Sporadic Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Hey everyone, Today i'm releasing the final free edition of my new game AstroStorm. It's primarily a shoot 'em up where you must blast away rocks before your shield runs out. Every couple of levels you are faced with a boss to kill and a navigation sub-game. Something i've always wanted to do but never had the time was to make games for my Jaguar. But this never happened, primarily due to the steep learning curve just to get something playable. Fast forward to earlier this year, I stumbled across the brilliant Raptor Basic+ by Reboot and started creating straight away! What an excellent toolset they have created. It's like being a kid again, hacking away at basic and making cool things happen on the screen. If you are interested in the development progress, you can see it here. Gameplay Rock Levels Shoot all the rocks to move on to the next level before your shield runs out. As you advance each level, the rocks get faster and your shield drains quicker. The top left monitor on your HUD displays a suggested coloured rock to shoot next. Following the suggested colour sequence will provide bonus points at the end of the level. The 5 red lights on the left show your gun temperature. If it overheats, you cannot move for a short period. At the end of the level, you are presented with points earned that level including hit bonuses (don't spam that fire button). Every two levels you are faced with one of three bosses to kill. Each has its own way to damage or slow you down, draining precious shield. They protect or hide the rocks from you so must be killed in order to finish the level. Navigation After each boss level, you must navigate to the next wave of rocks. Whilst flying you must try and pass through the green navigation markers. Doing so, will replenish part of your shield and award points. Beware, there are also rocks out there you must dodge! If you shot all the rocks on the previous level in sequence then you will have more health markers to collect, otherwise there will be more rocks to dodge. Controls B = Fire D-PAD = Move Crosshair PAUSE = Pause / Unpause *+# = Chew on a grenade When paused you can pick 3 sound detail levels: 0 = Mute 1 = Most sounds 2 = All Sounds Highscores are saved on memory track if you have one (must burn game to CD first!) Please Note: Whilst the game is playable in Virtual Jaguar, it doesn't quite run at full speed. For your best enjoyment, please play on real hardware. Many thanks to Reboot for making this possible. Now on to the next game! Use the .abs file for a quick download and upload via Skunk or download the attached zip file and extract the .cdi image to burn straight to CD. PLEASE NOTE: This is the original free cut down version of the game. If you wish to support AA and myself, please consider purchasing a cart from the AA Store. The cart version is more polished; with a Campaign, powerups, different game modes, highscore boards (saved to cart), multiple music tracks and a reworked UI. https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1110 AstroStormV143.abs AstroStormV143_jiffi.zip Edited February 14, 2023 by Sporadic 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Well done, AFAIK this is the first raptor BASIC+ feature-complete game release! Thanks for sharing and good luck with your future projects :0) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Awesome work Sporadic! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Awesome work Sporadic! Thanks! You're welcome. Hope you enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felyx Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Thnak you for this release: the Christmass of my Jag 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Very polished! Just played it once. Hit "B" again, fired a few shots and this happened :- I could still move the cross-hairs and fire shots but they weren't registered as hits on the meteors. Both the star field and the meteors were still moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Very polished! Just played it once. Hit "B" again, fired a few shots and this happened :- AstroStorm_bug.png I could still move the cross-hairs and fire shots but they weren't registered as hits on the meteors. Both the star field and the meteors were still moving. hmm. Do you mean you pressed B to play again and it jumped straight back to level 2 and remembered your score? What the screenshot is showing, is the first boss and his force field over the rocks. You cannot shoot the rocks at this point, you have to kill the boss. This will then drop the his force field over the rocks and you can shoot them again. If you pressed B though and the game started fresh from Level 2 then that's a bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Level 6 boss is difficult.. ..with the controls like that! Love it Note to self: To clear the faster moving rocks on level 7+, move horizontally only and wait for them to come to you Edited December 24, 2015 by Saturn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 hmm. Do you mean you pressed B to play again and it jumped straight back to level 2 and remembered your score? I'm pretty sure that "B"" was the only thing I pressed when the shutter came down. What the screenshot is showing, is the first boss and his force field over the rocks. You cannot shoot the rocks at this point, you have to kill the boss. This will then drop the his force field over the rocks and you can shoot them again. Thanks for the explanation. It looked like it had crashed but I haven't played any WIPs for quite a while. Perhaps a different visual cue might emphasise the boss more? E.g. dim the cursors and cross hair when you are over a meteor and a "gun failed" noise if you hit fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Thanks for the explanation. It looked like it had crashed but I haven't played any WIPs for quite a while. Perhaps a different visual cue might emphasise the boss more? E.g. dim the cursors and cross hair when you are over a meteor and a "gun failed" noise if you hit fire. Yeah not bad thoughts, if I do a point release to fix anything then I might think about doing something like that. Don't want to make it too easy for people though (imagine you are back in the 90's) Play around and see what works 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Level 6 boss is difficult.. .. Yep, that's how I kill him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Don't want to make it too easy for people though (imagine you are back in the 90's) Play around and see what works How about a simple one off "Boss is here" sound effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 My best game of the day (so far) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 You kids should check out his newly-released "Not Out-Run" preview in the programming section... http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247091-wip-not-outrun/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantis Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 this seems very cooli''ll try to make my fiance's brother to hack this onto a cd (oh wait my children ruined all cd-r:s darnn)(maybe i'll try to put in an order)merry x-mas all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A bit late from me but Sporadic already knows what I think about the game! Good effort and congratulations for finally releasing it! Also a big thanks for making stuff with rb+, your input really helped adding some good improvements to the system. Now onwards for new and better stuff . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Watching RAPTOR being used out there by other people completing projects - fuzzy warm feeling. Roll on into 2016! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayik Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 What the screenshot is showing, is the first boss and his force field over the rocks. You cannot shoot the rocks at this point, you have to kill the boss. This will then drop the his force field over the rocks and you can shoot them again. I did not undertake that was the boss shield until reading this. Maybe this should be explained somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I did not undertake that was the boss shield until reading this. Maybe this should be explained somewhere. I agree - in a manual, in a box, with an official release... are you listening, Sporadic? :0) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 I agree - in a manual, in a box, with an official release... are you listening, Sporadic? :0) Never say never Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantis Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Never say never A CD release wouldn't hurt either. A question: is it possible to beat the game, or is it an endless game/points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 A question: is it possible to beat the game, or is it an endless game/points? It is currently endless although I doubt anyone would get to around level 30 as things get progressively harder. It is more to do with getting the best score you can 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Stupid question, any chance this will make it to a dedicated cart? I have the flash-cart, but would like to buy a dedicated cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Stupid question, any chance this will make it to a dedicated cart? I have the flash-cart, but would like to buy a dedicated cart. Thanks for the interest! It's not a stupid question I really don't know yet. I would love to release a cart but it's much more involved and expensive than a CD release. So if anything, it would more likely be on CD. All i can say is I haven't decided on anything yet! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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