Ikrananka Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Yes I understand ! thanks for the explanation. I just discovered that hack-o-matic actually has a text editor.. I will mess around to see what I can come by Which program are you using ? I use a hex file editor called Hex Editor Neo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 (edited) ok first the good news, I had great results with text editing (thanks to Ikrananka), I have drawn more alien species, and re-tweaked Robbie (yes the name stuck) the bad news.. it seems the aliens are not 16x16 in all their frames.......... major redesign is in order oh well, check the latest alien critters (I'm not sure about the yellow thing..) and the redesigned Robbie !! Edited April 20, 2019 by TIX 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Her we go, adding a pincer never hurts and with the new improved "bee" I think we are done ! unless I'm wrong we need 11 monsters plus the tracking alien.. ok now lets try to squeeze them in !! still haven't decided what to do with the bonus items... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 still haven't decided what to do with the bonus items... The treasures? How about numbered keycards? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 The treasures? How about numbered keycards? hmm yes good idea, with the specific card he can lock the room and contain the infestation ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Here is version 2: redesigned Robbie + laser beam xenomorphs are in (no other monsters yet) some text changed lives remaining icon changed enjoy Space_Venture_v2.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) hmmmmm.. when the Xenomorph attacks from the left (backwards) he looks awkward edit: I hate to see him go.. but how about replace him with a front looking type ? remember that (only) the homing alien for some unknown reason has two frames of animation.. Edited April 21, 2019 by TIX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Lovely sprites, I eager to see the final result 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 hmmmmm.. when the Xenomorph attacks from the left (backwards) he looks awkward edit: I hate to see him go.. but how about replace him with a front looking type ? Aawww, he's so cute! He's like Kermit the Frog turned into Hulk and asking for a hug! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Lovely sprites, I eager to see the final result thanks man ! wont be long now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Aawww, he's so cute! He's like Kermit the Frog turned into Hulk and asking for a hug! nooooo we don't want cute... we want scaary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 I've got to have a Xenomorph homing in on you.. after dozens of (laughably) bad tries, I settle on the following bad guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) ok last one I promise.. now he is a she, I present the Queen alien it makes sense !! Edited April 22, 2019 by TIX 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Do you have plans also for musics and SFX ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 unfortunately no don't have the skills.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Which hex editor do you use? Only a few supports 1bit graphics and even less support the ram arrangement used for 16x16 sprites in the TMS9918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 hack-o-matic, I thing the latest version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 If I understand, HOM needs you edit manually the files pixel by pixel... It is quite a work... It seems very good to explore graphically the roms, much less to edit them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 If I understand, HOM needs you edit manually the files pixel by pixel... It is quite a work... It seems very good to explore graphically the roms, much less to edit them Hey artrag, I PM'd you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Hey guys, I don't believe I spend so much time on this stupid thing... I was determined to have the access cards fit together like jigsaw pieces, and finally I'm happy with the result With the valuable help of artrag, we even managed to find and squish a bug in the original code !! So I present you the new improved control board of the star ship Venture. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Nice work. What was the bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Nice work. What was the bug? The question mark consists by 4 tiles, but only 3 were defined in ROM. The 4th was a blank tile (see the pic) artrag found some empty space in the rom, and doing some code magic, replaced the missing tile ! So now we can have a nice complete skull 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) Edited May 2, 2019 by TIX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Very nice work - you have been busy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Whoa, check out that custom font! Like the cover of OMNI magazine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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