1970's style LED game

Sparkyidr

Remember the little LED tech demo I posted up the other day.

I've fleshed it out into more of a game..

a 3-in-1 thing

Game 1 is a shooter
Game 2 is a kind of racer/dodger
Game 3 is a more extreme dodging game



Thinking I might publish it for a bit of fun.

)

quantumsheep

mynameisace

Looks great! Really well done!

Ace

Rob2

Well done ..I think it could go a long way it looks/sounds so classic great stuff.

BramHoddssd

awesome the third one looks like fun

gazjm

looks good! I like how in the first game the pattern of the sfx sound a bit like a bleep version of the jaws theme! greatest movie ever, I could relate anything to it!

GamersRejoice

This makes me happy

design219

This looks like a winner! I would suggest adding very slight, low "click" to left and right buttons to simulate an old push button.

What are you going to name it?

hrsmedia

Looks very nicely done. Good job!

Sparkyidr

@219

yeah, gonna record myself pressing my sness controller or something tomorrow

Am thinking of something like for the name

LED 3-in-1 or some such

App name on the phone : L3D maybe?

not 100% sure yet

or maybe L3D - 3-in1 1970's action handheld

lol

Scoots

I love it. Reminds me of the classic Mattel football game I had as a kid. Forget Madden, that was the awesome.

quantumsheep

Sparkyidr said:
@219

yeah, gonna record myself pressing my sness controller or something tomorrow

Am thinking of something like for the name

LED 3-in-1 or some such

App name on the phone : L3D maybe?

not 100% sure yet

Better LED than Dead!

Or 3 in 1 LED if we're being dull!

QS

Sparkyidr

I must admit to nicking the sounds from a Galaxy Invader 1000 machine (I used to have one as a kid and played it to death). The sound for me is what makes it, brings back fond memories of the early 80's for me.

I also remember having a table-top Popeye game...now THAT was the sh't my friends.

ktfright

This is sweet. I loved playing these games on my old device that played 300 games in black & white. I forgot what it was called, but I got it from a swap meet when I was younger.

jonmulcahy

awesome

Sparkyidr

Thanks for all the cool comments guys.

Have decided to publish it.

I'll be chucking a load of promos your way once it's all available and whatnot.

)

dank1028

Great job dude!

quantumsheep

Sparkyidr said:
I must admit to nicking the sounds from a Galaxy Invader 1000 machine (I used to have one as a kid and played it to death). The sound for me is what makes it, brings back fond memories of the early 80's for me.

I also remember having a table-top Popeye game...now THAT was the sh't my friends.

I had one of these:



Still have it in fact, as well as a bunch of others (though no Popeye I don't think - will check!).

I was always jealous of the kids with the Galaxy Invader 1000 though!

QS

Sparkyidr

The 1000 was pretty much the same game as that I think. Although it may have had a dual colour LCD screen.

quantumsheep

Sparkyidr said:
The 1000 was pretty much the same game as that I think. Although it may have had a dual colour LCD screen.

And it was yellow. And black. So looked far cooler in those days!

design219

You should also design the instructions to mimic the 70s graphically. I seriously think this could popular. I know there are a ton of 8 bit retro games, but I've not seen anything like this.

gazjm

you could try and get this done for the outside the box competition. it would be up there with the clay game as my favs.

forklift

The logic of making all the lights 'blink sync' gives me a headache. Awesome job though.

Sparkyidr

yeah... the final version is a "cheat" way of doing it.

I wanted to keep the frame-rate at 60fps for when it's a real for sale game as opposed to a tech demo... so in the final version, the on LEDs are separate objects, and the off LEDs are one big background image.

Still a lot of scary logic in there to get the speed increases looking smooth and constant. I am basically re-setting the enemy objects after each 22 pixel "jump"

I may chuck up the real LED board for people to download at some point. The logic really isn't all that bad the way I have done it

(using invisible overlay actors that trigger an on or off state)

I think doing it in pure maths, might give better frame rates, but it would be pretty brain busting to keep it robust enough I think.

@219
yeah. There are a few Game and Watch style games up.. and I noticed someone has recreated an MB "Merlin" in the past few days. But I've not seen anything as oldskool as this on the app store.

I think it might be quirky enough to pick up a few sales hopefully.

Also going to send promos to "Retro Gamer" mag (here in the UK), I'm a subscriber...great mag if you have not checked it out.

Sparkyidr

Oh yeah.. and I love GS

Basically in 2 days I have

1. Created the LED tech demo
2. Fleshed it out into a game ready to be published

2 DAYS!!!!

quantumsheep

Sparkyidr said:
Oh yeah.. and I love GS

Basically in 2 days I have

1. Created the LED tech demo
2. Fleshed it out into a game ready to be published

2 DAYS!!!!

/hi5

Sparkyidr

Well..... It's submitted.

Not changed too much from the vid I showed yesterday.

Added the clicks to the button presses, fixed a bug or 2 I found

Changed the game selection screen a little (Bigger mode selection switch etc)

And bosh... submitted it.

woop

http://www.flamingmitten.co.uk/games/l3d-3-in-1-led-1970s-action/

Sparkyidr

)

Scoots

Can't wait Sparkyidr, having flashbacks already. :-)

oberning

Hahaha.... Pointless Multiplayer... your just trying to get past that GS doesn't provide that. Good luck with sales, anyways... looks like a great game!! (or games). Are you going to be handing out promo codes? If so, I would love one!!