Shadow of the Beast Legacy semi-project - Page 14

capehorn · 05 December 2019, 09:11

Darkfalzx - I love this project so much!

Methanoid · 05 December 2019, 10:44

Can we have a cracktro too please ;-)

Pyromania · 05 December 2019, 13:19

@darkfalzx

Thanx for the updates. Good luck with the project.

Nova · 05 December 2019, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkfalzx

Old builds. I'll try to get a Linux and Android builds up soon.

holy reanimation

regarding an updated ubuntu port, you might take this into account for a more universal, desktop agnostic linux build?

darkfalzx · 05 December 2019, 19:47

I am currently trying to set up the Linux and Mac compilers, but it's taking way too long, and I'm running into way too many problems, so the PC build is all I can do for now. You can probably create a linux version of the game using an old linux build and the new Windows one. I think currently it's exported as a pure interpreter code. For the final version I'll try to compile it in C.

vbgd · 14 December 2019, 00:01

Wow!

Cherno · 16 December 2019, 16:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nova

@darkfalzx
@cherno:

sorry, i somehow missed your post. so how is your project going, sounds very interresting.

I don't think I'll work on it any more, it was all done in Unity which is really unsuited for pixel-perfect sidescrolling games. Still, it was a fun experience extracting all these sprites, reading the hidden enemy dialogues and being able to visit all of Barsoom without having to play the original game. I enjoyed finding those eyestalk monsters in the goblin lair which I had never seen before even though I watched my older brother play this game many times.

darkfalzx · 16 December 2019, 16:36

Aww, that sucks! I miss there being more SOTB-related fan activity!
I really enjoyed playing all the little fan-demos people used to up out back in the day. Now there seems to only be Feral Umbra and my own SOTB Legacy. I really wish that whoever made that [ Show youtube player ] thing would've released it...

Either way, if anyone gets to play Legacy, please report any issues here. As I'll venture into Beast 2 recoding, I'll be slowly fixing bugs in the other 2.

Nova · 21 December 2019, 21:25

@darkfalzx: what a cool soundtrack. for some reason it reminds me of conan the barbarian?

i wished this revisited track would be optional for beast legacy:

[ Show youtube player ]

it is so freakin energetic, got to love it.

keep up the good work, even it is for win fellows only (atm)

@Cherno: yeah, beast II, my favourite. though i was struggeling to realize this for a long time. beast I atmosphere is so unique.

never liked part 3 that much, but i do understand why people might prefer that version.

btw, the goblin caves have some terrific sounds as well.

you see, it is all about the music for me

darkfalzx · 07 January 2020, 16:46

Happy New Year!

Finally got my Ubuntu VM set up properly, so here is a Linux version of SOTB Legacy!

It's the same version as the windows one, so no improvements just yet.
Let me know if it works fine for you.

At some point I'll need to edit the controller and menu routines to implement the things I learned on Mystik Belle, but this is a whole other can of worms...

xbox123 · 27 November 2020, 15:46

Thank you for all your work!
i have this running on Pi4.
I d love to see final linux :-)

darkfalzx · 27 November 2020, 17:39

Awesome to hear!
I haven't touched the project in months, but SOTB3 is SO close to be done, it should literally take me a couple of days to finish it.
SOTB2 is the most difficult of the games to replicate, as its versions differ the most across platforms, not just graphically, but more importantly gameplay-wise, with Amiga original not being my personal favorite. I feel like here I will have to take the most liberties, while still keeping it close to the classic look and feel.

darkfalzx · 16 December 2020, 02:47

Had to update the windows build because Microsoft broke some compatibility with GameMaker Studio. The newest build's only difference is that it no longer runs like molasses under Windows 10.

twenty90seven · 16 December 2020, 06:55

A fellow GameMaker user! Are you using GMS2 or GMS1.4 out of curiosity?

darkfalzx · 16 December 2020, 14:58

Still using GMS1.4 for all of my projects, though already migrated a branch of Mystik Belle to GMS2 for the upcoming Switch port. Can't say I like the new IDE all that much - it's way too "space age" for my tastes, but then again - I've been with GameMaker since version 4 back in 2000, and a radical change like this is bound to feel unnatural.
It's also weird to see GMS finally implementing things like delta timing and async controller checks - things I have long ago created custom scripts for (and so far my scripts work better than their internal implementation).

Gilbert · 17 December 2020, 18:57

This is impressive stuff. The original Amiga Shadow of the Beast was just so good at the time. Arcade-quality. Nothing ever came close again. Even Lionheart looks rough in comparison

KuroiNaito · 27 January 2021, 07:29

Are there any cheats working in any of the 3 titles bundled in this project?

On my PC I don't know how to emulate pressing & holding down the joystick fire button + mouse button in the opening of the first Shadow of the Beast, which provided you infinite energy in the original Amiga version.

I also tried pressing all the keys on my keyboard during play of this game but nothing activates the debug mode & debug mode functions darkfalzx & others referred to in earlier posts in this thread.

darkfalzx · 27 January 2021, 15:11

I never implemented proper cheats into the games, but there are debug keys still active. In SOTB1, during gameplay press Ctrl-D, then 9 to restore health, or N to warp to the next destination on the same map (and Ctrl-D again to remove the ugly debug stuff). In SOTB3 there's also the Ctrl-D debug readout, but the only cheat that would be useful to you is N for next checkpoint.
Adding proper cheats is def something for me to consider next time I update this thing.

tarr · 27 January 2021, 15:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkfalzx

Aww, that sucks! I miss there being more SOTB-related fan activity!
I really enjoyed playing all the little fan-demos people used to up out back in the day. Now there seems to only be Feral Umbra and my own SOTB Legacy. I really wish that whoever made that [ Show youtube player ] thing would've released it...

Either way, if anyone gets to play Legacy, please report any issues here. As I'll venture into Beast 2 recoding, I'll be slowly fixing bugs in the other 2.

The is also EON
[ Show youtube player ]

darkfalzx · 27 January 2021, 17:29

I've been looking out for any progress on EON and Feral Umbra, but both have been super dead lately. Not sure what that EON Amiga video was - there is really no context for it. As is, it looks like a very early attempt at porting existing PC demo to Amiga.

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05 December 2019, 09:11	#261
capehorn Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 1,794	Darkfalzx - I love this project so much!

05 December 2019, 10:44	#262
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	Can we have a cracktro too please ;-)

05 December 2019, 13:19	#263
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	@darkfalzx Thanx for the updates. Good luck with the project.

05 December 2019, 19:47	#265
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	I am currently trying to set up the Linux and Mac compilers, but it's taking way too long, and I'm running into way too many problems, so the PC build is all I can do for now. You can probably create a linux version of the game using an old linux build and the new Windows one. I think currently it's exported as a pure interpreter code. For the final version I'll try to compile it in C.

14 December 2019, 00:01	#266
vbgd Insider Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Paris Posts: 84	Wow!

16 December 2019, 16:36	#268
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	Aww, that sucks! I miss there being more SOTB-related fan activity! I really enjoyed playing all the little fan-demos people used to up out back in the day. Now there seems to only be Feral Umbra and my own SOTB Legacy. I really wish that whoever made that [ Show youtube player ] thing would've released it... Either way, if anyone gets to play Legacy, please report any issues here. As I'll venture into Beast 2 recoding, I'll be slowly fixing bugs in the other 2.

21 December 2019, 21:25	#269
Nova Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: N/A Posts: 309	@darkfalzx: what a cool soundtrack. for some reason it reminds me of conan the barbarian? i wished this revisited track would be optional for beast legacy: [ Show youtube player ] it is so freakin energetic, got to love it. keep up the good work, even it is for win fellows only (atm) @Cherno: yeah, beast II, my favourite. though i was struggeling to realize this for a long time. beast I atmosphere is so unique. never liked part 3 that much, but i do understand why people might prefer that version. btw, the goblin caves have some terrific sounds as well. you see, it is all about the music for me

07 January 2020, 16:46	#270
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	Happy New Year! Finally got my Ubuntu VM set up properly, so here is a Linux version of SOTB Legacy! It's the same version as the windows one, so no improvements just yet. Let me know if it works fine for you. At some point I'll need to edit the controller and menu routines to implement the things I learned on Mystik Belle, but this is a whole other can of worms...

27 November 2020, 15:46	#271
xbox123 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Earth Posts: 15	Thank you for all your work! i have this running on Pi4. I d love to see final linux :-)

27 November 2020, 17:39	#272
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	Awesome to hear! I haven't touched the project in months, but SOTB3 is SO close to be done, it should literally take me a couple of days to finish it. SOTB2 is the most difficult of the games to replicate, as its versions differ the most across platforms, not just graphically, but more importantly gameplay-wise, with Amiga original not being my personal favorite. I feel like here I will have to take the most liberties, while still keeping it close to the classic look and feel.

16 December 2020, 02:47	#273
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	Had to update the windows build because Microsoft broke some compatibility with GameMaker Studio. The newest build's only difference is that it no longer runs like molasses under Windows 10.

16 December 2020, 06:55	#274
twenty90seven twenty90seven Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 196	A fellow GameMaker user! Are you using GMS2 or GMS1.4 out of curiosity?

16 December 2020, 14:58	#275
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	Still using GMS1.4 for all of my projects, though already migrated a branch of Mystik Belle to GMS2 for the upcoming Switch port. Can't say I like the new IDE all that much - it's way too "space age" for my tastes, but then again - I've been with GameMaker since version 4 back in 2000, and a radical change like this is bound to feel unnatural. It's also weird to see GMS finally implementing things like delta timing and async controller checks - things I have long ago created custom scripts for (and so far my scripts work better than their internal implementation).

17 December 2020, 18:57	#276
Gilbert Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 318	This is impressive stuff. The original Amiga Shadow of the Beast was just so good at the time. Arcade-quality. Nothing ever came close again. Even Lionheart looks rough in comparison

27 January 2021, 07:29	#277
KuroiNaito Registered User Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Perth / Australia Posts: 1	Are there any cheats working in any of the 3 titles bundled in this project? On my PC I don't know how to emulate pressing & holding down the joystick fire button + mouse button in the opening of the first Shadow of the Beast, which provided you infinite energy in the original Amiga version. I also tried pressing all the keys on my keyboard during play of this game but nothing activates the debug mode & debug mode functions darkfalzx & others referred to in earlier posts in this thread.

27 January 2021, 15:11	#278
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	I never implemented proper cheats into the games, but there are debug keys still active. In SOTB1, during gameplay press Ctrl-D, then 9 to restore health, or N to warp to the next destination on the same map (and Ctrl-D again to remove the ugly debug stuff). In SOTB3 there's also the Ctrl-D debug readout, but the only cheat that would be useful to you is N for next checkpoint. Adding proper cheats is def something for me to consider next time I update this thing.

27 January 2021, 17:29	#280
darkfalzx Developer extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ocean, NJ USA Age: 45 Posts: 114	I've been looking out for any progress on EON and Feral Umbra, but both have been super dead lately. Not sure what that EON Amiga video was - there is really no context for it. As is, it looks like a very early attempt at porting existing PC demo to Amiga.

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