Cave - Colecovison Homebrew

[FredTheFred]

Hello all,

 

I just started to learn coding for colecovision. i start with a little game in ascii text. Very simple mais so hard for me. I'll never coding before.

 

The Rules :

The rules are simple : walking trough a randomize maze to collect treasures, but beware to monster.

I know the game play is not really interresting, and graphics are poor but for learning it's Sufficient.

 

Check Here For the video for the beta version 2

 

DOWNLOAD LAST VERSION

--> HERE

 

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HOW TO PLAY

MAIN GOAL

In a randoming maze, you try to get the best score as you can while you've got action points,

but some events are coming disturb your progression.

MAIN SCREEN

On the upper left SCORE is your current score

On the upper middle POTION is the number owned potion. Notice you can't carrying more than 9 potions

On the upper Right ACTION is your action points. You start with 50 action points in the beginning.

COMMANDS

Use Joystick at LEFT for going to West direction, RIGHT for going to East Direction, UP to going to North direction and BOTTOM to going to South Direction..

NOTICE each move cost you 1 action points.

USE Right Button when you want to use a potion, in this case you can save 20 action points.

Use Left Button on main screen to display the map.

EVENTS

SPIDER : When you meet the spider, you loose 100 score points and 10 action points

BATS : You meet bats when you haven't reach the bonus chest, you lost 200 score points

ROBBER : The robber robs you half of your score points

KNIGHT : The kignht robs you half your pts and hide all items founded

DRAGON : The dragon down your score at 0 points

JEWEL : Bonus 500 points

POTION : Bonus 200 points and save 20 actions points when used.

CHEST : Bonus 2000 points

ENDING

The game ending when your action point reach 0.

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Implemented :

• Room design
• Meeting spiders
• Find a potion to cure when spides bytes you
• Increase/decrease score
• increase/decrease number of potion
• Numbered point of action
• Ending game and highscore
• Meeting the dwarf (he stole half of yout point)
• Metting a Knight
• Meeting a Dragon (score at zero)
• Finding Jewel for more points
• Finding chest for a lot of points
• Meeting some bats, when you dont reach the chest)
• Add condition to reach a chest - Give up
• Add rolling effect on display scoring
• Modify display room in game (Working and avialable for beta 2)
• Displaying the map's maze (avialable for beta 2)

Doesn't Work actually:

• Bugs on refresh screen (sometime)

 

For later :

• Two mode game Arcade (randomizing maze and events), and aventure (fix mazes and events). - Give up
• Maybe anothers ideas.

TIMELINE :

 

22/10/15 : Today updating gameplay. Ascii events are give up. but surprise ! Wait for Beta 3.

10/10/15 : New events in the maze, meeting the knight (available in beta version 3)

01/10/15 : Update lasted video on you tube and update Version Beta 2

26/09/15 : Displaying map's maze and change mobs moving.

19/09/15 : New display room sequence working

14/09/15 : Modifiy display room (avialable for Beta 2).

09/09/15 : Adding rolling effect on display scoring

05/09/15 : Adding How to play

31/08/15 : Add ascii art for bats, review gameplay, tests before version beta aviable early in september.

26/08/15 : New ascii art for the dragon; robber, jewel and spider and chest treasure implented

22/08/15 : Jewel, dragon and dwarf are implemented.

21/08/15 : Ending game with highestscore, point action before ending game, safe turn after meeting a monsters for the first time, idem for potion.

20/08/15 : potion's ASCII art implemented and displaying number of potion

19/08/15 : Annoncing project cave (learning coding with simple events)

Cave_Beta_2.rom

Edited December 28, 2017 by TPR

[Jinroh]

Oh sweet. That's pretty rad. The game 3-Demon was similar style, it was also ASCII Text Based or whatever with a 3D maze if I remember right.

 

It's giving me all kinds of textual feelings, can't wait to see it in action.

[Pixelboy]

Interesting.

[FredTheFred]

This is a Gallery for all screenshots I made for this project.

 

http://1drv.ms/1LmgQCZ

[artrag]

it seems promising

[FredTheFred]

Adding some screenshot to the gallery.

checking topic starter for news.

[triverse]

Just wanted to let you know that I made a news article covering your game available. There is a lot of interest in its continued development.

 

http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2015/08/24/new-colecovision-homebrew-title-cave-brings-3d-rogue-like-adventure-to-dead-console/

Edited August 26, 2015 by triverse

[FredTheFred]

Just wanted to let you know that I made a news article covering your game available. There is a lot of interest in its continued development.

 

http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2015/08/24/new-colecovision-homebrew-title-cave-brings-3d-rogue-like-adventure-to-dead-console/

Hi triverse, i'am still working. I'd like to implemented new ascii art, sound & music. I think, I post a beta version for testing game play, and tracking some bugs.for the early september on this topic.

Thanks you

[FredTheFred]

Adding some screenshot to the gallery.

[FredTheFred]

Add ascii art for bats. Improve gameplay with adding conditions to reach the chest.

[Vetea]

Joli travail !!

( Nice work !! )

[FredTheFred]

Joli travail !!

( Nice work !! )

Merci pour l'encouragement.

[FredTheFred]

For checking new about my projet, follow me on twitter and visit the Cave's homebrew colecovision web site (Coming soon - under construction). Hurry up my son ! Let's work !

Thank all for your help.

Edited September 25, 2015 by FredTheFred

[FredTheFred]

First Video on Youtube from Alpha Version 4 to introduce Gameplay.

Check Here

[FredTheFred]

A beta version 1 is available for testing and bug reporting only. Check it here

Edited October 5, 2015 by FredTheFred

[FredTheFred]

Adding rolling effect on display scoring

[FredTheFred]

Adding new display room sequence. Avialable for the next Beta version in october.

[FredTheFred]

Map system complète. It's changing the game play. Avialable on next bêta.

Edited September 27, 2015 by FredTheFred

[FredTheFred]

The Beta 2 version is avialable for downloading, check the website.

[sega_SHARK]

This is fun. The map screen is very helpful.

 

The player's point of view is always north. So four rights will not turn you in a circle, it will move you four spaces right.

South is always open. (it was for me)

 

The random maze is fun. The robber art is spooky.

 

Adventure (fixed mazes and events) mode sounds fun.

 

Add more monsters!

 

Magic Sword would be a good treasure. ( can only use once, no points lost from dragon )

Edited October 1, 2015 by sega_SHARK

[FredTheFred]

thank you for your feedback. New features and monsters will be available for beta 3. Magic sword... Why not ? It's a good idea. I must correcting south direction quickly. See you soon for the next beta !

[FredTheFred]

New event in the maze, metting the kinght but beware, he robs you alf of your point, like the robber and hide all rooms you had already discover ! Cursed knight ! Feature available in beta 3

Edited October 11, 2015 by FredTheFred

[FredTheFred]

Today updating gameplay. Ascii events are give up. but surprise ! Wait for Beta 3.

[FredTheFred]

Beta 3 soon available

The next Beta Version will be available on november 2015.

A lot of new features and game play like the Warlock and The Gobelin.

A loot system has been implemented when meeting mobs.

Game evolution, instead of randomize loot, try to remember the displaying sequence for loot items.

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[+Swami]

Anybody have the rom for the ascii style CV homebrew "Cave", from FredtheFred in this thread:

 

http://atariage.com/...brew/?p=3303716

 

The website he links to no longer exists. Can't find a rom on the internet after about an hour search. Kind of weird, his last twitter tweet from 2 years ago says "website is down but will be back up soon."

 

If not, I've have to try to contact FredtheFred, Last Active Nov 11 2015.

 

Thanks