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Homebrew The Gift Of Discernment - NES Project Now Has A Title!

Nov 17, 2017 at 7:16:58 PM
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4/6/18
Game Title announced. The Gift Of Discernment

1/30/18
Update to the project! You can now change rooms, somewhat. I was planning to wait until it the routine was more complete, but I was too excited not to share right now!





12/19/17
I have implemented a "slide" mechanic when only one of the 2 collision points sees a collision. Other work was done as well to this update, but it was all menu and screen stuff.





12/16/17
It doesn't seem like much of an update, but a lot of code changed in the background to make the character sprite interact properly with the background collision code.
-Character object now has a bounding box that checks 4 hit points for background collisions. All done at the Cartesian map level.
-Figured out how to do subpixel movement to slow down the charater's movement. This will also allow me to change the speed during game play if I desire that down the road. This was a challenge as I need to move 2 pixeld on every 4th frame. All the example code would only move you 1 pixel per X frames, which would create a "bouncing" effect of our Isometric character instead of the smooth diaganol that you see in the video.
-The main character now changes its tiles to appear to be facing in the direction it is moving.
-I changed the Cartesian sprite from 2 boxes to 1 box.





Original Post
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=512999452433257&...





Here is a short video of what I have been working on lately. What you see here is an Isometric (3d) view of the playing area with an 8x2 tile sprite and the Cartesian (2d) view in the upper left corner with a 1x2 tile sprite. The Cartesian view is for display only as I work out sprite movement and background collision detection. Once that is all working, I will take it off the screen and that part will operate completely unseen in the background. All updates to the sprites are done in the Cartesian view and then converted to Isometric view to to show on the screen.

As you watch the video, you can see how the X and Y axis lay on the Isometric background compared to the Cartesian map. The lightest squares on the Cartesian map represent 8x8 pixel tiles that cause collision. The checkerboard pattern area represents the playing area when the character can move freely. What you can't see is the upper row of collision tiles as the NES doesn't show the first 8 rows of pixels on NTSC screens.

As to what the genre of the game will be, I am going with Survival Horror. The Silent Hill series in one of my favorite, so I want to try to bring that style to the NES. How will I pull it off? I haven't a clue. What is the story line? Up in the air! All I know is that it will be a huge challenge and a lot of fun to make!

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Edited: 04/06/2018 at 05:21 PM by Mega Mario Man

Nov 17, 2017 at 7:22:25 PM
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stalker status... achieved!

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Nov 17, 2017 at 7:59:59 PM
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Is it weird that I'm salivating?

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Nov 17, 2017 at 8:05:11 PM
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Nov 17, 2017 at 8:05:24 PM
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This is gonna be dope

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Nov 17, 2017 at 8:45:12 PM
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Exciting!

Nov 17, 2017 at 8:55:46 PM
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That dual screen is really cool.

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Nov 17, 2017 at 9:26:57 PM
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Really excited to see this come together!

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Nov 18, 2017 at 1:09:11 AM
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Oh man, this is gonna be good. I'm already scared.  

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Nov 18, 2017 at 4:56:06 AM
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Wow this is really interesting ! Good job !

Nov 18, 2017 at 8:58:28 AM
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Just a small demo, but I'm loving it already  

You know I'll be watching this for sure!

Nov 18, 2017 at 9:35:41 AM
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I'm in! GBR!!!

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Nov 18, 2017 at 10:09:33 AM
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Dude yes, please make this happen!

Nov 18, 2017 at 12:35:11 PM
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You melt my heart man!

Isometric... Yes!
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On the nes !? Yes yes yes !!!

Nov 18, 2017 at 3:03:00 PM
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This sure is something new and exciting. Looks promising

Nov 18, 2017 at 5:36:42 PM
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Updates? This out yet? Link to the sale thread?

Also, will the rom be avail for free if we can't get the CIB LE?

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Nov 19, 2017 at 6:57:41 AM
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Looks really cool! Definitely wanna check this one out

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Nov 19, 2017 at 11:01:36 PM
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This reminds me of that Resident Evil isometric demo for the sega genesis. Was that you too?

Nov 20, 2017 at 8:14:11 AM
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Originally posted by: Final Theory

This reminds me of that Resident Evil isometric demo for the sega genesis. Was that you too?





That was not me, but that was where I got the idea to make my survival horror game in isometric view. I've been sitting on the genre for years. I even have a project from 2014 code named Silent Hill, but I didn't get far. But, that view was going to be more like Turtles 2 and Double Dragon.

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Nov 20, 2017 at 9:41:21 AM
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Very awesome.

That is one of the most interesting graphic styles on classic systems.

I am really looking forward to where this goes.

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Nov 24, 2017 at 5:21:10 AM
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Looking good!

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Nov 29, 2017 at 9:03:54 AM
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Interesting o:

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Nov 29, 2017 at 12:58:54 PM
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More news! Share them deets! Tease with angled pictures  !

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Nov 29, 2017 at 1:52:17 PM
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Originally posted by: SoleGooseProductions

More news! Share them deets! Tease with angled pictures  !

If I had more news, I would share it. As with Tailgate Party, this will be a slow project. I just don't have the time to devote to programming daily.  I will say, I am moving away from the 2 sprite hit box in the Cartesian view and going back to the single tile. That seems to make the most sense as I am still playing with the movement code.
 

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Nov 29, 2017 at 9:18:44 PM
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Dude. Solstice. I love it. Good luck!

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