MemberAtarian Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) I'm working since February on my new Atari 2600 development tool "PyTari" but I'm sure it will take years to complete, so I decided to do a little game in bB again and take a break. I created the title screen last night, the game will be called "Death Match" with to reapers fighting for the title of becoming the Grim Reaper, featuring black metal songs. (this one is by Dark Funeral). 2019.04.28.: Released the very first rom for trial. So, summarizing, what you can do now in the game:Up jumps, fire attacks and down makes the Reaper duck. While ducking, the Reaper heals himself. Forward + Fire makes the Reaper dash, if you release one of the buttons, he makes an instant attack. Backward + Fire is for shooting. If the other Reaper is jumping, your shot goes in 45 degrees. While jumping, Fire makes you swing you scythe in a circle. While jumping, presssing Down and Fire makes you stomp. If you jumped high enough, your stomp will make people fall from the buildings and shrink the buildings.There are 8 powerups in the game:1. Unholy AuraGives you an aura that drains the health of the other Reaper and kill people instantly on touch.2. ShadowCreates a clone of your Reaper, doubling your chance of damage.3. Sniper Your aim gets better, your shoots will follow the Y position of the other Reaper. 4. Mist Your Reaper will disappear and can only be seen while attacking. 5. The Scale of Justice It will make you health and kills equal, so the fight is rebooted! 6. The Dark One A vampire spirit appears, attacking the other Reaper and killing every person in his way. 7. The Mirror Left and right will be reversed for the other player. 8. Energy Blast Drains all health of the other Reaper, kills every people on-screen and shrinks the buildings.TODO: AI for CPU battle, optimizing (it's really hard now, 80% of code is assembly), adding ending screen 2019.05.06.: You can see how a typical VS against the computer seems like and, it's very hard, but he is beatable! In this video, you can still see that he goes apeshit if he has to flee against you aura, I added there a delay counter, and also, I corrected that the text sometimes glitches on Get Ready because the P1 sprite is mirrored. Also you can help me finding bugs. I'm gonna do the 100 matches trial from now, I there won't be any bugs, I assume it's ready to be called completed. 2019.06.10.: Final ROM released. I compressed the assembly as much I could, the only thing that really drains power of CPU is the aura and vampire spirit powerup, they have the same check for damage as the Reaper itself, so twice the "fun". I should write in the manual they are so powerful they eat the colors of this world.PAL footage on real hardware: DeathMatch_NTSC_0.27.bas.bin DeathMatch_NTSC_0.29.bas.bin DeathMatch_NTSC_0.30.bas.bin DeathMatch_NTSC_0.40.bas.bin DeathMatch_PAL60_0.40.bas.bin Edited June 10, 2019 by MemberAtarian 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgh Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 nice! Can't wait to see actual gameplay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Nicely done! So, who's the deadliest reaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Will Death from Sandman be an option? That would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Will Death from Sandman be an option? That would be cool. Unfortunately, to spare space in bB, both players share the flickered p0 sprite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 A little footage of my new game. The reaper can now attack, dash, duck and walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfuzz Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 The buildings background doesnt seem to match the theme. What about flames...like a Hell-ish background? Or even stalagmites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 The buildings background doesnt seem to match the theme. What about flames...like a Hell-ish background? Or even stalagmites? There will be people to kill. They are fighting eachother in a city. Like Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. You can stomp and the buildings shrink, the people watching you in the window will fall and die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 You can kill people, fight the other reaper, stomp the ground. You can swing your scythe, shoot a slow projectile, swing scythe in mid-air, and as mentioned, stomp. ToDo: -OPTIMIZING -Add powerups -Add AI for PvC mode 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Released the very first rom for trial. So, summarizing, what you can do now in the game:Up jumps, fire attacks and down makes the Reaper duck. While ducking, the Reaper heals himself. Forward + Fire makes the Reaper dash, if you release one of the buttons, he makes an instant attack. Backward + Fire is for shooting. If the other Reaper is jumping, your shot goes in 45 degrees. While jumping, Fire makes you swing you scythe in a circle. While jumping, presssing Down and Fire makes you stomp. If you jumped high enough, your stomp will make people fall from the buildings and shrink the buildings.There are 8 powerups in the game:1. Unholy AuraGives you an aura that drains the health of the other Reaper and kill people instantly on touch.2. ShadowCreates a clone of your Reaper, doubling your chance of damage.3. Sniper Your aim gets better, your shoots will follow the Y position of the other Reaper. 4. Mist Your Reaper will disappear and can only be seen while attacking. 5. The Scale of Justice It will make you health and kills equal, so the fight is rebooted! 6. The Dark One A vampire spirit appears, attacking the other Reaper and killing every person in his way. 7. The Mirror Left and right will be reversed for the other player. 8. Energy Blast Drains all health of the other Reaper, kills every people on-screen and shrinks the buildings.TODO: AI for CPU battle, optimizing (it's really hard now, 80% of code is assembly), adding ending screen DeathMatch_NTSC_0.27.bas.bin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) This guy became so strong and evil even I cannot beat him. He's not even using the PowerUps, but collecting them (yet). Edited May 2, 2019 by MemberAtarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) You can see how a typical VS against the computer seems like and, it's very hard, but he is beatable! In this video, you can still see that he goes apeshit if he has to flee against you aura, I added there a delay counter, and also, I corrected that the text sometimes glitches on Get Ready because the P1 sprite is mirrored. Also you can help me finding bugs. I'm gonna do the 100 matches trial from now, I there won't be any bugs, I assume it's ready to be called completed. DeathMatch_NTSC_0.29.bas.bin Edited May 6, 2019 by MemberAtarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) There was a really serious flow with the aura (you could damage the enemy reaper if he was on your left, regardless of the distance between), so I uploaded this. DeathMatch_NTSC_0.30.bas.bin Edited May 7, 2019 by MemberAtarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Cover is ready to go! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 Manual plants are ready as well, now one thing awaits for sure, a little more job with assembly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 That looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Final ROM released. I compressed the assembly as much I could, the only thing that really drains power of CPU is the aura and vampire spirit powerup, they have the same check for damage as the Reaper itself, so twice the "fun". I should write in the manual they are so powerful they eat the colors of this world.PAL footage on real hardware: DeathMatch_NTSC_0.40.bas.bin DeathMatch_PAL60_0.40.bas.bin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 INSANE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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