Star Worms: Episode II
The
Buffalo Strikes Back!!!
Star Worms? Episode
II? How did this come about?
If you have checked out the ‘The
Original’ section, you should find the original Star Worms which I made a
couple of years ago available to download as well as several expansion packs.
Basically Star Worms merges my favourite set of films, “Star Wars” with one of
my favourite sets of games, “Worms”. I was always fairly pleased with Star
Worms and after some positive feedback from people on the Team17 forum; I made
up my mind to make a sequel. I decided this time however I could make the game
better with more people working on it, alongside me. SupSuper was critical of
Star Worms and at first I was annoyed, it was a brilliant game, but then after
I thought about it - I realised that Star Worms could have been better and
SupSuper had some valid points. I promptly asked him to be on the team and he
accepted, I realised that with someone who had been critical of the original on
the team then it would help to make sure that this one would be much
better. Discussion started between me
and SupSuper via E-mails and the structure of the game began to emerge. We also
realised that we may need certain people to do some tasks that we weren’t as
good at, such as artwork and music. The game has now been finished and can be
downloaded below…
The Team taking you to a
Galaxy Far Far Away…
Worm Mad (Project Leader,
Designer, Game Creator): As the lead
person on the project, having come up with the idea, my job is to think of how
the game should develop, seek out talent to help with various sections of the
game and create certain sections of the game.
SupSuper (Co-Designer, Game
Creator): SupSuper is the other lead
person on the project as he is creating about half of the game and I am
creating the other half. He also told me what parts of my design were good,
which should be scrapped and added his own ideas while in the design stage.
Paul.Power (Main Music
Theme): Second to respond to a request for
volunteers to make music for SW2, Paul.Power’s first tune was good but didn’t
seem right for the intro. It was decided that it was more suitable for the menu
screens, which is where it can be heard in the game. Later, after Compudragon
stepped down from his place of making the music for all the missions in the
game, Paul.Power took up the role and has produced many good pieces for the
game to date.
Trippyshoe the
Compudragon (Intro Music Theme and
Additional Music): Compudragon was the
first to send his music to me after a request I made on the forum for people
who were good at art or music to contact me. The music file he sent worked well
for the intro sequence to the game and it was decided to ask him to make the
music for missions throughout the game too. Unfortunately Compudragon has been
unable to fulfil this request and although he has sent me some music, he will
be unable to work on SW2 any longer.
Yoshi (Character Portraits
and Some Other Artwork): I noticed Yoshi’s
brilliant 3d pictures of worms on the Team17 forum and decided to ask him if he
would mind making some 3d pics to use for the character selection screen in
multiplayer mode. Being a fan of Star Wars himself, he agreed and that same day
sent me the pics. He has also helped by making a couple of other pics that will
be used in the game, probably in the 1 Player missions.
Sgt.Worm (Villain Artwork): Enlisted by SupSuper, Sgt.Worm made the Death Star
soldiers. He has also made a very well known villain from the Star Wars
universe for me, I’m not saying whom though.
MtlAngelus (Yoda Artwork +
Honorary Beta-Tester): After running a
competition to see who could make the graphics for the Yoda character in the
multiplayer mode of SW2, MtlAngelus came up trumps. His Yoda artwork will be in
the game and he will also be one of a privileged few beta-testers when the game
is completed.
Developer’s
Diary: Wednesday, 23rd of April 2003 – Worm Mad
“It is done. The project is
over. Play through the missions, seek out the easter-eggs, get the highest
scores you can. Live the adventure that is Star Worms: Episode II. Download it
now!”
Download
Download/Installation
Instructions:
1. Go to http://members.lycos.co.uk/tcfwg
2. Click on the "starwrm2.zip" link
3. When download is done, extract zip file and run "setup.exe"
Minimum System Requirements:
Any Windows OS (Windows 3.x included)
VGA Graphics Card (with 256 colour support)
Windows-Compatible Sound Card
10MB hard disk space
32MB RAM
Pentium II 233mhz
Contact
If you have any queries about
the game then you can contact me at wormdimeprojectentry@hotmail.com
Remember to put “SW2:” followed by the subject in the title of any mail. Also
e-mail if you get any high-scores on the mini-games that you want to tell the
world about. Make sure that you attach a screenshot as proof though.