Cauldron remake

[manu128k]

Hi guys!

I want to participate in this year zx-dev with a remake of Cauldron.
I can show you some screenshots, but I have lots of work to do yet to call it a game. It is still a work in progress.
My goal is to have it finished before the deadline and to learn a lot of AGD along the way.

Happy halloween!

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Hola a todos
Para los que no dominan el idioma de Shakespeare y para los vagos, que también pienso en ellos, lo que digo en resumidas cuentas es que quiero participar en la zx-dev de este año con un remake de Cauldron.
He puesto varias capturas, pero tengo mucho trabajo por delante para terminarlo.
Mi objetivo es tenerlo terminado antes de que acabe el plazo y aprender AGD por el camino.

Saludos.


17/11/2018 Development update: the upper half of the map is done, I'm now working on the subterranean screens. Our witch can jump now, I hope that those screens will not be as burdensome as the original. I'm been asked if it will have music... AY music will be the last thing to add once I'm ok with the gameplay and there is enough free memory for it.

[Admin]

Welcome to the party, Manu!!

First of all I love your avatar! I love UN Squadron in the SPectrum, it is in my favorite top10 probably and one of the most underrated shooters for the Speccy, for sure in the Top3.

Wow, this is a very challenging project, remaking Cauldron! One of the classics

As about the pictures, we can not see them, there might be some sort of problem

Cheers!

[manu128k]

Sorry, in my browser images looked right Hopefully, they should be fixed now.

I played U.N. Squadron a lot with a friend back in the day. It was super fun.

[druellan]

What an interesting project. The original Cauldron was not precisely stellar in Spectrum, pretty sure a remake can improve the gameplay a bit.

[manu128k]

That is the idea, Darío. I like the game setting and atmosphere, and the first part about flying around and collecting keys is not that bad. On the other hand, when you enter through the doors, the game loses all the fun, in my humble opinion. I hope I can get a decent second part, much more playable, to improve the experience.

It will be a little shorter than the original too, but maybe that doesn't hurt the game.

[Admin]

Indeed, many people are already asking if you are going to lower the difficulty level in the platforms sections, so I see that it is the plan

I have to play more the original one to get a good idea about the initial difficulty and the change afterwards

[brownym]

Hi, this game is very colorful. good luck in this zxdev.

[manu128k]

Nov 12, 2018 12:40:31 GMT brownym said:

Hi, this game is very colorful. good luck in this zxdev.

You are welcome, Brownym.

For me, just participating will be a great success.

[manu128k]

Quick update: I've built all screens but a few already. The full map is likely to sum 80-81 screens.

[Admin]

Dec 12, 2018 0:13:13 GMT manu128k said:

Quick update: I've built all screens but a few already. The full map is likely to sum 80-81 screens.

Correct me if I am wrong, but, 81 screens is a hell lot of screens for AGD! Congratulations

[manu128k]

February update:

Last weeks I've been working a lot with the scripting, mainly the enemies, and I'm not done with that yet, but I'm much closer. There is a lot of games already finished for the dev, but I think I will need every day until deadline

Also, I've done some sound testing. Musicizer is great, it gave me some headaches to get it started but now seems to work perfectly fine. I'm proud to have the help of Pak-zer0 for composing an original soundtrack. I wish the game keeps up to his fantastic tunes.

Will keep you posted on the progress

[Admin]

The game was finished and will be distributed to the judges.

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El juego fue terminado y se le pasará a los jueces en privado.

[noname]

Download link ??

[manu128k]

Noname, I wrote you a private message

[tetecrispin]

Download link ??

[manu128k]

Tetecrispin, I wrote you a private message too.

[largore]

Hola, ya es por curiosidad ¿Por qué no cuelgas los links aquí?

Hi, it's out of curiosity, why do not you hang the links here?

[manu128k]

Hello Largore, I take advantage of your post to answer all who can have the same question. The game is not published here or somewhere else because I'm still working on it.

I delivered a working copy for the jury of the ZX Dev with a known major flaw related to 128k music: I failed to make the tunes to play smoothly in time for the deadline. Therefore, the game will hardly get any points on the music department despite the hard work of my fellow musician Pak-0. Happily enough, since my only goal was just to take part and enter the same competition than some of my spectrum development heroes, I chose to take part with the game as it was and to keep its distribution on hold until I'm reasonably happy with it to be released.

In case you don't want to wait to the release of the final version, you can send me a private message and I will give you access to the ZX DEV version of the game.

Thank you all for your comprehension.

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Hola, Largore, aprovecho tu publicación para responder a todos los que puedan tener la misma pregunta. El juego no se publica aquí o en ningún otro lugar porque todavía estoy trabajando en él.

Entregué una copia del juego para el jurado de la ZX Dev con un defecto importante ya conocido relacionado con la música de 128k: no pude conseguir a tiempo para la fecha límite que las canciones sonasen sin problemas. Por lo tanto, el juego apenas obtendrá puntos en el departamento de música a pesar del arduo trabajo de mi compañero músico Pak-0. Afortunadamente, dado que mi único objetivo era simplemente participar y entrar en la misma competición que algunos de los cracks del desarrollo para Spectrum, elegí participar con el juego tal como estaba pero mantener su distribución en espera hasta que esté razonablemente satisfecho con él como para ser lanzado.

En caso de que no quieras esperar al lanzamiento de la versión final, puedes enviarme un mensaje privado y te daré acceso a la versión del juego que envié a la ZX DEV, la misma que tienen los miembros del jurado.

Gracias a todos por vuestra comprensión.

[largore]

Mar 14, 2019 19:53:52 GMT manu128k said:

Hello Largore, I take advantage of your post to answer all who can have the same question. The game is not published here or somewhere else because I'm still working on it.

I delivered a working copy for the jury of the ZX Dev with a known major flaw related to 128k music: I failed to make the tunes to play smoothly in time for the deadline. Therefore, the game will hardly get any points on the music department despite the hard work of my fellow musician Pak-0. Happily enough, since my only goal was just to take part and enter the same competition than some of my spectrum development heroes, I chose to take part with the game as it was and to keep its distribution on hold until I'm reasonably happy with it to be released.

In case you don't want to wait to the release of the final version, you can send me a private message and I will give you access to the ZX DEV version of the game.

Thank you all for your comprehension.

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Hola, Largore, aprovecho tu publicación para responder a todos los que puedan tener la misma pregunta. El juego no se publica aquí o en ningún otro lugar porque todavía estoy trabajando en él.

Entregué una copia del juego para el jurado de la ZX Dev con un defecto importante ya conocido relacionado con la música de 128k: no pude conseguir a tiempo para la fecha límite que las canciones sonasen sin problemas. Por lo tanto, el juego apenas obtendrá puntos en el departamento de música a pesar del arduo trabajo de mi compañero músico Pak-0. Afortunadamente, dado que mi único objetivo era simplemente participar y entrar en la misma competición que algunos de los cracks del desarrollo para Spectrum, elegí participar con el juego tal como estaba pero mantener su distribución en espera hasta que esté razonablemente satisfecho con él como para ser lanzado.

En caso de que no quieras esperar al lanzamiento de la versión final, puedes enviarme un mensaje privado y te daré acceso a la versión del juego que envié a la ZX DEV, la misma que tienen los miembros del jurado.

Gracias a todos por vuestra comprensión.

Muchas gracias por la respuesta. Espero que solucioneis pronto los problemas, ya que tiene muy buena pinta.

[dooferoaks]

Look forward to seeing this when completed and when a link becomes available. The WiP images look great.