Video showing VB games

Jan 28, 2012 • 23:19

Benjamin Stevens

Nice upload.

I noticed that the video portion of “Space Pinball” had a caption of “Galactic Pinball.”

Was that intentional?

Jan 29, 2012 • 01:29

Morintari

This was a Great idea 🙂 what better way to tell the public that the VB is alive and kickin than to show them what you all have done. I may be a uber noob for suggesting this but we have alot of good talent here it’s a shame that all of the good programmers can’t get together with the good artists and create a game that would be like the ones released by the licencees. you know produce a game the quality of EFX It’s just an Idea if you don’t like it please be gentle.

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Jan 29, 2012 • 03:45

akumie

Benjamin Steven: Well the video was made month ago so for many games I just took videos I could find on youtube
For some reason the best video of Galactic Pinball was Space Pinball
One day I will remake the video but for now it is good enough for people to get an idea about the VB

Morintari: I used to say that alot on the forums that to many demos are released that never get finished but in the end either I make the games or I should be happy at least the VB community is not dead
Would have been good though if lets say 10 people work on a section of a game (1 person does sound, another one does sprites…), realease a demo and then ask for lets say $10 to release it as a rom but people like us who do not make games should really not complain

Jan 29, 2012 • 17:54

HorvatM

akumie wrote:

Morintari: I used to say that alot on the forums that to many demos are released that never get finished

Soviet Union 2011 was released almost a month ago. What’s your point?

Would have been good though if lets say 10 people work on a section of a game (1 person does sound, another one does sprites…), realease a demo and then ask for lets say $10 to release it as a rom but people like us who do not make games should really not complain

I agree, we really should make a game together.

Jan 30, 2012 • 04:40

Morintari

akumie wrote:but people like us who do not make games should really not complain

I actually am working on a game but you wouldn’t know it for the snails pace that I’m working at. Hence the old asian proverb “many hands make for light work”.

I’m just saying that we have enough people to start a small company. Why not utilize the talent? The Rom does’nt have to be paid for as much as how the whole VB community would benefit from the games. Can you Imagine what PVB would look like in 5 years with 5 homebrew licencee quality games.
There is a reason why Revival Studios is producing a quality VB game. If we had more quality games more companies would start to see the VB as a platform worth supporting and if that happened maybe we would see the release of the second Virtual Boy. Maybe I’m dreaming but then again maybe not. We don’t know if we don’t try.
I would love to head up this project believe me but I have too many irons in the fire so to speak. But please somebody lead this project out.

Jan 30, 2012 • 16:44

VirtualChris

If this actually comes to fruition, I’d like to compose the music for the game.

Feb 03, 2012 • 05:06

Morintari

Ok so now we have HorvatM for programming I assume. and VirtualChris for music. And me when I finish my current VB game that I’m working on. Any other takers?

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari (once I finish current game)
2.
3.
4.
5.

Feb 03, 2012 • 06:41

RunnerPack

morintari wrote:
… Any other takers?

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari (once I finish current game)
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.
4.
5.

@VirtualChris, are there any examples of your musical chops I can hear?

Feb 05, 2012 • 04:25

Morintari

Ok, so we’ve started to get a few heavy-hitters here. I may be speaking out of turn but how about people like DogP. Ive seen your Mario Kart and am just drooling about what effects we could have with that kind of programming. what about DanB,Dasi or even Kr155E. I know there is more talent out there if we can just get you to sign on. What about our Artists like L___E___T and those guys. Come on sharpen your pencils,mind your syntax and bust out your Chipophones I know you’ve got em. Well maybe that’s going alittle too far. but let’s all be a part of this. for the good of the community. What do ya say?…

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari (once I finish current game)
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.
4.
5.

Feb 05, 2012 • 04:57

VirtualChris

As to what the midis songs I’ve composed, I think this is the best one:
http://www.atari2600land.com/mybutthurtspart5/mbh5.mid

Feb 05, 2012 • 05:53

Morintari

RunnerPack wrote:

@VirtualChris, are there any examples of your musical chops I can hear?

VirtualChris wrote:

As to what the midis songs I’ve composed, I think this is the best one:
http://www.atari2600land.com/mybutthurtspart5/mbh5.mid

mortintari wrote:

Ok VirtualChris that was good. It kinda has a CastleVania feel to it. Ok I’m going to repeat my last post because I don’t want it lost in the shuffle. it’s a hopeful plea that maybe we can get some more talent on this thing. So here it goes

Ok, so we’ve started to get a few heavy-hitters here. I may be speaking out of turn but how about people like DogP. Ive seen your Mario Kart and am just drooling about what effects we could have with that kind of programming. what about DanB,Dasi or even Kr155E. I know there is more talent out there if we can just get you to sign on. What about our Artists like L___E___T and those guys. Come on sharpen your pencils,mind your syntax and bust out your Chipophones I know you’ve got em. Well maybe that’s going alittle too far. but let’s all be a part of this. For the good of the community. What do ya say?…

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari (once I finish current game)
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.
4.
5.

Feb 05, 2012 • 13:53

akumie

Nice to see that my thread is finally getting a game started
Lets just hope that if everyone plays the right part we can see 5+ games/year

Feb 05, 2012 • 14:49

Morintari

Ok, no big secret but the game I am working on is Insecticide. If we want to make that the Unified VB game I can do the graphics but some help would be nice.Ive talked to Chris and he said that he’d be all for it. I think I’m going to redo the crawl cycle. If I had my druthers I’d like to focus on character design and backgrounds, and have a better animator work on the sprite animation. There are some affine mode effects that Id like to incorporate. But Id we need the help of RunnerPack to do them. Also I figured out a way to create 3d backgrounds using 2d graphics but I need RunnerPack’s help on that also. Hey guys let me know if your not interested in making the Unified VB game Insecticide. Also It’s not too late to have more people sign on we especially need artists and some music advisors would be good as well.

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.
4.
5.

Feb 05, 2012 • 19:30

Virtual_Ben

I would like to help.
But I never did something with game desing.
I actually pretty good in drawing sprites.
But only png. ore something like that becouse i don’t know what you actually need.

write back 😉

Feb 05, 2012 • 21:48

Lester Knight

if this game project gets to the point that it requires some type of story then i would love to help.

i have been a gamer since 1983 with my atari 2600. i’ve written many product reviews, short stories, and such. i’ve wanted to merge my love of games and my love for writing into a project for a few years.

Feb 06, 2012 • 00:23

HorvatM

If Chris is OK about giving us (partial) control over his project, and he isn’t doing this simply to get it done faster and easier, then I’m for it. But he will need to improve his programming skills a lot. The current code works, but will be a pain to work with as new features are added to the game. And I won’t rewrite it all by myself (like I planned with Castle of Doom… I never finished that and it would be impossible anyway) because I don’t want to take full control over his code and he should improve anyway.

However, I still think starting a new game with input from the whole community is a better idea, if that’s even possible.

And I do not want akumie to think that he has some credit or control over this, or that we will be doing this for him.

Feb 06, 2012 • 04:08

Morintari

Rockin, So we’ve got Lester Knight for stories if we go with something other than Incecticide. and Virtual_Ben (and Myself if we go with Insecticide) for graphics regardless of what we go with. VirtualChris for music HorvatM for programming and RunnerPack to put it all together and add some Zing.

Virtual_Ben wrote

I actually pretty good in drawing sprites.
But only png. ore something like that becouse i don’t know what you actually need.

morintari wrote:
Virtual_Ben this should be a PM but I can’t figure out how to PM you so here it goes. What ever the team decides on. you know it is a democracy. I and VirtualChris could use your help in Insecticide. That would free me up to do what I do best backgrounds. I use BMP format but VirtualChris likes to use PNG. it’s mostly just making insects fight if you can do that PM me and I’d like to see some exsmples of your work.

HorvatM wrote:

However, I still think starting a new game with input from the whole community is a better idea, if that’s even possible.

morintari wrote:
Great Idea the only problem is that you don’t have me. I know you may be thinking who needs morintari any way He’s just heading up the project and getting it off the ground. that is true. my commitment is with Insecticide. I cannot and will not start a new project without first completing it. if anyone wants to help me on that great I could use the help but if you start a new unified VB community game that isn’t Insecticide I’m afraid you have to count me out.:(

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari but only if we go with Insecticide
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.Virtual_Ben
4.
5.

Story
1.Lester Knight
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Feb 06, 2012 • 08:41

KR155E

Wish I had time to help with this, sadly it’s not the case. But hopefully I’ll be able to contribute little bits here and there if you guys get anything going.

I fully agree with HorvatM, though. VirtualChris’ code works (to a degree), but it is a mess and it is not a good idea to take this as a base for a community project. So, instead of taking over the Insecticide code in its current state, you should really start from scratch and aim for clean, as-modular-as-possible and well documented code.

So, either restart Insecticide with all the resources which are there (concepts, graphics, music), or start a new project. It sounds like a pain to scrap all the work that has been put into the code yet, but believe me, it would be worth it if done right. I guess you’d reach the current state fairly quickly and from there, it’d be much easier to work from.

Personally, I am not a big fan of fighing games, so I’d prefer a new game being made, but that’s just my two cents. 😉

Feb 06, 2012 • 12:00

Virtual_Ben

I made a little picture. Wich is the title screen.
What do you think it’s not that impressiv its way coller if the water were moving. But what do you think ?