Looking for a few people to make a game with!

[AskewTV]

Hello, I am looking for a few members to help make a game with. I can do some level and sprite designing, I am not that good at coding in Batari Basic. I have tried doing some and made a small game, not much though. I am open to really anything! If you would like to work together, comment below or PM me!

[SIO2]

Maybe you could post your game code and see if it inspires anyone.

[AskewTV]

Can someone help me make the enemy chase the player?

 

set kernel_options pfcolors

b{7}=1

playfield:

XX....X.X...X.X..X..XX..........

X.X...X.X...X.X.X..X..X.........

X..X..X.X...X.XX...XXXX.........

X...X.X.X...X.X.X..X..X.........

X....XX..XXX..X..X.X..X.........

...........................XX...

XX..XXX.XXX..XX..X..X.....XXXX..

X.X.X.X.X...X..X.X.X.....XXXXXX.

XX..XXX.XXX.XXXX.XX......XXXXXX.

X.X.XX..X...X..X.X.X.....XXXXXX.

XX..X.X.XXX.X..X.X..X....XXXXXX.

end

pfcolors:

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

end

rem Loop the screen until the spacebar is pressed

title

COLUBK = $b6

COLUPF = 212

drawscreen

if joy0fire || joy1fire then goto beginning

goto title

beginning

playfield:

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

end

pfcolors:

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$1A

end

COLUBK = 0

COLUPF= $1A : COLUP0=$1A : scorecolor = $1A

player0x=77 : player0y=48 : h=$1A

player1x = 77 : player1y = 48

if b{7} then AUDV0=8 : AUDV1=8 : AUDC0=4 : AUDC1=4

b{6}=0

drawscreen

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

player1:

%10010010

%01111100

%00111000

%11111110

%00111000

%01111100

%10111010

%00010000

end

noise

if b{7} then a=a+1

if !b{7} then c=0 : goto main

if a>16 then a=0 : c=c+1

if c=1 then AUDF0=4 : AUDF1=18

if c=2 then AUDF0=12 : AUDF1=14

if c=3 then AUDF0=4 : AUDF1=18

if c=4 then AUDF0=8 : AUDF1=14

if c=5 then k=0 : c=0 : goto anim

goto beginning

anim

if c<3 then goto anim_lr

if c=3 then goto anim_up

if c=4 then goto anim_dn

anim_lr

if a<5 then goto frame_1

if a>4 && a<10 then goto frame_2

if a>9 && a<15 then goto frame_3

if a>14 then goto frame_2

anim_up

if a<5 then goto frame_1_up

if a>4 && a<10 then goto frame_2_up

if a>9 && a<15 then goto frame_3_up

if a>14 then goto frame_2_up

anim_dn

if a<5 then goto frame_1_down

if a>4 && a<10 then goto frame_2_down

if a>9 && a<15 then goto frame_3_down

if a>14 then goto frame_2_down

anim_death

if p<4 then goto death_frame_1

if p>3 && p<8 then goto death_frame_2

if p>7 && p<12 then goto death_frame_3

if p>11 && p<16 then goto death_frame_4

if p>15 && p<20 then goto death_frame_5

if p>19 && p<24 then goto death_frame_6

if p>23 then goto death_frame_7

death_frame_1

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_2

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_3

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_4

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_5

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_6

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_7

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_1_down

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_2_down

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_3_down

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

player0:

%00100010

%00011100

%01011100

%00111110

%00011101

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

frame_1_up

goto main

frame_2_up

player0:

%00100010

%00011100

%01011100

%00111110

%00011101

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_3_up

player0:

%00100010

%00011100

%01011100

%00111110

%00011101

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_1

player0:

%00000000

%00100100

%00011000

%00011000

%00011000

%00111100

%00111100

%00111100

end

goto main

frame_2

player0:

%00000000

%00100100

%00011000

%00011000

%00011000

%00111100

%00111100

%00111100

end

goto main

frame_3

player0:

%00000000

%00100100

%00011000

%00011000

%00011000

%00111100

%00111100

%00111100

end

main

b{7}=0

AUDV0=k : AUDV1=0

if collision(player0,playfield) && g<70 then k=9 : b{5}=1 : score=score+1 : g=g+1 : pfpixel e f off

if !collision(player0,playfield) && b{5} then b{5}=1

if b{5} then k=k-1 : AUDC0=9 : AUDF0=9

if b{5} && k<1 then k=0 : b{5}=0

if collision(player0,playfield) && g=70 then g=0 : b{5}=0 : k=0 : b{4}=1 : c=0 : a=0 : b{3}=0 : AUDV0=0

if b{4} then j=j+1

if b{6} then AUDV0=k : AUDF0=m : AUDC0=4 : n=n+1

if n=4 then k=k-1 : n=0 : o=o+1 : p=p+1

if n=3 then m=m-1

if o>5 then k=0

if o>6 then o=0 : k=15

if b{6} && m=2 then o=0 : p=0 : k=0

if b{6} && m=2 then b{6}=0 : n=0 : c=0 : q{0}=1

b{0}=0 : b{1}=0

if player0x=17 then b{1}=1

if player0x=77 then b{1}=1

if player0x=137 then b{1}=1

if player0y=16 then b{0}=1

if player0y=32 then b{0}=1

if player0y=48 then b{0}=1

if player0y=64 then b{0}=1

if player0y=80 then b{0}=1

COLUP0=26 : scorecolor=$1A

drawscreen

if q{0} then goto pause

if b{6} then goto anim_death

if !b{4} then a=a+1

if a>20 then a=0

if b{4} && j=20 then j=0 : i=i+1

if b{4} && i=5 then i=0 : b{4}=0 : AUDV0=0 : goto beginning

if b{4} && j>10 then pfcolors:

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

end

if b{4} && j<9 then pfcolors:

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

end

if b{4} then goto main

if joy0fire && !b{6} && !b{5} then k=15 : m=31 : b{6}=1 : c=0

if joy0left && b{0} then c=1

if joy0right && b{0} then c=2

if joy0up && b{1} then c=3

if joy0down && b{1} then c=4

if b{2} then b{2}=0 else b{2}=1

if b{2} && c=1 && player0x>17 then player0x=player0x-1 : b{3}=1

if b{2} && c=2 && player0x<137 then player0x=player0x+1 : b{3}=0

if b{2} && c=3 && player0y>16 then player0y=player0y-1

if b{2} && c=4 && player0y<80 then player0y=player0y+1

if b{3} then REFP0=8 else REFP0=0

if b{3} then e=(player0x-17)/4

if !b{3} then e=(player0x-10)/4

f=(player0y-1)/8

goto anim

pause

r=r+1 : player0x=77 : player0y=48

if r>60 then r=0 : b{7}=1 : q{0}=0 : AUDF0=4 : AUDF1=18 : a=0 : c=1 : goto beginning

goto anim

[SIO2]

Let's start here with a better way to post code in these forums: as a source that will compile coupled with a compiled .bin

 

People will probably look at the .bin first to decide if they are interested in the project and then start digging into the code if they like what they see.

 

The request was to have the enemy chase the player. I would probably have the enemy do its own thing and have the player try to avoid the enemy (or enemies if more are added).

 

Nuka.bas

Nuka.bin

[DanOliver]

Another alternative is to pitch your game idea. I'd always be interested writing code for in an original and great idea. Especially if the game would work on other platforms too. But, beware, pitching game ideas is really difficult. Hard to convey an idea. Storyboards and/or art helps a lot. And a lot of great and original ideas sound terrible when pitched unfortunately. More original the more they sound like they suck.

 

Actual game play is normally developed as the game is written, lots of tweaks. So what I look for in a teammate is great artistic skill, great design taste, and crazy out of the box thinking. Someone who has a dozen ideas how a single game could be done. Then I just try to write the code to whatever pops into their head each day.

[SIO2]

@DanOliver: Nice thoughts Dan. A description of what the person hoped or imagined the game could be would be helpful. When I looked at this, my thoughts are, there is a bug looking sprite and a human looking sprite. Which is the good guy? Is the human really a human or some other biped that is taking bug eggs?

 

Also, with this many escape routes and only one enemy it will be difficult to for the enemy to put pressure on the player unless the enemy is so fast that it is unavoidable and that would not be fun. Plus, both sprites start at the same location which means collision detection needs to be disabled until they are clear of each other. Would be better to have different start locations.

[DanOliver]

I think the concept of "which is the good guy" is a very sweet concept, a modern concept. That can transcend the 2600. I wouldn't get too caught up in the implementation too much, or even 2600 limitations. More like designing Pac Man, better to design a great game and scale it to the 2600. Just stay in the ballpark, low res, not too many sprites. There sure have been some low res few sprite indie games in the past 10 years.

 

The other way is to design specifically to the 2600, which is how virtually all were done back in the day. That really has to be done by a programmer who can find a few tech tricks. This can result in very good games, but not classic games. For example few original 2600 games were ported to more powerful systems, or were big hits off the 2600. I can't think of any, hopefully some others can.

[enthusi]

H.E.R.O. :-)

[Papa]

I can program.