sage Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Let me share some game preview/demo which (for obvious reasons) did not make it into the Lynx 2020 Programming Compo. The game is fully playable with comlynx, but restricted in several places (again for obvious reasons). With the current situation, it was impossible to do any large-scale testing, thus I cannot guarantee that it works for more than 5 players. The available game settings are chosen a bit on the not-too-much entertaining side. Two modes are single shot games with too much items at the beginning, thus cleaning up should be very fast. They differ in the way the extras affect the players. The second two modes differ in the same way, but have a much lower drop rate and (close to) unlimited lifes, thus one can build up an inventory and play a longer time (well, I wont call it a beta testing mode, but anyway). The full version might become available later this year if the situation allows. The differences between the full version and the demo version More background graphic sets More playfields More possibilities for configuring the game game mode: win points, best of n games etc start items and lifes item drop rates switching on/off for any extra, configurable if it affects all players or only you or all others loading/saving config from/to eeprom no slide show bug fixes for anything found in the next weeks ... some things I forgot ... Packaging and cartridge ? Even so this should be completely clear, let me remind you that is is strictly forbidden so sell this ROM in any way (in electronic form or on cartridge). Lynx Blast Demo 2020.zip 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Remark: This is a multi player game, thus it does not make much fun to play it alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TrekMD Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Cool. I'll check it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) Two "in action" videos from another thread I posted some weeks ago. Sorry for bad quality, but I have not figured out what is the best way to record videos from the original screen ? lynxblast.mp4 4.86 MB · 1 download Unbenannt.mp4 12.24 MB · 1 download Edited August 30, 2020 by sage 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Laser Lynx Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 I checked it out and it's really lovely! Unfortunately I tried it only as one player so far, I need to find a test person that would hook up comlynx with me. Always exciting with new comlynx developments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Auto-bomb... Lol. Should be re-named to suicide bomber. It is instant death to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus79001 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 21 hours ago, sage said: Two "in action" videos from another thread I posted some weeks ago. Sorry for bad quality, but I have not figured out what is the best way to record videos from the original screen ? lynxblast.mp4 4.86 MB · 1 download Unbenannt.mp4 12.24 MB · 1 download I'm going to load the demo to get a good look at the game. Unfortunately those old OEM passive matrix screens don't let you see much more than a harsh white glare in these videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) I love Bomberman and always wanted to play something like it on the Lynx. So finally after 30 years we have this and (later) "Bombercats". Cracking Multiplayer Party game, it rocks even wih 2 players. Edited August 31, 2020 by agradeneu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Is this a "2020" version of https://atarigamer.com/lynx/game/LynxBlastDynalynx/442068735 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I've added it to the database - https://atarigamer.com/lynx/game/LynxBlastDemo2020/667090527 You would not believe how long it took to get a screenshot of the explosion! ? It's a nice game, I like it, if you can add a single player mode it will be so great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 single player is boring ... evene if you can get the A.I. good enough to not destroy itself immediately, it will still miss the planning of a real opponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 9:29 AM, Igor said: Is this a "2020" version of https://atarigamer.com/lynx/game/LynxBlastDynalynx/442068735 ? there was never an official release. thats just an old tech demo in C, missing any comlynx support. but in a way yes, as I borrowed a lot of the code structure into assembler... (for speed reasons) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Thanks to the pandemic, i was not able to proper test it with large number of "real" players ? . But finally, I now turned back to the lynx emulator development. Now it supports proper comlynx for 8 players (maybe more). (including some nice debugging features). Due to this I was now able to squash the last know bug which i was hunting for half a year (as it only happens with comlynx games). 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Unbenannt.webm 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Before you ask: the emulator mod is not yet for public yet. It needs careful tuning of the timing between instances, even depending on the game (better, the comlynx code). While Bikini Volleyball was easy even with 4 players (due to completely different comlynx code), most other games were much harder to get working. Most games based on original redeye code run reliable when tuned, even with 6 (Checkered Flag) or more players. California games (which uses some preliminary redeye code) did not want to work with more than 2 instances ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Excellent - so does that mean multiplayer matches on 1 computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, agradeneu said: Excellent - so does that mean multiplayer matches on 1 computer? in theory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 let me phrase it like this: adding different input methods, joysticks, pads, keyboard and make them configurable, is extremely boring shitty utility code writing, unpaid and no fame. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 25 minutes ago, sage said: let me phrase it like this: adding different input methods, joysticks, pads, keyboard and make them configurable, is extremely boring shitty utility code writing, unpaid and no fame. They deserve more recognition, especially tools programmers. Good tools make better games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I have to admit, this was the game that I would have picked up when I still had my Lynx. That, and something like this is what the Lynx should have had as a launch title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 8/29/2020 at 11:00 AM, sage said: Remark: This is a multi player game, thus it does not make much fun to play it alone. Says you! I win everytime!! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) Posted twice and not sure why... deletes second post. Edited March 31, 2021 by 4ever2600 Dupe post of same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Very cool! I put the video on YouTube so it's easier to watch... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo/ng Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Looks awesome. Especially when we know comlynx is pretty hard to manage. Kudos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Just out of curiosity. Is the game round-robin broadcasting the joystick byte to all Lynx units during every time-frame? And all Lynx units run identical code for the game logic? So basically you have to receive 7 bytes and send 1 byte when it is your turn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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