tuatara21 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I am working on a late entry, inspired by my daughter's request to create a video game for her. The working title is "Mermaid". The objective is to collect treasure and locate the queen's crown along with the key to the underwater castle while avoiding various sea creatures including the shark, octopus, squid and a variety of fish. The mermaid can protect herself with a "mermaid bubble" (force field) and also has a "speed boost" option to briefly increase her swimming speed. Once you collect the key and the crown, locate and enter the castle. You need to deliver the crown to the queen before time expires. Here are several screenshots. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hey sweet!!! Looks like a lot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerson Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 It's like the adopted child of Shark! Shark! and Adventure. This should be pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Looks interesting. If you are using foreground/background mode you can add BG_BLUE to the color part of the print command to change the background colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuatara21 Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) @GroovyBee, thanks that worked like a charm! It did not occur to me to use the FG_WHITE+BG_BLUE combination with the print command. Edited December 28, 2015 by tuatara21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Cool. Any gameplay vids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Looks nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuatara21 Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 no videos yet, I got a late start (December 1) - trying to iron out a few issues with the creature movement and complete as many sections as I can before the deadline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuzZLeR Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 no videos yet, I got a late start (December 1) - trying to iron out a few issues with the creature movement and complete as many sections as I can before the deadline. Yup. Same here on the late start, like Nov 25+ or something. Will post my game soon, but still trying to iron out details, and still being annoying in haggling on the deadline... Hey, after all, IntyBASIC is not exactly an established art (yet) - it's still new for all of us! The game looks cool by the way! And if it's anything like Shark! Shark!, all the better. You will do what you'll do, but hopefully it doesn't suffer from, what I call, the "Astrosmash Mega Lives" phenomenon (like Shark! Shark! did too). A game that lets you accumulate, for example, 518 lives loses much of its appeal after a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yup. Same here on the late start, like Nov 25+ or something. Will post my game soon, but still trying to iron out details, and still being annoying in haggling on the deadline... Hey, after all, IntyBASIC is not exactly an established art (yet) - it's still new for all of us! "...still new to all of us" is overly generalizing since there are numerous people that have been using it since version 0.3 from February 2014 and several released games have been made with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I am working on a late entry, inspired by my daughter's request to create a video game for her. The working title is "Mermaid". The objective is to collect treasure and locate the queen's crown along with the key to the underwater castle while avoiding various sea creatures including the shark, octopus, squid and a variety of fish. The mermaid can protect herself with a "mermaid bubble" (force field) and also has a "speed boost" option to briefly increase her swimming speed. Once you collect the key and the crown, locate and enter the castle. You need to deliver the crown to the queen before time expires. Here are several screenshots. Some of the best games come from having an inspiration (such as your daughter's request.) If she enjoys the game, you have won, no matter what happens with the contest. I like the idea of skill levels, it can be easy for her or hellish hard for older kids without the older kids having to slog thru a bunch of easy levels just to get to the challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuzZLeR Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hi Tarzilla, and greetings to a fellow Canuck. "...still new to all of us" is overly generalizing since there are numerous people that have been using it since version 0.3 from February 2014 and several released games have been made with it. True. Should have said "many of us", but was thinking that software less than two years old that created a revolution in development for a community that has been at least a decade+ old (from likely way back in with IRC roots), for a platform that is 35+ years old, can be new to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuatara21 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Here is version 0.8. Still needs a bit of polish, and a few items to be implemented. mermaid008.bas Mermaid_Game_Instruction_Booklet.pdf 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Cool cover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuzZLeR Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Good going on the box. Love it when even the home brews come out with one. Even in digital form, box art rules! Oh, and the game looks neat too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuatara21 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) Here is a gameplay video for Mermaid, version 0.8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEk6Ax621Co Edited January 1, 2016 by tuatara21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Veeery interesting!!!! Guess I need to read the manual to figure out the goals of the game. I like your layered MOB and the animation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuatara21 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Here is the version that I submitted for the contest - v0.8 (WIP) mermaid008.rom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Here is the version that I submitted for the contest - v0.8 (WIP) Any more work done to mermaid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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