+sramirez2008 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Just now, Albert said: Stop! 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 10 hours ago, MarcoJ said: Minigun Miner Nice! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 6 hours ago, Nathan Strum said: Thanks for posting the interview with Dion. Anymore left? This year's PRGE is coming up fast! Gah, the pressure! Hahah I believe there are three more interviews to be released and I would love to get them all done before PRGE. Sadly my DAS, containing all the footage, is not working at the moment until I fix the fan in it. Which reminds me to make a post to see if anyone has insight into fan pin configuration. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Since I haven't found a topic about Minigun Miner (is there?), I decided to post my comments here. First, I really like the game concept. It is unique, challenging and, last not least, has well done gravity! Most suggestions (e.g. being able to look down a little bit further) were already made during the stream, but I have two more: Currently the gameplay is IMO too methodical, because the player has unlimited time to make progress. This results into very slow gameplay overall. So IMO there should be an element which forces the player to hurry. At least a bit. Which could be a bullet limit (with refills to be collected further down) or e.g. something deadly which slowly grows from above. Time based increasing difficulty would work too. Or you could base the difficulty on the number of blocks shot, which encourages the player to create only a minimal path down. Etc. My last suggestion would also address the problem, that the difficulty seems to ramp up very slowly or not at all. But of course there are many alternatives. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) @ZeroPage Homebrew Since I could not follow the show live (seems to happen regularly for my games), here are my delayed reactions: Pas de Deux is a ballet term. All other names I could think of were too generic. You gain a bit of health back by obstacles passed, up to 33% for a completed stage And you lose 33% when you crash (in that order). When you run out of energy, game over. You restart the same game with FIRE. You can pass multiple long bars by just holding the joystick left or right. This is not possible for other combinations Since the rotation is synced with the obstacle movement, using a paddle would make the game much harder. The game requires a LOT of concentration. Probably too much to be able to do a show in parallel. As it seems a bit too fast in the beginning, I will make it start a bit slower (@Karl G but not by 75% ) (BTW: the mobile is harder!) You had your left difficulty at A, which disables the (flickering) circle around the orbs. The attract mode kicks in after 2 minutes. It just plays 1-1 over and over. And sometimes it fails. There are indeed 120 rotation steps, stored in a table. And I am mirroring the values, so I only have 31 bytes for X and Y (both, because the circle is only round on screen). Since you did not get to level 5, you did not see the disappearing obstacles (with collision detection!). The group stages (except for group one, where obstacle forms are introduced) are usually: slow down significantly, shorten the number of obstacles per stage and introduce a new obstacle movement on its own to 6. combine the new movement with all previous movements at increasing speed and longer stages The ? indicates indeed a random level. After game over, you can replay the same level with FIRE or create a new random seed with RESET. @vitoco The sliding objects are sprites, the two orbs are displayed using the missiles. This allows sprites in the top half of the orb circle, so the obstacles can move until slightly above the middle of the circle. Edited October 4, 2023 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Currently the gameplay is IMO too methodical, because the player has unlimited time to make progress. This results into very slow gameplay overall. So IMO there should be an element which forces the player to hurry. At least a bit. Which could be a bullet limit (with refills to be collected further down) or e.g. something deadly which slowly grows from above. Time based increasing difficulty would work too. Or you could base the difficulty on the number of blocks shot, which encourages the player to create only a minimal path down. Etc. I totally agree... I was thinking about a tenliner with this concept, but with some variations and simplifications to make it more fun. 3 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: The sliding objects are sprites, the two orbs are displayed using the missiles. This allows sprites in the top half of the orb circle, so the obstacles can move until slightly above the middle of the circle. But are they converted to playfield at that point? Thanks for the explanation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, vitoco said: But are they converted to playfield at that point? Exactly. I could convert them back to sprites below the point where the two orbs can overlap vertically. For now I skipped this detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 On 10/4/2023 at 2:32 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew Since I could not follow the show live (seems to happen regularly for my games), here are my delayed reactions: Thank you so much for all the additional info about the game Thomas! On 10/4/2023 at 2:32 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: The game requires a LOT of concentration. Probably too much to be able to do a show in parallel. 100%, it's helpful to have a co-host! This game requires a ton of concentration as you have to manage where you are and what's coming up as well. It gets crazy on the higher levels. Looking forward to playing this game on a future After Dark at some point as I'm certain I can make it to the end given enough time and practice. On 10/4/2023 at 2:32 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: You had your left difficulty at A, which disables the (flickering) circle around the orbs. GAH! I hate when I forget to reset the difficulty switches from a previous game. 😞 On 10/4/2023 at 2:32 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: The ? indicates indeed a random level. After game over, you can replay the same level with FIRE or create a new random seed with RESET. Thank you for the clarification! I thought there was some randomness to it, but this is even better!! - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 On 10/4/2023 at 12:47 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: Since I haven't found a topic about Minigun Miner (is there?), I decided to post my comments here. @drludos hasn't made a topic on the AA Forum for the game yet, but he said once he progresses with the development some more he'll post it here. I tagged him so he should see your comments about the game now. On 10/4/2023 at 12:47 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: Currently the gameplay is IMO too methodical, because the player has unlimited time to make progress. This results into very slow gameplay overall. So IMO there should be an element which forces the player to hurry. At least a bit. Which could be a bullet limit (with refills to be collected further down) or e.g. something deadly which slowly grows from above. Time based increasing difficulty would work too. Or you could base the difficulty on the number of blocks shot, which encourages the player to create only a minimal path down. Etc. My last suggestion would also address the problem, that the difficulty seems to ramp up very slowly or not at all. But of course there are many alternatives. It would be nice to have a ticking clock of some sort, either limited bullets (with more to pick up) or timed levels but I find it an a really challenging game at the moment so I'm not sure how that would best be implemented. I can't say whether the difficulty ramps up or not as I'm not yet able to make it far enough to tell, I'm assuming it doesn't get harder at this point in the development. - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: 100%, it's helpful to have a co-host! This game requires a ton of concentration as you have to manage where you are and what's coming up as well. It gets crazy on the higher levels. Looking forward to playing this game on a future After Dark at some point as I'm certain I can make it to the end given enough time and practice. After @Karl G's feedback and after I saw you and especially Tanya playing, I have reduced the initial difficulty quite a bit (20% slower speed, 25% shorter stages). Also the stage length doesn't increase that much anymore. I also plan to add gaps in the first stage(s). I hope this is enough to really make these stages tutorials. Edited October 6, 2023 by Thomas Jentzsch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drludos Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 On 10/4/2023 at 9:47 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: Since I haven't found a topic about Minigun Miner (is there?), I decided to post my comments here. First, I really like the game concept. It is unique, challenging and, last not least, has well done gravity! Most suggestions (e.g. being able to look down a little bit further) were already made during the stream, but I have two more: Currently the gameplay is IMO too methodical, because the player has unlimited time to make progress. This results into very slow gameplay overall. So IMO there should be an element which forces the player to hurry. At least a bit. Which could be a bullet limit (with refills to be collected further down) or e.g. something deadly which slowly grows from above. Time based increasing difficulty would work too. Or you could base the difficulty on the number of blocks shot, which encourages the player to create only a minimal path down. Etc. My last suggestion would also address the problem, that the difficulty seems to ramp up very slowly or not at all. But of course there are many alternatives. 3 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: @drludos hasn't made a topic on the AA Forum for the game yet, but he said once he progresses with the development some more he'll post it here. I tagged him so he should see your comments about the game now. It would be nice to have a ticking clock of some sort, either limited bullets (with more to pick up) or timed levels but I find it an a really challenging game at the moment so I'm not sure how that would best be implemented. I can't say whether the difficulty ramps up or not as I'm not yet able to make it far enough to tell, I'm assuming it doesn't get harder at this point in the development. - James Thanks a lot to both of you for your feedback and suggestions, it's very much appreciated! As I said, this is a very "work-in-progress" game, I still have some ideas to add things to the game. I'll try to make a dedicated post on AA forum for the game when I'll resume working on it (probably after the PRGE), but seeing playing and giving new ideas is a great motivation :). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 @ZeroPage Homebrew Be prepared! https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/05/hospital_cat_incident/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew Be prepared! https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/05/hospital_cat_incident/ I tend to blame the cats for when anything electronic goes wrong but now I have anecdotal proof that there's a cat-spiracy afoot! - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revontuli Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Just noticed @ZeroPage Homebrew is scheduled to play Dragon's Havoc for the "After Dark" segment tonight, I'm curious if that's still going on... I'll probably reveal a few secrets/cheats for the game after the high score contest wraps up... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 On 10/6/2023 at 8:27 PM, Revontuli said: Just noticed @ZeroPage Homebrew is scheduled to play Dragon's Havoc for the "After Dark" segment tonight, I'm curious if that's still going on... I'll probably reveal a few secrets/cheats for the game after the high score contest wraps up... Heya @Revontuli! We ran out of time to do the After Dark that evening unfortunately. We're still going to try for a day coming up but the hours are getting tight with the Canadian long weekend and prep for PRGE. Hopefully we'll be able to play very soon! - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE OF DOOM: SLAYER EDITION Streaming Oct 20, 2023 on the Atari Jaguar and ZPH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 INTERVIEW WITH TODD FURMANSKI (Revontuli) AT PRGE 2022 Todd Furmanski @Revontuli 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CHAMPEAU of Champ Games AT PRGE 2022 John Champeau @johnnywc of Champ Games 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 18 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: INTERVIEW WITH TODD FURMANSKI (Revontuli) AT PRGE 2022 Todd Furmanski @Revontuli Who would have guessed how prophetic part of this interview would turn out to be? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Will the live streamings at PRGE be through Twitch, YouTube or other? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 8 hours ago, vitoco said: Will the live streamings at PRGE be through Twitch, YouTube or other? And when exactly will it be! 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 26 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: And when exactly will it be! 🤷♂️ Spontaneous! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Spontaneous! spontaneity needs to be carefully considered! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 11 hours ago, vitoco said: Will the live streamings at PRGE be through Twitch, YouTube or other? 2 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Spontaneous! The point about the services is to be aware on them (and their notifications). Less to see is better to catch one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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