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Unnamed and really a tech demo at the moment, but here a shot of what I've got:


Sinclair Spectrum resolution with expanded 32 color display.

The map itself is irrelevant as it can be any size, but this shows different cell heights, with 5 different sized 'things' sitting on top of the map. correct sorting of sprites plus sliding collision (and collision) all working correctly

you know you can always approach me if you want to create a more modern "Snake Rattle 'n' Roll"


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Ron

You mean like this:

Yes ... something like this. Of course I would prefer a "high definition" version as the retro one already exists.


But do not let yourself get disturbed by my brain farts/ideas.


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Ron

Oo, I really like that - I'd say that works really well in retro mode with a nice palette. Great work on the iso rock / path squares.

Quote from: Derron on February 16, 2020, 21:20:16
Of course I would prefer a "high definition" version as the retro one already exists.

Do you think that would work / look better? as I think it looks pretty snazzy the way it currently is.

Quote from: Qube on February 17, 2020, 05:16:48
Do you think that would work / look better? as I think it looks pretty snazzy the way it currently is.

Pheww...am not sure but as the original is already lowres and with a limited palette I thought highres toon might be interesting.

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Ron

Quote from: Derron on February 17, 2020, 06:28:50
I thought highres toon might be interesting.

As iWasAdman is a pure terminator coding machine I'm sure he can try out both

The actual code would be the same, it's just the graphics that would change, so you could work on the low res then the hires later once all the bugs are sorted...

The snake body is interesting though, something I've always anted a go at.... looks so easy, not quite as simple in practice with sprite sorting etc...

Regarding Sprites and replacing them: I saw a lot of code (here and on other places) which contains hardcoded stuff for widths, heights, amounts ...  so replacing GFX often wasn't that trivial. Not to talk about "GUI" (as a high-res just does not justify a fontsize of then 72pt or so ). So some stuff is - imho - dependend on the actual resolution.

Yet I am with Qube: you surely prepared your code for all this already and then people can choose between 1bit, 4bit, 8bit, 16bit and 32bit HDR 3D

OR you already fancied around with your QuasarBeach and created some retro-RocknRoll music


@ low res
Ok ... maybe one could keep it "pixel art" and utilize subpixel rendering - for smooth movement. So some VGA base res with upscaling (pixel-perfect) and "subpixel" (actual hardwarepixels) rendering for movement ... plus modern alpha blending for particle effects etc. - could look interesting too while keeping that "pixel art charme".


@ tech demo
I really like the tiles and the "muddy" color palette - looks a bit like the db32 pro palette (did not compare so do not blame me...). Of course Mr. Death does not need that fat black outline then.

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Ron

Found this while researching Snake rattle n roll


It's very impressive when you see it like this...

That is ... cool! But .. honestly, I never never never played that flawless through the levels, I even think I never finished the game (I did not own it but only lended it from the video shop from time to time).

In a "remake" I would of course enjoy a bit more variation graphics wise and maybe some more visual effects (instead of "blinking") ... but gameplay pace should be the same.


At the end you see a "coming soon" for "Snakes in Space" ... to distinguish from the original game one could think about having a different "theme" too - so jumping through jungle to the top of a hill or so. This depends on how "legal" remakes can be these days - so better just clone the basic idea and gameplay approach.


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Ron

I can see where they were wanting to write MarbleMadness when you see it in operation.

It would be good to take the concepts, make the map smaller (so you could see the different parts)...

I'm betting Minecraft had some influence from this game.

Woah that looks cool! At some point I want to do such a "retro" pixel art game as well. Keep it going!