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I wrote a home brew game for the sega master system - Bread and Butter!

Bread is a girl who dreams of becoming the world's greatest baker. Butter is just a fat boy who loves to eat. Together, they search the most dangerous places in the world to find the super-sized ingredients to bake the "Bread of Legend". The game is an arcade style action game. I've attached it to the post so you can check it out. Enjoy!

The .zip file contains the .sms file (game) and README.TXT.

bread_and_butter_v1.zip (53.12 KB)

ROM for bread and butter game.

It's a cute game; good luck with your development! Things I would improve are to make the character move 1.5 or 2x faster, and the enemies as well. Also, the character's jump arc is just a triangle. You should make it arc-like for more familiarity with gamers. You may not even need the "hold down jump for a higher jump" mechanic. A fixed jumping height and duration may be exactly what oldskool arcade games have in common and which add to the challenge of this genre of games.

The game's palette, sound effects and jump physics remind me of some early IBM PC games; basically, this adds a nice nostalgic retro charm to the game.

Its a very nice game, good job!

I really like it, great work! Congrats!

As said above its very reminiscent of early EGA PC games, with its limited palette, and the bleepy sounds that a PC without a sound card and just an internal speaker would make. Was this an intentional decision? I would be tempted to make more use of the SMS colour palette, as the first two levels (thats as far as my gaming skills got me) only use 11 colours for both sprites and tiles. Not that there is really a need though, looking like an early Public Domain type computer game gives it a charm of its own for a SMS game.

Is there a level select cheat for poor players like me? I'd like to see what the rest of the game is like. I'm impressed with how different the second level is to the first, so am intrigued what else you have created. If there isn't a cheat then perhaps some screenshots to show off more of the game?

Its very cool to see a two player homebrew game, I've not had a chance to try it with someone else yet though. Its nice to see something so fully fleshed out, as most homebrew efforts never seem to get past the early demo stage. Do you plan to keep working on it?

playgeneration wrote

As said above its very reminiscent of early EGA PC games, with its limited palette, and the bleepy sounds that a PC without a sound card and just an internal speaker would make. Was this an intentional decision? I would be tempted to make more use of the SMS colour palette, as the first two levels (thats as far as my gaming skills got me) only use 11 colours for both sprites and tiles. Not that there is really a need though, looking like an early Public Domain type computer game gives it a charm of its own for a SMS game.

Is there a level select cheat for poor players like me? I'd like to see what the rest of the game is like. I'm impressed with how different the second level is to the first, so am intrigued what else you have created. If there isn't a cheat then perhaps some screenshots to show off more of the game?

Its very cool to see a two player homebrew game, I've not had a chance to try it with someone else yet though. Its nice to see something so fully fleshed out, as most homebrew efforts never seem to get past the early demo stage. Do you plan to keep working on it?

My skills are somewhat limited. I'm an excellent programmer but I'm not an artist and I'm not a musician. This isn't my first game for an old-school console, but it is my first game for the SMS. I kinda just took the default color palette from a 16 color bitmap file and just went with it. I'll get more capable and push boundaries a bit more as I write new programs.

Everyone, Thanks for the compliments! Yeah, now that you mention it it does look like an old EGA PC game... I used to love those things though.

I may speed the game up, as suggested above, but I don't plan to do anything else with it. Once I finish and release a file, I tend to start on an completely new project. It's just a personality quirk of mine or something.

Want cheats? Read closely!

If you're playing with the MEKA emulator there are two cheats that you can user with the memory editor:

$C014 = number of lives for player 1. Max is 9.
$C01D = number of lives for player 2. Max is 9.
$C015 = number of items collected per stage. Set this to 09. When this value equals 09, the stage ends and "GOAL!" appears on the screen. Use this to advance stages.

Be careful as changing other values may cause the game to malfunction.

When doing graphics I like to work with this image of the complete 64 colour palette open:

I didn't realize you could walk off the edge of the screen on level 2 to reach the other side, that makes getting past a couple of those pesky spiders a lot more manageable. Nor did I expect to see the levels be totally different on the second play through, I love to see variety in a game and you've definitely achieved that. If you're not keen on making much more changes to this game, then I hope you'll think about making another SMS game in the future.

palette.png (1.95 KB)

Very nice homebrew !
i'd like to see more stuff like this ^^

Tough work.

It reminds me of Bobby's going home.

Thanks for the color palette picture. I'll definitely be making more homebrew master system games, but these things take quite a bit of time to develop. I think I spent 80 hours over 2 & 1/2 months coding Bread and Butter, and that doesn't count the time I spent brainstorming and planning beforehand.

I have now created a page for the game:
http://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/BreadAndButter-SMS

Congratulations!

Nice to see this new game (yes I'm a bit late)!
I certainly hope to see more in the future.

Hello. For those of you who requested the game be sped up, here it is.

This is a 48kb version of the game, so it only contains levels 1, 2 and 3 with a simplified title screen. This version also contains 4 "challenge" modes - handicaps to promote 2 player competition.

bread_and_butter_v1_01.zip (17.67 KB)

ROM for 48kb version of bread and butter game.

Hello,

So I finally get an SMS cart circuit board made and load the 48k version of the game onto chip, plug it in... and I get a blank screen. Several revisions later, I finally get the game to work bug-free on an Master System and a Genesis with the power-base converter. The working and tested revision (1.026) is attached to this message.

bread_and_butter_v1p02_6.zip (15.26 KB)

ROM for 48k version, works on an SMS and a Genesis with power base converter.

I've broken Bread and Butter into two 48k games.

Version 1.026 "On a Roll" contains levels 1-3 with sped up game play and challenge modes.

Version 1.032 "A Second Helping" contains levels 4-6 with sped up game play and challenge modes. These levels are much more difficult than 1-3.

Both games have been tested on real hardware (SMS and Genesis with power base converter). This is should be the last update. I'll be working on a new game after this.

Bread_and_Butter_1p026_1p032.zip (30.1 KB)

ROM for both versions of Bread and Butter

Why not merge them together to just one larger ROM?

Version 1.00 has all 8 levels in a 256kb ROM.

I've never designed a sega cartridge before. So, I thought I'd start small and make a cart without the mapper, so only 48kb is available. Creating a circuit that mimics the mapper is not simple, and may be beyond my ability, as I'm primarily a programmer. I broke the game into two pieces so that it would fit on the hardware I have available to me now.

Is any of the data compressed? I think you could get it all in 48KB with a little squeezing.

The data is not compressed. Sorry, this my first effort on the SMS. I've learned quite a bit, so things should be much more efficient the next time around.

dragonfeet wrote

The data is not compressed. Sorry, this my first effort on the SMS. I've learned quite a bit, so things should be much more efficient the next time around.

Yes. You came further than many other who tried.
Good luck on your next project. Remember that there probably will be another anual coding competition ending around March this year. B&B would have been a great entry for it.

I'm pleased to see another homebrew for the Master System too. Please keep working on this underrated platform. I think you have lots of potential here. :)

I´ve sent you a PM mate.

Hey friends,

in cooperation with Dragonfeet, I am proud to present an article about Bread and Butter!

http://www.gordmansgametreasure.com/report-bread-and-butter.htm?nocache=1379190302

Have fun by reading!

The version released for online sale is 1.027. It only contains fixes for bugs found by gordman in his game report. Here's the version history:

--------------------------------------------------------
Version Differences

Version 1.00 - 256kb game, all 8 stages are included.

Version 1.01 - 48kb game, for a cartridge without mapping logic
Contains levels 1, 2 and 3 only.
Adds 4 challenge modes selectable by player 1.

Version 1.026 - Same features as version 1.01, but now it
works on real hardware.
*** TooManyGames 2013 Convention Release ***

Version 1.027 - Two bug fixes:
* In level 1, player could respawn below first
platform. That is now fixed.
* If a player gets item, item respawns where other
player is, and item count goes 8->9->10, then
the level doesn't end for another 255 item
collections. This is fixed.
*** Online Sale Release ***

Version 1.034 - 48kb game, for a cartridge without mapping logic
Contains levels 4, 5 and 6 only.
Works on real hardware. Too hard to be fun though.

Bread_and_Butter_1p027.zip (17.69 KB)

Bread and Butter 1.027

dragonfeet wrote

I wrote a home brew game for the sega master system - Bread and Butter!

Bread is a girl who dreams of becoming the world's greatest baker. Butter is just a fat boy who loves to eat. Together, they search the most dangerous places in the world to find the super-sized ingredients to bake the "Bread of Legend". The game is an arcade style action game. I've attached it to the post so you can check it out. Enjoy!

The .zip file contains the .sms file (game) and README.TXT.

http://www.smspower.org/forums/17452-GetYourSMSHomebrewPublished

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dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	New homebrew game - Bread and Butter! Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:46 am
	I wrote a home brew game for the sega master system - Bread and Butter! Bread is a girl who dreams of becoming the world's greatest baker. Butter is just a fat boy who loves to eat. Together, they search the most dangerous places in the world to find the super-sized ingredients to bake the "Bread of Legend". The game is an arcade style action game. I've attached it to the post so you can check it out. Enjoy! The .zip file contains the .sms file (game) and README.TXT. bread_and_butter_v1.zip (53.12 KB) ROM for bread and butter game.

ccovell Joined: 26 Dec 2004 Posts: 374 Location: Japan	Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:02 am
ccovell Joined: 26 Dec 2004 Posts: 374 Location: Japan	It's a cute game; good luck with your development! Things I would improve are to make the character move 1.5 or 2x faster, and the enemies as well. Also, the character's jump arc is just a triangle. You should make it arc-like for more familiarity with gamers. You may not even need the "hold down jump for a higher jump" mechanic. A fixed jumping height and duration may be exactly what oldskool arcade games have in common and which add to the challenge of this genre of games.

haroldoop Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 874 Location: Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil	Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:59 pm
	The game's palette, sound effects and jump physics remind me of some early IBM PC games; basically, this adds a nice nostalgic retro charm to the game. Its a very nice game, good job!

gallos_11 Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 195	Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:55 pm
gallos_11 Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 195	I really like it, great work! Congrats!

playgeneration Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 194 Location: Wales	Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:16 pm
	As said above its very reminiscent of early EGA PC games, with its limited palette, and the bleepy sounds that a PC without a sound card and just an internal speaker would make. Was this an intentional decision? I would be tempted to make more use of the SMS colour palette, as the first two levels (thats as far as my gaming skills got me) only use 11 colours for both sprites and tiles. Not that there is really a need though, looking like an early Public Domain type computer game gives it a charm of its own for a SMS game. Is there a level select cheat for poor players like me? I'd like to see what the rest of the game is like. I'm impressed with how different the second level is to the first, so am intrigued what else you have created. If there isn't a cheat then perhaps some screenshots to show off more of the game? Its very cool to see a two player homebrew game, I've not had a chance to try it with someone else yet though. Its nice to see something so fully fleshed out, as most homebrew efforts never seem to get past the early demo stage. Do you plan to keep working on it?

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:10 pm
	playgeneration wrote As said above its very reminiscent of early EGA PC games, with its limited palette, and the bleepy sounds that a PC without a sound card and just an internal speaker would make. Was this an intentional decision? I would be tempted to make more use of the SMS colour palette, as the first two levels (thats as far as my gaming skills got me) only use 11 colours for both sprites and tiles. Not that there is really a need though, looking like an early Public Domain type computer game gives it a charm of its own for a SMS game. Is there a level select cheat for poor players like me? I'd like to see what the rest of the game is like. I'm impressed with how different the second level is to the first, so am intrigued what else you have created. If there isn't a cheat then perhaps some screenshots to show off more of the game? Its very cool to see a two player homebrew game, I've not had a chance to try it with someone else yet though. Its nice to see something so fully fleshed out, as most homebrew efforts never seem to get past the early demo stage. Do you plan to keep working on it? My skills are somewhat limited. I'm an excellent programmer but I'm not an artist and I'm not a musician. This isn't my first game for an old-school console, but it is my first game for the SMS. I kinda just took the default color palette from a 16 color bitmap file and just went with it. I'll get more capable and push boundaries a bit more as I write new programs. Everyone, Thanks for the compliments! Yeah, now that you mention it it does look like an old EGA PC game... I used to love those things though. I may speed the game up, as suggested above, but I don't plan to do anything else with it. Once I finish and release a file, I tend to start on an completely new project. It's just a personality quirk of mine or something. Want cheats? Read closely! If you're playing with the MEKA emulator there are two cheats that you can user with the memory editor: $C014 = number of lives for player 1. Max is 9. $C01D = number of lives for player 2. Max is 9. $C015 = number of items collected per stage. Set this to 09. When this value equals 09, the stage ends and "GOAL!" appears on the screen. Use this to advance stages. Be careful as changing other values may cause the game to malfunction.

playgeneration Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 194 Location: Wales	Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:30 am
	When doing graphics I like to work with this image of the complete 64 colour palette open: I didn't realize you could walk off the edge of the screen on level 2 to reach the other side, that makes getting past a couple of those pesky spiders a lot more manageable. Nor did I expect to see the levels be totally different on the second play through, I love to see variety in a game and you've definitely achieved that. If you're not keen on making much more changes to this game, then I hope you'll think about making another SMS game in the future. palette.png (1.95 KB)

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 540 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:00 pm
	Very nice homebrew ! i'd like to see more stuff like this ^^

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:32 am
	Tough work. It reminds me of Bobby's going home.

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:43 am
	Thanks for the color palette picture. I'll definitely be making more homebrew master system games, but these things take quite a bit of time to develop. I think I spent 80 hours over 2 & 1/2 months coding Bread and Butter, and that doesn't count the time I spent brainstorming and planning beforehand.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8649 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:04 pm
	I have now created a page for the game: http://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/BreadAndButter-SMS

Zipper Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 250 Location: Netherlands	Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:09 pm
	Congratulations! Nice to see this new game (yes I'm a bit late)! I certainly hope to see more in the future.

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	Game is sped up, 48kb version Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:43 am
	Hello. For those of you who requested the game be sped up, here it is. This is a 48kb version of the game, so it only contains levels 1, 2 and 3 with a simplified title screen. This version also contains 4 "challenge" modes - handicaps to promote 2 player competition. bread_and_butter_v1_01.zip (17.67 KB) ROM for 48kb version of bread and butter game.

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	Bread and Butter 1.026 works on a console. Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:37 pm
	Hello, So I finally get an SMS cart circuit board made and load the 48k version of the game onto chip, plug it in... and I get a blank screen. Several revisions later, I finally get the game to work bug-free on an Master System and a Genesis with the power-base converter. The working and tested revision (1.026) is attached to this message. bread_and_butter_v1p02_6.zip (15.26 KB) ROM for 48k version, works on an SMS and a Genesis with power base converter.

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	last update Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:12 am
	I've broken Bread and Butter into two 48k games. Version 1.026 "On a Roll" contains levels 1-3 with sped up game play and challenge modes. Version 1.032 "A Second Helping" contains levels 4-6 with sped up game play and challenge modes. These levels are much more difficult than 1-3. Both games have been tested on real hardware (SMS and Genesis with power base converter). This is should be the last update. I'll be working on a new game after this. Bread_and_Butter_1p026_1p032.zip (30.1 KB) ROM for both versions of Bread and Butter

tommy1983 Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 114 Location: Norway	Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:22 am
	Why not merge them together to just one larger ROM?

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	my hw skill is not good Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:54 pm
	Version 1.00 has all 8 levels in a 256kb ROM. I've never designed a sega cartridge before. So, I thought I'd start small and make a cart without the mapper, so only 48kb is available. Creating a circuit that mimics the mapper is not simple, and may be beyond my ability, as I'm primarily a programmer. I broke the game into two pieces so that it would fit on the hardware I have available to me now.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14738 Location: London	Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:42 am
	Is any of the data compressed? I think you could get it all in 48KB with a little squeezing.

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:15 am
	The data is not compressed. Sorry, this my first effort on the SMS. I've learned quite a bit, so things should be much more efficient the next time around.

Zipper Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 250 Location: Netherlands	Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:00 am
	dragonfeet wrote The data is not compressed. Sorry, this my first effort on the SMS. I've learned quite a bit, so things should be much more efficient the next time around. Yes. You came further than many other who tried. Good luck on your next project. Remember that there probably will be another anual coding competition ending around March this year. B&B would have been a great entry for it.

Hot_Violet Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Posts: 95 Location: Scotland	Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:22 am
	I'm pleased to see another homebrew for the Master System too. Please keep working on this underrated platform. I think you have lots of potential here. :)

Gordman Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 363 Location: Berlin, Germany	Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:38 pm
	I´ve sent you a PM mate.

Gordman Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 363 Location: Berlin, Germany	Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:34 am
	Hey friends, in cooperation with Dragonfeet, I am proud to present an article about Bread and Butter! http://www.gordmansgametreasure.com/report-bread-and-butter.htm?nocache=1379190302 Have fun by reading!

dragonfeet Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 108 Location: Colmar PA, United States	Version update Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:22 am
	The version released for online sale is 1.027. It only contains fixes for bugs found by gordman in his game report. Here's the version history: -------------------------------------------------------- Version Differences Version 1.00 - 256kb game, all 8 stages are included. Version 1.01 - 48kb game, for a cartridge without mapping logic Contains levels 1, 2 and 3 only. Adds 4 challenge modes selectable by player 1. Version 1.026 - Same features as version 1.01, but now it works on real hardware. * TooManyGames 2013 Convention Release * Version 1.027 - Two bug fixes: * In level 1, player could respawn below first platform. That is now fixed. * If a player gets item, item respawns where other player is, and item count goes 8->9->10, then the level doesn't end for another 255 item collections. This is fixed. * Online Sale Release * Version 1.034 - 48kb game, for a cartridge without mapping logic Contains levels 4, 5 and 6 only. Works on real hardware. Too hard to be fun though. Bread_and_Butter_1p027.zip (17.69 KB) Bread and Butter 1.027

Cessnaace Joined: 07 Jan 2015 Posts: 18 Location: Jacksonville, FL, USA	Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 4:47 am
	dragonfeet wrote I wrote a home brew game for the sega master system - Bread and Butter! Bread is a girl who dreams of becoming the world's greatest baker. Butter is just a fat boy who loves to eat. Together, they search the most dangerous places in the world to find the super-sized ingredients to bake the "Bread of Legend". The game is an arcade style action game. I've attached it to the post so you can check it out. Enjoy! The .zip file contains the .sms file (game) and README.TXT. http://www.smspower.org/forums/17452-GetYourSMSHomebrewPublished

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