Certifiable Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 It all looks awesome GroovyBee! Descent is a game I haven't played since high school, man, that takes me waayyy back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasberly Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I still haven't received my copy of Rocketeer. Any word on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I still haven't received my copy of Rocketeer. Any word on that? No one has, the game isn't quite finished. I believe Groovy is at the "final polish" stage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARMIK Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I'm in Will PM now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janzl Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 That looks just plain awesome! love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I still haven't received my copy of Rocketeer. Any word on that? The game's development is running behind schedule at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 Thanks for the compliments and interest in the mini games. Hopefully I'll get some time in the week to polish one of the mini games up to a releasable standard so I can put out a teaser ROM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 More games just means it comes with more sets of overlays, right? I wonder if there is another community were its harder to sell games without boxes, than boxes without games 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztee Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Happy to say I put my deposit down for this last night! Was good to catch up with groovy at the computer club at the lass in Manchester! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari5200dude82 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Very cool. I WILL GET A COPY TOO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fushek Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Hey Groovy ... I'm down for one ... same instructions as before to pay I'm assuming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Latest update :- Revamped the menu and "Invaders" is now called "Menace" :- <---- Click to animate You use the disc to move up and down the menu (first half of the gifeo) and keypad buttons 1, 2 and 3 are used to change the difficulty between easy, medium and hard (second half of the gifeo). The side buttons select the game you want to play. Nonner is conjuring up some title page graphics so it won't be as plain looking as it is now. Menace (as its now called) has had the player's score and lives added. It also has destroyable bunkers to hide behind :- <---- Click to animate I still haven't decided what the hoard of aliens will do to attack the player. Still to do :- - Add sound effects and music and a bit more speech. - Balance out the games now that the difficulty can be changed. - Allow the game to be restarted or return to the main menu when your avatar finally dies. There is still plenty space for a 4th mini game so I'll make a decision on that soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Still to do :- - Add sound effects and music and a bit more speech. - Balance out the games now that the difficulty can be changed. - Allow the game to be restarted or return to the main menu when your avatar finally dies. There is still plenty space for a 4th mini game so I'll make a decision on that soon. There's something missing in your To-Do list: - Threaten the player somehow. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 There's something missing in your To-Do list: - Threaten the player somehow. Its already above "the to-do list" :- I still haven't decided what the hoard of aliens will do to attack the player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Its already above "the to-do list" :- Oh! Sorry. Looks cool! By the way, I suppose the bunkers are MOBs. Are you XORing the bullet on the GRAM card on collision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Oh! Sorry. No worries! Looks cool! Thanks for the compliment but once nonner gets hold of it then it'll probably look different and also be a vast improvement on my programmer art too. By the way, I suppose the bunkers are MOBs. Are you XORing the bullet on the GRAM card on collision? Bunkers are BACKTAB cards. The code uses the player missile's X and Y coordinates (in conjunction with a bitwise AND with 7) to determine the bunker and which part of it to start wiping out using a logical AND mask. I want to keep the rest of the MOBs free so that I can have quite a bit of flexibility when it comes to beating up the player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 It would be cool if you created a campaign mode where you have to play bits of all games for an overall Mars mission. Kind of like Ice Trek or Scarfinger. Just a thought, to tie it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 It would be cool if you created a campaign mode where you have to play bits of all games for an overall Mars mission. Kind of like Ice Trek or Scarfinger. Just a thought, to tie it all together. I'm intending to have a stats page as part of the title sequence that will show your best distance travelled in Caverns, number of consecutive successful landings in Descent and the highest score in Menace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 I've added a teaser ROM to the first post. You can only play the mini game Caverns. I'd say that the game's difficulty is probably pitched at medium/hard as it stands. The final game will have adjustable and increasing difficulty as you play. The final version will also have sound effects and music which are both lacking in this version. Its a one button game so press your favourite one to apply thrust. Its also IntelliVoice enabled too. I've tested it on PAL hardware and in the popular PC based emulators. Scrolling is very jerky in Nostalgia for some reason. Any other problems or issues let me know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 (edited) Smooth scrolling... "Lets play Caverns" coooool! Edited June 2, 2013 by Intymike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsfolly Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Teaser rom first impressions: Definitely a steep learning curve as it stands now. I finally got 137 points, but my average score is probably in the single digits. Seems learnable, though... The Intellivoice adds a nice touch to the game . You might think about having alternate readings of "Game Over" and cycling through them, since the player hears this so often... For some reason the "Zombie Dance" part of "Thriller" popped into my head as a background track. Maybe something funky would fit. Just a thought.... So far so good. It's difficult, but fun... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsuinnc Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Suggestion for fourth mini game. Since NASA has now found Rodents on Mars (http://beforeitsnews.com/beyond-science/2012/12/mars-rodent-photo-by-curiosity-rover-nasa-photo-no-photoshop-find-it-yourself-at-nasa-2440116.html), perhaps a version of the classic Rodent's Revenge with a mars theme like a lander probe instead of a cat. of course, a nice simple Asteroids game would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsuinnc Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 BTW, love the demo. got 161. very nice motion and play-ability. Only comment is I think the explosion should happen a tad quicker after crashing rather than cycling through blue and white quite so much. just a thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeM_Intellivision Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Groovybee, Please put me down for 2-copies of Mars Mini Games and KillBotz! when you get to that game as well. Hopefully that completes my Pre-order, if not please contact me at jmondo1@verizon.net. Thanks. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeM_Intellivision Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Groovybee, Also wanted to get an idea on ship date for Rocketeer game - please contact me at jmondo1@verizon.net when you get a chance as I want to update my mailing address with you and get your email address if possible. Thanks again. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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