Bruce Tomlin Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I got the basics of tile dropping and horizontal/vertical movement working this weekend. There's also a title screen subroutine in there, but it's not hooked up to anything right now. tubes68_001.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroldoop Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 It's looking good so far. Maybe you should also annouce it at Eidolon's Inn and Spritesmind. BTW, there's some talk at Eidolon's Inn about making a Sega Genesis programming contest ( forum thread). Maybe you would be interested in participating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Looks good! Glad you are working on this again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 I still need to get bombs and conneced groups working, but for that I need to add a state variable for each player. In the meantime, I've finished the basic dropping mechanics and added the "bomb request". And I added a title screen with a way to select one or two players, something I never got around to in the 7800 version. (Hmm, player 2 can hit the start button with 1 Player selected... I should do something about that.) Since I don't have game-over working (that needs the state variable too), there is currently no way to get back to the main menu other than by hitting reset. tubes68_002.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 New version with bomb tiles actually exploding stuff, and tiles falling down when they lose their support. Now it's time for me to implement the most important routine, the path tracer. Then I'll probably switch back over to my RPG to get the ColecoVision sound routines ported over. tubes68_003.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Tile path tracing finally works, so this version finally meets all my minimum requirements! This is the first Genesis homebrew code I've written that has surpassed its previous version, and I'm glad to finally reach this point. I've got a long list of stuff I still want to tweak before even making it look pretty or supporting multiple levels, but I've got some other stuff (like the sound code for my RPG) that I need to shift over to now, so I'll probably take a break on this for a while. Changes are: * title screen shows version number and copyright message * tracing for fully-capped tile groups now works * scoring now works (loops = triangle number of tiles looped, bomb = number of tiles destroyed) * edge caps are set to an interesting pattern which should be rather challenging (these will later change per-level) tubes68_004.bin The basic rules (for those who didn't know or have forgotten) are: * make a completely capped group of pipes to score * cross pipes don't affect pipe capping of the other pipe in the same tile * the more tiles in your group, the higher your score (triangle number: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, etc.) * use bombs to destroy unusable tiles * game is over when your new tile gets stuck above the top row Start button pauses the game C button rotates a tile D-pad left/right moves the falling tile sideways D-pad down moves the falling tile down quickly D-pad up requests a bomb for your next tile (or cancels the request) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) Very nice! Does it get harder? I played for about 5 minutes. EDIT: Why not use the A or C button for bombs? Edited March 7, 2007 by vdub_bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Geez, I've just barely got it working. The 7800 version never had varying speeds. Every level is going to have different speeds, colors, random tile distribution, and edge caps. When I get around to it. And probably background graphics, too. One of the nice things about the Genesis is that it has two full graphics planes. And the reason it doesn't use a button for the bombs is because it was a port from the 7800 (where I didn't want to require a 2-button stick), and I hadn't actually thought about changing it to a button yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Geez, I've just barely got it working. The 7800 version never had varying speeds. Every level is going to have different speeds, colors, random tile distribution, and edge caps. When I get around to it. And probably background graphics, too. One of the nice things about the Genesis is that it has two full graphics planes. And the reason it doesn't use a button for the bombs is because it was a port from the 7800 (where I didn't want to require a 2-button stick), and I hadn't actually thought about changing it to a button yet. Hey, no problem; I was just asking, not demanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchien Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Geez, I've just barely got it working. The 7800 version never had varying speeds. Every level is going to have different speeds, colors, random tile distribution, and edge caps. When I get around to it. And probably background graphics, too. One of the nice things about the Genesis is that it has two full graphics planes. And the reason it doesn't use a button for the bombs is because it was a port from the 7800 (where I didn't want to require a 2-button stick), and I hadn't actually thought about changing it to a button yet. Hey, no problem; I was just asking, not demanding. maybe we'll see this as a cart.... anyone design a label for it, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Just thought I'd throw out a screenshot for those who have not seen this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 FWIW I haven't been working on this, but I reached a point in Genesis developement a while back where I decided I need to switch to gcc. Straight assembler was fun, but it got tedious after a while. So when I do start again, getting gcc working will be the first thing I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted May 16, 2009 Author Share Posted May 16, 2009 So anyhow, it's been a while. But I did get a GCC3 ported and working (with a script, so it's easy for me to rebuild it), and got things set up for making Genesis binaries with it. Then I ported this thing, and changed my recursive path tracer to a stack+loop tracer. The binary has quadrupled in size, but now it's ALL in C, so it should be a lot easier to add new features. Since I felt I needed to add something, I've added a 120 second time limit and high score display. Hmm, maybe the high score should be shown while playing the game, but the screen is a bit crowded. I'll have to think about it. tubes_006.bin.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Seeing this come along on the Genny makes me sad it didn't meet your standards to get completed on the 7800 cause I loved what you had going on the 7800 version (and I still play it too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonner242 Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 This looks great! GREAT WORK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 There's supposed to be a Genesis BASIC, but I don't know how comprehensive or useful it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 (edited) There's supposed to be a Genesis BASIC, but I don't know how comprehensive or useful it is. Apparently you can make great games like this with it. Edited May 28, 2009 by Impaler_26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 NECRO-BUMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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