Frogs.

Entry posted by atari2600land in Frank the Fruit Fly Game Boy September 3, 2022

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I took some time yesterday to put another screen in the game. But now the bank for level 2 stuff is 75% filled and takes about a minute to compile. I couldn't sleep, I ended up going to sleep at about 9 p.m. or so. Woke up at about 10 a.m.

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The frog jumps on the ice blocks trying to get Frank. Frank needs to make his way over without touching the frog's tongue. The frog consists of 6 sprites. It could have been three, but I chose SPRITES 8x8 at the beginning because Frank isn't all that big. He's just one 8x8 sprite. So I chose 8x8 for the sprite size instead of 8x16. Fortunately for me, the Game Boy can handle 7 sprites moving independently of each other. If the frog looks familiar, it's because it's the exact same frog I used for the Pokemon Mini version, only I colored it light gray instead of white.

It took a while to get it so the frog doesn't land on the water. When I had that done, I decided I wanted to flip the frog sprite for him going the other direction. So I had to do that all over again so he doesn't land on the water going either way.

I also took some time to make new title screen music. The old music was used for GoSub GB, so, even though it never got published, I decided to make some new title screen music anyway. So now I just need to finish level 2 and move on to level 3. But I'm kind of burnt out programming, so I (I know I say this all the time, but it's true this time) need to stop for a few days and think of some ideas for an icy level. I need about two more ideas and then I'll be done with this level. Perhaps in the meantime, I'll see if I can make the game compile faster.

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