[beta v0.2] forgotten myths ~puh-sye-dun~

here's another beta of my 8-bits game, forgotten myths ~puh-sye-dun~.

http://board.flashkit.com/board/

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thanks :)

marmotte, I LOVE it. It beginning to remind me of my 2 most favorite NES games, Zelda 2 and Faxanadu.

I ran into a bug with the jumping every so often. I couldn't jump unless it hit the jump button over and over again. Besides that, it seems smoove as butter.

I didn't finish the maze because I lost my patience. It feels completely random, which is what a maze should be I guess. But I'd prefer to see some more level layouts that are like the first section. I'll have to finish it before I have a final judgment.

I like the design of some rooms in the the maze. I like the room where you have to cross the bridge of disappearing blocks over the lava (with 2 spiders at the top). I like the sort of "traps" you have. There's one room where you drop down a well and fall down 2 screens, it's a pain to get out of the room after that (with so many bricks).

I love how you use an item when you run out of life (if you have one). The angel idea is pretty clever as well. I was thinking of making the angel's save points but I don't think the game needs any real saving (depending on how big you want to make it). It makes it much more rewarding if you have to sit down and play skillyfully to get through the game, be able to save can often makes it too easy.

I was gonna say that the punch is too weak but I'm kind of mixed right now. There's enough water around to keep your sword but you've really got to be paying attention. I think there needs to be some sort of warning sign to let you know that you're getting low on sword power.

Anyway, a beautiful game you've got going. Any idea of how big the full game is going to be?

Very nice work! :)

smooth :)

i too gave up in the maze. actually *ahem* i got a little reckless/careless and died :p

dont know if this would make it too easy, or kind of nullify the draining sword thing, but maybe you could put your sword away, and it doesnt lose strength when away. of course then u have to take the extra time to whip it out...

i didnt get very far... are u planning on adding lots of stuff? like new/different weapons ect. ?

thanks mates.

Son of Bryce
that's already an impressive comment you have there. cool!

apparently you was not far away from the boss, only a few screens (3 max according to what i've heard)

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I couldn't jump unless it hit the jump button over and over again.

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well, it's just that i absolutely wanted to avoid the fact that when you let your finger on the "attack" or "jump" button, it launches the animation constantly. so for jumping again, you need to release the jump key, then push again... i didn't encounter any bug where you have to repetedly push "jump" to actually jump. the attack key uses the same method, and you are not complaining about that... or i missunderstood what you said :)

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I'd prefer to see some more level layouts that are like the first section

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that's what i planned... let's say that the 1st maze will be in fact the stage 3 or 4 at the end.

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I like the room where you have to cross the bridge of disappearing blocks over the lava (with 2 spiders at the top)

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yep, this one might be challenging ;)

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I think there needs to be some sort of warning sign to let you know that you're getting low on sword power.

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v good point. do you remember those ultra annoying "bip" sounds when you almost run out of life in zelda, for example? i might use something like that.

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I was thinking of making the angel's save points

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well, there are only check points during transition levels, so you'll have to pass an entire stage if you want your progresses to be saved. the current demo doesn't have any save feature unfortunately, so if you reload completely the game you'll have to re-do the 1st area again.

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It beginning to remind me of my 2 most favorite NES games, Zelda 2 and Faxanadu

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i never really played faxanadu, but that's true that there's a little bit of zelda 2 feeling. just the hero looks a bit like link in the platform parts of zelda 2, i think... and those spiders look similar, but i really need to reboot zelda 2 to check that.

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Any idea of how big the full game is going to be?

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yep. you'll encounter 4 mazes in total (so that you can upgrade your life and water up to 8 slots each). each maze will be separated by srolling stages. so that means also 4 bosses and a final one... i'm also planning to add "game rooms", not only shops.



>flashl!ght<
thanks also for playing that game. no, i didn't plan to add new weapons, just upgrades of your sword...

your sword switching is an excellent idea though. but it will change a lot of things in the game. too many probably... anyway, there are enough water spots, no? i'm able to cross the entire 1st area (up to the check point) without restoring my sword ;)

Marmotte you hit that classic nes feel right on the head. I loved the game. Played if for a long time, currently found only 1 bug. Well not really a bug more of a map design error.

I was able to crouch and walk into the spot, but not get back out...

oh damn, you are right! in that case, it's impossible to get out.
that's because of small things like that that i need hardcore beta-testers. thanks for the info, mate! it should be very frustrating to get stuck at this point and have to reload the whole game again. wait until i write the password system ;)

anyway, did someone meet and defeat the boss yet? i know, it's an involvment to get that far...

your game rocks. i like how you used the classic font from the old NES games for text. nice graphics, i like the clouds in level 2. great idea with the sword, makes the game more interesting.

only one request - at one point you enter a room, and there's a floating diety or something, hovering over a warp (or hole i guess). could you stop the gameplay so we have to see what the guy says before we can proceed? because i wanted to read what he said but walked into the hole before he finished.

good job, i already saved the link as a favorite.

astrocalder

astrocalder
thanks a lot for your interest... i also think that the whole sword idea adds something very original to the game...

about your freeze idea, there's no problem to add that code, so i already used freezes here and there. i'm not usre that everybody will be patient enough to wait though: apparently that maze level is difficult, so far nobody found the boss (or?), so it means that each time they begin from the start of that maze world, they'll have to wait for the text to be finished. i remember that in "kid icarus" (NES), when you enter a shop you have to wait for the whole text to be finished, it was frustrating...
anyway, i'll think about that ;-) it's just a simple addition after all

thanks also about your bookmark, that means that i'll post the game in a fixed URL, now it changes often when i upload new betas.

> some progresses so far:
- i'm actually coding the password system. the password window and its interactions are done, i just need to create the whole encryption/decryption and it's done (i know where i'm going, so it shouldn't take too long)

- also, you sword is now upgradable. i tried to launch the game with full power, the sword attacks with very efficient power waves. note that it will be upgraded each time you find another water slot...

you are right.
i finally found someone that reads the FAQ *cough* nah, kiddin ;)

thanks.

Really great game! I couldn't find my way out of the maze though, so i gave up...

I found a bug though.. i lost my sword, got to a room with sacred water, got in to it and took the sword, and the swordbar showed up, not my sword. It was there when i left the room though...

PM, marmotte..

tonypa, that screenshot is the proof that you kept playing even after dying and dying again, which is a very good point against your "no chance will try it more then 2 minutes" :D

btw thanks, it's another level design error from me, doh!!!

yep, the game is hard. but not too hard i guess? oh, this is in no way a coffee break game, more something in which you need to get involved (yep, i'll lose a lot of audiance, but real players will say thanks)

you don't need to run fast to the next water spot, just go into all the ones you encounter, there are enough water all around. remember that it's possible to run all through level 1 without foinf into water, with the sword intact... and the mazed has water all around too, like every 2 rooms... oh damn, i wanted to be original ;) no please, not another too classical platform game!

and yep, you can open a chest if you hit it with your punch or sword (or wait, maybe it was another bug... was the chest almost out of screen by any chance?)

T1ger
weird bug. how did you take the sword? were you jumping? i'll do some tests, i never found that one, even though i played so much...

I was jumping yes. I'll try to replicate it tmrw.

I have to say that was done very well. I enjoyed it. I havent gotten to the boss but im going bacl to try again. Keep it up.

How did you use the old nes style text? did you make a engine to write out the coding itself? If so could you givew a little advice on how to do so.

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Originally posted by crowebird
How did you use the old nes style text? did you make a engine to write out the coding itself? If so could you givew a little advice on how to do so.

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funnily enough, i just answered to a very similar question here
here's what i wrote:

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i didn't created the font by myself, i used a free one. you can find some very good pixel fonts over the net.
i was very lucky to find a site (that is apparently no more) containing a fantastic set of video game fonts...
now of course, there's that terrible flash bug that fills a whole lot of pixel fonts, so i alway use the fonts as gif images. of course it's harder to display scores and stuff like that when you are using fonts as images instead of dynamic text, but it looks really better (you can add colors and gradiants to the fonts, animate them etc...)

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about how i did it, take a look here, the thread is filled with open sources and a lot of advices (i bet it's not the latest version of the open source i have there, but you can look of how it works)

ok thanks,

I played!
I mapped (by hand)
I WON!

Very addictive game... Challenging for those who don't map things out (like the old days.. I remember flowchart mapping Zelda :D )

-pXw

Yes, but I wasn't playing the game 100% of the time during the two hours... :p

But thanks to the EXCELLENT pause feature, I was able to stop playing, do something else and go back like nothing happened.

Remember, kids, pause features rock!

-pXw

I have to say excellent job on making a password system that works, how long did it take you to develope it?