+bsteux Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Hi, As a companion the cc2600, I've written a game for the Atari 2600, which you can download for free. It happens to be quite playable. Don't hesitate to report any bug here on AA, as it's quite fresh (but finished). The game should be available soon on the PlusStore in free ROMs (maintained by @Prizrak), and should enter very soon the High Score Club. The source code is available on https://github.com/steux/happybird. It was tested on Stella (with -lc Joystick to cope with the bad paddles autodetection), Harmony Cart and PlusCart - but in PAL/SECAM only. Hope the NTSC version looks good. Here are the headlines: 60Hz NTSC and a 50Hz PAL/SECAM versions (SECAM friendly) Highscore save on SaveKey (high score reset by pulling the Settings switch for 5 seconds) Amateur and Pro modes Pause with the Color/BW switch Reach 100, 200, 300, etc and some colorful animations will start PlusROM High Score Club compatible ! Technically, it's using an assymetric playfield scrolling with a big main sprite with 3 colors on the same line (using all available sprites + the ball). Best regards, B. Steux happybird-v1.04-PAL-PLUSROM.bin happybird-v1.04-NTSC-PLUSROM.bin 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 @bsteux got you added to the homebrew section. @Al_Nafuur will get you added to the high score soon. Very cool port of flappy bird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Nice looking, but WAAAY too hard, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, bsteux said: It was tested on Stella (with -lc Joystick to cope with the bad paddles autodetection) The code contains a certain pattern ($24, $38, $10) which results into bit INPT0|$30 bpl ... Which is typical paddle checking code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bsteux Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Thank you for the info. I'm a bit unlucky. I've found the pattern ($24, $38, $10) in my "Pro mode" sprite. I'll change this to avoid this false detection of paddles... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bsteux Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Nice looking, but WAAAY too hard, IMO. It's like the original. A test of nerves and patience. Personally, I'm very bad at it, but my 8 years old son (Paul) could reach easily a score of 150... Let's see if someone can get to the 9999 max score... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 31 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Nice looking, but WAAAY too hard, IMO. 15 minutes ago, bsteux said: It's like the original. A test of nerves and patience. Personally, I'm very bad at it, but my 8 years old son (Paul) could reach easily a score of 150... Let's see if someone can get to the 9999 max score... This game is really hard (even in "amateur" mode) and will generate a lot of zero points entries in the HSC https://highscore.firmaplus.de/index.php?game_id=60 The game is not yet released to the start page of the HSC, basically only the boxart is missing. @bsteux do you have a specially made boxart image, or shall I use this for the HSC: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bsteux Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Just now, Al_Nafuur said: This game is really hard (even in "amateur" mode) and will generate a lot of zero points entries in the HSC https://highscore.firmaplus.de/index.php?game_id=60 The game is not yet released to the start page of the HSC, basically only the boxart is missing. @bsteux do you have a specially made boxart image, or shall I use this for the HSC: I've asked my daughter to draw a box, but in the mean time, yes, you can definitely use this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, bsteux said: I've asked my daughter to draw a box, but in the mean time, yes, you can definitely use this one. Yes a "real" boxart would be better: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: This game is really hard (even in "amateur" mode) and will generate a lot of zero points entries in the HSC From me! Maybe you should filter them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bsteux Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Hi, Here is an updated version (v1.05). I've removed the issue with the paddle detection pattern in Stella (by adding a pixel in a sprite), and I've made the game easier thanks to your feedback. The challenge should be in endurance. I've reached 206 on high score club, and I'm very bad at games. Should be easy to reach 1000+. Have you played Atari today ? Regards. happybird-v1.05-NTSC-PLUSROM.bin happybird-v1.05-PAL-PLUSROM.bin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Très joli! The Reset switch should be debounced so it doesn't continue to reset if you keep pressing it. Please make a PAL60 version, most PAL CRT TVs support it. Nowadays many developers (for example Champ Games and many others on AtariAge store) use PAL60 because it has the same speed of NTSC and the conversion is easy, only colors need to be adjusted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 From Pluscart HS pro level is much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bsteux Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 2:41 PM, Philsan said: Très joli! The Reset switch should be debounced so it doesn't continue to reset if you keep pressing it. Please make a PAL60 version, most PAL CRT TVs support it. Nowadays many developers (for example Champ Games and many others on AtariAge store) use PAL60 because it has the same speed of NTSC and the conversion is easy, only colors need to be adjusted. You're right, I'll debounce the reset and yes, apparently nobody cares about 50Hz anymore (probably not many CRTs left...). This is what I figured out myself when I saw other people homebrews... In the future, I'll only make 60fps games... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 24 minutes ago, bsteux said: You're right, I'll debounce the reset and yes, apparently nobody cares about 50Hz anymore (probably not many CRTs left...). This is what I figured out myself when I saw other people homebrews... In the future, I'll only make 60fps games... Tested only in NTSC CRT. It works as a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 38 minutes ago, bsteux said: You're right, I'll debounce the reset and yes, apparently nobody cares about 50Hz anymore (probably not many CRTs left...). This is what I figured out myself when I saw other people homebrews... In the future, I'll only make 60fps games... My CRT supports both. But I still usually chose 60 Hz, because most games are developed with NTSC in mind. They do not use the extra scanlines or CPU time of PAL-50. Instead the screen is smaller and they only flicker more. And sometimes they even run slower than then 60 Hz variant. Nothing wrong with PAL-50, IF done right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, bsteux said: You're right, I'll debounce the reset and yes, apparently nobody cares about 50Hz anymore (probably not many CRTs left...). This is what I figured out myself when I saw other people homebrews... In the future, I'll only make 60fps games... Thanks! A lot of people still use CRTs and most of them support PAL60 (I think CRTs made in the nineties). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bsteux Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi, I've received my AtariVox ! So here is a new version of Paul's HappyBird with Atarivox support (20 different exclamations while playing, one exclamation every 8 points), with reset debouncing. Tested on PlusCart (PAL version). Have fun ! happybird-v1.06-PAL-PLUSROM.bin happybird-v1.06-NTSC-PLUSROM.bin 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Paul's HappyBird on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Tue May 16, 2023 | LIVE @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Frazzled (2023 WIP | 2600) by David Marli @DaveM Paul's HappyBird (2023 | 2600) by Bruno Steux @bsteux C.H.E.A.T. (2023 WIP | 2600) by Vince Weaver @deater78 Kovi Kovi (2023 WIP | 2600) by Mashdy Games / Marco Johannes @MarcoJ (WATCH AT 1080P60 FOR BEST QUALITY) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug0909 Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Nice game. Having played the very easy and relaxing Odyssey 2 Happy Bird homebrew, maybe you should add an "easy" or "zen" setting... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Very happy with my score of 111 on Pro mode on the show but sadly it seems to have disconnected with the PlusStore before submitting it even though it got my score of 36 in the game just before it. @Al_Nafuur, would you be able to manually add this score to the table with the pic below? 🙂 Direct link to high score run here (starts at 48m21s): https://youtu.be/JJcidDiEufk?t=2901 - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Very happy with my score of 111 on Pro mode on the show but sadly it seems to have disconnected with the PlusStore before submitting it even though it got my score of 36 in the game just before it. @Al_Nafuur, would you be able to manually add this score to the table with the pic below? 🙂 Direct link to high score run here (starts at 48m21s): https://youtu.be/JJcidDiEufk?t=2901 - James Your score has been transmitted, but it has not been sent with the correct game-id. There are more entries in the database that are affected. It should be easy to correct, but @bsteux we need to fix the error in ROM to prevent this from happening again. I'll investigate further and send you a direct message. 1 hour ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: I have fixed your score and uploaded the screenshot. By the way, players can now upload their screenshots themselves: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 45 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: Your score has been transmitted, but it has not been sent with the correct game-id. There are more entries in the database that are affected. It should be easy to correct, but @bsteux we need to fix the error in ROM to prevent this from happening again. I'll investigate further and send you a direct message. Thank you so much Al! That's good to hear it's something that's fixable and not on my end with a flaky network connection or a problematic PlusCart. 🙂 45 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: I have fixed your score and uploaded the screenshot. By the way, players can now upload their screenshots themselves: Oh great! Thank you for the info, I will login and try out submitting a screenshot for my other score during that session. 🙂 - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 12 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Very happy with my score of 111 on Pro mode on the show but sadly it seems to have disconnected with the PlusStore before submitting it even though it got my score of 36 in the game just before it. @Al_Nafuur, would you be able to manually add this score to the table with the pic below? 🙂 Direct link to high score run here (starts at 48m21s): https://youtu.be/JJcidDiEufk?t=2901 - James This just seems.... a bit desperate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 12 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: This just seems.... a bit desperate. Desperate times call for desperate measures! Luckily it happened to shine a spotlight on an issue that prevented other scores from being automatically entered on the leaderboard, which I've had trouble with a few times in the past. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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