Machine Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 This game got me thinking! The Jag needs "Space Invaders 2000" with some trippie visuals! Can't wait to see where you take this! I'm jealous of you smart guys who can figure out how to make a game. I fear I would break my laptop every other day if I tried anything like this!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Added the beginning of a wave system. Wave 1 is the UFOs slowly go down, wave 2 is the UFO goes left and right, and wave 3 is the UFOs go down a little faster. A wave starts when the score is a multiple of 20. Right now, that's all I have so far. At some point, I would like to have more than one UFO on screen, and have the UFOs shoot at Aaron. Link to the game is in my signature. Please don't let it be a 1 Wave Game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Please don't let it be a 1 Wave Game. I think it's already surpassed that benchmark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Added a few more waves. the game starts on wave 4 where there are two ufos moving from left to right, and wave 5 is where the ufos slowly move down, but there's two of them on screen at once. After this, wave 5 just repeats for now. The link should still be in my signature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Added a few more waves. the game starts on wave 4 where there are two ufos moving from left to right, and wave 5 is where the ufos slowly move down, but there's two of them on screen at once. After this, wave 5 just repeats for now. The link should still be in my signature. FYI Sigs aren't visible on mobile browsers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Added a wave 6 where the ufos drop bombs on you. The game starts on wave 5 right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Please don't let it be a 1 Wave Game. Would you prefer a 1 Wave game or a Wave1Game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Would you prefer a 1 Wave game or a Wave1Game? Ha! I see what you did there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 The bombs that the UFOs drop are now deadly. This means that Aaron can now die. When he runs out of all his lives, a game over message appears. My game is at 785KB. I think the limit is 2MB, right? Or what would be the easiest, like if I could make a 4MB game, would I have to do any special thing or if I get it on a cartridge, would it need to do something extra, like more memory or something? My eventual goal is to have this be in the AA Store. About the signature not being on mobile, does that mean there's a way to emulate the Jaguar on a mobile phone, or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 About the signature not being on mobile, does that mean there's a way to emulate the Jaguar on a mobile phone, or? Huh? No. You said that the link is in your sig. I said that sigs are not visible on mobile browsers. Thereby informing you that the link being in your sig is invisible to anyone browsing the forum on a phone. Emulators are for noobs. I never mention them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 His point is that if you're browsing on a phone, even if you could see the link, you couldn't do anything useful with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 Yes, that's what I was trying to say. Does anyone have any feedback on the game so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 I finally got to play and enjoying it. The bombs are too difficult (for me) to dodge if they get half way down the screen and make it insanely difficult but still trying to master some technique. Hacking in infinite lives helps though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 I was wondering if I should make the bombs smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 I made the bombs smaller. I also added in a wave 7 where the UFOs go left and right AND drop bombs. I figure if I try to put in more than two UFOs, then there would be times where the aardvark wouldn't have a place to go to not get hit by a bomb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Worked a lot on collision detection of the bombs. I also changed a few other graphics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 I want to work on this some more but I don't know what to add. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I want to work on this some more but I don't know what to add. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do next? Find a pixel artist to work with 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Is this a better UFO? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Is this a better UFO? aaronscreenshot20180802.png Better than something you stole from a clipart site. I'd work on gameplay and if it gets where you want it to be, as CJ said, work with an artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 OK then, who wants to draw an aardvark for me? Probably nobody... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 I attempted to draw an aardvark. Actually, I replaced most of the graphics. I wanted it to look real, and the result of me drawing them is it looks more like a cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I attempted to draw an aardvark. Actually, I replaced most of the graphics. I wanted it to look real, and the result of me drawing them is it looks more like a cartoon. aaronscreenshot20180803.png That's why you need to find a pixel artist. Slapping random clip art from sites into the same composite image just does not work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Easier said than done. Edited August 4, 2018 by atari2600land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Is it? Hey guys, any pixel artists out there like to work with atari2600land on this?[now just wait] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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