[WIP] Galaga conversion

[skyzoo73]

truly impressive!

[Neil79]

Originally Posted by jotd

Thanks, I'm very glad about the progress, even if it's one of the most taxing conversions I've made.

No9 finalized all tunes and they're awesome as always. Fighting with a few bugs, but nothing serious. It's going to be a great release in a few days/weeks I hope.

Hey dude, are we likely see a final version next week?

[saimon69]

The high score loop is not behaving as it should, though, but this might be from no 9

[no9]

I always work on the files that JOTD provides to me, and this one came in this form. He has already requested a change.

[mrv2k]

Originally Posted by Neil79

Hey dude, are we likely see a final version next week?

It's available here.

https://jotd666.itch.io/galaga500

[mrv2k]

I made up some box art.

[Neil79]

Originally Posted by mrv2k

It's available here.

https://jotd666.itch.io/galaga500

Still says " in development "
Still says " Beta " in the website video
Still says "- minor bugs - missing features "

Hence me asking

[jotd]

it's the first playable version. Will publish a new version today, not final, but closer to final.

[Neil79]

Originally Posted by jotd

it's the first playable version. Will publish a new version today, not final, but closer to final.

[VincentGR]

Please, notify us because itch most of the time doesn't.

[jotd]

new version uploaded. A lot of bugs fixed. Still some difficult to notice bugs & missing features.

[Seiya]

lf you find difficult to find bugs & missing features, it means the game is pratically very very close to be a final version

[tomcat666]

@jotd - Would it be possible to fix the background stars bug where they "break up" at the bottom of the screen right where your sprite is and you look at that all the time It seems you are using the same bacground stars routine as in Galaxians where there is the same problem

Video of it running on pistorm32:

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[jotd]

Yes, that's minor but I agree this is annoying. Would be worth fixing on both games.

A major bug remains: if you shoot your own captured ship, some enemies could freeze permanently. Not blocking as you can still shoot them and complete the stage.

Also if you shoot a capturing ship while in the swarm (not attacking), the captured ship is supposed to attack you and disappear ... only to reappear at the next stage. Instead, the captured ship remains frozen, and you have to shoot it to complete the stage...

So ATM make sure you're accurate when you free your ship

[saimon69]

Originally Posted by no9

I always work on the files that JOTD provides to me, and this one came in this form. He has already requested a change.

Is because the high score has like a loop until you finish to insert the name and then do the final part, in the actual version the final part is in the loop; suggestion is use a time out like 60 seconds then go to the final part

[no9]

Oh, I thought you were referring to the 'highest score' but I get what you mean now. Right 'high score' track plays a little longer in the original Galaga.

[jotd]

new version available on itch. I could not wait to upload a new one as the previous ones were soo buggy.

You have 2P game, proper rogue ship behaviour (if you let it flee you get it at the next stage!), swarm sound, better sfx...