There's a lot of movement in general in scenes in this D-Mod, something that most authors (especially including me, sadly) avoid whenever possible to reduce work. The animation frames are carefully controlled using sp_pframe so that the animation lines up perfectly with the movement (and also to alter the animation by not playing all of the frames in the usual order). It uses lots of sound effects to tell a little story, and Dink moves and plays a special animation at the same time as he's kicked out of the pub. In 'Broken Windows,' Dink's ancient world breaks apart and he finds himself stranded in the nearly as ancient world of Windows XP (heh heh).Īnd to think it all started with an actual broken window.Įven the introduction set in Dink's regular world is impressive. I shouldn't be surprised that the author of 'Bug Mania' continued to take Dink in interesting new directions that nobody had thought of before, and to show off impressive technical skill to boot. REPUTATION NOTE: This D-Mod is one of the select group with a score of 9.0 or better (9.0) on The Dink Network. 'Oh, Windows is so full of security holes, you know,' But first, let's look at a D-Mod that seems to have given a breath of fresh air to the community by doing something totally new and different.ģ25: Broken Windows Author: Sparrowhawk Release Date: January 12, 2011 'Power of Blood' and 'The Blacksmith's Trail' are very highly regarded if ratings are anything to go by. Five of them - more than half! - are entries in the 'Carnage Contest,' which seems like a very different sort of theme than the ones we've had so far. I've got nine D-Mods on my list with a 2011 release. And of course, I'll get the chance to talk a lot about myself soon.

There are some interesting-looking D-Mods in the last few years. There is still time for you to get your new D-Mod written up if you hurry, but when that D-Mods remaining count hits zero, COTPATD Inc. Scratcher and Sparrowhawk are probably sick of the sticky/unsticky carousel anyway. Since there have been relatively few D-Mods released since the end of 2010, it makes sense to take 'em all on at once. Of the remaining 28 mods, 12 of them (~43%) are contest entries. How have D-Mods remained an ongoing event? Contests have helped. But let's take a moment to remember that at this point, Dink Smallwood was over thirteen years old! D-Mod making slowed down at this point, but it didn't stop, and that is crazy. After a 2-year rebound, D-Mod production finally slowed down for what seems so far to be for good in 2011.

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