Ninjabba Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Greetings fellow Atarians and Lynx addicts! Today I give you a preview of the big project I've been working on for a long while now. The main reason to open a new thread for this is because I had to change the name of the project to something new because I overlooked a game with a similar name. Another reason is that it has been shown on e-JagFest this year and I would like to share what has been shown there on the forums as well. With that, I give you a sneak preview of the foundations of Wyvern Tales! There will be dragons coming to your Lynx in 2013! Attached is a small poster that I've been playing around with in 2 formats. I'm gonna try and have a website up and running soon if time allows it. At the moment the website has little priority though, so please ignore the URL in the poster for now. Thanks for 108Stars for helping me out with the project wherever possible. Been a great help so far, and I'll have to claim more of that valuable time in the near future. He also was kind enough to record the gameplay on his Lynx HD: Hope you enjoy the progress! 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matashen Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 *wow* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Wow, amazing stuff!!! It looks totally awesome, I cannot wait!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenski Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Holy crapo, this looks amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Looks like it didn't attach the 2nd format of the poster, probably because its too big. I'll try and have it on my server for download soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACrystal2011 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Wow this looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Very nice, yet another reason to be excited about the upcoming year! It's great to be a Lynx fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Don't forget to like the video, suscribe, and share on Facebook and Twitter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obschan Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 That's very, VERY exciting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Nobody surprised of the kind of soundtrack the Lynx delivers? ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obschan Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) Nobody surprised of the kind of soundtrack the Lynx delivers? ;P Am at work ... no sound ... :'( Sing it for me please 108 stars ! Edited November 27, 2012 by obschan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailChao Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Nice progress, and nicer to see other large projects A suggestion though- You might want to use a variable width font for your dialogue boxes. It looks like you are using the BLL print routines for everything, and that monospace text is enormous. You'll get much better readability, and an easier time writing since you can fit more text in a single box with a smaller font size. Because of the framebuffer setup in the Lynx and Suzy's support for drawing unpacked textures, the hardware does most of the work for you . You can then add things like refrains, different noises, etc to your dialogue printer Nobody surprised of the kind of soundtrack the Lynx delivers? ;P Yes, the power of a new Lynx audio upgrade in development, the iPod. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxman Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willard Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I like the new title. great to get to see a video of the game in action too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Looks killer - forward the Lynx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The game looks very nice. Nice progress, and nicer to see other large projects A suggestion though- You might want to use a variable width font for your dialogue boxes. It looks like you are using the BLL print routines for everything, and that monospace text is enormous. You'll get much better readability, and an easier time writing since you can fit more text in a single box with a smaller font size. Because of the framebuffer setup in the Lynx and Suzy's support for drawing unpacked textures, the hardware does most of the work for you . You can then add things like refrains, different noises, etc to your dialogue printer Yes, the power of a new Lynx audio upgrade in development, the iPod. My suggestion is to develop a proportional font for the game. The newest tgi-driver can even handle vector fonts today but the best might be to create a replacement driver with a good typeface. I would pick something like Ubuntu bold at 9 points and copy the characters from that one to a new driver. I even grabbed my earphones to listen to the soundtrack. It took me about 5 seconds to realize that this sound was not from the Lynx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Heh. yeah sound is still a bit of an issue. I hope beethoven would be proud Thanks for the positive response; I was hoping to actually share a playable demo on the forums this year, but I've had the unfortunate event of a burglary last week. They stole 4 laptops as well as other stuff, but there were some yet-to-be-delivered projects that were not properly backed up online.. backups were distributed over those laptops, but now they are stolen. I'll have to spend a lot of time on that now to keep up promises. Note to self: always commit work to repositories before leaving the house! About the text, I'm still working with severe limitations because of some bugs that arise from cc65 that I cannot explain; only after I can share a good playable demo on the forums I feel like its worth to investigate these bugs and perhaps move on with another font. For now its too much work to change this, and to be honest its not bad being able to read text without getting eye strain If only the current tgi driver would be able to scale down the font a bit, it'd be perfect. But its already the smallest size I'm using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Looking great! The burglary is a bummer though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Looking great! The burglary is a bummer though All evidence leads to this man: Motive: He was afraid the Lynx would make a comeback and totally dominate the handheld market with a game like Wyvern Tales. So he tried to put a stop to it. But he failed... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Wow! This sure does look phenomenal! You've clearly put a ton of work into this, and it shows! It already looks very polished. I say again... WOW! Cheers, Smeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLynx Lover Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Wonderful! Amazing! DragonSaga has become Wyvern Tales! I simply can not wait. I just can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLynx Lover Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Any news on Wyvern Tales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horst Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Any news on Wyvern Tales? After picking up lost pieces from the burglary, I'm back on development on this project. The video only shows portion of what is done already. Still won't make any promises on a date of actual release since there's always work in the way, but stay tuned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Glad to see your back on the horse I hope the burglary didn't setyou back very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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