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Socoder -> C/C++/C#/Other -> Flap Happy and Fancy Free! |
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| Tue, 23 Jun 2020, 12:56 | |
rockford
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 Hurray for work!!  Hurray for annual leave coming soon... Some of us haven't stopped and it's just got busier and busier 
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| Tue, 23 Jun 2020, 15:13 | |
cyangames
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I'm looking forward to taking a break from work also sometime, work at work hasn't stopped either!
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| Mon, 29 Jun 2020, 09:01 | |
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cyangames
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So, pricing updates on printing the boxes. 50 Boxes - £55 100 Boxes - £65 On 400gsm silk card which is pretty much as close as I'm gonna get, it does feel pretty damn close also. I'll probably go for the hundo next month or the one afterwards just so if I make a few errors, I have some spares. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 03:59 | |
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rockford
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For an extra tenner, the hundred definitely sounds like the better option. Also I'm pretty sure you'll be able to sell 100 copies of the game (if you don't make any mistakes  )
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| Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 04:25 | |
Jayenkai
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That means having to do 100 carts to go with it, though. Could you do 100 carts?! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!'' 
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| Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 04:42 | |
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cyangames
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Over time, sure. I'm not spending a penny until the game is all complete and running off it's own cartridge mind -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 04:48 | |
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rockford
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Yeah, no point in jumping the gun. How close do you think you are to running on actual cartridges and hardware? |
| Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 04:52 | |
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cyangames
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Pretty close, I'm still waiting on a friend to confirm it works on their NES currently. Am bidding on a couple of consoles on ebay so I can test things out myself again also! -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 05:16 | |
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rockford
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I did this for the GP2X and Pandora before I got them poth. I vowed never to do that again! Developing for a console you don't own is incredidbly difficult, as you are relying on others to test things. Any issues that come up (or not) may not be noticed/communicated effectively or understood. |
| Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 07:00 | |
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cyangames
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Yeah, I really shouldn't have broken mine while testing a month ago! Still, just got paid, will be able to afford a replacement console now 
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| Thu, 09 Jul 2020, 15:50 | |
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cyangames
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Through all of this, the worst feeling is when I bung a soldered cartridge into a console and all I get back is a black screen. There's no way to debug it that I know of. Much frustration.
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| Thu, 09 Jul 2020, 16:33 | |
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Jayenkai
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Ugh. I can't imagine how frustrating that must be, not knowing if the black screen is a dodgy rom, a dodgy connection or, god forbid, another fried system. Hope you can get it working, soon. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Wed, 22 Jul 2020, 15:00 | |
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cyangames
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Been having a big ol tidy up today and found this in my laptop bag!
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| Wed, 22 Jul 2020, 16:02 | |
Jayenkai
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"No No No No No"!!!
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| Wed, 22 Jul 2020, 16:11 | |
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cyangames
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Yeah, those ones were dupes of other levels essentially. My PRNG isn't so random I guess! -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Wed, 22 Jul 2020, 16:15 | |
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Jayenkai
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Aye, random numbers can suck, sometimes!!! One thing I tend to do is a batch of r=rnd(0,1), looping the same number as the level number, after the seed, to help push the generator from its base. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Wed, 22 Jul 2020, 16:43 | |
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cyangames
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I can't quite remember what I'm using to create randomness in the levels but it's using the level number as the initial seed, then changing it each time based on it's previous state and applying rules to each change, rotating bits, adding 1, playing with a multiplier, etc, etc. Not really random but good enough for this case which was to generate the levels consistently. The other randomizer I'm using starts at zero then changes each frame based on a few select memory addresses combined with the players input on each frame but that's going to be used for level selection as opposed to level generation. In retrospect I could have gone for a 16-bit seed instead of just 8-bit for a better range but it would have added way more into the coding at that point in time. I do miss RND but it was fun making my own version, however flawed it may be.
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| Wed, 02 Sep 2020, 14:42 | |
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cyangames
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Got all the music I can safely fit integrated into the game tonight. Found some bugs with it this morning, accidentally labelled some data in the wrong position... apparently E's look like 3's sometimes. I'll never be an accountant! Made some tweaks to the music player so I have better control over tempo which will be handy should I decide to do multi-region stuff as well as just in general. 7179 bytes remain. I think for the sake of my own sanity I'm removing the auto-generated difficulty scales and sticking to fixed levels. It'll use less data (1024 bytes in total) and stop me from playtesting through each and every remaining level so, this sounds like a good way to allow a set structure. There's always endless / random mode available for people so, that's fine. It brings me much closer to the coding endpoint with this game and will probably be better for replayability in general. If I end up with 4kb spare I might be able to add the drum tracks also, which would be great but there's only a few areas of memory that are both blank and long enough to use so I can't promise anything on there. Possibly some space for texty easter eggs in the code but, I'm aware I'm near the limits in terms of space available. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Thu, 03 Sep 2020, 03:47 | |
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Jayenkai
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That sounds incredibly tight! Hope you can fit everything in that you need.
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| Thu, 03 Sep 2020, 16:50 | |
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cyangames
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Been feeling way better after the bath tonight, so gave some attention to flap happy, fixed some bugs, moved some memoy around so it's a little better organised and got a whole bunch of levels chosen for each mode. Made certain that the music doesn't restart when going from one level of the same type to the next one, so there's more chance to hear the full loop. 7,027 bytes remain and I can't beat easy mode... Maybe you can though? Although the ending isn't in place in these builds, if you get past 16 levels congratulations are in order though! 2020/36/flaphappy030920 (.zip) Good Luck
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| Fri, 04 Sep 2020, 15:21 | |
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cyangames
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Got the ending in place so it jumps to it after the last level and then back to the title screen afterwards. Although I've been reminded by how buggy it is with my sprite 0 code for some reason, it makes the frames a bit jumpy and that's no good! 6935 bytes remain and I can now beat easy mode! (occasionally) I might start easier modes with a couple more lives or just go default 5 lives across the board. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Fri, 04 Sep 2020, 17:01 | |
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Jayenkai
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Oops, sorry. Forgot I was supposed to be playing this.. Will do in a jiffy. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Fri, 04 Sep 2020, 17:32 | |
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Jayenkai
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 It really is quite hard, even on Easy!! I can barely make it halfway through level 3!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 05 Sep 2020, 13:22 | |
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cyangames
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Yup, gonna up the starting lives to 5 instead of 3 tonight then.
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| Tue, 08 Sep 2020, 01:58 | |
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cyangames
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Looks like my sprite zero scrolling code is causing a glitch in the ending credits. Feels a bit frame ratey.
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| Tue, 08 Sep 2020, 02:51 | |
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Jayenkai
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"Frame ratey"?
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