Shadow Dancer - Page 3

Evillord68 · 08 December 2023, 10:02

Really good work. Thank you.

sokolovic · 08 December 2023, 11:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cris1997XX

Yeah, and making the full game hard drive-only is kind of a silly move...not everyone has one of those, plus setting up workbench on WinUAE is a pain in the ass. I think it would be better as a CD32 game

Time to upgrade !

dreadnought · 08 December 2023, 11:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cris1997XX

Yeah, and making the full game hard drive-only is kind of a silly move...not everyone has one of those, plus setting up workbench on WinUAE is a pain in the ass. I think it would be better as a CD32 game

I'm pretty sure there will be a hdf of this game so you can just mount it easily, like an adf.

Also, CD32...not everyone has one of those, x100

Cris1997XX · 08 December 2023, 15:35

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Originally Posted by dreadnought

I'm pretty sure there will be a hdf of this game so you can just mount it easily, like an adf.

Also, CD32...not everyone has one of those, x100

I meant making it a CD game in general. I know this engine is limited and everything, but still...

sokolovic · 08 December 2023, 16:22

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Originally Posted by Cris1997XX

I meant making it a CD game in general. I know this engine is limited and everything, but still...

There is probably (much) more people with an HDD by now than a CD Drive, on real Amiga or emulation system

Retro1234 · 08 December 2023, 17:46

Pretty sure it will work from CD if you wanted. But if you're using WinUae/Emulation don't worry about it. There are easy ways to run such things.

sokolovic · 08 December 2023, 19:12

I would'nt be surprised that there is also not many people actually playing straight from physical floppies on real hardware nowadays.
There is many cheap solutions to avoid that.

Seiya · 08 December 2023, 19:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by sokolovic

I would'nt be surprised that there is also not many people actually playing straight from physical floppies on real hardware nowadays.
There is many cheap solutions to avoid that.

agreed with you

sokolovic · 08 December 2023, 19:50

Yeah we're in 2023 now. I can't even figure how this is possible to write "making the full game hard drive-only is kind of a silly move...not everyone has one of those" in these days.

The share of computers without an HDD in the world is infinitesimal. Even in the Amiga world, for sure (especially if you count people using emulation).

Retro1234 · 08 December 2023, 19:58

I mean it's probably best to get an idea of the game size without worrying about floppys then if the author wants and is feasible create a floppy version.

franeti · 12 December 2023, 00:12

Very good job! Looks very good.

Just to know it, how is difficult to port shinobi arcade to Amiga?

The original port is mesh

dlfrsilver · 12 December 2023, 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by franeti

Very good job! Looks very good.

Just to know it, how is difficult to port shinobi arcade to Amiga?

The original port is mesh

Shinobi would need a lot of work to be graphically good on A500.

On A1200 it would be easier in 64 colors or higher.

franeti · 12 December 2023, 12:16

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Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Shinobi would need a lot of work to be graphically good on A500.

On A1200 it would be easier in 64 colors or higher.

Of course, would be amazing that Amiga get the shinobi port even only for AGA machines, the version that was released was bad, very bad.

Just an idea for a next project

msmalik681 · 12 December 2023, 12:38

This crappy a600 has sentimental value for me so I have no intrest to make any aga games. And as a rather sad update might have to target 2mb amigas but I am trying to keep with 1mb if I can.

sokolovic · 12 December 2023, 15:52

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Originally Posted by msmalik681

This crappy a600 has sentimental value for me so I have no intrest to make any aga games. And as a rather sad update might have to target 2mb amigas but I am trying to keep with 1mb if I can.

Maybe it would be possible to make AGA Gfx for you ? I suppose that if you use scorpion Engine it would be "just" replacing OCS gfx assets with the AGA ones ?

msmalik681 · 12 December 2023, 16:07

If I get this game to work on a 1mb amiga then it will definitely work on a aja machine.

msmalik681 · 20 December 2023, 15:00

Starting work on my first boss as the assets are so big I have split him in 2 to save on memory. All testing is now done using a600 (emulated) to ensure I am working within the correct memory constraints and to check performance. Here is a screenshot so you can take in that 32 colour goodness lol.

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08 December 2023, 10:02	#41
Evillord68 Registered User Join Date: May 2021 Location: Euerbach/Germany Posts: 75	Really good work. Thank you.

08 December 2023, 17:46	#46
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,830	Pretty sure it will work from CD if you wanted. But if you're using WinUae/Emulation don't worry about it. There are easy ways to run such things.

08 December 2023, 19:12	#47
sokolovic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Marseille / France Posts: 1,523	I would'nt be surprised that there is also not many people actually playing straight from physical floppies on real hardware nowadays. There is many cheap solutions to avoid that.

08 December 2023, 19:50	#49
sokolovic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Marseille / France Posts: 1,523	Yeah we're in 2023 now. I can't even figure how this is possible to write "making the full game hard drive-only is kind of a silly move...not everyone has one of those" in these days. The share of computers without an HDD in the world is infinitesimal. Even in the Amiga world, for sure (especially if you count people using emulation).

08 December 2023, 19:58	#50
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,830	I mean it's probably best to get an idea of the game size without worrying about floppys then if the author wants and is feasible create a floppy version.

12 December 2023, 00:12	#51
franeti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Spain Posts: 60	Very good job! Looks very good. Just to know it, how is difficult to port shinobi arcade to Amiga? The original port is mesh

12 December 2023, 12:38	#54
msmalik681 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Gravesend Posts: 96	This crappy a600 has sentimental value for me so I have no intrest to make any aga games. And as a rather sad update might have to target 2mb amigas but I am trying to keep with 1mb if I can.

12 December 2023, 16:07	#56
msmalik681 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Gravesend Posts: 96	If I get this game to work on a 1mb amiga then it will definitely work on a aja machine.

20 December 2023, 15:00	#57
msmalik681 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Gravesend Posts: 96	Starting work on my first boss as the assets are so big I have split him in 2 to save on memory. All testing is now done using a600 (emulated) to ensure I am working within the correct memory constraints and to check performance. Here is a screenshot so you can take in that 32 colour goodness lol.

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