Kiwi Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Shame on you, Groovy, for not taking out a 30 sec ad during the Super Bowl to advertise this game! Shame He would have to raise the price of the cartridges to $800,000 each to pay to have his game advertised. I read the entire topic and very entertaining and fun to read. I think if I mentioned a word about a box and a manual, then Groovybee would have to find me and sting me. And a horse would come back to life and beat me up. My first experience playing Jetpac was on the N64. Donkey Kong 64 has this game available along with Donkey Kong Arcade. You had to beat all 4 stage to retrieve a banana, which was awesome goal. Jetpac was unlockable when you gather enough of item and stuff for Cranky Kong. This is the spectrum version of Jetpac. My friend and I took turn playing Jetpac. It's really fun, difficult and addictive. I like how the enemies and the rocket changes as you progress through the level. I only got to the 2nd rocket. I'm really impressed by this homebrew. I'm amazed that it inspired someone to make a Jaguar version. It may also inspire me to make a Colecovision version of this game. This is really awesome game. I really love the title screen and the bacon screen. Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Sorry if I was being misleading by having the idea...I wasnt puting myself up for nomination sadly. I do have 2 of the 3 things I mentioned. I have a wife and sadly the "other shit" too ....not sure how you replied that quick to my post though and yet you missed the couple month pre-order for rocketeer Easy. Wasn't buying homebrews at the time and barely looked at the thread. And yet again, the PRE-ORDER is merely "ORDER", which was a whole issue unto itself. Damn me and my understanding of words! You can't understand that I randomly happened to read a thread right after you posted? The concept isn't THAT difficult, come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 I read the entire topic and very entertaining and fun to read. I think if I mentioned a word about a box and a manual, then Groovybee would have to find me and sting me. And a horse would come back to life and beat me up. People can ask for boxes as many times as they like, it doesn't mean its going to happen. I'm really impressed by this homebrew. I'm amazed that it inspired someone to make a Jaguar version. It may also inspire me to make a Colecovision version of this game. This is really awesome game. I really love the title screen and the bacon screen. Great job! Thanks for the compliments. I'd love to see it done on the Coleco (I don't own one) just to see how you implement things to get around the limitations of the machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janzl Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I try to keep a running list myself on my site, but im not sure how many people take the time to check it out on a frequent basis. I check it every week at least once. I have not had any newsletter yet so I must check my subsciption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I'm amazed that it inspired someone to make a Jaguar version. To be fair, I made a (crap) Jaguar version 20 years ago. I've always wanted to go back and do it properly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Apologies for the lack of updates. I'll be back on the game after the weekend. I haven't had much Inty love time in the last few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janzl Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Is there any news on when Rocketeer is going to be released? I see you are working on some new games already and I really appreciate that but it feels a little like Rocketeer is put completely aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Is there any news on when Rocketeer is going to be released? There is still a little bit more to do on the game before its done. Adding the "bells and whistles" to a game takes quite a long time after you have the core game done. I see you are working on some new games already and I really appreciate that but it feels a little like Rocketeer is put completely aside. Don't worry the game hasn't been put aside at all. I haven't been able to spend as much time as I'd like on my retro projects in the last few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janzl Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Okay, thanks Groovy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 I know the game is shipping late and I apologise for that. Game development is an organic process to me. By that I mean that I don't plan or account for every CPU cycle or routine I need to code ahead of time. The project just grows and gets added to and optimised over its lifetime. To me, thats what makes the process of game creation a fun hobby. It also means that some projects go well beyond how I thought they would be at the start. Once you start talking to a pixel artist and also get feedback from beta testers in your development team you get an influx of new ideas on how to improve the game and maybe suggestions for other directions it could go in too. You also end up with a ton of stuff "on the cutting room floor" (as they say) which are the ideas that didn't make it or couldn't be implemented (normally for technical reasons) or they just wouldn't add to the game play. Programming games is just like any other hobby. You have ideas for other projects while you are working on the current one. The new idea might be anything from a new/different/optimisation algorithm to a special effect or a completely new game (or piece of hardware). I'm not the sort of person who works on exactly the same thing each and every day until its done. Some days you can't do anything on your main project because you don't have a good solution to a particular problem or you are waiting on assets or you just don't feel like it or real life means you can't get any time at all. I have plenty of "I wonder if..." projects on my hard drives for multiple machines. Some won't become a full game because there is no game there (or I can't make it fun) and some are just neat special effects that might find their way into a game at some point and some are... errr... well... best not discussed at all . Anyways... The upshot of this is don't be alarmed if new projects crop up during development. It doesn't mean anything has been forgotten, it just means I had a good day in the office . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 As long as we get some very cool and original Groovy games, I say take all the time you need. dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARMIK Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Take your time Groovy you do some great stuff and would hate for it to stop being fun for you. Looking forward to this and your Intellivision video mod but again take your time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 If I am not wrong Groovy is working on FOUR Intellivision games at the moment and makes plans for a new multicart. This year is expensive for Intellivision collectors 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
river9999uk Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Just take your time matey......no hurries from us inty fans. You can't rush perfection as they say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thanks for the support folks. Some of the new specially written music is now in the game. Many thanks to the Mystery Musician for that (you know who you are ). Hopefully, the game's title tune will arrive before long and I can take out the place holder one. The Mystery Musician will be joining both Nonner and I on a permanent basis for current and future Inty projects too . 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janzl Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 And it gets more and more exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I have more and more the feeling that this will be a A ++ release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I have more and more the feeling that this will be a A ++ release! Actually, without box, overlays, and manual, it'll be an A- release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 THANK YOU! Just kidding, although I will likely seek out some sort of means to commission or make a set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 do want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 This all looks so amazing, what a great thing you are doing for the Intellivision fans! thank you GroovyBee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Is there going to be a box? *Runs away* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 *Runs away* You should have ducked too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Is there going to be a box? Yes! . . . . . . . . . . (As long as you opted for a shipping box) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 do want! Me too, but I think they are all spoken for atm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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