+SpiceWare Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 There are a few good artist but PAC-MAN-RED shares sprites in his thread giving us inspirations to program new games. The converse appears to be the norm - games under development inspire artists to come up with better graphics than those made by us programmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purenergy Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Looks good so far. Can't wait to see the end result. Thanks for posting the weapons guide, as I was not sure what each item did until I saw this. Keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I don't really know what's going on yet, but I think I like it. I'm not a big fan of the flashing mazes. Is there a bridge for crossing boundaries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 i love everything about this except the title. the word "epic" is overused as dumb slang these days. The title isn't set in stone, and ideally I'd like to call it "Adventure III" but I'm sure there are legal issues with that... Todd there's nothing stopping you from doing so! "Adventure" is a generic title not owned by Atari or anyone else. how else would the 5200 homebrew sequel get its title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 how else would the 5200 homebrew sequel get its title? By talking to Atari You might find this thread interesting (especially post #19) :- http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/157950-adventure-reboot-taken-down/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm not a big fan of the flashing mazes. Why - seizure disorder? I went with the flickering playfield torch effect instead of the surrounding light effect in order to save a sprite for another item... I could make them flicker less if people find this annoying. Is there a bridge for crossing boundaries? There is no bridge in the game but there is a way to get through walls by dropping a certain item while touching a wall. This is a bug that may remain a "feature". With the ability for the ring to attract objects and you able to attract the ring (by holding down the button), I didn't see much reason to include a bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC-MAN-RED Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm not a big fan of the flashing mazes. Why - seizure disorder? I went with the flickering playfield torch effect instead of the surrounding light effect in order to save a sprite for another item... I could make them flicker less if people find this annoying. Would a fade-in/fade-out effect be possible? Or maybe just get everyone to watch more 80's Japanese cartoons. I have no problem with that. Illya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 There is no bridge in the game but there is a way to get through walls by dropping a certain item while touching a wall. This is a bug that may remain a "feature". Cool! Would a fade-in/fade-out effect be possible? That would be a nice effect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Todd, when I start the game on my PAL console + Harmony, I get garbage on screen for seconds, then a black screen. I have the same issue with EggVenture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eshu Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Todd, when I start the game on my PAL console + Harmony, I get garbage on screen for seconds, then a black screen. I have the same issue with EggVenture. Just a hunch, but do you have the latest bios on your harmony? - as long as your tv can handle 60hz you could try the NTSC bios to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I think I have problems with new bB DPC+ games. This one doens't work too: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/180161-ultra-simple-dpc-demo/ I updated firmware to last version long ago but I will flash it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Problem solved! I updated again my Harmony cart firmware and now it works! Playfield bounces like written by other PAL user aubrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScumSoft Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) The playfield bounce is caused by building with an older DPCplus.arm file. I can't find the post where batari attached it so I'll just upload my dev folder that I'm using right now. [edit] Latest version found here Edited July 29, 2011 by ScumSoft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 The playfield bounce is caused by building with an older DPCplus.arm file. I can't find the post where batari attached it so I'll just upload my dev folder that I'm using right now. This also contains all current fixes available. Latest Visual Batari + bB 1.1C + DPC+ fixes Hmmm, I thought I had all the latest fixes, but I guess I missed that one. Here is the file compiled with the new DPCplus.arm file. Let me know if there are still problems with the Harmony cart. epicadv2.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScumSoft Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Seems to work just fine here on my Harmony cart. There is though a screen bouncing issue where you constantly walk into a closed castle gate and the screen shakes up and down. Not sure if this was intentional. Edited July 20, 2011 by ScumSoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hmmm, I thought I had all the latest fixes, but I guess I missed that one. Here is the file compiled with the new DPCplus.arm file. Let me know if there are still problems with the Harmony cart. epicadv2.bin This version is OK (PAL + Harmony). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Seems to work just fine here on my Harmony cart. There is though a screen bouncing issue where you constantly walk into a closed castle gate and the screen shakes up and down. Not sure if this was intentional. Bouncing is not intended - must be another "feature"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Would a fade-in/fade-out effect be possible? Illya That would be a nice effect! That should be possible - I'll play around with it... How does the torch flickering look with the Harmony cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 i love everything about this except the title. the word "epic" is overused as dumb slang these days. I think it fits ok here, as long as the intended definition is "long adventure" or "long story". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScumSoft Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Could always name it Epoch Adventure and introduce a time machine Edited July 21, 2011 by ScumSoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrok Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 (edited) Very nice work! The sprite-work in general is very good. I especially like the look of your dragon. Nothing much duck-like about that guy I did notice a bit of lag in the update between the dragon's two halves when he is moving horizontal. I assume that's because you are flickering one player on alternate frames. Perhaps to resolve this, you could try alternating the frame in which his x position updates as well? Edited July 22, 2011 by jrok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Dude! Great, I repeat, GREAT work so far! I hope that you do complete this and it finds it way to a cartridge!!! Thanks for the heads up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 I did notice a bit of lag in the update between the dragon's two halves when he is moving horizontal. I assume that's because you are flickering one player on alternate frames. Perhaps to resolve this, you could try alternating the frame in which his x position updates as well? Hey jrok, Yeah, the dragon becomes separated or scrunched together depending on which way it's moving. I'm using two of the player1 virtual sprites for the dragon. I'm not sure how DPC flickers between the two and also when there are more virtual player1 sprites near the same y value. Complicating matters is that the dragon moves every other frame. So, I have no idea how to fix this... Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 what emulator do you use - it doesn't work in my copy of X26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScumSoft Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) You have to use Stella 3.4.1 since it's a DPC+ game @Byte Knight, you can't really solve the flicker on the virutal players, once they are within 5 scanlines of each other they will flicker. The flicker get's increased by half the more virtual players are around the same scanline. You can reduce the flicker though by using player0 and player1 for the dragon, and a virtual sprite for the player. Unless the player is within 5 scanlines of the dragon, the dragon shouldn't flicker at all. Edited July 23, 2011 by ScumSoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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