The Dark Knight [ wip ]

[XeNoMoRPH]

New upcoming game for CPC from Mananuk !!!!

video: https://files.fm/u/yrddwqjv8e#/view/m3gh2d72hb

[Gryzor]

That's a cute crusader😊

[cwpab]

Military themed game, 1980s:



Military themed game, 2020s:



Batman game, 1980s:



Batman game, 2020s:



Vampire themed game, 1980s:



Vampire themed game, 2020s:



It seems the cuteness has invaded CPC game graphics. Whether or not that's positive would be a good topic for a lengthy debate.

[dodogildo]

New upcoming game for CPC from Mananuk !!!!

video: https://files.fm/u/yrddwqjv8e#/view/m3gh2d72hb

Will it have ingame music?

[XeNoMoRPH]

New upcoming game for CPC from Mananuk !!!!
video: https://files.fm/u/yrddwqjv8e#/view/m3gh2d72hb

Will it have ingame music?

In principle only in the menu and between phases

[Gryzor]

Military themed game, 1980s:



Military themed game, 2020s:



Batman game, 1980s:



Batman game, 2020s:



Vampire themed game, 1980s:



Vampire themed game, 2020s:



It seems the cuteness has invaded CPC game graphics. Whether or not that's positive would be a good topic for a lengthy debate.

It's not only cuteness. The sprite size difference also makes a difference in what you put on the screen and in gameplay. 

Also consider that people didn't necessarily know how to draw distinctive sprites with fewer pixels back then. The first successful ones were -what, Lemmings and Sensi/MegaLoMania?

[abalore]

Certainly for a subject like Batman I would expect a darker mood. It's true there are many 8x16 sprite games recently, maybe because using the same engines. The same with loading screens, they share the same pixel-perfect, clean, cartoonish style (not the case in this game, apparently)

Anyway, this game seems to have some interesting mechanics, like the returning batarang. With well designed levels it can be a good game.

[cwpab]

Yeah, I have also complained in the past about sprites being too big in some games not allowing players too see s**t while scrolling. 

But it's also true that you can technically make small sprites without them having to be chibi/super deformed:



So yeah... I blame manga!

[Jean-Marie]

Looks like jolly good fun !

[XeNoMoRPH]

game will be available on Friday the 25th -

https://mananuk.itch.io/dark-knight

[Gryzor]

Really looks like a good old game from the good old times...

[XeNoMoRPH]

[Gryzor]

It's out, just bought it😊

[ldaneels]

Did you buy the physical release of the game? I can't find any link to purchase it.
I'm definitely interested in this one...

[Gryzor]

Did you buy the physical release of the game? I can't find any link to purchase it.
I'm definitely interested in this one...

No, the digital one. Probably no physical yet.

[Jean-Marie]

Great game : I've been playing it for hours! I needed a poke to complete it though 
Infinite energy : POKE &4A1D,0
The game returns the infamous Memory full error on 464. You'll have to edit line 630 in the basic loader, and delete MEMORY &7EFF.
Or use the following loader containing the magic poke :

Code Select Expand

6 name$="LOADER1"
7 name2$="LOADER2"
90 MODE 0:BORDER  0
100 GOSUB 400
181 GOSUB 820
255 GOTO 600
400 MEMORY &7EFF:IF PEEK(&BB5B)=0 THEN p=45530   ELSE p=47061
445 LOAD name$+".pal",&7F00:GOSUB 820:LOAD name$+".scr",&C000
446 GOSUB 700
447 GOSUB 700
600 IF PEEK(&BB5B)=0 THEN p=45530   ELSE p=47061
640 LOAD name2$+".pal",&7F00:GOSUB 820:LOAD name2$+".scr",&C000
645 LOAD"loader.bin",&BE80:POKE &BEA3,&C9:CALL &BE80
650 LOCATE 6,19:PEN 2:PRINT"Cheat? y/n"
660 c$=UPPER$(INKEY$):IF c$="" THEN 660
670 IF c$="Y" THEN POKE &4A1D,0
680 CALL &400
700 FOR J=1 TO 2000:NEXT
740 RETURN
820 MODE PEEK(&7F00):FOR a=0 TO 15:i=PEEK(&7F03+a*12):POKE p+a,i:POKE p+a+17,i:NEXT
830 RETURN

[Jean-Marie]

Chose the starting level (1 to 4) : POKE &478C,level