atari2600land's Blog

You certainly seem to be enthusiastic about the Atari 2600 scene at the moment Also, it is nice that you are planning to make Ants and SMS available as carts. However, I think it would be great if you developed both of these games further. Ants is a nice concept, but it could use a lot more features to give it long term appeal. SMS is also a good idea, but it is very simple to finish the game at the moment. I think SMS could be a great game with at least some of the following features:

1. Better sprite graphics - there are several sprite designers on the forums that will probably be happy to help.
   
2. More levels - if you have around 5->10 core levels, then you can customise them to give the appearance of more, e.g. different entry and exit points, variable speeds, alternative colours and sprites, etc.
   
3. More variety in the gameplay, e.g. collectibles, powerups, different enemy types
   

Most homebrew games are in development for a long time - usually several months to several years, so I don't think there is any rush to put them on carts?

 

Chris

Paction, a cross between Pac-Man and Fast Food, is going to be in development for at least a couple months, maybe longer. As for Super Maria Sisters, anyone who orders it gets $10 off of either Paction or another not known as-of-yet game just as a thank you for being interested enough in this new venture of mine. Besides, 8k games cost more to produce than a 4 or 2k cart, and I don't have enough money to make 8k carts yet. Super Maria Sisters has filled up almost all of 4k. I might do an 8k sequel to Super Maria Sisters sometime down the road with power-ups (I programmed 3 screens out of many so far). As for Ants, it's currently not for sale yet, as I need to do some more tweaking and changing the label, but if enough people request it, I'll put it up for sale. Thanks for writing.