+Muddyfunster Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I'd like to introduce Bernie and the Cubic Conundrum. I started Bernie a few months ago but put the project on hold while I was working on other things. Bernie is now ready to share in the form of a basic demo. Demo is available link at the bottom of this post. Inspiration Bernie and the Cubic Conundrum takes inspiration from Q*Bert and a few other games but changes up the main gameplay tropes with additional elements and of course, Bernie Features Bernie will have a lot of features, a few are already in and working. 50+ levels planned (maybe as many as 75) PAL + NTSC palettes and localisation out of the box. 1 and 2 player taking turns, plus "Co-opertition" (idea from Borderlands 3). In Co-opertition, players work together to clear the round but the player who clears most squares wins the round and the Bonus. So it's kind of like a deathless deathmatch. Standard and Expert Modes Atari Vox support for saving scores Atari Vox support for speech (adult and kid friendly - nothing too "industrial", no hard curses so don't worry), or you can just turn it off. Visual instruction section for easy "pick up and play". Multiple enemy types with different abilities. Power Pills to turn enemies in to tasty low calorie nutritious snacks. Trap tiles, trapdoor tiles, hole tiles, freeze traps. Timers, (have to have timers for speed runs! Actually more like MrDo's timers.) Game speeds up as you progress, enemies take less time to think, bombers are faster, freezers appear, traps appear etc. To Do A fair bit to do but the game is looking good enough to share some details and now a demo. SFX & Music Bernie's movement animation (right now he's using the "surprised" Bernie frame and while that looks funny, wasn't the intended outcome!) More enemies Better level transitions. Tidy up collisions. Anyway, here is Bernie. My wife was kind enough to Crochet a real Bernie for me after she saw my sprites taking shape. (Why Bernie? well that's a story for another day). Some screen grabs : You Tube Vid : https://youtu.be/ywmXPiCZs9U Demo : Bernie_Cubic_Conundrum_alpha10.a78 Demo is tested working on NTSC and PAL with Dragonfly. Should work with Concerto and most emulators. The demo has 7 playable levels. Some levels need you to change colour once, some twice, some will reverse if you enter the same square twice. There is no sound other than some AV speech phrases. There are known glitches and strange things do happen Select = Change level on the title page. Enjoy! 24 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 This looks REALLY good so far. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 That looks really nice, Lewis. Were you inspired by the arcade game, Pettan Pyuu by Sunsoft? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, SlidellMan said: That looks really nice, Lewis. Were you inspired by the arcade game, Pettan Pyuu by Sunsoft? Thanks That's not a game I'm familiar with, what platform is that ? Arcade ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 This looks really cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Yes, it's an arcade game. Truth be told, watching footage of your game is what reminded me of that arcade obscurity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Very nice, it already looks like an original, fun game, with nice music and voice, great animations, soft title screen... yes, you are a talented guy (but I know this is nothing new) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Looks like a blast! It has some gameplay elements of Q*Bert without the 45 degree angle, that means Tanya won't be falling off the edges as much! Looking forward to it! ? - James 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 WOW. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Another very cool professional looking game!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 On 2/8/2021 at 2:47 AM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Looks like a blast! It has some gameplay elements of Q*Bert without the 45 degree angle, that means Tanya won't be falling off the edges as much! Looking forward to it! ? - James We hope for full "Tanya Certification" in the near future! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Thanks for the kind words folks. I hope to have a playable demo in the not too distant future for everyone to have a tinker with. Then I need to see if I can bribe @Synthpopaloozafor some more music 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 13 hours ago, Muddyfunster said: On 2/7/2021 at 9:47 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Looks like a blast! It has some gameplay elements of Q*Bert without the 45 degree angle, that means Tanya won't be falling off the edges as much! Looking forward to it! ? - James We hope for full "Tanya Certification" in the near future! I've always had the same issues as Tanya with the isometric perspective of Qbert. What's funny is after the ZPH episode where the new 2600 Qbert was being played, I started playing with some ideas for an orthographic perspective Qbert-like game (just on paper - no actual code). It looks like you have come up with something much cooler than I had been able to dream up myself. I'm really looking forward to being able to try out a demo! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I actually started on some Exo music today ... Give me a couple days. ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Looks neat! Nice job so far for sure. Looking forward to following its progress! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Btw this reminds me a bit of the much more rudimentary Grid Bug for Mattel Aquarius. Especially in your "Expert Mode," where tiles revert back if you touch them a second time - same deal in Grid Bug as a general rule. I'm excited to get my hands on a playable demo! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Looks Great!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 31 minutes ago, sixersfan105 said: Btw this reminds me a bit of the much more rudimentary Grid Bug for Mattel Aquarius. Especially in your "Expert Mode," where tiles revert back if you touch them a second time - same deal in Grid Bug as a general rule. I'm excited to get my hands on a playable demo! Grid bug looks interesting, I've never had much exposure to the Aquarius or Intellivision. A lot of these old games have great concepts and challenges that would translate really well with a more updated approach to graphics and sound. Thanks for linking 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 This looks fantastic, Lewis! The video was a very nice appetizer...can't wait for the meal! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 7:54 PM, Trebor said: This looks fantastic, Lewis! The video was a very nice appetizer...can't wait for the meal! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 My crocheted Bernie now has company as my daughter made me a little Bernie keyring 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 That is awesome! Might be able to fit those in the box. Can she make 500 of them? ..Al 4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 @tep392 @Albert May I please have permission to edit the first post ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 17 minutes ago, Muddyfunster said: @tep392 @Albert May I please have permission to edit the first post ? Done! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 This looks amazing, and that is a CUTE alien… octopus… thing. Definitely in for a keychain!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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