+Random Terrain Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 This isn't a game, it's just a simple playfield animation made with a top-secret program that someone is working on. Take a look: horsey_ride_2009y_08m_17d_1425t.bin In case you were wondering, I loaded the following animated GIF into the program: Then I waited a few seconds for the frames to be processed, had it make the bB code for me, pasted the code into a blank VbB file that I had open, changed two colors, saved it and it was ready to go. This top-secret program gives you something that looks pretty good as it is, but you could probably spend hours or days making the animation look even better by adding extra colors and sprites if you want. I'll probably post a few more animations here within the next day or two for the fun of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 That looks nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrok Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) Beautiful horsey! Not that I have some sort of sick *thing* for horses... that's just an ugly rumor. Get your mind out of the gutter. EDT: removed horse dream. Edited August 17, 2009 by jrok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Nice work! This would make a cool title screen to "Charge!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartkitten26 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 It looks cool, but why is it top secret? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 It looks cool, but why is it top secret? Because the person isn't quite ready to post the program yet. I have a feeling it won't be long, though. It could be weeks; it could be days; it could even be hours. You never know, so get ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Would you like to dance? dance_2009y_08m_18d_1515t.bin Made from this animated GIF: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 You clearly are having fun with this secret thing. I wish I could, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 You clearly are having fun with this secret thing. I wish I could, too. It shouldn't be too much longer. You'll also be able to make those Bitmap kernel pictures that SeaGtGruff has been posting. And I've been playing around making animated playfields, but you can make animated sprites from GIFs too. If you can find or create the right GIF, you'll be able to get realistic movement for your sprites. Actually capture the real movement of a guy walking or an animal running or a planet spinning. Who knows what you could make? You're only limited by your imagination and how small you can get an animation before it becomes useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 It looks like you have a nice little utility....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MausGames Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Have you tried reducing animated gifs to two colors to use with this tool yet, with and without dithering/error correction? That would probably produce completely different results than full color and grayscale gifs. A program like this would be able to pull off even more detail with the future Harmony kernel that allows a bitmap PF0. Edited August 19, 2009 by MausGames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Would you like to ride my horsey? Oh... I thought you were coming on to me... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Have you tried reducing animated gifs to two colors to use with this tool yet, with and without dithering/error correction? That would probably produce completely different results than full color and grayscale gifs. No, I've just been trying random animated GIFs as they are. But it won't be long before everyone will be able to play with the program and try all kinds of things. Although I've been mostly playing around with animated GIFs, this program can use bmp, jpg, gif, or png images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwierer Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 You clearly are having fun with this secret thing. I wish I could, too. See this post. -Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katchow Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 This is so cool, looks like you're using quite a few frames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 This is so cool, looks like you're using quite a few frames. I think it was around15 frames, but now you can play with the program and see for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katchow Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Now I've got a little strutting man to go w/ my first musical attempt. Though it looks like I lost his feet. Thanks jwierer! truman_walks.bas.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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