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#CPCRetroDev 2018 - Amstrad CPC Game Creation Contest new for 2018!

Started by Neil79, 17:39, 11 July 18

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awergh

Quote from: Arnaud on 13:04, 01 November 18
And i just see another major bug  :'( nooooo !
There's never enough time to test properly.


I know what you mean, I'm pretty sure I have game breaking bugs but I didn't have enough time for testing to actually find them.
Previously once I've submitted a game I haven't touched the codebase again.
However as I've not really gone looking for feedback (which is probably a mistake) there hasn't been any way to receive bug reports.

Arnaud

Quote from: awergh on 14:05, 02 November 18

I know what you mean, I'm pretty sure I have game breaking bugs but I didn't have enough time for testing to actually find them.
Previously once I've submitted a game I haven't touched the codebase again.
However as I've not really gone looking for feedback (which is probably a mistake) there hasn't been any way to receive bug reports.
Well, today i'm making the bug free edition. Now i have time to make real debugging  :doh:


XeNoMoRPH

My predictions

1- Jarlac
2- Operation Alexandra
3- The Adventures of Timothy Gunn
4- Legend of Steel
;D
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Arnaud

Quote from: XeNoMoRPH on 20:39, 05 November 18
My predictions

1- Jarlac
2- Operation Alexandra
3- The Adventures of Timothy Gunn
4- Legend of Steel
;D
Not real suspense (maybe for the order), and the question is what game will be at the 5th place.

Targhan

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skylas

I was impressed by Foosball F3, i am curious to see the controls that are used for this game and if it is easy for gameplay- i had not heard of that game!
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tastefulmrship

Quote from: Targhan on 23:56, 05 November 18
I for one will NOT watch any video, and will carefully check and review each game on a real CPC as soon as they are available!
I agree with you! Bring on 10th November! ^_^
Anyway, the RetroDev is one of the highlights of my Retro Year! I await another month's worth of amazing games! ^_^

villain

Quote from: skylas on 09:23, 06 November 18
I was impressed by Foosball F3, i am curious to see the controls that are used for this game and if it is easy for gameplay- i had not heard of that game!
The name of the game is very german...  8) I'm also very curious to give it a go. There was a table football released for the C64 a few months ago:
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=165137

skylas

Does anyone know how many are the games of the competition that are made only in Basic?
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CAPITAL QUIZ 2! (Reverse edition)
HEADS OR TAILS (ΚΟΡΩΝΑ/ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ)
HEART CHASER 1,2,3!
BARBOUTI!
STROOPIE!
BUDRUMI!
ART WAR!
BATTLE OF LENINGRAD!
AMSTABOO!
RODOLFO SKYLARRIENTE!

Manu

Quote from: Arnaud on 20:57, 05 November 18
Not real suspense (maybe for the order), and the question is what game will be at the 5th place.


I think (and I hope) that there will be surprises ^_^

roudoudou

Quote from: skylas on 15:46, 07 November 18
Does anyone know how many are the games of the competition that are made only in Basic?


It is mostly a CPCTelera contest ( C + asm )


Some people are doing (i guess) 100% asm like CNG production which is way beyond the other productions (in MY opinion)

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tastefulmrship

Quote from: GUNHED on 14:39, 08 November 18
Sadly there is few with acceptable scrolling.
Next year, why don't you submit a game with "acceptable scrolling", as you put it!
Otherwise, like the rest of us, why don't you enjoy the hard work people have put into the games and have fun? No?

norecess464

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roudoudou

Quote from: SuTeKH/Epyteor on 15:23, 08 November 18
Next year, why don't you submit a game with "acceptable scrolling", as you put it!


You're right, obviously, making a game is always a huge work
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ronaldo

Quote from: roudoudou on 12:42, 08 November 18
It is mostly a CPCTelera contest ( C + asm )
Some people are doing (i guess) 100% asm like CNG production which is way beyond the other productions (in MY opinion)

Yes, some people are doing ASM, concretely almost everybody like last year. I think there is 1 BASIC prod and 3-4 C prods this year. The rest are all ASM productions.

Games are not much better because they are done in ASM. In fact, best #CPCRetroDev games usually include C productions even being such a few compared to total productions. Baba's Palace was made in C, so was Cris: Odd Prelude and Outlaws, and so is Jarlac, which is being projected as winner by many people this year.

Please, stop saying that CPCtelera is C + asm. CPCtelera is a framework and programmers may use it for programming in C, asm and Machine Code if they like to.

Quote from: GUNHED on 14:39, 08 November 18
Sadly there is few with acceptable scrolling.

I wouldn't say sadly. The number of games including scroll has been steadily increasing, and also has the quality of scrolls over time. That's definitely not sad news.

Moreover, I would be probably more conservative to evaluate some scrolling as "acceptable". For me, most scrollings this year are better than acceptable. A different thing would be if we speak of "top-tech" scrolling. But I would never expect most games to include "top-tech" anything. "top-tech" features are considered top because not many people implement them.

reidrac

Quote from: XeNoMoRPH on 20:39, 05 November 18
My predictions

1- Jarlac
2- Operation Alexandra
3- The Adventures of Timothy Gunn
4- Legend of Steel
;D

Not sure about the order, but those are very good candidates. There is also gameplay, of course, and we don't know that just by looking at the video.

In any case, looking forward to play the games!
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TomEtJerry

Hi,

I would be curious to play with Foosball, that's a nice idea and the game seems to have clean graphics and correct code.

jesusdelmas

77 attpemps is a hidden gem as jesus rocks would say. But crocker looks like.... a serious candidate for the 41 place :P

GUNHED

Quote from: SuTeKH/Epyteor on 15:23, 08 November 18
Next year, why don't you submit a game with "acceptable scrolling", as you put it!
Otherwise, like the rest of us, why don't you enjoy the hard work people have put into the games and have fun? No?
Sure, as soon as we can use CPC6128 with discs.  ;)  Now, where's your great game? I would give it a go!  :)
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GUNHED

Quote from: ronaldo on 17:27, 08 November 18
I wouldn't say sadly. The number of games including scroll has been steadily increasing, and also has the quality of scrolls over time. That's definitely not sad news.

Moreover, I would be probably more conservative to evaluate some scrolling as "acceptable". For me, most scrollings this year are better than acceptable. A different thing would be if we speak of "top-tech" scrolling. But I would never expect most games to include "top-tech" anything. "top-tech" features are considered top because not many people implement them.


Well, V-Scrolling can easily done with one or two scan lines very smooth and it doesn't take cpu time.
For H-Scrolling you still can go byte-wise (using CRTC R3) and that's also very smooth.


As shown with before (Mode 1 and Mode 0) a pixel-wise, smooth scrolling can be done very easy. And it takes nearly no cpu time. While the usual Mode-1 character soft scroll eats up resources a lot.  :)
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tastefulmrship

Quote from: GUNHED on 21:01, 08 November 18
Now, where's your great game? I would give it a go!  :)
Eh? What game? I'm not a programmer and I never claimed to be one!
I'm a games player and someone who appreciates others who spend their free-time to create games and the games they make!

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