analmux Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Since I heard of the flashcarts that are available now, I'm planning to make a supergame available on cart for the A8bit. It surely inspired me. Thanks to mr. Classics -The minimum size (of the flashcart) needed will be 1 MB(yte). -The concept of the game is platform-based (scrolling) like Super Mario/Sonic the hedgehog. -It will make use of the highest possible quality of gfx and sound. So many (scrolled!) MCS and software sprites will be used. -Graphics is pseudo-font-based (charmode gr. 12) that means: font-based without the 128-characters-in-a-font-restriction. -Sound is based on 600 updates per second for high-complex sound. -minimum system requirements: 64 kB ram, XL/XE series, GTIA I'll develop some demos that will be finished at the end of 2003. I think the whole game might (at earliest) be complete at the end of 2004. Actually, I'm working on the scrolling MCS demo, which is working in turbobasic now, but must be translated to Machine Code. I'd really like to hear some reactions/comments... ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Excellent - Make it more than 4 colors and Ill buy a Super Mario clone for the 8bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracon Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Wow!!! Cool indeed!! Please don't stop this project as it could be really superb stuff! It's great there are still people willing to do amazing things for A8 out there ! Well, are you gonna do that game only by yourself ??? A lot of work and skills it could take, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Good luck with the game. Even if you can only do half the things mentioned, it sounds really exciting. Good idea to use the flash cart. (Glad I just ordered one!) Once you have the code written for that, it shouldn't be too hard to convert it to MegaCart format as well, so emulator users could play too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 I have only one question: How is it possible to help you in your develompent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted September 19, 2003 Author Share Posted September 19, 2003 @ Goochman Excellent - Make it more than 4 colors and Ill buy a Super Mario clone for the 8bit It'll contain 9 colors (every tile-row). You won't have to buy the game, as it will be freeware, downloadable from my website (under construction ). I'll make it in several versions: -disk-version: 4 * 260 kB floppys -megacart version -flashcart version Note: the disk version won't be that annoying (like Alternate Reality in which you must swap disks every minute ), the game will be divided in worlds, which need a floppy side. @ Dracon Well, are you gonna do that game only by yourself ??? A lot of work and skills it could take, IMHO I'll try to code the whole game. I might use some art/music made by others, but the main idea, levels, main graphics/music/effects I'll make by myself. I'll use XASM for the coding (thanks to TQA for making this cool tool ). A long time ago I wanted to make several games, but now the cart is available I'm thinking of combining all the ideas in one big supergame. I must find a new name (I first wanted to call it "super mario" etc. etc. not very creative) @ Sheddy Good idea to use the flash cart. (Glad I just ordered one!) Once you have the code written for that, it shouldn't be too hard to convert it to MegaCart format as well, so emulator users could play too. I'm afraid the Emulator won't be accurate enough for the programming techniques I'll use, but the extra effects (MCS + accurate DLI) might be turned on/off. But I'll have to try first. @ Emkay I have only one question: How is it possible to help you in your develompent? I think the best way to help me is giving opinions on demos I'll make and some feedback on playability and music/sound/gfx-quality etc. I think I won't need any MCS tools or RMT as I'm writing my own musicplayer. (RMT uses too much cycles!!, sorry Raster ) I especially have to thank you Emkay for bringing up the idea of MCS. For this I'll make use of a very complicated font-driver. It's called the 'smartfont system' which I mentioned before. Thanks to all of you replying for so far. ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 @ Sheddy Good idea to use the flash cart. (Glad I just ordered one!) Once you have the code written for that, it shouldn't be too hard to convert it to MegaCart format as well, so emulator users could play too. I'm afraid the Emulator won't be accurate enough for the programming techniques I'll use, but the extra effects (MCS + accurate DLI) might be turned on/off. But I'll have to try first. I wouldn't worry about turning off features. By the time you're finished I'd be very disappointed if the major emulators didn't run it perfectly or almost perfectly. Cycle exact timing is already on Atari800 and Atari800++, albeit not perfect, and not on Pokey interrupts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Ooh, i hope so - i'd quite like to play this by the sound of what i've heard so far... =-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raster/c.p.u. Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I think I won't need any MCS tools or RMT as I'm writing my own musicplayer. (RMT uses too much cycles!!, sorry Raster ) Yes, it's true, RMT uses a lot of CPU power. I want to say only, that RMT is primary destined for comfortable making of complex standalone Atari music, no for music in very time critic applications. Analmux, I'm looking forward and wish good luck to your ambitious project! We would need more of such active Atarians like you are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 If you're going to do a scroller ala Mario and Sonic, why not have the character like Bently Bear and have foes like centipede's popping out, Yar's fly's buzzing you, and so forth and make it into an Atari-themed game perhaps??? Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted September 22, 2003 Author Share Posted September 22, 2003 If you're going to do a scroller ala Mario and Sonic, why not have the character like Bently Bear and have foes like centipede's popping out, Yar's fly's buzzing you, and so forth and make it into an Atari-themed game perhaps???Curt Are those all atari-games?? I'd have to check them out, but I think originality is important. But, the whole game experience has a higher priority than just the enemies. Since I'm about to use the new (never used) techniques, I must design the game around the technique, not vice versa. ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted September 22, 2003 Author Share Posted September 22, 2003 I've looked through some Numen code and this night I tried to code my first program with XASM. Whoohooooo.. it's working. This day I started coding the first bit of the scrolling MCS demo. I always used to just know the mnemonics and do the code in basic data statements without labels, but with this I can code 25 times faster. Once again thanks to TQA for making XASM, and off course for publishing the Numen sourcecode. ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted September 27, 2003 Author Share Posted September 27, 2003 Okay, here is the first demo for the development of the game. It's a super mario 3 level in which you can scroll with joystick 0. Watch the MCS have fun ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 This is your first day? That looks amazing! It looked good in PAL and NTSC as well, but I only tried it on the emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted September 27, 2003 Author Share Posted September 27, 2003 I've tested it on both Emulator and real metal. There's no difference. ..I still have to solve some Dlist bugs and colorcell attribute errors. ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 A most excellent start! I wish you all the luck and skill you need to succeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted September 27, 2003 Author Share Posted September 27, 2003 @ Emkay The carbage on the first screen is no bug. When you scroll further you'll see it disappears. Then scroll back and you'll see the normal color attributes. It's just a bunch of random data I put in the colorbuffer at the start, just for some testing purposes before I implemented the levels color attributes. ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pps Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 The only thing I can say: COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLL I can´t wait for the final release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analmux Posted September 27, 2003 Author Share Posted September 27, 2003 Okay, here is the debugged version of the scrolling MCS demo new: -most stripe patterns fixed/eliminated -colorcells corrected -starting screen colorbuffer filled -downscrolling lockup fixed -SOURCE CODE ADDED have fun. ----- mux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Yes.... looks very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelen Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 This is absolutely great !!! Keep up the good work! Thelen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 Boooooooooooooooooooing! Wow! Looks and scrolls great - man back in the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracon Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 Very nice ! Looks like we'll get real NES-alike game that hasn't been published for Atari 8-bit before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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