buying this supports the development of Straw Hat Samurai 2. So please buy it if you are feeling nice =)
Games like Fallout 3 and Bioshock are doing a good job of exposing the younger generation to oldies music. I totally dig the music. Where can you find songs these days that have lyrics like "So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no. Bingo, bangle, bungle, he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go..."
I like listening to funny songs and singing them to myself... nonstop.
After tinkering and experimenting with settings for more than 3 hours, I've finally got L4D Split Screen mode to work with the first player on mouse-keyboard and the second player on XBox 360 Gamepad. It really is quite a complicated process...
After much cross-referencing between this thread and this thread, I've finally got it working.
Note: This is for the full game, not the demo.
Here is what I do:
1) Download and place this file to the folder "c:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\cfg\". 2) Plug in your XBox360 Gamepad. 3) Start a dedicated L4D server (any game map will do) 4) Start the L4D game. 5) At the L4D main menu, click on "Options". 6) Click on "Keyboard/Mouse". 7) Set "Allow Developer Console" to "enable". 8) Set "Gamepad" to "enable". 9) Click on the server name at the bottom left hand corner of your screen to join your dedicated server. 10) Once in the game, unplug your XBox360 Gamepad and plug it back in again. The Player 2 light on the Gamepad will light up. *first prerequisite done*
11) Leave the game. 12) Alt-Tab and quit the dedicated L4D server. 13) Return back to L4D. 14) press ~ and type "exec 360controller2.cfg" into the console. 15) type "ss_enable 1" into the console. 16) Click on "Single Player Game" and start the game. The game will now be in splitscreen mode. Enjoy!
Maybe I'll try getting it to work with dual monitors tomorrow. If that works, I won't need to get another copy of L4D so that I can play with my brother =)
The important news first: Straw Hat Samurai got runners-up for the Golden Joystick Awards. Stickman Rampage got the award and Ants got the second runners-up.
Oh well. At least I got to meet some great people =) And thanks to all of you out there who supported my game! Maybe I'll try again next year. On the same note, I've got a commission for Straw Hat Samurai 2 from e4.com so look forward to that in a few months time!
London was great. First impression? Grey. Everythings grey.
30 Oct: Arrived in the morning. Slept till 3pm. Went to this mall (West Field) that just opened in London today. It's the biggest mall in London or something. Nothing much. Pfft. Haha. After that I went to an Irish pub for beer and steak. And after that... Jonathan Coulton concert! It was fantastic! Internet jokes. Pirates. and Zombies. I approve. Very funny. Opening act was by Paul and Storm. They're not bad too! I guess I like songs with funny lyrics.
Hotel was ok but I couldn't figure out how to get the shower to work. The water is either hot or scorching. So I used the bath tub. They provided rubber duckies!
Water in London is chalky and when you boil it, you get flakes floating on top. Makes one thankful of places where you can drink water straight from the tap.
31 Oct: Went to Golden Joystick Awards. Sat at a table with the other Flash game developers. Nice people. The guy who created Bogus Bunny was downing glasses and glasses of wine and as expected, he puked all over. A little of it got on my shoes and suit. Gross. I got puked on by Bogus Bunny! Argh! Anyway Straw Hat Samurai got 2nd. Everyone thought that I would win but oh well. All the other games that won the awards were FPS too so maybe that's the voting crowd. After that was the after-show party. Just mingled and got to know people. Had a good time. Talked with the e4.com people. Some silly girl kept trying to put bats on other people's shoulders. *shrug*
1 Nov: Went for this "Royal London Morning Tour". Saw the Crown Jewels, London Tower, 10 Downing Street, London Eye, Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guard.
Quite an enjoyable experience. After that I decided to wander the streets of London on my own. It was rainy and cold though. I dropped by the EA tent and they were giving away 1GB thumbdrives! Sweet! If I had known that they were 1GB at that time, I would have taken more. Heh.
Anyway I couldn't find any free Internet in London (1 pound a minute at the hotel! gasp!) so I went to a mall to steal internets from some random access point to check my email. Then I went to Fordnum & Masons to buy hoity toity tea. It was raining the whole day. Wet and cold. Brrr.
2 Nov: Supposed to go for another tour to see the Stone Henge. 68 Pounds. But I was dreaming that I was fixing a puppy that broke into two and I overslept. Yes. I missed my tour. Argh. Luckily I managed to get a 50% refund. But still. 32 pounds wasted. Tsk.
So I went to Scotts to eat hoity toity fish and chips (newspaper says its one of the best). It was overrated but the shellfish bisque was nice. Then I went walking along Bond Street and Oxford street. Lots of people. Bought Belgium Truffles and more tea from Whittards.
3 Nov: Flight home. Nothing much. Lots to unpack. Hello Red Alert 3 and Fallout 3 =)
