My Castle Adventure. Concept VBB

[alfredtdk]

8 hours ago, LatchKeyKid said:

It definitely sounds authentic to the original and you're steadily progressing in adding features.   Have you decided whether you'll include the playfield lines or not?  I see you went back so figured I'd ask.   One thing that I never considered (with bB) until looking at your project is that the choice of using the ball as the player lets you put two independent (non-doubled or tripled) enemies on screen at one time with just the basic kernel; while I love the idea of a zelda style game where all of them are full sprites, this is a huge benefit to calling back to the classic adventure game instead.

I think I will probably use the standard kernel, in the mod kernel you no longer have access to the missiles, if you intend to use them in any way.

[alfredtdk]

Using missiles as barriers.

 

 

Adventure_barriers.bas.bin

[alfredtdk]

9 hours ago, LatchKeyKid said:

It definitely sounds authentic to the original and you're steadily progressing in adding features.   Have you decided whether you'll include the playfield lines or not?  I see you went back so figured I'd ask.   One thing that I never considered (with bB) until looking at your project is that the choice of using the ball as the player lets you put two independent (non-doubled or tripled) enemies on screen at one time with just the basic kernel; while I love the idea of a zelda style game where all of them are full sprites, this is a huge benefit to calling back to the classic adventure game instead.

I think it would be cool. And just imagine that this green block would be Link.

 

Adventure_Zelda_Style.bas.bin

Edited November 24, 2023 by alfredtdk

[LatchKeyKid]

4 hours ago, alfredtdk said:

I think I will probably use the standard kernel, in the mod kernel you no longer have access to the missiles, if you intend to use them in any way.

Very true.  I was just assuming since you're going for the adventure style game that the enemies wouldn't be shooting at you but there are other ways to use them (like the barrier you just posted!).  It's all a tradeoff with the Atari and nothing is free when the hardware is that limited.

[alfredtdk]

Adventure with elements from the Pacman game.
Would you like to know what the regular and energy tablets consumed by the Pacman character are made of?

PacBR.bas.bin