Idea for homebrew title that 7800-homebrew dev. may consider to produce: Pac Land 1984

[Jinks]

For me any game but this would be great. 

Paperboy, vanguard, defender, moon patrol, etc. 

 

[Giles N]

I guess this thread will involve alot of of trial and error and attempts.

All contributions are welcome.

[Giles N]

Another attempt or «take» at PacMan running: 
- 2 frames
- 3 colours
- max width 8 x 2:1 pixels  
- height: between 24 and 32 pixels

[Giles N]

A monster/spectre fleeing

 

- 2 frames

- 3 colours

- width 8 (2:1) pixels

- height 24-32 pixels

 

[Giles N]

Update:

 

 

[Giles N]

The reason I try with the limitation of 2-frames, is to make it compatible with the the Bentley Bear Engine.

[Giles N]

On 2/17/2020 at 3:13 AM, Jinks said:

For me any game but this would be great. 

Paperboy, vanguard, defender, moon patrol, etc. 

 

Whats so bad about it?

 

Personal taste?

 

Or is it known to be flawed?

[Jinks]

1 hour ago, Giles N said:

Whats so bad about it?

 

Personal taste?

 

Or is it known to be flawed?

Just personal taste. Even watching the 16bit systems play this it looks blah.. Does not look high on the fun factor to me.. 

I see yourself and others like it and are putting work into it so that is cool to see.  One thing tho is make sure you have a programmer who wants to make the game before putting too much effort in. Unless you want a Bentley graphics hack as the outcome. 

 

 

[Giles N]

41 minutes ago, Jinks said:

Just personal taste. Even watching the 16bit systems play this it looks blah.. Does not look high on the fun factor to me.. 

I see yourself and others like it and are putting work into it so that is cool to see.  One thing tho is make sure you have a programmer who wants to make the game before putting too much effort in. Unless you want a Bentley graphics hack as the outcome. 

 

 

Work is training...

 

... so, since I need to refresh some grfx ‘n art-skills (anyway) I won’t loose anything...

 

... I’ll just get more training...

Edited February 19, 2020 by Giles N

[Jinks]

That is a good way to look at it.

[dodge ramman]

since we have a version of double dragon I was thinking that maybe a Streets of rage type of game using the same engine!

[Giles N]

On 2/21/2020 at 5:45 AM, dodge ramman said:

since we have a version of double dragon I was thinking that maybe a Streets of rage type of game using the same engine!

I’m only trying to refresh grfx-n-art-skills: can’t program a single line...

[Giles N]

Since I anyway need to train myself in grfx with old-school limitations...

 

(2 frames, 3 color + transparent here given an blue backdrop)

 

... guess what??

 

Another PacLand-PacMan:

Edited February 23, 2020 by Giles N

[Giles N]

Or a bit faster:

 

 

[Giles N]

Fleeing Clyde-spectre update:

 

 

[Giles N]

I try to find a background-tile-set to convert...

[Giles N]

Ms PacMan (3 colors, 2 frames) Update ( a few slight differences):

 

 

Edited February 23, 2020 by Giles N

[Giles N]

 8 ( 2-to-1-ratio) pixel-width has its limitations...

 

... all constructive input is welcome...

[Giles N]

Another go at PacMan running, 2 frames, 3 colour (blue is background):

 

 

[Jaden (JRH)]

Couldn't you theoretically stitch multiple 8 pixel wide sprites together to make a bigger character? I'd figure if we could do that, we could get a much better looking Pac-Man.

 

Also, I'll still do the item graphics. I just need to redraw the fruits.

[Synthpopalooza]

Back to sound ...

 

With the advent of the new XM and Yamaha YM2151 sound, I want to try new takes on the music. 

[Giles N]

23 hours ago, Jaden (JRH) said:

Couldn't you theoretically stitch multiple 8 pixel wide sprites together to make a bigger character? I'd figure if we could do that, we could get a much better looking Pac-Man.

 

Also, I'll still do the item graphics. I just need to redraw the fruits.

I’m no programmer, so that would involve getting a programmer to re-program/adjust the Bentley Bear grfx-engine to support compound/composite sprites and more than just 2 frames.

 

It does support sprites with 12 colours, but I began with 3, as upgrading grfx is easier than down-scaling.

 

If anyone here is into programming or know programmers interested in doing a general upgrade of the Bentley Bear engine, fine - go a head.

 

I cannot program one line of code.

[Giles N]

18 hours ago, Synthpopalooza said:

Back to sound ...

 

With the advent of the new XM and Yamaha YM2151 sound, I want to try new takes on the music. 

That’d be cool.

[Jaden (JRH)]

Yeah, I'm unfortunately no programmer either. At the very least, I can do graphics. Hopefully, we can find a programmer for this project.

[Giles N]

Just to get training; 2 more Pacs.