+therealbountybob Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I'm still working on my 2013 entry "Ramp Rage" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I am afraid you won't catch the last contest's deadline :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Hello Pseudographics (Wait a minute, while I wipe the drool off my keyboard)........... WOOW. This looks GREAT!!!!! Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 WOW, MPG Productions, THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC!!! Let's rock the A8!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Let us present the latest project by MPG Productions for the upcomming ABBUC Software Contest. The game is still in very early stage (started just last week) but some essential functionality is already in place. Code and game concept: MaPa Visuals: PG Awesome Zdenek! How many colors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Awesome Zdenek! How many colors? It's about 25-30 colours depending on where you are in the level and what colours are the robots displayed. Actually just simple DLI changes, only a lot of them :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I like it! That is why A8 can, not always but many times... Hmm this is geting serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 @pseudografxOn first sight, i thought your own robot and the enemy robots are combined 4-color players.But then i saw 2 enemies and your own Robot in the same scanline without flickering.WTF?!! How do that work? i am deeply impressed :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) On first sight, i thought your own robot and the enemy robots are combined 4-color players. But then i saw 2 enemies and your own Robot in the same scanline without flickering. WTF?!! How do that work? i'd go with software sprites for the robots and a player each for extra colour, with the remaining two players used on the player robot...? Looking at the video i can see how it works (in fact i think i did something similar with Energy Arc) but hats off to MPG because it's very well done. =-) i might have to throw a small entry together to play along like Creature XL is considering... it doesn't feel "right" not being in a mild panic about the ABBUC deadline this year! Edited July 5, 2014 by TMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 i'd go with software sprites Think so too. They move only over plain black background. Same technique like in "Bristles" (good visible in higher skill levels there, while the background flows with the small colour buckets in char steps). BTW: I still have "Energy Arc" on my list. Or do you have deprecated my support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 i'd go with software sprites for the robots and a player each for extra colour, with the remaining two players used on the player robot...? Looking at the video i can see how it works (in fact i think i did something similar with Energy Arc) but hats off to MPG because it's very well done. =-) Well, right, that would work :-) Indeed - VERY WELL DONE !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 i might have to throw a small entry together to play along like Creature XL is considering... it doesn't feel "right" not being in a mild panic about the ABBUC deadline this year! Please do so!! The more the better :-) I like to see much more NEW cool games for the wonderfull A8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Let us present the latest project by MPG Productions for the upcomming ABBUC Software Contest. The game is still in very early stage (started just last week) but some essential functionality is already in place. Code and game concept: MaPa Visuals: PG If you'd use a walking character then you'll have C64 Impossible Mission! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Wow that game looks stunning.....Well done MaPa & PG...Awesome work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 BTW: I still have "Energy Arc" on my list. Or do you have deprecated my support? Ah... i sort of forgot about it to be honest! =-( At some point i'd like to go back to it and i've got a few ideas to improve how the sprite engine works too but it'll need a lot of reworking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Just like TMR said, the enemy robots are software sprites with overlay extra colour using player 2&3 objects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JAC! Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) The game is still in very early stage (started just last week) but some essential functionality is already in place. You guys are just nuts. This type of game creation skills is just beyond me. And how PG always put the graphics in place in a way that the limitations of the Atari simply vanish. In fact after seeing the video yesterday I dreamt about it last night. Honestly. And in my dream there was an article in a retro magazine where got interviewd in Berlin and I talked about why writing games is so much harder than demos .... priceless. Human subconsciousness :-) Edited July 5, 2014 by JAC! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 You guys are just nuts. The words of a demo GOD! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 A good point is being made here, that writing a game isn't just about the fancy DLIs and the sound effects and so forth, it is also about making a good game underneath. With my entry for ABBUC (which won't meet this year's deadline), I am carefully considering the gameplay side of the game and that is taking quite a bit of time as I want to ensure that not only the DLIs and sound effects look good, I want a game that people want to go back to and play again and again. The latter is the most important, but as a bit of a newbie I've gone for the DLIs and sound effects first, which is my mistake. I will correct that though before I release the game. I won't release it unfinished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I won't release it unfinished. That is a wise decission, i think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladR Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Let us present the latest project by MPG Productions for the upcomming ABBUC Software Contest. The game is still in very early stage (started just last week) but some essential functionality is already in place. Code and game concept: MaPa Visuals: PG Holy crab ! This looks incredibly cute and charming ! And here I was - thinking I saw every possible combination of pixels and colors in Gr.15 (at least I think that's what it is) ! Just goes to show you don't need a fancy cmode72 and a marketing campaign.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmilo Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Great looking game ! Excellent choice of colors, beautiful metallic graphics and if you don't mind me saying it, c64-like in best possible sense Edited July 6, 2014 by popmilo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hi, I have written an article on AtariOnLine.pl about 3 games that are being prepared for the current ABBUC contest: The Monk, RGB and Ramp Rage - maybe you would find it interesting 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Let us present the latest project by MPG Productions for the upcomming ABBUC Software Contest. The game is still in very early stage (started just last week) but some essential functionality is already in place. Code and game concept: MaPa Visuals: PG ... Nice display tricks! :thumbsup: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kogden Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Hello there, this will be my entry: "Dimo's Quest" That's pretty cool! Looks a lot like Chip's Challenge for the Atari Lynx. I wasted far too many hours playing that as a kid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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