I would like to share a demo of an arcade-style game I've been working on for a while. Rather gratuitously called 'Return of the Beast', it's a sequel to my earlier game ROTABB (Revenge of the etc.) There's still quite a bit of work to do but there's enough there now to finally be able to put out a demo.
It can be played with keyboard (left/right/space) or the right joystick (point & shoot).
My thanks to Sixxie for xroar, asm6809 & CyD and to Bosco for great ideas, inspiration and motivation.
In case anyone is wondering, it's all done in software, no hardware tricks and no speed up poke
Enjoy!
Edit: Attached version is now a bit easier to play and includes a vdk image
Return of the Beast
Re: Return of the Beast
Great!
Love the sweet multidirectional scroll and the nice use of dither.
Keep up the good work!
Love the sweet multidirectional scroll and the nice use of dither.
Keep up the good work!
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Hi Steve,
great job!
I know I am not a good gamer, so I lasted not too much time after quite some tries.
Will have to try it on the D64 with joystick.
cheers
pere
great job!
I know I am not a good gamer, so I lasted not too much time after quite some tries.
Will have to try it on the D64 with joystick.
cheers
pere
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Hey, nice game demo!
Good scrolling and very nice music. Quite a few sprites on-screen too.
I hope you turn it into a full game.
Good scrolling and very nice music. Quite a few sprites on-screen too.
I hope you turn it into a full game.
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Always exciting to see brand new games being developed.
Music and scrolling are great! I'm very impressed. It's going to be a worthy successor to ROTABB.
Keep up the amazing work Stew!
Music and scrolling are great! I'm very impressed. It's going to be a worthy successor to ROTABB.
Keep up the amazing work Stew!
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Very cool ! ROTABB is one of my fav Dragon games, This has the potential to be every bit a good.
Finding the difficulty brutal lol but still fun and always good to get new stuff for the Dragon
Looking forward to seeing it completed
Great work
Finding the difficulty brutal lol but still fun and always good to get new stuff for the Dragon
Looking forward to seeing it completed
Great work
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Thanks to all for giving it a try and for the positive feedback! I do fully intend to finish this game as it's the one I've always wanted to create for the Dragon
Looks like I misjudged the difficulty, (had a bit of practice!), so I've updated the file in the first post with one that's easier to play. It also includes a vdk image for convenience.
Looks like I misjudged the difficulty, (had a bit of practice!), so I've updated the file in the first post with one that's easier to play. It also includes a vdk image for convenience.
Stew
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Nice!
But please, don't forget Black Planet! That is one I'd really like to see finished!
But please, don't forget Black Planet! That is one I'd really like to see finished!
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It reminds me Space Pilot for Commodore but with better sound and graphics.
Re: Return of the Beast
Couple of developments:
Source code of the demo can be found here:
https://github.com/sorchard001/ROTB
I'm also trying my hand at a blog. I'm hoping the extra commitment will help me finish the game, plus remind me how it works
http://returnofthebeast.blogspot.co.uk
Source code of the demo can be found here:
https://github.com/sorchard001/ROTB
I'm also trying my hand at a blog. I'm hoping the extra commitment will help me finish the game, plus remind me how it works
http://returnofthebeast.blogspot.co.uk
Stew