Space Raid for Intellivision (early alpha screenshots)

[Rev]

Yeah, let him finish it first!

 

Is the first Intellivision game 'made' in Mexico?

 

Viva La Revolucion! Para la Raza!

[+nanochess]

Is the first Intellivision game 'made' in Mexico?

 

Quite possibly, yes

[wolfy62]

I was thinking the same thing, I believe it would be.

[mojotv67]

 

Quite possibly, yes

*Programado en Mexico .

[Oscar G.]

"Lo hecho en México es bien hecho"

 

[Oscar G.]

 

Quite possibly, yes

 

Would this be the first classic console homebrew game programmed in Mexico?

[+nanochess]

 

Would this be the first classic console homebrew game programmed in Mexico?

 

Oh, well. Yes!

[+JasonlikesINTV]

 

Would this be the first classic console homebrew game programmed in Mexico?

I bet Canada is gonna be jealous

[GroovyBee]

After single stepping through the *.gif it looks like objects just "pop-up" on the right and disappear before they go off screen on the left which doesn't seem as smooth as it could be. It could be a trick of the *.gif conversion process (it does make things look jerky) but if they are MOBs you could position them slightly off screen in X without them wrapping around the screen to the other edge. For a good example of this technique have a look at my Halloween 2013 game. That way they'd slide onto the screen move diagonally and then slide off and it'd look silky smooth. However, if they aren't MOBs and are BACKTAB cards maybe having multiple shifted copies in GRAM could be an option or if there is no space in GRAM you could reprogram them on the fly.

[+nanochess]

After single stepping through the *.gif it looks like objects just "pop-up" on the right and disappear before they go off screen on the left which doesn't seem as smooth as it could be. It could be a trick of the *.gif conversion process (it does make things look jerky) but if they are MOBs you could position them slightly off screen in X without them wrapping around the screen to the other edge. For a good example of this technique have a look at my Halloween 2013 game. That way they'd slide onto the screen move diagonally and then slide off and it'd look silky smooth. However, if they aren't MOBs and are BACKTAB cards maybe having multiple shifted copies in GRAM could be an option or if there is no space in GRAM you could reprogram them on the fly.

 

I'm using MOB for displacing smoothly elements.

 

I could make them to disappear smoothly into the left, but also I want to put the level indicator, and the two things are mutually exclusive...

[GroovyBee]

I could make them to disappear smoothly into the left, but also I want to put the level indicator, and the two things are mutually exclusive...

How about reprogramming them on the fly with some of the left columns of pixels missing so you'd display a frame with column 0 all blank and then columns 0 an 1 all blank, then columns 0, 1, 2 and so on. That way the eye would be tricked into thinking that they had moved behind the level/height indicator. It just means that you need more ROM for the game to hold the extra images.

[+nanochess]

How about reprogramming them on the fly with some of the left columns of pixels missing so you'd display a frame with column 0 all blank and then columns 0 an 1 all blank, then columns 0, 1, 2 and so on. That way the eye would be tricked into thinking that they had moved behind the level/height indicator. It just means that you need more ROM for the game to hold the extra images.

 

I've thought about that but also I want to put a background displacing smoothly below the MOBs . I think it's going to look great

[GroovyBee]

I've thought about that but also I want to put a background displacing smoothly below the MOBs . I think it's going to look great

Interesting! If you didn't want the fuel and score on the screen all the time you could use the horizontal and vertical delay registers to scroll the screen left and down. That might save you quite a bit of GRAM and BACKTAB reprogramming on the fly. It will change the visual style of the game but its always a compromise in how you want it to look and how it eventually looks .

[+nanochess]

The space section was already working but finally I've managed to put the scrolling space

 

[+cmart604]

Looking light years better than Zaxxon ever did for the Inty. Excellent to see you progressing so fast. Did I mention the Intellivision has a larger installed homebrew base than the CV?

[LidLikesIntellivision]

Great news!

Im happy to see you're programming for intellivision too.

[wolfy62]

That looks great Nanochess, excellent work!

[Carl Mueller Jr]

This is looking fantastic. I'm looking forward to see more of it in action.

 

Unlike others, though, I didn't hate Coleco's Zaxxon port. It may be done from a different perspective, but at least it's a playable game. Not that this one doesn't look loads better, however.

 

Carl

[GroovyBee]

Fat pixel version of the latest *.gif :-

 

<---- Click to animate

[Oscar G.]

These last animations look fantastic. Thank you for sharing!

[wolfy62]

Honestly, that looks too good to be an Intellivision game. phenomenal!

[+nanochess]

Honestly, that looks too good to be an Intellivision game. phenomenal!

 

Thanks!

[bikeguychicago]

Nano,

 

With the understanding that this game is very early in its development, I was wondering if you had given any thought as to how the game will be released (ROM only, cart, cart/box/overlays)?

Edited December 29, 2013 by bikeguychicago

[Pixelboy]

[+nanochess]

Nano,

 

With the understanding that this game is very early in its development, I was wondering if you had given any thought as to how the game will be released (ROM only, cart, cart/box/overlays)?

 

Not sure yet about overlays, but I've thought at least in cart/box/manual for some future release.

Edited December 29, 2013 by nanochess