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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
coder for new game needed!
Hi all..
I was thinking to start working again on an old game project of mine but i need to find a coder first.
the game will be a jump n shoot contra - turrican like but with better gfx and some fresh ideas..
check out this little preview and tell me what you think
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cadaver
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1154 |
Sorry to be a bit negativistic, but bitmapmode alone won't necessarily make for better graphics. Turrican etc. mix also the singlecolor chars there for extra sharpness. Plus considering it's AGSP you want, you'll have those lovely 8-char wide empty stretches wherever the spritepointers appear, unless you like flashing graphics :) (I guess you knew this, but anyway..) |
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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
i know about the empty chars due to spritepointers but it is no problemm with some clever level design..
i never said that i want to make a turrican clone or improve its gfx.. i mentioned turrican because it is close to the game concept.. and no, i don't think that the hires chars are that important.. i have seen wonderfull detailed gfx in games using bitmap gfx (mayhem for example).. |
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cadaver
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1154 |
Ah yeah, now I get it.. those gfx in the preview are probably not very representative :)
IMO, I've yet to see a scrolling game where bitmapmode really was used to an advantage, I guess graphicians go a bit astray with the freedom of colors. Something like Fred's Back has nice cutesy colors and all, but there are no huge awe-inspiring designs or formations, because it's all so simple and basic design-wise. That is of course not to say you couldn't do it...
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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
well.. the gfx in the preview are from 1994 and they have improoved 'till now :) maybe i should make a new preview..
and yep.. fred's back isn't impressive.. it's just colourful |
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T.M.R
Account closed
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 749 |
Could do a double-buffered VSP scroller instead of AGSP...? Not that i'm volunteering to code it, just offering suggestions. =-) |
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Cybernator
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 154 |
What's the difference between VSP and AGSP? What does AGSP stand for? |
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hollowman
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 474 |
from what i've heard vsp + linecruncher = AGSP = Any Given Screen Position |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5026 |
well, mayhem in char mode beats hands down fred's back with its bitmap mode. Not too long ago I was playing with the idea of writing a Zool clone, and as coder I decided that it should be an "AGSP" scroller but in char mode. You dont have the freedom of software bullets/sprites in bitmap mode, also collisions is harder to track down, you cant simply read directly the screen data to check that. Its not really the screenmode that counts, but that how clever you use it. Take a look at Mayhem and learn... |
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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
Actually i don't care about the mode i will use in the game aslong i can use the colors i want (more that 3).. mayhem looks great indeed (and i thought it's bitmap mode)..
the thing is that the only level editor i have is the one from freds back..
if someone could help me with another editor i would be a happy man (and the coders too i guess :) |
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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
i took a look at the metal warrior level editor.. it could be used to make some nice levels with quite some colours...
i'll give it a try.. |
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