kikipdph Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Stellar Drive Mars is actually conceived as an improved version of the first game. Stellar Drive is my first game that I created for the Atari 2600. You can learn more about it at the following link. https://prijedor-x.com/stellardrive.html In this version, the idea is that in addition to obstacles on the track, as in the old version, this version will also have a broken road, meaning these three roads will not be constant. I have more games that I have started, and I will be working on them as I get better ideas Here is the first binary public file, even though not much has been done, it can still be useful for giving suggestions stellardrive2.bin Edited February 16 by kikipdph 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) The Martian scenary is a very beautiful backdrop for your game! Edited February 18 by Living Room Arcade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) New update. If your score increases and no longer zero, indicating that you have lost a life. Score is the current test indicator. Until the next step in game development, best regards stellard2.bin Edited February 18 by kikipdph 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 1 hour ago, kikipdph said: New update. If your score increases and no longer zero, indicating that you have lost a life. Score is the current test indicator. Until the next step in game development, best regards stellard2.bin 32 kB · 1 download Looks great! Everything is pleasing; the colors, the animations, the sounds. Good stuff! Edited February 18 by Living Room Arcade 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) 1 hour ago, Living Room Arcade said: Looks great! Everything is pleasing; the colors, the animations, the sounds. Good stuff! I hope the game will be good and more notable than the first version. Personally, I really like the concept of jumping with a vehicle. Edited February 18 by kikipdph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 New update. Now I've implemented in the game the ability to lose a life. Next, I'll be working on building levels, and probably with the following update, the first level will be created. Until the next step in game development, best regards stellardrm.bin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 New update. Provisional obstacles have been set up. The obstacles are taken from the first version of the game, and later, there will be some new ones as well as a broken road. Players will have one life, just like in the first version of the game, but they will have the option to continue. stellarmars.bin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckmite Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Stellar Drive Mars 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 On 3/12/2024 at 1:36 AM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Stellar Drive Mars 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 When you move the joystick forward and backward, it's essentially accelerating and decelerating the vehicle (A different perspective), so if you bring the vehicle to the bottom of the screen and push forward while jumping, you can jump over that big gap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, kikipdph said: When you move the joystick forward and backward, it's essentially accelerating and decelerating the vehicle (A different perspective), so if you bring the vehicle to the bottom of the screen and push forward while jumping, you can jump over that big gap Ah, so Tanya was right! Thank you for the info. I was able to work around that this time but it probably won't work in newer builds where I wouldn't be able to jump from side to side. It was a lot of fun playing it last night and I'm looking forward to what's coming next in the development! - James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 (edited) 46 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Ah, so Tanya was right! Thank you for the info. I was able to work around that this time but it probably won't work in newer builds where I wouldn't be able to jump from side to side. It was a lot of fun playing it last night and I'm looking forward to what's coming next in the development! - James You played correctly, it is not advisable to use a longer jump in this situation. In some situations later on, it will be necessary to use it. Edited March 13 by kikipdph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Stellar Drive Mars game has many features that can be implemented. One of them is whether the game should be like SkyRoads, which has levels that are essentially separate tasks you need to complete or to not divide the game into separate levels and to constantly drive without interruption as it is now. You can play the game SkyRoads, which is the inspiration for this game, online at this link. https://www.playdosgames.com/online/skyroads/ Here is the new Stellar Drive Mars bin file stellardr2.bin 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Graphics for the Cartridge and Manual. I think it's passable although I could have put in more effort 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 (edited) New update of the game Stellar Drive Mars. The way levels are played has been changed. Each level is independent from one another. The game will use Roman numerals, levels and production years will be written with Roman numerals to be different from other games stldrivemars.bin Edited March 27 by kikipdph 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 This is the last file for download, and I won't be publishing any more until the game is finished and then released. This could also be considered a demo game. It has 5 levels done in this demo version. stellardrivedemo.bin 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 I've created the eighth level, which is very challenging even though it may not seem so on the video. The game will allow unlimited retries, and a time bar has been set for continuation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Level 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) Hello, kikipdph! Would you consider making the barriers a little less wide, so they don't extend all the way from one side of the road to the other? That way, you still couldn't drive through them, but it would give you a few more pixels of space when you jump to another track. And possibly even round the edges? Just some ideas. Love the game! Cheers. Edited April 4 by Living Room Arcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 4 hours ago, Living Room Arcade said: Hello, kikipdph! Would you consider making the barriers a little less wide, so they don't extend all the way from one side of the road to the other? That way, you still couldn't drive through them, but it would give you a few more pixels of space when you jump to another track. And possibly even round the edges? Just some ideas. Love the game! Cheers. I will try to implement your suggestion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 I've finished level 12. I've slightly changed the colors of the road so it's not always the same. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 I've finished level 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegad Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just tried to play this via harmony cart on a heavy sixer. The title screen shows. Pressing the button causes the screen to change for a split second and then it returns to the title screen. Has anyone else had success playing this on a harmony cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikipdph Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 (edited) 2 hours ago, eegad said: Just tried to play this via harmony cart on a heavy sixer. The title screen shows. Pressing the button causes the screen to change for a split second and then it returns to the title screen. Has anyone else had success playing this on a harmony cart? Have you used the last published file? Previous ones didn't work, but the last one has been tested via Harmony Cart. In that file, what works unlike the previous ones, there's an auto moving on the title screen and the year of production written in Roman numerals. This file stellardrivedemo.bin Edited April 7 by kikipdph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 3/29/2024 at 1:19 PM, kikipdph said: This is the last file for download, and I won't be publishing any more until the game is finished and then released. This could also be considered a demo game. It has 5 levels done in this demo version. stellardrivedemo.bin 32 kB · 37 downloads Having trouble downloading the ROM..... f**king Google Chrome blocked my download, claiming it is "dangerous"..... BULLSHIT!!! How do I override it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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