snicklin Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I apologise if somebody else has mentioned this before, but take a look at this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEkj1AMANQc&feature=feedu TMR (Jason Kelk) has programmed this. Hopefully I'll be lucky enough to see it at the Replay event today in Blackpool, UK. Those sprites are beautiful, all using only 1 colour. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Cool. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Thank you Steve. Very nice game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Actually , the game looks good. Reasonable, but better than 99% of games from that genre. And it does real movement on the enemies (not just hor. movement) Will there be more in higher levels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Nice one Jase, any pick ups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Very good Video and game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Thanks for the vid. Looks like a nice piece of work I look forward to trying it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Wow, looks great especailly the rocky walls - is this on standard a8 hardware (hope so) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 If any of you are at U.K. near and go there, hopefully by now you can play it (I hope T.M.R. get all working on time): Replay Expo is the unique video gaming event that prides itself in celebrating both the classics as well as the very latest titles. Following the success of last year’s debut show, Replay Expo will return to the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre in Blackpool on the 5/6 November 2011; the final weekend of the famous Illuminations. This year’s event will expand into additional halls, meaning 5000+ gamers will have access to even more arcade machines, pinball tables, consoles and home computers. In keeping with the inaugural event there will be an equal emphasis on families as well as hardcore gamers: an increase in the number of junior tournaments throughout the weekend will ensure there is something for everyone, young and old. If any of you go there, why not say us something (a Phone picture, video,...) Only one more screen/level that was shown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creature XL Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Looks cool. Can't wait to try it out. Hope that shows some here how it works: less talk - more code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sheddy Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Very slick work, Jason. Great use of colour. I too would love to see power-ups and more bullet hell going on, but I'm guessing there is still more to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allas Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Good work Jason!. Just as the old Atari style programming. Still those sprites are not multiplexed, i wondered if more sprites coming on next levels. However, is a right step for Atari shooters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Good work Jason!. Just as the old Atari style programming. Still those sprites are not multiplexed, i wondered if more sprites coming on next levels. However, is a right step for Atari shooters. I also wondered if we must go for free or for paid... Something we/I really have to ask.... I have to ask... Or maybee you can answer, or not!,,, By the way, what's tjhe prize of this year ABBUC prize? Oh my god... If I ever, one day, one year win this this 'sh....' of the ABBUC contest I would certainly gave the Money to some poor guys that probably are in some bad problems that need this.... ABBBUC this year prize offers what? What's the prize? I will laught when some people work hard for Months and then Europe and all that stuff we know the ABBUC contest will only gave them a smalll, just a small.... This is what we like... this is ot to win money By the way, Last Ninja would certainly win, win, LN win, certainly win,.... as long you, not you, indeed me, if I pay between 600->1200$ then you probably have it... Come on guys... If I am sincerily and say I need money would ou ever contribute to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 My bad English but probably there's something here understanding what I was saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 You been on the beer Jose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 To answer a few questions in one pass: Nice one Jase, any pick ups? No, i was on a tight deadline so it's my regular "one ship against the universe with enough firepower already" scenario... that's not to say it couldn't be implemented (the bullets are already character-generated) but the engine would need work to make things more busy and all the wave data then requires retooling to fit/allow for changes in weapon power. Right now i'm just planning to get this one finished and released in it's current configuration, after that i don't know yet... Wow, looks great especailly the rocky walls - is this on standard a8 hardware (hope so) ? It should run on any 48K Atari 8-bit yes, no extra hardware is required and yesterday the preview was running from an SIO2SD on my stock 800XL at Replay for people to play (Saturday we had snicklin's Space Harrier cartridge in the machine for most of the day and Mightly Jill Off for the rest). Good work Jason!. Just as the old Atari style programming. Still those sprites are not multiplexed, i wondered if more sprites coming on next levels. However, is a right step for Atari shooters. The sprites are actually multiplexed and there's three or four places in the video where there'd be five or sometimes six enemies in motion if i wasn't blowing them to bits. The engine itself can handle a maximum six 10 by 18 pixel enemies with three on a scanline because the fourth object is dedicated to the player ship player ship. Two questions that weren't asked above but i suspect will be soon are: "When will it be released?" Right now there are all four levels in (they use about 252 of the 256 possible tiles so there's no room for anything more) but only three are populated with enemies and everything still needs balancing. It was supposed to be finished for release during Replay, but things went awry last week when i got just a little poorly and right now i can't do the work because i'm unable to open one eye (which in turn reduces the ability of the other to function correctly) and won't know how i stand on restoring "normal services" until i get to hospital tomorrow-ish. But it's one of my first priorities after i can see straight and my next Retro Gamer deadline is dealt with. "How much will it cost? Nothing, standard Cosine "policy" applies so free distribution from our website at launch with permission to add it to Atarimania, Fandal's site, Homesoft disks and so on. There might be real media releases in Callisto's future but nobody's asked to date and they won't affect it being distributed freely. When it happens, news will be posted here, Oldschool Gaming and all good bookshops. Or perhaps not the bookshops. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I had several goes on the game at Replay today. I'm not a shmup guy so I only saw about 80% of the first level. Looks damn good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 (the bullets are already character-generated) Good idea using the characters for the bullets and using missiles for players instead. Works out good since bullets are fast moving, so character movement is tolerable, and players get smooth movement without all the bit-shifting and memory cost. You also get more colors and wider bullets this way. Are you using single-pixel horizontal variation for bullet position? It's a little hard to tell in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 No pick ups Never mind, its looks great, no matter how over the years I take the pee sometimes I always admire the work that goes into your products, and nice to see Sean still rolling out music. Cheers on a cold old Monday morning..I don't work, why the hell am I up at 7am ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Good work. IMO the A8 is sadly lacking quality h/v shooters, so anything half decent should be warmly received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 First of all, I'd love to give a great big thank you to both Jason and Sean (and I met both of them) for creating this wonderful new game. Jason, outside of you two, was I the first AtariAger to play this game? My comments on it are/were that it's a very good game and feels quite like Zybex to me (which was a fantastic game itself). However Jason has gone further with the PMGs than they ever did in Zybex as that was all character based. I did find the difficulty level a little high, but I must admit that I was hung over from the previous day after having 8 beers, the last one of which I won by winning the After Show party's Retro Gaming quiz (it helps by having a Retro Gamer writer - Andy Fisher - on your team). So to say I was a bit absent on the morning is an understatement. Jason told me that he's still to work on refining the difficulty level. Jose, sorry I didn't get you a video, I've seen this site after leaving the show. I'm sure that there'll be a lot of videos on the internet. I was going to take some videos on the 2nd day but left my phone in the car by accident! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Are you using single-pixel horizontal variation for bullet position? It's a little hard to tell in the video. No, for speed they're just characters being stepped one cell per frame (with a "tilt" when the smooth scroll finishes it's cycle and resets so they don't jump) same as i'd do elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Jason, outside of you two, was I the first AtariAger to play this game? i think so yes, groovybee didn't have a proper play until after you if memory serves. Jason told me that he's still to work on refining the difficulty level. Yeah, that's the last job in once the waves are in place; every enemy specifies how many hits it needs to be destroyed, some have to be bumped up because they're "blockers", others need tuning down because they're not meant to be as difficult as they are right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 First of all, I'd love to give a great big thank you to both Jason and Sean (and I met both of them) for creating this wonderful new game. Never met Sean (knowingly, scene places you meet many folks, too many to remember) but I know Jason, we used to work for the same company, but he was the bright one, I was the handsome one... Really nice bloke although me and my mate Kev did take the pee a LOT... (not seen Kev or Brian in years) Seriously tho Jase, looking forward to the finished article, may you carry on turning bits out on the A8 with the same zeal and quality as the C64 stuff you have done. Cheers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 (edited) I should have bought one of those Forum Name badges! Edited November 7, 2011 by snicklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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