Climby Skies - development thread

alpine9000 · 17 February 2017, 07:05

I have been slowly working on a new game engine post Blocky Skies.

The goal of this game is still to create something fairly simple such that I can actually get it finished in a reasonable time.

Anyway, here is the first preview of the engine. This isn't really what the game will look like at all, more just a test to see if the engine will be fast enough for the target platform (Unexpanded Amiga 500).

This game is written mostly in C using my custom GCC 6 port that outputs VASM assembler.

[ Show youtube player ]

Predseda · 17 February 2017, 07:13

A new platformer! There is never enough! Is this the random design layout, or fixed? Does the game go eternally, or are there levels that can be completed (like in Rainbow Islands)?

alpine9000 · 17 February 2017, 07:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Predseda

Is this the random design layout, or fixed? Does the game go eternally, or are there levels that can be completed (like in Rainbow Islands)?

There are fixed levels. I hope the end game will be a bit more sophisticated than would be possible with random levels, but random levels would be trivial to implement.

gurth · 17 February 2017, 08:13

This is great work. I've been checking out your repos on GitHub with the hope of following and attempting something similar.

My original plan was to setup a Dev Amiga and to use AsmOne or similar but after losing so much time trying to get aging hardware to run smothly with compact flash cards / floppies / gotek I'm starting to rethink my approach.

I'm leaning towards using Atom text editor sharing files with an emulated environment on my mac so I can save in Atom and compile in emulator. 68000 assembly was going to preference but after reading your post C might be a better approach and slightly more useful in my day job as a software engineer.

I'd be really interested to hear about your toolchain and setup.

alpine9000 · 17 February 2017, 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by gurth

This is great work. I've been checking out your repos on GitHub with the hope of following and attempting something similar.

My original plan was to setup a Dev Amiga and to use AsmOne or similar but after losing so much time trying to get aging hardware to run smothly with compact flash cards / floppies / gotek I'm starting to rethink my approach.

I'm leaning towards using Atom text editor sharing files with an emulated environment on my mac so I can save in Atom and compile in emulator. 68000 assembly was going to preference but after reading your post C might be a better approach and slightly more useful in my day job as a software engineer.

I'd be really interested to hear about your toolchain and setup.

I cross develop on a mac and periodically test on real hardware.

It's so much faster to build on the mac. And fs-uae makes low level debugging really easy.

Happy to provide details on my dev setup.

DamienD · 17 February 2017, 09:59

Cool stuff alpine9000

Predseda · 17 February 2017, 10:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpine9000

There are fixed levels. I hope the end game will be a bit more sophisticated than would be possible with random levels, but random levels would be trivial to implement.

GREAT! Looking forward to power-ups, fruits and end-level bosses! I love Rainbow Islands genre and this your game could be exactly for me.

alpine9000 · 17 February 2017, 10:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Predseda

GREAT! Looking forward to power-ups, fruits and end-level bosses! I love Rainbow Islands genre and this your game could be exactly for me.

My plan is to have various power ups, fruits etc. some will be visible, others only revealed by smashing a platform. That stuff is all pretty easy.

Well have to see how we go with bosses, lots of artwork there. Only time will tell where we end up :-)

Lazycow · 17 February 2017, 12:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpine9000

This game is written mostly in C using my custom GCC 6 port that outputs VASM assembler.

Is the compiler available somewhere?

clebin · 17 February 2017, 12:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpine9000

I cross develop on a mac and periodically test on real hardware.

It's so much faster to build on the mac. And fs-uae makes low level debugging really easy.

Happy to provide details on my dev setup.

I, for one, would find any details on your setup and processes really valuable, or even links to information you've found useful...

I've found that when it comes to Amiga games programming, there's a real lack of information out there about using C/C++. Most stuff is either super low-level assembler or higher level Blitz, neither of which suit me.

Loved Blocky Skies by the way.

Amiga1992 · 17 February 2017, 16:11

Congrats on your new game, looking good!
Suggestion, though: please don't fall into that trend of unimaginative mobile game developers that name all their games "adjective-y noun" to catch on whatever wave Flappy Bird left, it's really really stupid.

alpine9000 · 17 February 2017, 22:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazycow

Is the compiler available somewhere?

The compiler hacks are on my github, but it is not really usable for anything other than a 68000/direct hardware game, and even then it's probably not complete. I have only converted the asm from gas to vasm when vasm barfs assembling something, so I am sure there would be heaps of stuff still to do for it to be complete.

No C library or startup code etc, you have to manually link.

I would just go with bebbo's toolchain if you're interested in gcc 6.

alpine9000 · 17 February 2017, 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by clebin

I, for one, would find any details on your setup and processes really valuable, or even links to information you've found useful...

I've found that when it comes to Amiga games programming, there's a real lack of information out there about using C/C++. Most stuff is either super low-level assembler or higher level Blitz, neither of which suit me.

Loved Blocky Skies by the way.

Well the full source code is on my github if that would help.

alpine9000 · 17 February 2017, 22:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Congrats on your new game, looking good!
Suggestion, though: please don't fall into that trend of unimaginative mobile game developers that name all their games "adjective-y noun" to catch on whatever wave Flappy Bird left, it's really really stupid.

You make a good point, however that mistake was already made with Blocky Skies, and the new name is a continuation of that theme.

Gzegzolka · 17 February 2017, 22:57

Looks like a very nice game

idrougge · 18 February 2017, 00:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by clebin

I've found that when it comes to Amiga games programming, there's a real lack of information out there about using C/C++. Most stuff is either super low-level assembler or higher level Blitz, neither of which suit me.

This one is on my Youtube "watch later" list.
[ Show youtube player ]

s2325 · 18 February 2017, 16:54

new video

[ Show youtube player ]

clebin · 18 February 2017, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpine9000

Well the full source code is on my github if that would help.

Thanks - I'm sure it'll be a great help when I get stuck (which I do, frequently)

Cheers for the video as well idrougge.

alpine9000 · 24 February 2017, 11:30

Another demo video.

This demo is testing if I can render all tiles with masking so that the background displays behind them.

I obviously cheat a bit and don't render with a mask if there is nothing to see behind the tile.

Either way, it's starting to get to the limit of what my old Amiga 500 can do at 50 frames per second

[ Show youtube player ]

alpine9000 · 04 March 2017, 07:46

I have been working on the first powerup. The Jetpack allows the player to fly up the board (until he runs out of fuel) and in jetpack mode he will not collide with platforms as he is flying up.

This demo also uses a level that has a full tiled background (no clouds).

I also added a simple menu and loading screens.

[ Show youtube player ]

17 February 2017, 07:05	#1
alpine9000 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Australia Posts: 881	Climby Skies - development thread I have been slowly working on a new game engine post Blocky Skies. The goal of this game is still to create something fairly simple such that I can actually get it finished in a reasonable time. Anyway, here is the first preview of the engine. This isn't really what the game will look like at all, more just a test to see if the engine will be fast enough for the target platform (Unexpanded Amiga 500). This game is written mostly in C using my custom GCC 6 port that outputs VASM assembler. [ Show youtube player ]

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17 February 2017, 07:13	#2
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539	A new platformer! There is never enough! Is this the random design layout, or fixed? Does the game go eternally, or are there levels that can be completed (like in Rainbow Islands)?

17 February 2017, 08:13	#4
gurth Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Halifax Posts: 225	This is great work. I've been checking out your repos on GitHub with the hope of following and attempting something similar. My original plan was to setup a Dev Amiga and to use AsmOne or similar but after losing so much time trying to get aging hardware to run smothly with compact flash cards / floppies / gotek I'm starting to rethink my approach. I'm leaning towards using Atom text editor sharing files with an emulated environment on my mac so I can save in Atom and compile in emulator. 68000 assembly was going to preference but after reading your post C might be a better approach and slightly more useful in my day job as a software engineer. I'd be really interested to hear about your toolchain and setup.

17 February 2017, 09:59	#6
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Cool stuff alpine9000

17 February 2017, 16:11	#11
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Congrats on your new game, looking good! Suggestion, though: please don't fall into that trend of unimaginative mobile game developers that name all their games "adjective-y noun" to catch on whatever wave Flappy Bird left, it's really really stupid.

17 February 2017, 22:57	#15
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	Looks like a very nice game

18 February 2017, 16:54	#17
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	new video [ Show youtube player ]

24 February 2017, 11:30	#19
alpine9000 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Australia Posts: 881	Another demo video. This demo is testing if I can render all tiles with masking so that the background displays behind them. I obviously cheat a bit and don't render with a mask if there is nothing to see behind the tile. Either way, it's starting to get to the limit of what my old Amiga 500 can do at 50 frames per second [ Show youtube player ]

04 March 2017, 07:46	#20
alpine9000 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Australia Posts: 881	I have been working on the first powerup. The Jetpack allows the player to fly up the board (until he runs out of fuel) and in jetpack mode he will not collide with platforms as he is flying up. This demo also uses a level that has a full tiled background (no clouds). I also added a simple menu and loading screens. [ Show youtube player ]

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