drludos Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 46 minutes ago, karri said: Ok. Two weeks to go. i accidentally read the rules and found out that my game and sequencer don't even remotely qualify for the competition. So I tossed these entries and started on a new one. This time in space. I also dropped out of the jam. But if I get this together I will enlist again. Not that I'm not intrigued by the title screen of your new entry, but scrapping everything to make a new project from scratch 15 days before the deadline seems like quite risky move to me. It'll lead to a high chance of not being able to submit anything, which would be shame! Honestly, I think your shooter could easily fit within the theme with a simple modification of the sprite to set it in the future. For example, instead of a plane, the player could ride an hoverboard (I mean, "Back to the Future II" is the perfect incarnation of "90's future") or something like that. You could even keep the current plane sprite and justify it with a backstory: there could have been a big crisis in the world that prevented electronics to be used anymore, and so a biplane could be 2040's most sophisticated way of flying. Or anything else you can come up with. To quote the official compo website about the theme: "Of course this leaves it very open ended and you're only limited by your imagination!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 @drludos, I think Karri and Fadest are in the competition for the most prolific contributors to the atari lynx scene, so instead of creating 1 project per competition they create 3 I'm sure they will show something cool anyway 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I just read a NASA article of space-time crystals. This fits better than perfect to my ricochette-bullets engine. As everyone knows in 2040 Titan has the best space-time crystals in our solar system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 6 hours ago, LordKraken said: @drludos, I think Karri and Fadest are in the competition for the most prolific contributors to the atari lynx scene, so instead of creating 1 project per competition they create 3 I'm sure they will show something cool anyway Just trying to give Nop90 a run for his money. But I guess it is hopeless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 true, but both of you started coding lynx games 15 years before him, so while it's an unfair advantage, you still have a decent margin before he can catch up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drludos Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Space-time crystals you say? I guess that's what Karri, Fadest and Nop90 use to create so many games in so little time! Joke aside, that would be a funny coding competition theme: "create as many different Lynx games as you can in one month" (or one week). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 This time I'm not going to meet expectations. Only one game finished so far and the second one with only the basic game engine. Probably I'll save the second entry for the next competition because I can't find free time for coding at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drludos Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 You should ask for more space-time crystals! More seriously though, it's great that you already managed to complete one game! Is this the one you were working with Retroguru, or a solo entry? And yes, it's best to focus on a single polished entry, and save the second one for another competition (and I can feel you won't have to wait for long!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 I'm making good progress on my game, might upload a couple of screenshots later on ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Same here . Ground shadows are still missing for moving objects. The flying drone with moving propellers turned out great! Music and sound effects are still missing as well as most of the encounters. But I will definitely complete the game a week early. (If the rain keeps pouring as it does now.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 @miker joined the Retroguru project and is doing a great work with the chipper tunes. He arrived just in time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Back from my second holydays, I guess I have no more excuse to postpone going back to code until monday (when real work restart) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 My intro screen is DONE. The best I have ever made Now time to start making the game... what just 10 days left ^^ 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 It is enough for 10 games, 5 if you want to sleep. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Fadest said: Back from my second holydays, I guess I have no more excuse to postpone going back to code until monday (when real work restart) Lucky me. I still got almost 2 weeks But I decided to continue on my boat on Thursday. So I hope to finish the game tomorrow. It will be just one game this time. Here frantic fight against space crabs. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Those graphics are looking great Karri! I'm going for a much simpler graphical approach myself. This is still very much work in progress and I need to refine a lot of things and add another layer of background scrolling. My art direction is very much red-monotone, not really taking advantage of what the Lynx offers, but that's what I want to make ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Thanks Igor! As usual I am using the default Lynx palette created by your neighbour @Cammy. It gives the optimum colour space for most games imho. So you are entering your red period. I also suffered from it with disastrous result. Close to last place in the competition. I don't remember the exact place anymore... Btw. I discovered a nice trick for creating Lynx resolution graphics. LEGO's. Building something from bricks and taking a snapshot allows you to create all kind of animals and vehicles without details. https://www.mecabricks.com/ Real LEGO's are nice too. If you still have them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Nice tricks with mecabricks. Have you tried to scale the sprite down with aseprite? It has a special mode that manage to retain a lot of details when you scale down sprites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 52 minutes ago, LordKraken said: Nice tricks with mecabricks. Have you tried to scale the sprite down with aseprite? It has a special mode that manage to retain a lot of details when you scale down sprites I have to try that one. I usually use GIMP. The best practice for me is to open my desired palette. I usually stay with the default palette in my games. Then I re-colour the large scale bitmap to these colours in RGB mode. After that I change the mode to indexed and choose my Lynx palette. As a final step I scale the graphics down to the target resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Just a note: One hase to pay attention to test colors also on an un-moded Lynx. I fell into this trap choosing colors for JagTris. It did look nice on an RGB monitor, but ugly on a TV set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, karri said: I have to try that one. I usually use GIMP. The best practice for me is to open my desired palette. I usually stay with the default palette in my games. Then I re-colour the large scale bitmap to these colours in RGB mode. After that I change the mode to indexed and choose my Lynx palette. As a final step I scale the graphics down to the target resolution. In Odynexus we have a custom color palette for each level with some indexes reserved for characters and sprites. The Lynx can only use 16 color palettes but the great thing is that it can display nearly any color you choose for your artwork, thanks to the nice 4096 color space. I was really surprised how well that worked. So I do my artworks with KRITA in 32 bit mode and work with the resolution of the Lynx within the limits of 16 colors (no scaling). Later the image is converted to a 16 color index and then finally converted to an 24 bit bmp. Edited August 5, 2020 by agradeneu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 hours ago, LordKraken said: Nice tricks with mecabricks. Have you tried to scale the sprite down with aseprite? It has a special mode that manage to retain a lot of details when you scale down sprites Yeah that program is really great for pixel art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 hours ago, 42bs said: Just a note: One hase to pay attention to test colors also on an un-moded Lynx. I fell into this trap choosing colors for JagTris. It did look nice on an RGB monitor, but ugly on a TV set. That is the main reason why I use the default palette. It is the best compromize that also produces some distinguished colours on an original Lynx LCD screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) An ideal color palette gives you the colors that produces the best possible visual quality. For the old LCDs you need to pay attention to high contrast colors, but only where it's needed, otherwise the colors for shadings blend a bit nicer on those low contrast screens. So for a good color palette you need 3-4 contrast colors and some colors for shadings, like 4 blues and 3 whites for a sky, 3 greens for a tree, 3 greys for stones/rocks and so on.... A seaside background would be mostly blue/white shades, while the sprites contrast with reds and oranges e.g. Black lines is a nice trick to let the sprites "pop". The reason Odynexus looks nice is the choice of colors that serves the artistic quality of each level, with a different mood and theme. Honestly a default palette would be a nightmare to work with, at least with a graphics heavy game. Edited August 5, 2020 by agradeneu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) It's time for final testing... Can't wait to see all the games next week-end (26 inscriptions, so up to 26 games). Right now, I really like the name of the game from Dr Ludos, I hope I do not put my expectations too high on this game Edited August 9, 2020 by Fadest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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