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This has been awesome. Thanks! I was kinda disappointed that I didn't need to get to Death Mountain after getting the 8 pieces. A 1-pixel Ganon would be cool!
The associated blog post from Ben Purdy: http://www.benpurdy.com/blog/2014/3/demaking-zelda
What technique is being described here? : "I decided that the map would contain as much game data as possible... I could tweak the placement of things using photoshop rather than having to hunt down data in a text editor." Does this mean he used some kind of PSD to level compiler? If so, where can I find such a software?
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What technique is being described here? : "I decided that the map would contain as much game data as possible... I could tweak the placement of things using photoshop rather than having to hunt down data in a text editor." Does this mean he used some kind of PSD to level compiler? If so, where can I find such a software?
Presumably it just means that the engine constructs the levels from an exported image (such as a png, not a psd), instead of creating the levels from a more complicated data system. Because he knows the exact sizes of things, and "sprites" are a 1 to 1 mapping to game objects, he can easily do this. In a more complex game this would be impossible, but it works very well for his purposes.
I've long thought a minimalistic style like this could be very useful in teaching game design and discussing game mechanics. You can learn a lot about a game by breaking it down like this.
You may be interested in Jeremy Parish's "Anatomy of a Game" series: http://www.anatomyofgames.com/anatomy-of-a-game/
Really nice. Reminds me of ZZT.
Really nice. Reminds me of ZZT.
ZZT was brilliant. So simple and abstract visually, but it was programmable! I don't know where I'd be if it wasn't for all the hours spent writing ZZT-OOP.
Just wish I could see my current orientation! (Seriously though—from a given screen, I have no idea what the result of A is going to do or what the arrow keys are going to do. If i'm at a square and facing left, hitting the left arrow key will move me left, but if i'm facing any other direction, hitting left will rotate me. It's important that I know which way I'm facing.)
Just wish I could see my current orientation! (Seriously though—from a given screen, I have no idea what the result of A is going to do or what the arrow keys are going to do. If i'm at a square and facing left, hitting the left arrow key will move me left, but if i'm facing any other direction, hitting left will rotate me. It's important that I know which way I'm facing.)
Yeah, I thought about that problem quite a bit. I decided it's just gotta be one of the challenges to playing this thing, otherwise I'd have to cheat and use something more complex than a single pixel (or add some kind of transparent or blinking "cursor" in front of the player).
Thank you for taking the time to make it work on mobile devices.
It works?!? hehe.. I jammed mobile controls in late last night after seeing a lot of mobile traffic on the analytics, only had my phone for testing so I'm assuming it's buggy depending on the device, glad it's working for you!