+therealbountybob Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 ok here you go! Gravity Gravity-1v1.ATR Entry for the Abbuc software contest 2015 A new Turbo BASIC game for the Atari XL/XEby Jason Kendall © Kendallsoft 2015 Music player RMTMusic "brainless 3" by radix/solitude Files:gravity.tur program game filegrav.hi high score file will be automatically createdrmtmono.ply RMT playerbrainl.ssf exported RMT music file If you want to save the high scores the disk must be write enabled Instructions: Press Fire! That's it! More? Ok... Drop your moving blocks onto the highest row of the blocks at the bottom of the screen. Any blocks that miss fall off, and are lost... forever... too dramatic? Yes, as you may get extra blocks for completing a level! If you make it to the top you will reach the next level. If you don't lose any blocks you get a bonus. Every 3rd level there is a bonus game and a chance for some extra points. You are not out if you don't get a bonus. The more blocks you have left the more chances you have on some of the bonus levels. What a load of blocks! Have funJason v1.1 Released 25th October 2015: fixed first bonus screen bug with block disappearing and reinstated the colour variations. As it's a basic game, rememeber to hold fire for a second to make sure it registers, a quick press may not be detected. Works on NTSC too but I've not slowed it down, so please let me know if it is too hard Post your scores for Gravity or any of the games, in the High Score Club's play-every-game-from-2015/ thread 11 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I enjoyed this, I got 414 on my first game but I know that I could have done much better with a bit more concentration. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3352390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matosimi Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) heh, i found this game quite familiar ... it's basically same as my Skyscraper project i started 2 years ago .. now I'm in doubt if I should move it forward :-/ Anyway, music is great, i would prefer to listen to it during gameplay. upd.: Now I know why I like this music... try comparing it to my Roxblox Edited October 25, 2015 by matosimi 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3352483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 steve... go ahead you already was in second bonus levl? this one is really cool and you can get a lot of extra points there. love this game! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3352531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Another fun one... gotta love one-button simplicity! And I could almost play this with my glasses off, the score is HUGE. (I love the TEXT command in TB...) 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3352888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 It's a nice, old school (turbo)basic game. It works pretty well, and I must say it is a game to play more than once. TRBB did a nice job on this game. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3352905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorianD Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 the local ABBUC group of Frankfurt/Germany played all the contest games 2 weeks ago. We set up 2 systems and played all evening long, discussing and analysing games. this one got good scores, because of its simplicity and its addictiveness. the bonus levels are a good idea! :-) well done! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3352922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) When I saw the screenshot of this game in the review from atarionline.pl, I thought that it was just a crop from the real screen, just to keep the description of the game in secret to the public and available only to ABBUC members. But no... it used very huge digits for the score!!! I tried it, and it was hard... I could get to the 1st bonus level at the 3rd try. I'll try it again later in a real Atari and a joystick. Edited October 26, 2015 by vitoco 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3353020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Thanks for the comments guys, glad you are liking the game Seems easier on with Joystick on the Atari than having to press a key on emulation? Perhaps it's just the brain/muscles reacting - again trained after years of shooting things - mostly Aliens There are a several different bonus screens to keep it interesting, with a bit of practice you should get to level 10 but I'd be suprised if anyone gets much further than that In the middle of my marathon Ramp Rage assembler programming I took a small break created Gwobby Micro for the 2014 "10 liners contest". I figured I never really did much in Turbo BASIC; Gwobby Strikes Back! was my only TB game, it only used the speed and a few TB commands to save a few bytes to fit more in. So, I thought it would be fun to to something with this idea of the falling blocks. It's suprising how flexible the text command and others are to have something nice looking without a lot of programming. The code is reset and break protected but anyone can load "autorun.bas" from Turbo BASIC and look at the code. The RMT routine (from this forum) and my High Score Table code might be useful to others. If anyone wants to add a title screen/picture send me something suitable - or add it yourself, the code is there waiting 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3353381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+skr Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) I guess, Vitoco is playing on NTSC, which would make the game somewhat harder? And yes: Playing on real hardware with a real joystick is much more fun! I love those games, which show that emulation is nice, but never the real thing. Edited October 26, 2015 by skr 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3353455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 @trbb: excellent game to HS club 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3353576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 101 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3384810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slx Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 My 12-year old sun loves the game (I suppose these blocks are just like Minecraft and beats me any day with his >400 score. Gesendet von meinem iPhone mit Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3385692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Thanks for the posts. Anyone beaten level 10 yet?! What about you NTSC guys is the game too fast or ok? There are 3 different bonus screens and then there are some harder variants of the third one Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3385838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Great game :-) 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3611243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Great game :-) Thanks Did anyone manage to beat level 10 It's probably too hard and means players don't reach the nice bonus stage variants on levels 12 and 15 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/244907-gravity-5th-pace-abbuc-software-contest-2015/#findComment-3611318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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