Vectrex Flappy Bird

[gorf68]

Hello all,

 

I made a quick Vectrex version of flappy bird over a few nights this week. It started as a bit of a laugh but it's actually quite playable.

I will put the binary up on my blog at http://garrysgamingblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/programming-projects.html after I tydy it up a bit, if anybody is interested.

 

[gorf68]

P.s.

 

... Yes, I KNOW it looks like a trigger-fish.

 

Flappy fish!?

[Mayhem]

I forgot to comment on the Vectrex boards, but you have seen the version that someone else wrote?

[50TBRD]

I think its interesting when 2 different people program different version of the same game. Like Hex and Vectrexagon.

[gorf68]

I didn't know it existed untill after I wrote this. The other version is much more polished, and much closer to the original gameplay.

 

Mine was just a quick five or six hour effort over three and a bit evenings, which was done as a bit of fun.

 

I suppose I could tidy it up a bit, rotate the bird, make the graphics and animation a bit better, although I can't stand the original button controls, I could introduce a bit more movement controll. Although all gap combinations are reachable.

 

Or maybe I should just turn it into Floppy Fish!?

Edited May 26, 2014 by gorf68

[50TBRD]

There are so many versions for different systems that you could add a lot of different elements from them . I like this one, especially the multiplane animation to give it more depth.

 

 

One thing I'd ask with your version is can you give a little more lead time between start and the first pipe?