Asmusr Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I have turned the 3D scrolling routine from the Megademo into a little game. You move the ball left and right with the joystick and jump using the fire button. You get points from touching non-blue squares, and you die if you fall into space or hit the sparks. There's currently only one track, and you only have one life. As you might have noticed, I have borrowed some graphics from Bouncy. I'm not sure where to go with this, so if you have ideas for the gameplay please let me know. skyway.dsk skyway8.bin skyway.rpk 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 GREAT! Once the music and high score retention are added it'll be the bomb. I made it to 472 on level 2 on my first attempt, but a 'sparkly thing' busted my ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Neat - made me think of AudioSurf http://www.audio-surf.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Sweet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 wow ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Very cool game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Nice need to adjust the shadow when you jump it should get smaller and be a oval Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Nice need to adjust the shadow when you jump it should get smaller and be a oval If the light source is very close to the ball the shadow should get larger - not smaller - because the ball would block a larger part (solid angle) of the light as it gets close to the light source. But if the light source is far away, like the sun, the shadow stays the same size. It's true that it should be oval when the light is not coming from directly above, but I'm reusing the pattern from the ball as the shadow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Wow this is just like the MSX version. Incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch1995 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Here's a new version where I have added some music ripped from the SMS game Buggy Run. The music seems to introduce a few hiccups in the display, perhaps because it overruns the frame? I haven't tested it on a real 9918A machine yet. skyway8.bin skyway.dsk skyway.rpk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVB9MAzMAw 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperious Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Looks good. I have some ideas. 1. Ability to speed up and slow down the scrolling, or at least the ability to slow it then it auto speeds up. Joystick down for slow down. 2. By slowing it down You could maximise score on the non blue tiles, but at the same time a higher score for completing the level faster. 3. some random (or not random) death tiles in the map in amongst the scoring tiles or elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Here's a new version where I have added some music ripped from the SMS game Buggy Run. The music seems to introduce a few hiccups in the display, perhaps because it overruns the frame? I haven't tested it on a real 9918A machine yet. It seems to play just fine on an F18A equipped console. I have one major issue with this game though... it's too dang addicting! No sooner do you finish a game, it's right back at the start just taunting you to play again. --- A MUST PLAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Rasmus, I have a question. Does it give you an extra ball after your score reaches a certain number or is it one life per game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Here's a new version where I have added some music ripped from the SMS game Buggy Run. The music seems to introduce a few hiccups in the display, perhaps because it overruns the frame? I haven't tested it on a real 9918A machine yet. Very possible - the music player is still more heavy weight than I'd like. I've toyed with making a 30hz version that splits the work across two frames (do two channels each frame instead of all four). That would help in many cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 Looks good. I have some ideas. 1. Ability to speed up and slow down the scrolling, or at least the ability to slow it then it auto speeds up. Joystick down for slow down. 2. By slowing it down You could maximise score on the non blue tiles, but at the same time a higher score for completing the level faster. 3. some random (or not random) death tiles in the map in amongst the scoring tiles or elsewhere. I have a version now where I can both slow down and speed up using the joystick (so 3 speeds: slow, normal, fast), but I just keep playing in the fast speed like a racing game. 'Fast' allows you to jump longer (since the jump is the same height/duration) but requires faster reflexes, whereas slow makes it difficult to jump over holes but a bit easier to run over the tiles you want. I think it would be better to allocate speed changes to tile colors instead, so that touching a certain tile color would speed you up for a few seconds, for instance. I'm thinking of mapping tile colors to effects like this: 01 Black: Space/death 02 Green medium: Speed duration 2 03 Green light: Speed duration 3 04 Blue dark: No action 05 Blue light: No action 06 Red dark: Slow duration 3 07 Cyan: Forced long jump 08 Red medium: Slow duration 2 09 Red light: Slow duration 1 10 Yellow dark: Points x1 11 Yellow light: Points x2 12 Green dark: Speed duration 1 13 Magenta: Extra life 14 Grey: Points x3 (or confusion) 15 White: Points x4 Distinguishing between different shades of the same color would be too difficult for the player, I think, so I suggest they produce different durations of the same effect. A confusion tile that inverts your movement, like in Bouncy, could also be an option - perhaps mapped to grey. Regarding death tiles, unless I introduce an energy level instead of instance death, I don't think there's a need to introduce another tile than the space tile. But some levels could have space tiles appearing randomly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 If you changed the jump to be joystick up, you could use fire button to shoot sparks destroying them for more points. Then you could have more and more appear randomly as the level speeds up to make it even more difficult.This looks great. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) This game has the power!!! it is a like bouncy 3D or bouncy 2 I also would like a different final main sprite from the bouncy game please Maybe a human like in space harrier ? ...yeah i do not know if it could be possible, just an idea Edited April 5, 2017 by ti99iuc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 This game has the power!!! it is a like bouncy 3D or bouncy 2 I also would like a different final main sprite from the bouncy game please Maybe a human like in space harrier ? ...yeah i do not know if it could be possible, just an idea Skyway.jpg If you have an actual suggestion I would be happy to consider it. 16x16 (or 16x32) and max 2 colors + a shadow in 16x16 one color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Is scrolling horizontally possible as well with your routines? I remember playing this game quite a lot during my NES days. It combines both horizontal and vertical scrolling, among other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I kind of like the ball myself, but if I was to change it... what would the Parsec spaceship look like from above and behind anyway? It would blend the new with the nostalgia of TI history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 If you have an actual suggestion I would be happy to consider it. 16x16 (or 16x32) and max 2 colors + a shadow in 16x16 one color. Thanks for the infos. Maybe the ZX Spectrum sprite could be very close to have an example about a 1 or 2 color sprite. or something similar... sorry i haven't experience in build sprite multicolor just try some example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 Is scrolling horizontally possible as well with your routines? No I'm afraid not. It's not really scrolling, it's just scanline accurate color switching. This is a static image. The Skyway track is the result of being able to switch to a new color palette for each scanline. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 Thanks for the infos. Maybe the ZX Spectrum sprite could be very close to have an example about a 1 or 2 color sprite. or something similar... sorry i haven't experience in build sprite multicolor just try some example. SH-flyhuman1.png s_SpaceHarrier_5.png It doesn't look very good, does it? I don't really think I want a man, especially not a man with a gun since I don't have any plans for this to be a shooting game. But it would be nice to have another sprite than in Bouncy. One idea would be to use a spring. It could expand and contract when it jumps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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