I wanted to allow our hero to move in only 4 directions in order to give a retro vibe to our game.
I also wanted to be able to keep track of a general direction when walking, even if another direction is pressed.
Imagine you are walking toward the top of ...
2020-03-21 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt is not because we work with top-down 2D elements that we cannot suggest there is depth.
This is what ZOrder does:
This was achieved by defining a Z position for each visible spri...
2020-03-14 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi there! I worked on demo #2's song this morning.
I am not done, but this already sounds decent enough so I can share it.
At least I hope it does! :-D
2020-03-08 13:03:51 +0000 UTC View PostEven if C is not an object oriented language, I tried to structure my code in order to get close to this concept.
By defining a sprite structure in sprites.h, I have the possibility to create enriched sprite objects which share common attributes.
2020-03-07 18:30:26 +0000 UTC
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As we have seen previously, VDP’s VRAM is used to store graphics. This is done in order to offload 68000 processor.
We will now get a little bit more into details by reviewing essential notions for game development.
Colors must be picked according to a set of 512 colo...
2020-02-29 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSEGA メガドライブ / Megadrive / Genesis is a 30 years old console which recently regained interest thanks to the work of fans around the world as well as the official release of a « Mini » console.
This and following articles will ...
2020-02-26 19:26:13 +0000 UTC View PostNo news for a month? This is outrageous! :-x
This does not mean we did not work on our next demo, as you can see here https://twitter.com/iamgunpog/status/1227672936708005889 and there 2020-02-26 19:23:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there!
Here is an early artwork made by Gunpog (who is in charge of all our design stuff, including pixel art for Perlin & Pinpin.
I really hope you will dig the lining and colours the same I do!
Would you like wallpapers to be made?
More soon (or later)! ;-)
2020-01-29 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
I finished coding our 3rd mini game this week. It will take place in a Dojo and consists on a sort of "simon game". I implemented various difficulty levels which will impact buttons and sequence's length.
Easy will rely on A,B,C only, medium on DIR buttons, hard on both A,B,C and DIR. I attached a ROM...
2020-01-24 13:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
Hope you enjoyed Christmas and have space left in your stomach for new year's eve!
I worked a bit there and propose you to try out the 2nd minigame.
The idea will be to enter a private detective's office in order to solve a (very minor) crime.
It's basically a 15 game which wi...
2019-12-30 17:35:26 +0000 UTC View PostWe wish you to spend quality time with the people you love.
Eat and drink well! Relax and enjoy! :-)
2019-12-24 17:04:47 +0000 UTC View PostShane joined the party, and he is also playing with SGDK!
You may check what he posts here: https://twitter.com/TheShaneOBrien
I therefore updated title screen.
Content wise, it's still what we posted last week, but I also ...
2019-12-18 17:56:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
You can DL it at https://lizardrive.itch.io/perlin-and-pinpin-the-robin-tower
It includes many reworked SFX, but VGM too.
Hope you will like it, I can now resume what's next! ;-)
2019-12-10 20:47:25 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
I finished mini-game song today.
I don't know what you think of it, but am for once satisfied with what I have done.
Getting better everyday! :-)
2019-12-05 21:22:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
Sean joined the party, so I added his name to thank you screen!
It's getting crowded there, thanks a lot!
I also decided to put the updated start screen right after boot screen.
This version also includes a minor tweak on Pinpin's sprite as well as after minigame dialogs.
I'll work o...
2019-11-28 19:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! Here is an update to yesterday's demo. Indeed, I forgot to put something back, leading to an issue with the shooting watch game (wrong palette). The version attached to this post is much better (edit: I removed the tower animation, as this WIP is not yet impressive) ! Sorry! :-)
Stef (creator of ...
2019-11-25 18:09:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello there! :-D
I made numerous changes lately, which you may notice or not.
- All screens have been implemented (including thanks at startup)
- Random voices have been implemented (characters talk according to text displayed)
- Complete side quest implemented (to unlock hidden game)
...
2019-11-24 15:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
I cleaned my code a bit more this week, and decided to integrate to this ROM the "point & click" aspect we intend to develop for our game.
Idea is to offer various interactions at each and every level of the Robin Tower.
Some choices may allow you to do something but also prevent you from do...
2019-11-01 20:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostWhat have I done lately?
I removed +250 lines of code, making it more easy to read, and hopefully quicker to run.
I added @iamgunpog 's last character for this class. This one is not easy to find and will give you an idea of what we are aiming at with our game... ;-)
I updated animation engine as there were ...
2019-10-21 19:53:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
You will find an updated version of the beta ROM enclosed.
I fixed some bugs here and there and added some content (sound and easter eggs).
I still need to add more tracks and better sound effects before releasing the official demo (with you guys credited ;-)).
Hope you will like it anyway...
2019-10-19 11:47:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
We switched from SGDK 1.34 to its latest version this week-end.
This version provides various improvements, most interesting one for us being picture compression. You can see it for yourself by checking rom's size attached to t...
2019-10-08 17:39:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello there, and thanks a lot for your support!
Here is a revised version including the interaction with the rabbit as well as a small bugfix.
Someone (ShiningBZH) established an all time high in the hidden minigame: 108!
Try finding this game and beating his score! :-D
(My personal one is 7...
2019-10-03 16:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
Here is a beta demo rom for you. You may try it on your console or using an emulator.
This demo does not contain sound as well as all interactions which will be in the official demo.
Feel free to try it (or not, in case you want to keep the surprise for later)!
Cheers!
EDI...
2019-10-02 20:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there!
Here is a sneek peak of an additional mini game we will include in the demo and random places later.
Introducing: THE BLEEP BIRD! Or the CLICK BIRD? Or something else?
Please note that if you come out with an interesting idea, we will copyright it and then send you our best army of attorneys! :-...
2019-08-28 19:11:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there!
We did some more work behind the curtains to improve FPS as well as game's look and feel. This will hopefully be visible in the 720p (change settings if needed) video attached to this post!
Some more characters already made by our pixel artist have yet to be integrated, but we prefer to make the...
2019-08-15 13:54:35 +0000 UTC View PostLong time not posting an update... Sorry about that!
This time we will show you our updated GUI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz8d05H0t8c (720p may take a while to be available on youtube).
As you can see we added some ani...
2019-07-27 20:52:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This (poorly recorded) video shows our game running on an Analogue Mega SG.
This is an FPGA console which reproduces the behaviour of a regular SEGA Genesis / Megadrive.
Everything runs fine so far!
2019-05-17 20:50:30 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video, you will see:
- a talking European Red Robin
- our updated animated textbox
- some dust randomly flying
We intend to use this scenery as an introduction to our upcoming demo.
In this video, you will see our updated animation engine and event manager.
Animation engine allows us to easily define animation frames' sequence and duration for each and every character and situation.
Event manager allows to define various interactions with characters and other elements. In this video, we...
2019-05-06 16:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostSome things you do not know about our game yet:
- it's an RPG* (this does not stand for role playing game) running on Sega #Megadrive / 2019-05-05 18:29:48 +0000 UTC View Post
