Mike_at_AEI Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) EARTH is Doomed…Can anyone be saved? And who will save them? (Maybe you?, you can now buy the Cartridge, see below) Months ago, Earth’s planetary defenses detected a large swarm of objects racing past Neptune on an apparent trajectory toward Earth. Asteroids? Comets? People and politicians around the globe argued, but the military knew what was coming. They had seen these objects before, torn them apart, dissected them. ...this was an Alien Invasion! ------------------------------ GAME RELEASED to Physical Cartridge With added features not found in the binary below - Two-player mode where your opponent controls the invading space cannon - Practice/Simulation mode to get you ready for the REAL THING - Expert mode gets you straight into the action. Artisan Retro Games invites you to just have fun The Manual is below as well as the DEMO binary file. Video of Game Playthrough To get on an order list, PM me your email and physical address and I will let you know if and when the next batch will be ordered. We use PayPal only. $49 + $3 for a printed manual. $5 shipping in the US. Canada is $17 shipping. PAL not yet available. Your Atari must be DPC+ compatible (all original systems are compatible, the 2600+ must get a software upgrade to 1.3r or higher) Plan B- Escape Earth Manual.pdf PLan B-Escape Earth DEMO.bin Edited November 29 by Mike_at_AEI Full game binary added 18 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
glurk Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 This is excellent! Just my opinion, but I think it's really good, especially for a 2600 game. I didn't read the instructions, just figured it out as I went, which I believe you should be able to do. Played it till it ended. There is a lot going on!! Looks good, plays good, and is fun. No real suggestions, but I like it... 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5409492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, glurk said: This is excellent! Just my opinion, but I think it's really good, especially for a 2600 game. I didn't read the instructions, just figured it out as I went, which I believe you should be able to do. Played it till it ended. There is a lot going on!! Looks good, plays good, and is fun. No real suggestions, but I like it... Thanks for giving it a go. I've spent hours playing it myself, tweaking it to keep it progressing while keeping it fun...you should see how wild it gets a Wave/City 7, which is as far as I could get. 143000 points max score. Which makes me wonder if this goes to production, may add the Atarivox/high score dongle support? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5409564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I love games in this style. When I finish the demo I will give my opinion. One question, which kernel did you use to develop this game? And I'm also learning about how to program a game in this style for the Atari. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5409568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 DPC+... fully maxed out the graphics. My last game, Fox Hunt Arena, was in the standard kernel. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5409583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I loved this manual art. Did you do it yourself? I would love art like this to compose the label for the steamboat game I'm developing. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacker Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Just gave the demo a go and played until the end. Really fun game! It started to get really pick up on the 3rd wave. I'm really terrible at hitting the top ship. Does it sometimes change directions on you when it sees a missile coming or is that just at random? The smushing the squid enemy with the block game mechanic is also nice. It keeps you on your toes watching the air and the ground. Really nice job 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 (edited) 2 hours ago, alfredtdk said: I loved this manual art. Did you do it yourself? I would love art like this to compose the label for the steamboat game I'm developing. Thanks! Indeed I did. FONT is MumboSSK Used Paint.Net and GIMP for editing Images are drawn, enhanced or generated and then extensively edited. Edited February 14 by Mike_at_AEI Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 (edited) 2 hours ago, slacker said: Just gave the demo a go and played until the end. Really fun game! It started to get really pick up on the 3rd wave. I'm really terrible at hitting the top ship. Does it sometimes change directions on you when it sees a missile coming or is that just at random? The smushing the squid enemy with the block game mechanic is also nice. It keeps you on your toes watching the air and the ground. Really nice job Edited February 14 by Mike_at_AEI Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 The Cannon changes direction semi-randomly. It puts a new horizontal location to go to after it launches a bomb. If it reaches that position while the bomb is still falling, then it selects another new position. Thus it can look like it is dodging you, but not really. The best why I have found to kill the cannon is to go to the middle and launch a missile "in front" of the cannon so it flays into it. Of when you get teh fast missiles, they go fast enough to aim directly at it!. Glad you enjoyed the game! Indeed I added different features, events and actions to keep each new wave interesting. Did you find the secret to exploding the force field and distroying everything on-screen? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 (edited) 16 hours ago, slacker said: Just gave the demo a go and played until the end. Really fun game! It started to get really pick up on the 3rd wave. I'm really terrible at hitting the top ship. Does it sometimes change directions on you when it sees a missile coming or is that just at random? The smushing the squid enemy with the block game mechanic is also nice. It keeps you on your toes watching the air and the ground. Really nice job The Cannon changes direction semi-randomly. It puts a new horizontal location to go to after it launches a bomb. If it reaches that position while the bomb is still falling, then it selects another new position. Thus it can look like it is dodging you, but not really. The best way I have found to kill the cannon is to go to the middle and launch a missile "in front" of the cannon so it flays into it. Of when you get the fast missiles, they go fast enough to aim directly at it!. Glad you enjoyed the game! Indeed I added different features, events and actions to keep each new wave interesting. Did you find the secret to exploding the force field and destroying everything on-screen? Edited February 15 by Mike_at_AEI 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Living Room Arcade Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 @Mike_at_AEI Wow, thanks so much for sharing this demo ROM! On 2/12/2024 at 5:25 PM, Mike_at_AEI said: But before we go to full release, Artisan Retro Games invites you to try it out and give us some feedback, ideas, likes/dislikes... Okay, here is some feedback about the manual. On page 2, "The MARG can to tow an Energy Containment Module (ECM)." Perhaps did you mean something like, "The MARG can be used to tow an Energy Containment Module (ECM)." Also, the last sentence on page 2, "Save as many as you can." I think "Save as many people as you can" sounds better. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Living Room Arcade Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) @Mike_at_AEI I think I completed the demo. EDIT: I cheated using F9/F11 in Stella to have infinite lives so I could see more of the game. My feedback about the game. Wow! A lot to like here! I squished an octopus-alien with a block and saved a person! Pretty neat! I raised a block into the shield at the spot where it was glowing and everything in the sky blew up all at once! Pretty cool! I pretty much like everything about this game. The graphics, the sounds and the game play are all pretty great IMO. Not really sure how it could be improved. Looks great to me! Thanks again for sharing the demo! Edited March 12 by Living Room Arcade 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (edited) 12 hours ago, Living Room Arcade said: @Mike_at_AEI I think I completed the demo. My feedback about the game. Wow! A lot to like here! I squished an octopus-alien with a block and saved a person! Pretty neat! I raised a block into the shield at the spot where it was glowing and everything in the sky blew up all at once! Pretty cool! I pretty much like everything about this game. The graphics, the sounds and the game play are all pretty great IMO. Not really sure how it could be improved. Looks great to me! Thanks again for sharing the demo! THANK YOU!!! That's a great score for only 4 cities/waves I was really trying to make a fun shoot-em up with enough variation to keep it interesting... There are many different strategies to a high score and I think they change depending on the wave and the player skill. My top score, surviving through Wave 7, was 14900. I've had fun programming this and playing it. I should be releasing this to production if there is enough interest. I still have a bit of ROM space left and a few ideas Edited February 15 by Mike_at_AEI 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (edited) On 2/14/2024 at 6:07 PM, Living Room Arcade said: @Mike_at_AEI Wow, thanks so much for sharing this demo ROM! Okay, here is some feedback about the manual. On page 2, "The MARG can to tow an Energy Containment Module (ECM)." Perhaps did you mean something like, "The MARG can be used to tow an Energy Containment Module (ECM)." Also, the last sentence on page 2, "Save as many as you can." I think "Save as many people as you can" sounds better. Thanks. I'll fix those and take a second read though to catch anything else. Updated the Manual. Thanks Edited February 16 by Mike_at_AEI Manual Updated 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5410881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Plan B: Escape Earth on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch! Hope you can join us! Tue Mar 12, 2024 | LIVE @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 2AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Plan B: Escape Earth (WIP Demo | 2600) by Aerisan Retro Games / Michael Scott Bachman @Mike_at_AEI Bruce Lee (WIP | 2600) by Philip Blackman @splendidnut Chaotic Grill (WIP Update | 2600) by Philip Blackman @splendidnut (Code, Graphics, Sound) / NostAlgae37 @NostAlgae37 (Sprites) / Kurt Woloch @Kurt_Woloch (Misc) Stellar Drive Mars (WIP | 2600) by Mirsad Sarajlic @kikipdph 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5427503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stab Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 What a great concept. Game play is excellent. Visuals are fantastic too. I didn't read the manual and it freaked me out when squid alien started chasing people! And it was so logical - grab a block and dump it on him! Love it. I agree add high score support if you can. I'd be happy to throw you some $ just for the rom! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5428994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 On 3/14/2024 at 6:00 AM, Stab said: What a great concept. Game play is excellent. Visuals are fantastic too. I didn't read the manual and it freaked me out when squid alien started chasing people! And it was so logical - grab a block and dump it on him! Love it. I agree add high score support if you can. I'd be happy to throw you some $ just for the rom! I will make a post of Atari Age when the final upgrades and made and the Cart is up for purchase. Thanks for the high praise! Mike 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5430534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantesh Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I would definitely be interested in a cartridge. I made it to level 5, and then the game ended. How many levels are there? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5467882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Living Room Arcade Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) 13 hours ago, Lantesh said: I made it to level 5, and then the game ended. Did at least five people make it to the escape ship? If not, then I think the game would end. 13 hours ago, Lantesh said: How many levels are there? As long as you always get at least five people on board the escape ship each time, I think the game can go on forever. (See the game manual linked in the opening post.) Edited May 17 by Living Room Arcade 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5468173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dark Descent Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Would like to be added to the cart list. Thanks! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5469557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I would be interested in having a cartridge with this game. Looks like a lot of fun. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5469697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker667xbl Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I'd be very interested in Cart. Looks like this might play on the 2600+ latest experimental update so heck yeah I'd go full cart.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5476800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 I'd love to purchase a cart and manual too. 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5478587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_at_AEI Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 On 5/30/2024 at 8:17 AM, Striker667xbl said: I'd be very interested in Cart. Looks like this might play on the 2600+ latest experimental update so heck yeah I'd go full cart.. If they updated the 2600+ to play DPC games, it will work. Definitely plays on a harmony cart in my Atari 2600. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361196-plan-b-escape-earth-fully-released-and-demo/#findComment-5479091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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