Looking for a few people to make a game with!

[AskewTV]

Hello, I am looking for a few members to help make a game with. I can do some level and sprite designing, I am not that good at coding in Batari Basic. I have tried doing some and made a small game, not much though. I am open to really anything! If you would like to work together, comment below or PM me!

[SIO2]

Maybe you could post your game code and see if it inspires anyone.

[AskewTV]

Can someone help me make the enemy chase the player?

 

set kernel_options pfcolors

b{7}=1

playfield:

XX....X.X...X.X..X..XX..........

X.X...X.X...X.X.X..X..X.........

X..X..X.X...X.XX...XXXX.........

X...X.X.X...X.X.X..X..X.........

X....XX..XXX..X..X.X..X.........

...........................XX...

XX..XXX.XXX..XX..X..X.....XXXX..

X.X.X.X.X...X..X.X.X.....XXXXXX.

XX..XXX.XXX.XXXX.XX......XXXXXX.

X.X.XX..X...X..X.X.X.....XXXXXX.

XX..X.X.XXX.X..X.X..X....XXXXXX.

end

pfcolors:

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

end

rem Loop the screen until the spacebar is pressed

title

COLUBK = $b6

COLUPF = 212

drawscreen

if joy0fire || joy1fire then goto beginning

goto title

beginning

playfield:

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXX..

..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..X.X.X.X.X.X.X..

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

end

pfcolors:

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$42

$1A

$1A

end

COLUBK = 0

COLUPF= $1A : COLUP0=$1A : scorecolor = $1A

player0x=77 : player0y=48 : h=$1A

player1x = 77 : player1y = 48

if b{7} then AUDV0=8 : AUDV1=8 : AUDC0=4 : AUDC1=4

b{6}=0

drawscreen

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

player1:

%10010010

%01111100

%00111000

%11111110

%00111000

%01111100

%10111010

%00010000

end

noise

if b{7} then a=a+1

if !b{7} then c=0 : goto main

if a>16 then a=0 : c=c+1

if c=1 then AUDF0=4 : AUDF1=18

if c=2 then AUDF0=12 : AUDF1=14

if c=3 then AUDF0=4 : AUDF1=18

if c=4 then AUDF0=8 : AUDF1=14

if c=5 then k=0 : c=0 : goto anim

goto beginning

anim

if c<3 then goto anim_lr

if c=3 then goto anim_up

if c=4 then goto anim_dn

anim_lr

if a<5 then goto frame_1

if a>4 && a<10 then goto frame_2

if a>9 && a<15 then goto frame_3

if a>14 then goto frame_2

anim_up

if a<5 then goto frame_1_up

if a>4 && a<10 then goto frame_2_up

if a>9 && a<15 then goto frame_3_up

if a>14 then goto frame_2_up

anim_dn

if a<5 then goto frame_1_down

if a>4 && a<10 then goto frame_2_down

if a>9 && a<15 then goto frame_3_down

if a>14 then goto frame_2_down

anim_death

if p<4 then goto death_frame_1

if p>3 && p<8 then goto death_frame_2

if p>7 && p<12 then goto death_frame_3

if p>11 && p<16 then goto death_frame_4

if p>15 && p<20 then goto death_frame_5

if p>19 && p<24 then goto death_frame_6

if p>23 then goto death_frame_7

death_frame_1

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_2

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_3

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_4

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_5

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_6

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

death_frame_7

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_1_down

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_2_down

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_3_down

player0:

%00110110

%00011100

%01011101

%00111110

%00011100

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

player0:

%00100010

%00011100

%01011100

%00111110

%00011101

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

frame_1_up

goto main

frame_2_up

player0:

%00100010

%00011100

%01011100

%00111110

%00011101

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_3_up

player0:

%00100010

%00011100

%01011100

%00111110

%00011101

%00111110

%00101010

%00111110

end

goto main

frame_1

player0:

%00000000

%00100100

%00011000

%00011000

%00011000

%00111100

%00111100

%00111100

end

goto main

frame_2

player0:

%00000000

%00100100

%00011000

%00011000

%00011000

%00111100

%00111100

%00111100

end

goto main

frame_3

player0:

%00000000

%00100100

%00011000

%00011000

%00011000

%00111100

%00111100

%00111100

end

main

b{7}=0

AUDV0=k : AUDV1=0

if collision(player0,playfield) && g<70 then k=9 : b{5}=1 : score=score+1 : g=g+1 : pfpixel e f off

if !collision(player0,playfield) && b{5} then b{5}=1

if b{5} then k=k-1 : AUDC0=9 : AUDF0=9

if b{5} && k<1 then k=0 : b{5}=0

if collision(player0,playfield) && g=70 then g=0 : b{5}=0 : k=0 : b{4}=1 : c=0 : a=0 : b{3}=0 : AUDV0=0

if b{4} then j=j+1

if b{6} then AUDV0=k : AUDF0=m : AUDC0=4 : n=n+1

if n=4 then k=k-1 : n=0 : o=o+1 : p=p+1

if n=3 then m=m-1

if o>5 then k=0

if o>6 then o=0 : k=15

if b{6} && m=2 then o=0 : p=0 : k=0

if b{6} && m=2 then b{6}=0 : n=0 : c=0 : q{0}=1

b{0}=0 : b{1}=0

if player0x=17 then b{1}=1

if player0x=77 then b{1}=1

if player0x=137 then b{1}=1

if player0y=16 then b{0}=1

if player0y=32 then b{0}=1

if player0y=48 then b{0}=1

if player0y=64 then b{0}=1

if player0y=80 then b{0}=1

COLUP0=26 : scorecolor=$1A

drawscreen

if q{0} then goto pause

if b{6} then goto anim_death

if !b{4} then a=a+1

if a>20 then a=0

if b{4} && j=20 then j=0 : i=i+1

if b{4} && i=5 then i=0 : b{4}=0 : AUDV0=0 : goto beginning

if b{4} && j>10 then pfcolors:

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

end

if b{4} && j<9 then pfcolors:

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

end

if b{4} then goto main

if joy0fire && !b{6} && !b{5} then k=15 : m=31 : b{6}=1 : c=0

if joy0left && b{0} then c=1

if joy0right && b{0} then c=2

if joy0up && b{1} then c=3

if joy0down && b{1} then c=4

if b{2} then b{2}=0 else b{2}=1

if b{2} && c=1 && player0x>17 then player0x=player0x-1 : b{3}=1

if b{2} && c=2 && player0x<137 then player0x=player0x+1 : b{3}=0

if b{2} && c=3 && player0y>16 then player0y=player0y-1

if b{2} && c=4 && player0y<80 then player0y=player0y+1

if b{3} then REFP0=8 else REFP0=0

if b{3} then e=(player0x-17)/4

if !b{3} then e=(player0x-10)/4

f=(player0y-1)/8

goto anim

pause

r=r+1 : player0x=77 : player0y=48

if r>60 then r=0 : b{7}=1 : q{0}=0 : AUDF0=4 : AUDF1=18 : a=0 : c=1 : goto beginning

goto anim

[SIO2]

Let's start here with a better way to post code in these forums: as a source that will compile coupled with a compiled .bin

 

People will probably look at the .bin first to decide if they are interested in the project and then start digging into the code if they like what they see.

 

The request was to have the enemy chase the player. I would probably have the enemy do its own thing and have the player try to avoid the enemy (or enemies if more are added).

 

Nuka.bas

Nuka.bin

[DanOliver]

Another alternative is to pitch your game idea. I'd always be interested writing code for in an original and great idea. Especially if the game would work on other platforms too. But, beware, pitching game ideas is really difficult. Hard to convey an idea. Storyboards and/or art helps a lot. And a lot of great and original ideas sound terrible when pitched unfortunately. More original the more they sound like they suck.

 

Actual game play is normally developed as the game is written, lots of tweaks. So what I look for in a teammate is great artistic skill, great design taste, and crazy out of the box thinking. Someone who has a dozen ideas how a single game could be done. Then I just try to write the code to whatever pops into their head each day.

[SIO2]

@DanOliver: Nice thoughts Dan. A description of what the person hoped or imagined the game could be would be helpful. When I looked at this, my thoughts are, there is a bug looking sprite and a human looking sprite. Which is the good guy? Is the human really a human or some other biped that is taking bug eggs?

 

Also, with this many escape routes and only one enemy it will be difficult to for the enemy to put pressure on the player unless the enemy is so fast that it is unavoidable and that would not be fun. Plus, both sprites start at the same location which means collision detection needs to be disabled until they are clear of each other. Would be better to have different start locations.

[DanOliver]

I think the concept of "which is the good guy" is a very sweet concept, a modern concept. That can transcend the 2600. I wouldn't get too caught up in the implementation too much, or even 2600 limitations. More like designing Pac Man, better to design a great game and scale it to the 2600. Just stay in the ballpark, low res, not too many sprites. There sure have been some low res few sprite indie games in the past 10 years.

 

The other way is to design specifically to the 2600, which is how virtually all were done back in the day. That really has to be done by a programmer who can find a few tech tricks. This can result in very good games, but not classic games. For example few original 2600 games were ported to more powerful systems, or were big hits off the 2600. I can't think of any, hopefully some others can.

[enthusi]

H.E.R.O. :-)

[Papa]

I can program.

[SIO2]

Thank you for your patience.  This took me a bit longer than I expected.

 

Actually, I quite like what the OP had done here and I want to use it as a jumping off point for a game of my own which I will call Guard.

 

What I have done so far is to take the code posted by the OP and strip the animations to simplify what I am looking at. Then I tried to pin down what all the variables do and list those out. The list is not complete though as I had enough of an understanding to achieve the goal here which was to make the computer player chase the human player.

 

Now, there is a lot of work yet to be done to make a game out of this. For one, the computer player is much faster than the human so there needs to be some balance in the speeds of the players. Also, the rules so far are just grab cans/dots for points. Plus, it certainly can be made more efficient.

 

Anyhow, I will post this here and jump in my time machine to see what comes of it in another 5 years.

 

 

Nukaguard.bas Nukaguard.bin

[SIO2]

Spent a little more time on this today. Added a second "enemy" that runs a pattern loop. 

 

If you make any new patterns that are challenging / fun, please share.

 

 

 

 

Nukaguard2.bas Nukaguard2.bin

[alfredtdk]

 

I played and I'm loving it. Can you believe I thought this was a classic cop and thief game?
It immediately reminded me of Keystone Kapers in the world of Pacman. The red bars I imagined were bags of money or gold bars.
I look forward to the game being completed. I even have some ideas of what can be added.

[alfredtdk]

My score.?

 

[SIO2]

On 11/19/2021 at 9:50 PM, alfredtdk said:

 

I played and I'm loving it. Can you believe I thought this was a classic cop and thief game?
It immediately reminded me of Keystone Kapers in the world of Pacman. The red bars I imagined were bags of money or gold bars.
I look forward to the game being completed. I even have some ideas of what can be added.

 

Perhaps the red bars could be activated red gift cards dropped in the isle of a busy game store by someone like Mr. Beast and his crew? You get to race around and pick up as many as you want until the guards touch you. Then you have to stop.

 

That is the great thing about Atari with such low resolution we get to imagine many things.

 

Please share with us your ideas.

 

 

[alfredtdk]

5 hours ago, SIO2 said:

 

Perhaps the red bars could be activated red gift cards dropped in the isle of a busy game store by someone like Mr. Beast and his crew? You get to race around and pick up as many as you want until the guards touch you. Then you have to stop.

 

That is the great thing about Atari with such low resolution we get to imagine many things.

 

Please share with us your ideas.

 

 

I loved the idea of gift cards. At first I thought that a box or another object could be added so that he could hide like in Spike Peak and we would only see his eyes inside the box waiting for the right moment to come out. A countdown timer could also help to increase our protagonist's score, collecting all the gift-cards in the shortest time possible the more points you would earn.

 

[SIO2]

On 11/28/2021 at 7:39 PM, alfredtdk said:

I loved the idea of gift cards. At first I thought that a box or another object could be added so that he could hide like in Spike Peak and we would only see his eyes inside the box waiting for the right moment to come out. A countdown timer could also help to increase our protagonist's score, collecting all the gift-cards in the shortest time possible the more points you would earn.

 

Good ideas.  A countdown timer is exactly what someone like Mr. Beast would do too. He doesn't want to risk giving away all of his money at once.  Usually there is some time limit.