Re: New Game - Dave Invaders
On 27 Jan 2012, at 13:49, Andrew Gillen wrote: Hi folks I've finished writing my first game for the SAM. In fact it is pretty much the first game I've ever programmed in assembler (certainly on the SAM anyway) . I've tinkered with various high level languages over the years but have nothing to show for it. Nice work! I particularly like the graphics. The Sam's 16 colours can be a bit limiting and a lot of games have very sparse backgrounds because of that, so it's great to see yours with lots of detail and different themes. Most especially though, congratulations for taking a project and seeing it through until its released. I know from experience how difficult this can be. Andrew
Re: New Game - Dave Invaders
I'm also going to out myself as a fan — though it took me about five goes to get to the second screen! As a career non-finisher I also have to agree with Andrew's comments on seeing a project through. My only observation would be that sometimes the collectibles aren't obvious because of the nice, detailed and colourful backgrounds. Is there any way they could periodically do a little sparkle or something? And would attempting to prod you towards an open source release have any effect? On 28 January 2012 11:41, Andrew Collier and...@intensity.org.uk wrote: On 27 Jan 2012, at 13:49, Andrew Gillen wrote: Hi folks I've finished writing my first game for the SAM. In fact it is pretty much the first game I've ever programmed in assembler (certainly on the SAM anyway) . I've tinkered with various high level languages over the years but have nothing to show for it. Nice work! I particularly like the graphics. The Sam's 16 colours can be a bit limiting and a lot of games have very sparse backgrounds because of that, so it's great to see yours with lots of detail and different themes. Most especially though, congratulations for taking a project and seeing it through until its released. I know from experience how difficult this can be. Andrew
Re: New Game - Dave Invaders
Very nice -- very Manic Miner, though visually quite different. I like the backgrounds a lot, and in fact, the only graphical complaint I have is that the things you're meant to collect can get a little lost against it. (Perhaps if they blinked or changed colour or something). Otherwise, I can't fault it. Good work! On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Andrew Gillen a...@joua.net wrote: ** Hi folks I've finished writing my first game for the SAM. In fact it is pretty much the first game I've ever programmed in assembler (certainly on the SAM anyway) . I've tinkered with various high level languages over the years but have nothing to show for it. You can grab it from this rather minimalist website: http://www.joua.net/ You need a 512KB SAM for it (although when playing it you'd be forgiven for asking why..). Just a run of the mill single screen platfomer, really, but I appreciate any feed back. I've learned a heck of a lot of the year programming it and should be taking the experience gained to improve my skills (what skills?!) when tackling new projects which will be forthcoming! If you find the frame rate somewhat lacking on some levels then you can turn off the music (e-tracker mods) to gain some processing time. Or just turn it off anyway of course if you don't like it! Anyway, enjoy. Cheers Andrew. -- James R Curry 8...@itdoesntsuck.com
Re: New Game - Dave Invaders
Great job with your game, especially as a first in Z80! As well as Manic Miner I got a hint of Jasper from it for some reason. I'm also a fan of the sideways screen wipe, which feels very arcade retro. I didn't notice any issues with the collision detection, though I did struggle to spot the items at times. Looking forwards to what you have in store for future projects :) Si On 27/01/2012 13:49, Andrew Gillen wrote: Hi folks I've finished writing my first game for the SAM. In fact it is pretty much the first game I've ever programmed in assembler (certainly on the SAM anyway) . I've tinkered with various high level languages over the years but have nothing to show for it. You can grab it from this rather minimalist website: http://www.joua.net/ You need a 512KB SAM for it (although when playing it you'd be forgiven for asking why..). Just a run of the mill single screen platfomer, really, but I appreciate any feed back. I've learned a heck of a lot of the year programming it and should be taking the experience gained to improve my skills (what skills?!) when tackling new projects which will be forthcoming! If you find the frame rate somewhat lacking on some levels then you can turn off the music (e-tracker mods) to gain some processing time. Or just turn it off anyway of course if you don't like it! Anyway, enjoy. Cheers Andrew.
Re: New Game - Dave Invaders
Have to send a me too post - really impressed. Love the graphics. That's two good new SAM games in the last year (Rob's Garden Centre Of The Universe game being the other one) - what's going on?! -- Gavin Twitter: @gvnsmth, @libapp On Jan 28, 2012, at 7:38 PM, James R Curry wrote: Very nice -- very Manic Miner, though visually quite different. I like the backgrounds a lot, and in fact, the only graphical complaint I have is that the things you're meant to collect can get a little lost against it. (Perhaps if they blinked or changed colour or something). Otherwise, I can't fault it. Good work! On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Andrew Gillen a...@joua.net wrote: Hi folks I've finished writing my first game for the SAM. In fact it is pretty much the first game I've ever programmed in assembler (certainly on the SAM anyway) . I've tinkered with various high level languages over the years but have nothing to show for it. You can grab it from this rather minimalist website: http://www.joua.net/ You need a 512KB SAM for it (although when playing it you'd be forgiven for asking why..). Just a run of the mill single screen platfomer, really, but I appreciate any feed back. I've learned a heck of a lot of the year programming it and should be taking the experience gained to improve my skills (what skills?!) when tackling new projects which will be forthcoming! If you find the frame rate somewhat lacking on some levels then you can turn off the music (e-tracker mods) to gain some processing time. Or just turn it off anyway of course if you don't like it! Anyway, enjoy. Cheers Andrew. -- James R Curry 8...@itdoesntsuck.com
