Dalton Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) In March a programming competition started in Poland, where I live - https://100commitow.pl/ You need to develop an open-source project and commit at least once in a day for 100 days. For several months I wanted to write something for Atari 2600. The contest finally motivated me to try it Here is my repo: https://github.com/vandalton/BertaAndButterflies I have the idea for the game, but it is not yet revealed I hope that the result will be playable! Current version: berta-and-butterflies.v0.80.rc1.ntsc.intl.binberta-and-butterflies.v0.80.rc1.pal.intl.bin Current high score: 415 in the Beginner level - Mieszko (my work collegue) Update 2024-05-09: v0.80.rc1 high scores are displayed at the title screen for both "beginner" and "advanced" modes there is a sound signal at the end of the game proper PAL version with adjusted timings Update 2024-04-19: v0.51 "International" title screen Indication of the difficulty level. When the cloud is over "A" letter on the title screen it means "Advanced", while "B" means "Beginner". In the "beginner" mode the net is yellow and in the "advanced" mode it is red Update 2024-04-16: v0.32 title screen with music (currently Polish version, but there will be also "International" version ;)) two difficulty levels - you can switch them while you are on the title screen; there is no mark of the choosen level yet you can get back to the title screen after game is over butterflies are speeding up, the game is harder now berta-and-butterflies.v0.32.bin berta-and-butterflies.v0.51.pal60.intl.bin berta-and-butterflies.v0.51.ntsc.intl.bin Edited June 5 by Dalton Game complete 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) Top Tip: Always attach a ROM if you want feedback. Screenshots help too. Edited March 4 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 Sure, I've just started, there is not much to show yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Good Luck! You might find my Collect tutorial helpful, covers writing a 2K game from scratch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomberman94 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Nice idea with the diary for the game - Berta looks promising 😀👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 So, my idea is to create a "port" of Game & Watch "Egg" game: https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Egg But I'm going to replace the main character with Berta - a small elephant based on my wife's stuffed toy And there are butterflies instead of eggs. You can find more details in the dairy: https://github.com/vandalton/BertaAndButterflies/blob/main/DIARY.md And here is the first version in which you can actually score a point, but you cannot lose life yet: berta-and-butterflies.v0.1.bin 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 OK, so here is an update. In this version you can actually play - you can lose your three lives, there are sounds, there is "animation" of failure. You cannot restart game yet And butterflies are released at constant rate at the moment, so the game is pretty easy. It will be harder soon and there will be two difficulty levels. berta-and-butterflies.v0.2.bin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 I thought it would be better to put all these intermediate versions in the first post of this topic. So there is another update there - v0.32 Update 2024-04-16: v0.32 - title screen with music (currently Polish version, but there will be also "International" version ;)) - two difficulty levels - you can switch them while you are on the title screen; there is no mark of the choosen level yet - you can get back to the title screen after game is over - butterflies are speeding up, the game is harder now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 Today is a 50th day of the "100 commits" competition, so here is another update. Update 2024-04-19: v0.51 - "International" title screen - Indication of the difficulty level. When the cloud is over "A" letter on the title screen it means "Advanced", while "B" means "Beginner". In the "beginner" mode the net is yellow and in the "advanced" mode it is red I don't plan to make any significant changes and the game is close to be finished. When comes to the competition, now I'll focus on different elements/subprojects - labels for physical cartridges, manual, special SNES controller adapter and so on. When I started this project I didn't know that "batari Basic" exists. It turned out it is a perfect tool for creating my first game. I know it's simple, but it looks exactly like I imagined it before I started coding. So, big big thank you for all the batari Basic creators! If any moderator reads it: could you move this topic to the "batari Basic" subforum? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 No game update this time, but here is a very early draft of possible cartridge cover 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Berta and Butterflies on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch! Hope you can join us! Fri Apr 26, 2024 | LIVE @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Robo Tito (2024 Exclusive World Premiere | 2600) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Ninja Kombat (2024 WIP | 2600) by Shawn O'Brion @freshbrood Berta and Butterflies (2024 WIP | 2600) by Sławomir Krysztowiak @Dalton Paddlefield (2024 WIP Update | 2600) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 Update 2024-05-09: v0.80.rc1 high scores are displayed at the title screen for both "beginner" and "advanced" modes there is a sound signal at the end of the game proper PAL version with adjusted timings 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 The "100 commits" competition ends this Saturday. My game "Berta and Butterflies" is actually completed. Now I'm updating documentation of the game and subprojects (special joystick adapter, cartridge PCB), I'm playing with RTC circuit and I'm working on a physical release: You can find all the details here: https://github.com/vandalton/BertaAndButterflies I will be very grateful for any Github Star on this repo. Although the stars have no effect on the winner selection, repositories on the competition site (https://100commitow.pl/repozytoria) are sorted by the number of stars and I don't want to go beyond the first page Thanks! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Just want to let you know that "Berta and Butterflies" project advanced to the final stage of the "100 commits" competition - https://100commitow.pl/wyniki! Now the Jury will choose the winner out of these 10 projects and will announce it at a gala on 29 June. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 And the winner is... "Berta and Butterflies"! The prize was Macbook Pro, so it is really nice... But what I've learned during these 100 days is the greatest prize I could get! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 1 hour ago, Dalton said: And the winner is... "Berta and Butterflies"! The prize was Macbook Pro, so it is really nice... But what I've learned during these 100 days is the greatest prize I could get! That's brilliant! Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 While the standard release of "Berta And Butterflies" is still available (https://allegro.pl/oferta/berta-and-butterflies-berta-i-motyle-gra-na-atari-2600-cartridge-15863504930 or via PM), I also did a few boxed copies: I sent some of them to thank people who helped me with the project, but a few people here or on the FB asked if they can buy it. Berta already arrived to some of them: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Atari2600homebrew/permalink/1903134453441045/ Cart labels are profesionally printed and cut at printing house, while the box insert and covers are handmade. Because of that, I won't do much more of them. Maybe 3 or 5. And there might be some imperfections If you would like to buy it, please PM me. The price is 120 PLN (about 31 USD) + P&P (to be confirmed, last time it was 25 PLN/6.5 USD) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-Joe- Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Just want to say Thank You to @Dalton for the super fun game ! So grateful for the complete in box copy , excellent work 👍 Thank You also to James @ZeroPage Homebrew for the presentation Works great on the original Atari 2600 and Atari 2600+ ( v1.0 firmware ) Joe 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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