bjk7382 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 ooooooo. Now we're talking! Please keep us updated. And what about that robot tank game you were working on? Isn't it called Robot City. That is what my rom of the demo is called. And it is quite fun, I just played it the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 I am experimenting with some minimal animation of the bouncing ball, but I am not sure if it looks good. What do you think? splatform_2600__v1.02_.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Looks great. By the way Thomas, I had a chance to play this on system at PC5 and its more fun than I could EVER imagine. I can't wait to get this along with Cave and whatever other cool thing you cook up! Exceptional work. Funny how a 1K game can be MORE addictive than most of the other stuff I own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I am experimenting with some minimal animation of the bouncing ball, but I am not sure if it looks good. What do you think? Looks superb! Too bad that I still totally suck at the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I like the animation, but could you ever get anything like evil otto in Berzerk on the 8 bit computers? I think that makes the circle squish down a little bit when it bounces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 been playing all night (for some reason I never looked at this thread before, thinking it was a technical thread that would go over my head) For some reason, Stella (linux) likes to cut the top off of my score, but hell its the only emulator we have! My best (albeit fucked up by stella.sdl) 1559 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 I like the animation, but could you ever get anything like evil otto in Berzerk on the 8 bit computers? I think that makes the circle squish down a little bit when it bounces. Well, the collision between platform and the ball are done by using the hardware detection (saves a lot of space). Therefore I know about the collision after that frame has been drawn. And in the next frame, the ball is already a few pixels above the platform again. The best I could do, is to give all platforms priority over the ball which would automatically cut the lower part of the ball. But IMO that looks odd when the ball moves up (still behind the platforms). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 @Thomas- It was only a suggestion, and I like the way the animation it now. I downloaded the source for this and cave 1k a while back and seen how you have things setup with a todo list and everything. I still don't understand most of it, but I can follow along a little bit. I changed a few things and assembled it playing around with it a little bit. I don't think I will ever get the programming thing down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 @Thomas- It was only a suggestion, and I like the way the animation it now. You are not the only one suggesting this and I also would like to find a simple solution for this, but I doubt I will. I downloaded the source for this and cave 1k a while back and seen how you have things setup with a todo list and everything. I still don't understand most of it, but I can follow along a little bit. Probably not the best examples. Lots of dirty coding to squeeze the games into 1K. I would suggest to have a look at simplier, fully commented source files (e.g. Combat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 . I don't think I will ever get the programming thing down. Don't give up. I'v been at it (on and off) for a year now and haven't really finished anything. I'll be entering this years minigame comp, and it will probably take me every last second from now until it starts to get a game ready Keep and eye on stella for my proof of concept sometime soon ...... I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Holy shit. I almost like totally forgot about this game. The new version kicks ass! I'm so amazed that all this stuff can be fit into only 1K worth of data. I should pop this in my Supercharger or something tomorrow, and see if I can beat my old high score. EDIT: Correction, beat bjk's old score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 And now, on account of the fact that it's 2:15 AM in the morning and I'm bored, have some crappy artwork inspired by Splatform. Click that image for a much larger one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 And now, on account of the fact that it's 2:15 AM in the morning and I'm bored, have some crappy artwork inspired by Splatform. Click that image for a much larger one. That would be cool to have a 3D splatform minigame on the gamecube or playstation or something. Being able to jump in all directions would kick ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hi there! I'll be entering this years minigame comp Cool! Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 I'll be entering this years minigame comp... Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 just hit 2721.. still cant break 3000 The Alice in Chains unplugged cd makes for good splatforming music though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Just posted my idea and first bin to stella. I'll bet my avatar makes more sense now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 2, 2004 Author Share Posted April 2, 2004 I'll bet my avatar makes more sense now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Just posted my idea and first bin to stella. I'll bet my avatar makes more sense now Yes, I was wondering about this. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Atarian Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Man this game is great !!!! i can not get too far but it is fun to try and cave 1k also is another one i have tried both are worthy of cart format ! man too bad you did not work for some game companies back in the day, with talent like this you and others from this board would have made a lot people happy ! great work i really enjoyed those games alot very cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 both are worthy of cart format ! From what I have heard there is supposed to a 3rd mini-game to complete the 3 game multi-cart for these. I am not sure if this is true or not, but if it is, I can't wait to see what the 3rd game is going to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Thomas, I noticed the first level has a pattern of jumps (the pattern is 8 then 14 jumps of pushing the joystick foward except between the transition between the 8 and 14th jumps.) you can make to get to the end in 15 seconds or less. I have a video of me achieveing this. I don't know about level two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 both are worthy of cart format ! From what I have heard there is supposed to a 3rd mini-game to complete the 3 game multi-cart for these. I am not sure if this is true or not' date=' but if it is, I can't wait to see what the 3rd game is going to be. [/quote'] This is true. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted May 2, 2004 Author Share Posted May 2, 2004 Thomas' date=' I noticed the first level has a pattern of jumps (the pattern is 8 then 14 jumps of pushing the joystick foward except between the transition between the 8 and 14th jumps.) you can make to get to the end in 15 seconds or less. I have a video of me achieveing this. I don't know about level two. [/quote']Yes, there are a lot of platforms in the first level, so it was very likey someone would find a pattern when playing the non-randomized variation. This won't work on the higher levels or when playing the random version (left difficulty). BTW: How is the setting of your right difficutly switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 PCAE always puts the right switch to 'B' I just changed it to 'A' and the pattern doesn't work now. PS when is this coming out in cart form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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