+DZ-Jay Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 14 hours ago, atari2600land said: I spent all day working on this. Changes - I had to get rid of the bird. I'm sorry, it was beyond my control. That's a pity. I liked the bird. Oh well, it's lot all that important. what was wrong with it anyway? 14 hours ago, atari2600land said: Either that or get so angry I snap and do angry things. You wouldn't believe how angry I get when something does not go right. I do believe, I've seen some of your tantrums. Be that as it may, I'm still interested in help, so if you want to troubleshoot whatever was wrong with the bird, let me know. 14 hours ago, atari2600land said: + I did add a bonus round, though. This is what the bulk of the time today was spent on. Fixing things, and then fixing other things that were caused by fixing the first thing. Or something. Each level has a chance to get to the bonus round. To get to the bonus round at the end of each level, you must complete the level without dying Sounds good! I'll check it out. 14 hours ago, atari2600land said: + What IS the bonus round? A round where if you shoot 10 corn cobs, you get an extra life. Failing to do so will end the round early, because there's no point in continuing to play it if you miss one. I'm tired. There may be a point in continuing: Giving the player a respite from the level mechanics and scenery, and honing his skills. That said, ending the the bonus level early is a valid design choice, just be careful to not do it too early. I haven't tried it yet, but I imagine it would feel quite brusque if a level ends rather shortly just because I happen to fail my very first shot -- doubly so if there is some preamble I had to sit through that sets up the bonus stage, which ends up feeling longer than the level itself. dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Today's changes. + I added a cloud to level 1. + I added a death song so it doesn't go silent suddenly. + Other little things and bug fixing attempts. herts26.rom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, atari2600land said: Today's changes. + I added a cloud to level 1. + I added a death song so it doesn't go silent suddenly. + Other little things and bug fixing attempts. herts26.rom 18.56 kB · 1 download Nice! Although I prefer the bird to the cloud. Some observations: Even though I liked the funny bird, I think the cloud blends more in the background, which is your intention. The bird sort of makes you want to shoot at it. I like the death jingle, it seems appropriate. The boss now seems to "shake" when he is introduced into the screen. I think there may be a problem with the position being offset wrongly as it moves. I really suck at this game and still find the first level sort of hard. I completed the first level without dying but didn't see the bonus stage. Do I also have to kill the boss without dying to get to the bonus? I'm enjoying this little game. I still find your Doodlejump clone superior, but this game reminds me quite a bit of the old Government Waffle Project, which I enjoyed a lot. I haven't been able to defeat the first boss yet, but I think I'm getting close. Gosh, I hope the hamburgers make it to Switzerland! -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Yes, you must kill the boss without dying as well to see the bonus stage. I'll work on the shaking boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Boss shaking eliminated. It happened because I chose a boss direction randomly and at the same time set the y value to be constant as it moves onto screen. I also "cleaned up" the screen so garbage shouldn't appear any more between screen changes. herts27.rom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 Today's update: + Added level 5: Mustard Moon. (It's not made of cheese, it's made of mustard!) to test it, press 5 on the title screen. + Fixed pausing bug (I hope.) + Moved some code around. I hope to have room for 10 levels (and an ending.) herts28.rom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR4SHD4T4 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 I enjoyed all these burgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 I'm back working on this. A sneak peek of level 6: Calorie Cave: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, atari2600land said: I'm back working on this. A sneak peek of level 6: Calorie Cave: I dunno, but "Calorie Cave" sounds like it should be filled with flames ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Forgot that "calorie" is a unit of heat. So I changed it to "Cholesterol Cave". My eye was hurting real bad when I was working on this. After I worked on this, I went to sleep. Sleep seems to be the only thing that cures my eyeaches. Even barfing a ton doesn't help. I also think I got rid of a bug that allowed the chicken nugget to shoot peas. I put in a missing "lettuceshoot=0" so hopefully that will be enough to stop it. Hopefully the cave won't show up this green on a real console. I set it to "tan" (color 3), and it showed up green on jzIntv for some reason. I don't know. The ZIP file contains a ROM and a BIN file. Press 6 at the title screen to get to the Cholesterol Cave. herts30.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Here is another screenshot with more correct colors. I start up jzIntv by clicking on a ROM file and it starts up. How do I make it start up using the changed palette? I got it to work using a .bat file, but I can't figure out how I made it so it starts by clicking on a ROM file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 7 hours ago, atari2600land said: Forgot that "calorie" is a unit of heat. So I changed it to "Cholesterol Cave". "Calorie Cave" was good, but I think "Cholesterol Cave" is a great name! ? 1 hour ago, atari2600land said: Here is another screenshot with more correct colors. Looks good! -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 I put the game on an LTO Flash and tested it that way. This game is a lot harder if you're not using a keyboard's arrow keys! Due to the fact that the Intellivision has, let's face it, a crappy controller. Anyway, I found a bug in the boss part where the pea didn't change its y position if you kept shooting at it. I think this has been fixed now. It was due to me living in the past where there was no boss so the enemies didn't change their y positions. Which leads me to an idea: how about if I do change their y positions in later levels? Or perhaps that would make the game too hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) On 5/16/2022 at 7:57 AM, atari2600land said: I put the game on an LTO Flash and tested it that way. This game is a lot harder if you're not using a keyboard's arrow keys! Due to the fact that the Intellivision has, let's face it, a crappy controller. Tell that to the few but real set of programmers who have made games with good and responsive controls. Let's face it, most Intellivision programmers do not really know how the Intellivision hand-controller works and assume it is just a joystick or a d-pad, and therefore put little to no effort in implementing solutions that actually take advantage of the hardware. There are some games out there that do successfully what you are trying to do, so perhaps the hardware is not the problem. Of course, it's a lot easier to just read "CONT.Left," "CONT.Right," "CONT.Up," CONT.Down," etc., and assume that the player is going to touch at the precise point that such a signal represents (and for long enough for their code to discern it), with a big, human-sized thumb, on a relatively small disc sub-divided into 16 pressure points, that has absolutely no notches, ridges, or marks of any kind. I imagine it's also very easy to shrug your shoulders and bitch about the hardware instead of trying harder to do things well. Quote Which leads me to an idea: how about if I do change their y positions in later levels? Or perhaps that would make the game too hard? I haven't played your latest versions, but on the last ones I played, I recall commenting that the boss was very hard already. I also remember them going up and down, so I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "change their y positions" ... -dZ. Edited May 27, 2022 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Is this better? I made the controls check 16 directions instead of just 4. The boss moves up and down like you said. I was wondering if I should make the other enemies move up and down as well as left. herts32.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 39 minutes ago, atari2600land said: Is this better? I made the controls check 16 directions instead of just 4. I’ll try to play with it later. 39 minutes ago, atari2600land said: The boss moves up and down like you said. I was wondering if I should make the other enemies move up and down as well as left. Ah. Well, that would make the game a bit more interesting, but definitely harder. Maybe on the later levels it is warranted. But for that, you should make the difficulty ramp not steep, so that the player can hone their skills and enjoy the earlier levels as the game gets harder and harder. dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Working on level 7: Sodium Suburbs. I don't know whether or not to keep this level in since IMO it looks similar to level 1. But I am happy with the way things have turned out with the houses. So I made the action happen at night. I moved around some code. I made it so when the burger gets hit, the scrolling stops. And I fixed a code part that if the enemy gets hit while you are exploding, it will explode too and not freeze its exploding frame like it did before. I am wondering if the orange number in the level (7) should be the number of lives left and not the level #. Now all I need to do is compose music for level 7 and level 7 will be done. I need two more locations for action. Level 10 is going to be in a castle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Wow, those hamburgers really get around! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 To boldly go where no hamburger has been before. A small step for a hamburger, a major leap for the hamburger race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 hour ago, carlsson said: To boldly go where no hamburger has been before. A small step for a hamburger, a major leap for the hamburger race. A hamburger race! That's what this game needs!! Perhaps as a bonus level. Sort of like the Horse Racing game, but ... more meaty. -dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Formula Hamburger! Yeah, that could be something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 I worked almost all morning and part of the afternoon (it's almost 1pm here) to get this version. +changes+ When you die, the background items will be in the same place. Added a level 7. Press 7 on the title screen to warp to it. Had to change a few levels due to me moving around the code and stuff stopped working. I had to make the mountain in level 2 be a cloud. Since there's no longer a mountain in "Mayo Mountain", I need to change the name. How about "Tomato Tundra"? check starting on level 3. I might have fixed a bug about the game crashing upon start up on it. I didn't solve the crashing bug after all. I don't know why. It's another case of the computer ignoring code parts again. So I'll have to leave it in. It's not very noticable. herts35.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 today's changes: + smoother scrolling out and back in of background items. (the bulk of my time, about 2 hours, spent on just this.) + I (may have) finally found the root cause and fixed the enemy exploding problem. herts36intyplay.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Somehow I was able to bring back the mountain. I redesigned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 The corn cob has been replaced by a turnip. Corn is good, see, but turnips are bad. I made the mountain ground snowier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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