Hi All,
Please find below a new 100% BASIC game (464 compatible) which I recently wrote.
Titled "Tower of Rubble" it is actually a clone of a game I found here (https://flatgub.itch.io/tower-of-rubble) minus all of the good features. :laugh:
I've found it to be a fun and additive little game, one of those "one more go" games. 8)
Music is recycled from my game "Coolbox" by @mr_lou (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/profile/?u=96) simply because I had nothing else and didn't want to bother anyone. ::)
Anyway, have fun and enjoy.
Oh and remember to post high scores with screenshot, maybe we can keep a table.
Cheers,
Morri
Tower of Rubble Top 10 Hi-Score Table (screenshot required)
1. 195 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
2. 143 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
3. 140 - @Targhan (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=110)
4. 131 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
5. 120 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
6. 116 - Morri
7. 112 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
8. 107 - @Shaun M. Neary (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=728)
9. 103 - @tjohnson (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2129)
10. 101 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
(http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i65.tinypic.com/2dij7du.jpg)[/img](http://i65.tinypic.com/2dij7du.jpg)(https://ibb.co/jq8AKa)
To help populate the Hi score table ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/G7l6WMf.png) and (http://i.imgur.com/iCFjQP3.png)
HI-SCORE !!!
(http://i.imgur.com/aoixe31.png)
I was playing yesterday but my hi-score was so low that it was not worth posting, I am afraid :-X Once I was killed by the first set of bricks. We should have a low-score table, this way I would be on the very top :picard:
Quote from: ||C|-|E|| on 12:30, 13 July 17
I was playing yesterday but my hi-score was so low that it was not worth posting, I am afraid :-X Once I was killed by the first set of bricks. We should have a low-score table, this way I would be on the very top :picard:
I do not believe that.... I have not played yet.
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Managed a crappy score of 61, not even worth posting a screen shot for.
Frustratingly addictive though, I had to force myself to stop ten minutes after I'd intended to. I could waste hours on it.
Nice job.
GOD DAMN IT @Morri (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=95)!!
Beat @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)' original score though, so stick me on the board please. =)
Quote from: ||C|-|E|| on 12:30, 13 July 17
I was playing yesterday but my hi-score was so low that it was not worth posting, I am afraid :-X Once I was killed by the first set of bricks. We should have a low-score table, this way I would be on the very top :picard:
Bet you it didn't such as hard as this one...
Sorry @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314).
Now I'm done... officially. I've no hope in hell of beating your #1 spot!
There is a big part of luck :D
I was stuck at the end but with no strick for a few tens of point.
Quote from: remax on 14:07, 13 July 17
There is a big part of luck :D
I was stuck at the end but with no strick for a few tens of point.
Exact same happened me on my last go too.
Quote from: Morri on 20:54, 12 July 17
Tower of Rubble Top 10 Hi-Score Table (screenshot required)
1. 195 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
2. 116 - Morri
3. 101 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
4. 95 - @Shaun M. Neary (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=728)
5. 93 - @remax (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=314)
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Hey hey! Where's my other score? Get me up to third place! 😂😂
I want my 3rd place back :
(http://i.imgur.com/OUdKwvu.png)
On this one i had been even luckier than my hi score. Stuck around 50. At one moment i thought i had found a weak point in the game.
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 21:22, 13 July 17
Hey hey! Where's my other score? Get me up to third place! 😂😂
:laugh: Don't worry, I'll update when I get home from work. There's a photo block on my office computer so I can't see all the scores :picard: .
Ha, I see I've manged to pull a few people down into the rabbit hole with me. This game can be so frustrating and additive at the same time!
This is why I love BASIC. I made this game in like 2 nights and have spent like the last 2 weeks playing / tweaking it and getting scores from 0 to 250 (more 0's than 250's which were because the speed was initially slower). I finally settled on this faster speed as I liked the panic when the lines lock onto your same position and your reactions are severely tested.
Quote from: Morri on 01:48, 14 July 17
:laugh: Don't worry, I'll update when I get home from work. There's a photo block on my office computer so I can't see all the scores :picard: .
Ha, I see I've manged to pull a few people down into the rabbit hole with me. This game can be so frustrating and additive at the same time!
This is why I love BASIC. I made this game in like 2 nights and have spent like the last 2 weeks playing / tweaking it and getting scores from 0 to 250 (more 0's than 250's which were because the speed was initially slower). I finally settled on this faster speed as I liked the panic when the lines lock onto your same position and your reactions are severely tested.
What I enjoy about it is that it reminds me of a lot of games, where if I held the left or right button for that slight bit too long, it jumped two places. It's frustrating as hell but it's part of the charm of basic as well. =)
I hope you do not mind Morri, but I quickly ran it through nocart to make a .cpr file.
Before doing that I just changed the 'left' and 'right' keys to the joystick/gamepad 'left and right'.
I also changed the ESC key mapping to the 'p' key so that it works on the Pause button of the GX4000.
It plays just fine on the GX4000 :)
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Cheers,
Shane
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Nicely done Shane.
The more cpr conversions for the C4CPC, the better says me! :D
Quote from: 00WReX on 05:53, 14 July 17
I hope you do not mind Morri, but I quickly ran it through nocart to make a .cpr file.
Before doing that I just changed the 'left' and 'right' keys to the joystick/gamepad 'left and right'.
I also changed the ESC key mapping to the 'p' key so that it works on the Pause button of the GX4000.
It plays just fine on the GX4000 :)
Cheers,
Shane
That's cool bro, no worries. Also that screenshot earns you two places in the high score table :D
Second place for me !
(http://i.imgur.com/xM36t2D.png)
Hem, as you can notice, i have been more than lucky being stuck around 40... ;D
I'll get all the positions !!! 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/3xQMl78.png)
My rubble score of 67 was the best I could do. :'(
best score I managed today 103, more luck than anything on this run.
140!
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It's a really nice game, very addictive! But I guess you've reach the limit of the Basic: the character doesn't react as quickly as it should! But maybe it's related to the emulator (shame on me, but my CPC is not available right now).
Quote from: Targhan on 00:45, 16 July 17
It's a really nice game, very addictive! But I guess you've reach the limit of the Basic: the character doesn't react as quickly as it should! But maybe it's related to the emulator (shame on me, but my CPC is not available right now).
It's not the emulator, it's just basic. That said I've seen non basic games suffer this fault too. Puzznic was the absolute worst for that.
Quote from: Targhan on 00:45, 16 July 17
It's a really nice game, very addictive! But I guess you've reach the limit of the Basic: the character doesn't react as quickly as it should! But maybe it's related to the emulator (shame on me, but my CPC is not available right now).
I forgot to check what INPUT system Morri was using in this game, but in Coolbox Morri is using INKEY$ and using KEY DEF to refer the Keys to the Joystick and Cursor Keys. If it's the same with this game, then that would explain why the character doesn't react quickly as it should as INKEY()<>-1 or JOY(), however unlike INKEY() or JOY(), INKEY$ can be used with SPEED KEY.
EDIT: After looking at the source for this game it's shown to be using INKEY()=0, so I'm not sure, I've been playing it in Winape 2.0 Alpha 18 and it seems to be playing just fine for me.
It really is just BASIC. The code checks for key presses, goes through the rest of the game loop (choosing a tile position, drawing the lines and printing the score) then loops back to the beginning and checks for key presses again. So depending on when you press the button, the game may react immediately or have a slight delay. All just part of the fun and frustration of games like this. ;)
Another second place :)
(http://i.imgur.com/GnrJbzi.png)
This may be a stupid question, but what keys do I use to play this? ;)
Quote from: blackdalek on 15:01, 28 August 17
This may be a stupid question, but what keys do I use to play this? ;)
Left and right arrow keys, and that's it!
... so just to be sure....
Left arrow key makes the character go left, right?
Then right arrow key is left, which makes him go right?
8)
Quote from: mr_lou on 19:11, 28 August 17
... so just to be sure....
Left arrow key makes the character go left, right?
Then right arrow key is left, which makes him go right?
8)
I gave myself a headache reading this post...
Quote from: mr_lou on 19:11, 28 August 17
... so just to be sure....
Left arrow key makes the character go left, right?
Then right arrow key is left, which makes him go right?
8)
:laugh: