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[GroovyBee]

For those of you not attending CGE 2010 here's a sneak peek at my Expansion Module game Dungeon! :-




Many thanks to sh3-rg for the fantastic graphics (as per usual). The title page has been hand edited because its a 160C image (it looks very close to that image on a TV). Its a single player, 8 way scroller that allows 25 colours per video scan line (the maximum the 7800 can do). Graphics are provisional and may change in the future. There is still a great deal of work to do on it. Hence there is no fixed release date and no binary available at this time.

[thund3r]

GroovyBee, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:47 PM, said:

For those of you not attending CGE 2010 here's a sneak peek at my Expansion Module game Dungeon! :-

dungeon_00.png dungeon_06.png
dungeon_02.png dungeon_04.png

Many thanks to sh3-rg for the fantastic graphics (as per usual). The title page has been hand edited because its a 160C image (it looks very close to that image on a TV). Its a single player, 8 way scroller that allows 25 colours per video scan line (the maximum the 7800 can do). Graphics are provisional and may change in the future. There is still a great deal of work to do on it. Hence there is no fixed release date and no binary available at this time.

Wow this looks amazing, i take it, its using the pockey chip for sound aswell?

[GroovyBee]

thund3r, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:51 PM, said:

Wow this looks amazing, i take it, its using the pockey chip for sound aswell?

There are no sound effects or music in the game yet. TIA probably won't be used.

[The_Laird]

That looks so amazing, I love Gauntlet!!!

[GroovyBee]

The_Laird, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:54 PM, said:

That looks so amazing, I love Gauntlet!!!

Gauntlet style .

[DracIsBack]

GroovyBee, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:47 PM, said:

For those of you not attending CGE 2010 here's a sneak peek at my Expansion Module game Dungeon! :-

dungeon_00.png dungeon_06.png
dungeon_02.png dungeon_04.png

Many thanks to sh3-rg for the fantastic graphics (as per usual). The title page has been hand edited because its a 160C image (it looks very close to that image on a TV). Its a single player, 8 way scroller that allows 25 colours per video scan line (the maximum the 7800 can do). Graphics are provisional and may change in the future. There is still a great deal of work to do on it. Hence there is no fixed release date and no binary available at this time.

holy crap - my jaw just hit the floor. Well done GroovyBee and sh3-rg!

[mellis]

How exciting!

Gauntlet is one of my arcade favorites too. It's nice to see that its legacy lives on with the Atari 7800.

[remowilliams]

GroovyBee, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:47 PM, said:

For those of you not attending CGE 2010 here's a sneak peek at my Expansion Module game Dungeon! :-

Hot damn! Really looking forward to seeing more of this one... With your code and sh3-rg's pixel art mastery this should be kick ass!

[GroovyBee]

DracIsBack, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:10 PM, said:

holy crap - my jaw just hit the floor.

Job done!

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Well done GroovyBee and sh3-rg!

Thanks for the compliment.

[GroovyBee]

mellis, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:11 PM, said:

Gauntlet is one of my arcade favorites too. It's nice to see that its legacy lives on with the Atari 7800.

Its a top down dungeon crawl but its not going to be Gauntlet.

[GroovyBee]

remowilliams, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:14 PM, said:

Hot damn! Really looking forward to seeing more of this one... With your code and sh3-rg's pixel art mastery this should be kick ass!

Thanks for the compliment. Its still early days. The game has a long, long way to go.

[horseboy]

mellis, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:11 PM, said:

How exciting!

Gauntlet is one of my arcade favorites too. It's nice to see that its legacy lives on with the Atari 7800.

Ever played Dark Chambers?

Anyway this game looks great. I know you will put a nice twist on it.

[Bakasama]

GroovyBee, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:17 PM, said:

Its a top down dungeon crawl but its not going to be Gauntlet.

Wow, it's looks great so far. So, it's going to borrow a few elements from Rogue? I mean I like Gauntlet and all but I would like to see if game that can look like Gauntlet but plays a bit different from it.

Edited by Bakasama, Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:31 PM.

[jc78_2005]

this is gonan be great!

[AtariNerd]

Soooo pur-ty! Kind of strange though, isn't it, when you don't have to worry so much about the display (though obviously you are programming around certain, advanced techniques!) and you can focus and fret on the design, logistics?

Edited by AtariNerd, Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:55 PM.

[Austin]

This looks pretty good for being as early as it is in the development process.. I am sure it will be a joy to look at when it's complete down the road!

[GroovyBee]

horseboy, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:21 PM, said:

Anyway this game looks great. I know you will put a nice twist on it.

Thanks for the compliment.

[GroovyBee]

Bakasama, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:29 PM, said:

Wow, it's looks great so far. So, it's going to borrow a few elements from Rogue? I mean I like Gauntlet and all but I would like to see if game that can look like Gauntlet but plays a bit different from it.

Thanks for the compliment. I have thought about randomly generated levels. The levels in the game can be quite large. However, there is a ton of work to do before it gets to that stage.

[GroovyBee]

jc78_2005, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:47 PM, said:

this is gonan be great!

We hope so. There is still plenty of work to do.

[GroovyBee]

AtariNerd, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:51 PM, said:

Soooo pur-ty! Kind of strange though, isn't it, when you don't have to worry so much about the display (though obviously you are programming around certain, advanced techniques!) and you can focus and fret on the design, logistics?

Thanks for the compliment. The Expansion Module cannot increase the number of video cycles available to MARIA so the game still has to work within those fixed constraints. With the 7800, MARIA can either cope with what you ask it to do or it can't. If it can't cope you have to approach things differently.

[GroovyBee]

Austin, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:57 PM, said:

This looks pretty good for being as early as it is in the development process.. I am sure it will be a joy to look at when it's complete down the road!

Only "pretty good" huh? Plenty of work still to do. This is probably the last version that will work on a stock 7800 with a CC2. Any more changes and it becomes a fully fledged expansion module game.

[TrekMD]

That looks amazing!

[HammR25]

GroovyBee, on Sun Aug 1, 2010 5:58 AM, said:

Austin, on Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:57 PM, said:

This looks pretty good for being as early as it is in the development process.. I am sure it will be a joy to look at when it's complete down the road!

Only "pretty good" huh? Plenty of work still to do. This is probably the last version that will work on a stock 7800 with a CC2. Any more changes and it becomes a fully fledged expansion module game.

I've seen better

[Underball]

This looks good.

I have to say though, for all the hype about the Expansion Module, for this to be the only game being previewed, I'm a little disappointed.

[GroovyBee]

TrekMD, on Sun Aug 1, 2010 6:11 AM, said:

That looks amazing!

Thanks for the compliment.