Grevle Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 So this game seems to be close to finished. First name was Dracula Homeground but i changed the name to Dracula Story. Heres the first Playable Beta Version. Dracula_Story-Beta_01.Atr 15 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saberman Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Nice game! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Beta 02 . Fixed a bug when bat pickup detonator and the arrow xplosion was close touching bat a life was lost and could lead to some sound hang etc. Some dracula color issue. Dracula_Story-Beta_02.Atr 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEXANDER Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Grevle said: So this game seems to be close to finished. First name was Dracula Homeground but i changed the name to Dracula Story. Heres the first Playable Beta Version. Dracula_Story-Beta_01.Atr 90.02 kB · 35 downloads A very good game ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandenivoldsk Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Very original! Great game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiqMatrix Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) Absolutely love this! The sounds, the graphics are what I remember as a kid in the 80s. Question: Did the character leaving the castle out the gate, but going behind the outer wall afterwards get fixed or is that intended? Hard to tell from a 2D perspective. Edited August 18, 2022 by LiqMatrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, LiqMatrix said: Did the character leaving the castle out the gate, but going behind the outer wall afterwards get fixed or is that intended? Maybe you discovered a small issue there. Probably a little priority issue. I intend to do a final version sometime. With added title music and some small fixes here and there. Edited August 18, 2022 by Grevle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Laser Lynx Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 People always talk about pushing the limits of old systems, and I usually like that kind of stuff too, but this is art! This is the exciting, fun stuff to me. It's a legitimate masterpiece man! 😊👍🎨🦄🌌 You have a very good eye (and ears) for making it look and feel like a real old game, bringing out that look and humor with the animations, sound effects and graphics (and game play too). Congrats and thanks for making a really fun game! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Beta 03. Fixed the player priority when drac leaves castle. No garbage show on screen during game initialize. Little faste scroll apperance for credits. Dracula_Story-Beta_03.Atr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelen Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Didn't see you're release earlier, what a nice game. Had a good laugh, and it's feeling really 80's 🙂 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 The game is still loading with a blue screen shown. While all gameplay is 100% Assembly code , Turbobasic is used to draw the levels still gfx and some setups, so it loads from Turbobasic. Hope to resolve the blue screen loading. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Very nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Made it to level 3, but only as far as the pumpkin. It's shaping up nicely Hunchback, despite its flaws, has always been one of my favourite arcade games. Dracula Story does a great job of capturing what I like about it without being a rehash of that game. One thing: on the screen with the Pope, the gap in the flying spears can be impossible to reach in time depending on where the game places it and the player. I'm not advocating for it to be doable without any effort, but being killed in that situation feels unfair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Dracula Story on tomorrow's stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Fri Sep 23, 2022 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Dracula Story (2022 WIP | A8) by Jan Johnsen @Grevle Outrun (2022 WIP | A8) by Sal Esquivel @Kjmann Skakatory (A8) by Rafał Chabowski @mgr_inz_rafal (Code/Graphics), PG @pseudografx The Hangmad (WIP | A8) by Bocianu @bocianu (Code & Graphics) / Lisu @LiSU (Music) (WATCH at 1080P60 FOR BEST QUALITY) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Beta 04. Changes : Added DLI's to get more colors on screen. When bat pick up detonator, another fix to avoid loosing a life when touched by the xlposion. The attacking spears will take just a little more time to start moving for each wall that is added. An after hit by spears the bat is placed in better position to avoid the unfair death. In the last room to rescue the girl, the attacker wil be slighlty less agressive in the beginning and the max agressive level is slightly turned down. The colors might look different on PAL or NTSC or emulator. if the colors could be better l gladly take suggestions. Dracula_Story-Beta_04.Atr 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Damn those spikes are tough to navigate as a bat!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Congratulations, great game. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelen Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Great updates, I've given up, can't reach the last room 🙂 I should try harder The jumping sound remembers me a bit of Ghost chaser - cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) Version 1.0. Changes: Color adjustments, Game will detect NTSC or PAL and adjust some of the colors for the system region , Get a little more score than before, when score is higher than hiscore it updates the hiscore display directly when playing. Added simple Title Tune. Disabled the Atari Atract mode in the title screen and gameplay. Dracula_Story-1.0.Atr Edited October 15, 2022 by Grevle 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGR Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Looks fantastic!!! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 VER 1.1 A bug that rarely happened but in the cave labyrinth the bat had a position problem when hit, so it would seem 2 bats was there, A erase bug. Fixed. Dracula_Story_1.1.Atr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEXANDER Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 19 minutes ago, Grevle said: VER 1.1 A bug that rarely happened but in the cave labyrinth the bat had a position problem when hit, so it would seem 2 bats was there, A erase bug. Fixed. Dracula_Story_1.1.Atr 90.02 kB · 0 downloads Better than ever Jan ! Is there any plans to updtae your other great game Dracula Lives too ? BTW, Thanks for making us a better this close Halloween 2022 playing your games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 VER 1.2 Sometimes after dying in the last room, after game over, the Title text would not get in the right position. should be ok now. I think that is it for this one. Time to move on with somehing else. Dracula_Story_1.2.Atr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiqMatrix Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 9/11/2022 at 5:08 PM, Turbo Laser Lynx said: People always talk about pushing the limits of old systems, and I usually like that kind of stuff too, but this is art! This is the exciting, fun stuff to me. It's a legitimate masterpiece man! 😊👍🎨🦄🌌 You have a very good eye (and ears) for making it look and feel like a real old game, bringing out that look and humor with the animations, sound effects and graphics (and game play too). Congrats and thanks for making a really fun game! I couldn't have said it better myself. Exactly my thoughts about this game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 VER 1.3 Arghh .The small title bug was better but not completely gone.Fixed now. This should be the last version. Dracula_Story_1.3.Atr 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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