"Bejeweled 2 Deluxe" Theme Pack for Quadra

[Rich Nagel]

Folks,

I'm guessing that this is the first "real" theme pack ever released
for Quadra <G>.

Directly from the included readme:

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This archive contains a new theme pack for version 1.1.8 (or newer) of
Ludus Design's EXCELLENT "Quadra" Tetris-styled tetromino game. Find
out more about this great freeware Tetris game at http://www.ludusdesign.com
or http://quadra.sourceforge.net on the Internet!

The theme pack consists of ten new background images created using a
selection of the surrealistic landscape background images from PopCap
Games' "Bejeweled 2 Deluxe" game for the PC. In addition, all of the
tetrominoes for the game have been changed to Tetris "Guideline"
colors.

Also included are replacement sound effects for the game. The game's
original sound effects have been converted to stereo for a fuller and
richer sound, with minor editing to the overall volumes.

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Anyhow, here are the files:

Readme -> http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_Quadra_Bejeweled_2_Deluxe_Theme_Pack.txt

Preview screenshot collage -> http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_Quadra_Bejeweled_2_Deluxe_Theme_Pack.jpg

ZIP -> http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_Quadra_Bejeweled_2_Deluxe_Theme_Pack.zi

[Pedrinho]

looks nice

[Pierre Phaneuf]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Rich Nagel <rich...@earthlink.net> wrote:

Very nice!

It'd be really cool if you'd put together some information on how
you've put this together (what's your process like, programs and tools
that you use, things like that), we could put it on the web site
(properly credited, of course!) for others who would like to try
making Quadra themes...

> This archive contains a new theme pack for version 1.1.8 (or newer) of
> Ludus Design's EXCELLENT "Quadra" Tetris-styled tetromino game. Find
> out more about this great freeware Tetris game at http://www.ludusdesign.com
> or http://quadra.sourceforge.net on the Internet!

Since 1.2.0 is not out yet, and I guess SourceForge is where you can
find the 1.1.8 release, you could keep that reference (but in the
future, we'll be finishing the move to Google Code), but references to
Ludus Design and ludusdesign.com are probably old history, by now. :-)

The name sticks mainly because it's "burned into" a number of images
in the game, and we're pretty lazy. ;-)

I suppose we're just the Quadra community, now, there isn't any kind
of "Quadra Foundation" or anything like that. :-)

--
http://pphaneuf.livejournal.com/

[Rich Nagel]

Pierre Phaneuf wrote:
> Very nice!

Glad you liked it :)

Pierre Phaneuf wrote:
> It'd be really cool if you'd put together some information on how
> you've put this together (what's your process like, programs and tools
> that you use, things like that), we could put it on the web site
> (properly credited, of course!) for others who would like to try
> making Quadra themes...

Hehe, that's already in the works :) I've saved several files that I
plan on zipping up, sort of a skinning "template" and help of sorts
(various PNG format images, palettes, tet-color palette documentation,
Paint Shop Pro "selection" and layered files, etc...). BTW, this will
give you an idea of what the template contents will be similar to, the
readme to a skinning template (with included files) for "LockJaw" ->
http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_LockJaw_Template_Skins.txt .

Pierre Phaneuf wrote:
> Since 1.2.0 is not out yet, and I guess SourceForge is where you can
> find the 1.1.8 release, you could keep that reference (but in the
> future, we'll be finishing the move to Google Code), but references to
> Ludus Design and ludusdesign.com are probably old history, by now. :-)
>
> The name sticks mainly because it's "burned into" a number of images
> in the game, and we're pretty lazy. ;-)
>
> I suppose we're just the Quadra community, now, there isn't any kind
> of "Quadra Foundation" or anything like that. :-)

A-OK, thanks for the info :) For any future theme packs that I create,
I'll edit the URL in the included readme(s) :) That readme is sort of
a template that I've been using for years now for various things that
I've released on the Internet, another example here ->
http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_LockJaw_Tetris_The_Grand_Master_Skin_Pack.tx

[[qz]-Zirape-]

that's just awesome!. Thanks works just fine too :)

> I've released on the Internet, another example here ->http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_LockJaw_Tetris_The_Grand_Master_...

[Rich Nagel]

[qz]-Zirape- wrote:
> that's just awesome!. Thanks works just fine too :)

Glad ya liked it :)

P.S. @All, Look for a release of the afore-mentioned theme templates
and documentation within the next few days... I'm currently typing up
some files documenting the sound effects (what sound file does what),
various palette indexes (just finished creating an image detailing/
showing most of the palette stuff), Wadder .RES compiling
instructions, creating additional layered Paint Shop Pro PSP and SEL
playfield/pit templates, and such :)

[10 0-9]

The colors of the pieces are all wrong
the sticks are cyan...
should be green etc.
I can't begin to put 2 pieces down before misdropping
otherwise it looks great, but can't play it =/

[Rich Nagel]

10 0-9 wrote:
> The colors of the pieces are all wrong
> the sticks are cyan...
> should be green etc.
> I can't begin to put 2 pieces down before misdropping

Directly from the included readme:

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In addition, all of the tetrominoes for the game have been changed to
Tetris "Guideline" colors.

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:wink:

[10 0-9]

yeah and exact reason i won't use this add-on.
thanks though

[Rémi Veilleux]

I'm wondering where did we took the colors initially for Quadra.

According to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris we are not using "standard" color.

However I kinda remember the 'stick' being green..

[10 0-9]

How do you get the green background again?

On Jun 27, 3:34 pm, "Rémi Veilleux" <rveill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering where did we took the colors initially for Quadra.According to

> wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetriswe are not using "standard"

> color.
> However I kinda remember the 'stick' being green..
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:03 PM, 10 0-9 <stephen.j.bu...@chase.com> wrote:
>
> > yeah and exact reason i won't use this add-on.
> > thanks though
>
> > On Jun 27, 2:25 pm, Rich Nagel <richna...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > 10 0-9 wrote:
> > > > The colors of the pieces are all wrong
> > > > the sticks are cyan...
> > > > should be green etc.
> > > > I can't begin to put 2 pieces down before misdropping
>
> > > Directly from the included readme:
>
> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> > > In addition, all of the tetrominoes for the game have been changed to
> > > Tetris "Guideline" colors.
>
> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>

> > > :wink:- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[Rich Nagel]

Folks,

Just a little "teaser" of one of the (numerous) included files of the
afore-mentioned Quadra theme templates and theme creation documention
that I'm working on ->
http://www.cmoo.com/snor/weeds/Weeds_Quadra_Theme_Templates_Quadra_Background_Image_and_Tetromino_Palettes.gif
:)

Here's a small snippet from a portion of the (unfinished) docs:

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GUI Sound Effects
Click_1.wav = Highlight menu entry
Blip1.wav = Click menu entry
TapDrip.wav = Highlight button
Glass01.wav = Click button
W_Bayo_0.wav = Enter next menu
FadeOut.wav = Exit previous menu

Level 1 Sound Effects
TapDrip.wav = Rotate tetromino
HitWood1.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Chop2.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Metal3.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Pwap2.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 2 Sound Effects
Click_3.wav = Rotate tetromino
Knock.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Knock.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Knock.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Pwap2.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 3 Sound Effects
Click_1.wav = Rotate tetromino
Metal3.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Metal1.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Metal6.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Blip1.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 4 Sound Effects
Click01.wav = Rotate tetromino
TapDrip.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Click01.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Click_3.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Whistle1.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 5 Sound Effects
CorkPop.wav = Rotate tetromino
Pop1.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Bloop.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Pwap2.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Spring.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 6 Sound Effects
TapDrip.wav = Rotate tetromino
Knock.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Splodge.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Pop1.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Whistle2.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 7 Sound Effects
Click01.wav = Rotate tetromino
Glass01.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Glass03.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Glass03.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Glass04.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 8 Sound Effects
Click01.wav = Rotate tetromino
Water05_1.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Water05_2.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Water05_3.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Bubble2.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 9 Sound Effects
TapDrip.wav = Rotate tetromino
Explod03.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Explod05.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Explod06.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Ceramic3.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Level 10 Sound Effects
Pop1.wav = Rotate tetromino
Knock.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 1)
Bloop.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 2)
Click_1.wav = Drop tetromino (variation 3)
Smash2.wav = Clear line
Clang3.wav = Tetromino cascade

Other Game Sound Effects
Cuckoo.wav = Pause game, and start game timer
Hooter03.wav = Start single and multiplayer games, and end single
player game
Whizz1.wav = Add garbage to opponent's pit
Potato_Get.wav = Get hot potato
Zingle.wav = Get rid of hot potato
GlissUp.wav = Level advance, and enter "Register" credits menu
HandBell.wav = Multiplayer chat message

Countdown Timer Sound Effects
T1Sec.wav = Countdown timer (1 second)
T2Sec.wav = Countdown timer (2 seconds)
T3Sec.wav = Countdown timer (3 seconds)
T4Sec.wav = Countdown timer (4 seconds)
T5Sec.wav = Countdown timer (5 seconds)
T10Sec.wav = Countdown timer (10 seconds)
T20Sec.wav = Countdown timer (20 seconds)
T30Sec.wav = Countdown timer (30 seconds)
T1Min.wav = Countdown timer (1 minute)

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[Rich Nagel]

P.S. The (current) list of files that will be included with the theme
templates pack:

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Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\
Quadra Background Image and Tetromino Palettes.gif
Quadra Theme Templates.txt
Tetris Guideline Tetromino Block Pure Colors.gif

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Palettes\Background Images\
Background Image - Fond0.pal
Background Image - Fond1.pal
Background Image - Fond2.pal
Background Image - Fond3.pal
Background Image - Fond4.pal
Background Image - Fond5.pal
Background Image - Fond6.pal
Background Image - Fond7.pal
Background Image - Fond8.pal
Background Image - Fond9.pal

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Palettes\Tetrominoes\
Tetrominoes - Fond0.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond1.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond2.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond3.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond4.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond5.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond6.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond7.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond8.pal
Tetrominoes - Fond9.pal
Tetrominoes - Tetris Guideline.pal

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Palette Utilities\FS Screen v1.1\
FSScreen.diz
FSScreen.exe
FSScreen.jpg
FSScreen.txt

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Palette Utilities\GeneRally Palette
Editor v1.0\
GRPalEdit.exe
GRPalEdit.txt
GRPalEdit1.gif
GRPalEdit2.gif
GRPalEdit3.gif

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Palette Utilities\HTML Color v1.4\
HTMLColor.exe
HTMLColor.hlp

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Palette Utilities\Palette Converter
and Editor v1.1\
PalEdit.exe
PalEdit.txt

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Palette Utilities\Pixie v3.1\
Pixie.chm
Pixie.diz
Pixie.exe
Pixie.txt
Pixie.url

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Resource Compiler Utility\Wadder\
Compile.bat
Resources.txt
Wadder.exe

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Resource Compiler Utility\Wadder\Demos
\
Demos.txt

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Resource Compiler Utility\Wadder\Fonts
\
Fonts.txt

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Resource Compiler Utility\Wadder
\Images\
Images.txt

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Resource Compiler Utility\Wadder\Sons
\
Sons.txt

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Resource Compiler Utility\Wadder
\Textes\
Textes.txt

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Selections\Attack Meters\
Attack Meter - All.sel
Attack Meter - Left.sel
Attack Meter - Middle.sel
Attack Meter - Right.sel
Attack Meter Grid - All.sel
Attack Meter Grid - Left.sel
Attack Meter Grid - Middle.sel
Attack Meter Grid - Right.sel

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Selections\Pits\
Pit - All.sel
Pit - Left.sel
Pit - Middle.sel
Pit - Right.sel
Pit Grid - All.sel
Pit Grid - Left.sel
Pit Grid - Middle.sel
Pit Grid - Right.sel

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Selections\Playfields\
Playfield - All.sel
Playfield - Left.sel
Playfield - Middle.sel
Playfield - Right.sel

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Templates\Attack Meters\
Attack Meter Grid.png
Attack Meter.png

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Templates\Pits\
Pit.png
Pit Grid.png

Index of: Quadra Theme Templates\Templates\Playfields\
Playfield - All.png
Playfield - All.psp

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[Rich Nagel]

Folks,

I just created and uploaded a new version (2.0) of my Bejeweled 2
Deluxe Theme Pack; adding a seperate theme with Quadra colored
tetrominoes (@10 0-9, have fun!), a splash screen, and a new mouse
cursor :)

File links are the same as contained in my first message post at the
top of this thread.


Enjoy!