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Had to take a break from programming today.

Added a guy to the title screen, not sure if I'll do anymore with it yet, I might animate the laser.

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Started doing boss stuff.

I had considered vertical scrolling/moving boss but quickly gave up on that idea, plus I think horizontal only is fine for this game.

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Wow, it looks really great now!

it's so cool !
Can't wait to see the rest.

Thanks!

Another work in progress boss.

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Small bump with the jungle stage preview. This might be the last stage background I show before the game is finished I think.

Lots of enemy sprites and enemy events to do next.

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Freed up some tiles on the volcano stage so added some more lava to give it some movement.

Added 3 new enemy sprites today too, a lot left to do...

Sound and music is complete and in the game though.

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Small bump. Starting to design enemy and stage patterns now.

There seems to be plenty of CPU time left for more bullets but this enemy will probably do something more interesting.

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Great job! I follow your progress via X, and your game seems to me to have nothing to envy compared to commercial games for the SMS in the 90s.

Looks great. Can't wait to play it.
Please go easy with the color purple. It's a dead give away that the game is not designed by graphic designers. Me personally, I really hate the color purple in video games. But if it's just me then ignore the rant. lol.

Aranya wrote

Great job! I follow your progress via X, and your game seems to me to have nothing to envy compared to commercial games for the SMS in the 90s.

Thanks Aranya!

D wrote

Looks great. Can't wait to play it.
Please go easy with the color purple. It's a dead give away that the game is not designed by graphic designers. Me personally, I really hate the color purple in video games. But if it's just me then ignore the rant. lol.

Thanks! I'm sorry you don't like purple but I probably won't change much, particularly on the backgrounds. It's a good compliment to yellow, which I'm sure you understand if you're a graphic designer.

I recently added a darker red to the sprite palette so that will replace purple in a lot of places though.

Speaking of graphic designers, I am one and I have no problems whatsoever with the color purple. I think your graphics are excellent and your choice of color in particular is outstanding.

What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay.

[quote="Kagesan"]Speaking of graphic designers, I am one and I have no problems whatsoever with the color purple. I think your graphics are excellent and your choice of color in particular is outstanding.[quote]

Thanks!

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What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay.

That's a good point, the player is more visible than the player gun so it makes sense. I'll try it centred for a while and see how it feels.

Hello and first of all congratulations for the development made so far, it looks stellar!

badcomputer wrote

Kagesan wrote

What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay.

That's a good point, the player is more visible than the player gun so it makes sense. I'll try it centred for a while and see how it feels.

This reminds me of some games which happened to have the shots off-centered: Time Soldiers and Rambo-first-blood-part-2 (although technically they might not qualify as "fixed screen shoot-em-up" though).

Just wanted to throw in this :)

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rambo-first-blood-part-2-03.big.jpg (173.39 KB)

umbe1987 wrote

Hello and first of all congratulations for the development made so far, it looks stellar!

Thanks!

umbe1987 wrote

badcomputer wrote

Kagesan wrote

What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay.

That's a good point, the player is more visible than the player gun so it makes sense. I'll try it centred for a while and see how it feels.

This reminds me of some games which happened to have the shots off-centered: Time Soldiers and Rambo-first-blood-part-2 (although technically they might not qualify as "fixed screen shoot-em-up" though).

Just wanted to throw in this :)

I like Time Soldiers but wasn't a big fan of the guns to the side, it seems to work less well with 8 directions.

Continuing work on this mid boss.

Starting work on enemies with the mid boss turned out to be a good idea, as a mid boss like this has allowd me to work on simple movement and shooting functions and also branching patterns that big bosses have.

I have a lot of the underlying code in place for small enemies and bosses now, but building good/fun enemy patterns is gonna take a lot of time...

spawner2-export.gif (162.73 KB)

Some WIP screenshots/marketing. These stages will likely be the "back of the box" shots. There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after release.

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Gorgeous looking game, much like your last game. The palette really pops. Very nice job on all your designs.

badcomputer wrote

Some WIP screenshots/marketing. These stages will likely be the "back of the box" shots. There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after release.

Have been following you on Twitter!!! Awesome game...crossing my fingers for a physical release. Keep up the good work!!!

Thanks guys!

Dezanuebe wrote

Have been following you on Twitter!!! Awesome game...crossing my fingers for a physical release. Keep up the good work!!!

I'm hoping for a physical release too, but just focussing on finishing the game for now.

I believe your game definitely deserves a physical release.

"There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after the release."

I like this kind of secrets/surprises.

Aranya wrote

I believe your game definitely deserves a physical release.

"There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after the release."

I like this kind of secrets/surprises.

Thanks, yes plenty of surprises still left to show!

And the soundtrack by Crisps, which takes about half the ROM!

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badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:06 am
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Had to take a break from programming today. Added a guy to the title screen, not sure if I'll do anymore with it yet, I might animate the laser. alpha-16-newtitles-export.gif (22.58 KB)

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:03 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Started doing boss stuff. I had considered vertical scrolling/moving boss but quickly gave up on that idea, plus I think horizontal only is fine for this game. alpha-17-newboss-export.gif (463.94 KB)

baude Joined: 15 Dec 2015 Posts: 17	Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:42 am
baude Joined: 15 Dec 2015 Posts: 17	Wow, it looks really great now!

KingQuack Joined: 15 Jul 2022 Posts: 29	Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:23 am
KingQuack Joined: 15 Jul 2022 Posts: 29	it's so cool ! Can't wait to see the rest.

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:04 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Thanks! Another work in progress boss. alpha-18-newboss_b-export.gif (256.56 KB)

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:54 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Small bump with the jungle stage preview. This might be the last stage background I show before the game is finished I think. Lots of enemy sprites and enemy events to do next. alpha-22-stage2-waterfall-export.gif (458.43 KB)

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:46 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Freed up some tiles on the volcano stage so added some more lava to give it some movement. Added 3 new enemy sprites today too, a lot left to do... Sound and music is complete and in the game though. new-lava-export.gif (581.7 KB)

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:04 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Small bump. Starting to design enemy and stage patterns now. There seems to be plenty of CPU time left for more bullets but this enemy will probably do something more interesting. spawner-export.gif (367.28 KB)

Aranya Joined: 02 Mar 2011 Posts: 168 Location: Valencia,Spain.	Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:56 pm
	Great job! I follow your progress via X, and your game seems to me to have nothing to envy compared to commercial games for the SMS in the 90s.

D Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 252 Location: Almere, The Netherlands	Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:10 pm
	Looks great. Can't wait to play it. Please go easy with the color purple. It's a dead give away that the game is not designed by graphic designers. Me personally, I really hate the color purple in video games. But if it's just me then ignore the rant. lol.

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:03 am
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Aranya wrote Great job! I follow your progress via X, and your game seems to me to have nothing to envy compared to commercial games for the SMS in the 90s. Thanks Aranya!

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:56 am
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	D wrote Looks great. Can't wait to play it. Please go easy with the color purple. It's a dead give away that the game is not designed by graphic designers. Me personally, I really hate the color purple in video games. But if it's just me then ignore the rant. lol. Thanks! I'm sorry you don't like purple but I probably won't change much, particularly on the backgrounds. It's a good compliment to yellow, which I'm sure you understand if you're a graphic designer. I recently added a darker red to the sprite palette so that will replace purple in a lot of places though.

Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 880	Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:20 am
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 880	Speaking of graphic designers, I am one and I have no problems whatsoever with the color purple. I think your graphics are excellent and your choice of color in particular is outstanding. What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay.

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:59 am
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	[quote="Kagesan"]Speaking of graphic designers, I am one and I have no problems whatsoever with the color purple. I think your graphics are excellent and your choice of color in particular is outstanding.[quote] Thanks! Quote What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay. That's a good point, the player is more visible than the player gun so it makes sense. I'll try it centred for a while and see how it feels.

umbe1987 Joined: 03 Dec 2021 Posts: 55	Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:27 pm
umbe1987 Joined: 03 Dec 2021 Posts: 55	Hello and first of all congratulations for the development made so far, it looks stellar! badcomputer wrote Kagesan wrote What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay. That's a good point, the player is more visible than the player gun so it makes sense. I'll try it centred for a while and see how it feels. This reminds me of some games which happened to have the shots off-centered: Time Soldiers and Rambo-first-blood-part-2 (although technically they might not qualify as "fixed screen shoot-em-up" though). Just wanted to throw in this :) 22772--time-soldiers.png (3.31 KB) rambo-first-blood-part-2-03.big.jpg (173.39 KB)

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:57 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	umbe1987 wrote Hello and first of all congratulations for the development made so far, it looks stellar! Thanks! umbe1987 wrote badcomputer wrote Kagesan wrote What I’m not too sure about is that the origin of the player's shots is off-center of the player sprite. I understand it from a graphical point of view, but I think it might feel weird and require much getting used to in regards to the gameplay. That's a good point, the player is more visible than the player gun so it makes sense. I'll try it centred for a while and see how it feels. This reminds me of some games which happened to have the shots off-centered: Time Soldiers and Rambo-first-blood-part-2 (although technically they might not qualify as "fixed screen shoot-em-up" though). Just wanted to throw in this :) I like Time Soldiers but wasn't a big fan of the guns to the side, it seems to work less well with 8 directions.

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:02 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Continuing work on this mid boss. Starting work on enemies with the mid boss turned out to be a good idea, as a mid boss like this has allowd me to work on simple movement and shooting functions and also branching patterns that big bosses have. I have a lot of the underlying code in place for small enemies and bosses now, but building good/fun enemy patterns is gonna take a lot of time... spawner2-export.gif (162.73 KB)

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:52 am
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Some WIP screenshots/marketing. These stages will likely be the "back of the box" shots. There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after release. titles-1.png (6.76 KB) desert-1.png (10.28 KB) jungle-1.png (12.43 KB) volcano-1.png (11.68 KB)

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 378	Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:23 am
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 378	Gorgeous looking game, much like your last game. The palette really pops. Very nice job on all your designs.

Dezanuebe Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Odivelas, Portugal	Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:46 am
	badcomputer wrote Some WIP screenshots/marketing. These stages will likely be the "back of the box" shots. There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after release. Have been following you on Twitter!!! Awesome game...crossing my fingers for a physical release. Keep up the good work!!!

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:09 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Thanks guys! Dezanuebe wrote Have been following you on Twitter!!! Awesome game...crossing my fingers for a physical release. Keep up the good work!!! I'm hoping for a physical release too, but just focussing on finishing the game for now.

Aranya Joined: 02 Mar 2011 Posts: 168 Location: Valencia,Spain.	Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:53 pm
	I believe your game definitely deserves a physical release. "There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after the release." I like this kind of secrets/surprises.

badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:12 pm
badcomputer Joined: 19 Oct 2023 Posts: 141	Aranya wrote I believe your game definitely deserves a physical release. "There are two other stages that won't be revealed until some time after the release." I like this kind of secrets/surprises. Thanks, yes plenty of surprises still left to show! And the soundtrack by Crisps, which takes about half the ROM!

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