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Socoder -> In-Development -> My Centipede Clone
Sun, 20 Oct 2019, 18:27
steve_ancell	My Centipede Clone After going off coding for a bit, due to reasons I won't go into, I've been having another crack at doing a Centipede clone, coded in AppGameKit-2. It's starting to take shape, so, hopefully, I might not fuck it up this time! In the meantime, here's a few screenshot teasers, and Linkage... The mushrooms and player turret, I know, they're crap!, are just placeholder sprites at the moment.
Mon, 21 Oct 2019, 00:30
Tricky	Oh, man, that looks cool.... As a kid I wasted tons of hours on Centipede.... Nice to see people do some hard work to keep it alive.
Mon, 21 Oct 2019, 06:02
Jayenkai	Mushrooms look fine, and the Centipede looks awesome! If you need a starting point for your ship, try the still untitled SpriteGen Drop the resolution, and pick the BBC Micro palette, for some nice little vessels. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 21 Oct 2019, 06:34
steve_ancell	Thanks for the encouragement guys, this game is gonna really put my development skills to the test.
Mon, 04 Nov 2019, 18:51
steve_ancell	**UPDATE** No spoilers yet... Progress is, well, progressing!. It's starting to develop into something that is Centipede but not Centipede, a few twists are manifesting. It's all happening slowly, but it's happening. Stay tuned!...
Tue, 05 Nov 2019, 01:15
rockford	Intriguing
Tue, 05 Nov 2019, 01:21
Pakz	View on YouTube I think I never played this one before. Go for it!
Tue, 05 Nov 2019, 03:04
Dan	I remember playing a Centipede clone on Amiga, and it was this one: View on YouTube
Tue, 05 Nov 2019, 05:46
rockford	I think I had that. Was it PD or on a magazine cover disk?
Tue, 05 Nov 2019, 07:02
steve_ancell	I had Rollerpede at some point too, great game.
Tue, 05 Nov 2019, 15:47
Dan	Yes, it was PD and on some magazine cover disc. Can't recall on which, as i have had few of them.
Wed, 06 Nov 2019, 03:29
steve_ancell	***UPDATE*** Here's a very early teaser, not much to it at the moment. Still need to do more work on collision, introduce some audio, and think up some more game charaters and what their actions will be. In the meantime Linkage!
Wed, 06 Nov 2019, 03:33
steve_ancell	I've managed to not break it so far, been saving and backing up regularly.
Wed, 06 Nov 2019, 04:05
Pakz	Gameplay feels good to me. Looking allright also!
Wed, 06 Nov 2019, 04:35
steve_ancell	Thanks for the feedback Pakz
Wed, 06 Nov 2019, 06:41
Jayenkai	Lovely effect on the font! The circular explosions are nice, but kinda feel a bit big when hitting the mushrooms. Perhaps add some simple tiny particles for those, instead!? Otherwise, yeah, like Pakz says, it "feels" good. You're definitely on the right track -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 06 Nov 2019, 07:01
steve_ancell	I was thinking of particles a few days ago Jay, I've done it before in another one of my many abandoned projects, I might experiment with that when I get home later. For the scoreboard I just drew a bunch of 7 segment 8s, broke off segments accordingly for each number, and hollowed them out so the moving rainbow sprite can show from behind, a bit like face through the hole.
Wed, 06 Nov 2019, 07:48
Jayenkai	It's a lovely effect!
Thu, 07 Nov 2019, 13:02
steve_ancell	I decided to do away with the circular explosions an have cooked up my own particle generator, I just don't get on with AGK's built in particle system. I've also started on a multi box collision system for the player turret's triangular shape. I'll upload another file once I've done the player detection.
Thu, 07 Nov 2019, 13:22
Jayenkai	Yeah, I don't think I've ever used an inbuilt particle engine. Always my own, so I know wtf I'm doing with it -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 08 Nov 2019, 21:05
steve_ancell	I've put a link at the beginning of this topic, I will update that whenever I do another build. The centipede can now kill you, and so can the mouldy-plucked-chickens. You can also shoot the turds that the chickens crap out, before those turds fertilise the ground and grow more mushrooms. My apologies for the collision zones being visible in this one, they will be deactivated in another build.
Fri, 08 Nov 2019, 21:09
steve_ancell	Just in case you don't spot the link up top, I'll stick it here too. Linkage
Sat, 09 Nov 2019, 12:24
Jayenkai	Coming along well. The particles are maybe still a bit extreme for mushrooms, I think. If you could do a lesser number of particles for those, that might work better. That way you distinguish between a Mush-hit and a Pede-hit. Also, adding gravity to particles is always a nice addition, but .. .. Honestly, I've never been 100% sure on what the perspective of a Centipede game's supposed to be. The centipedes and mushrooms being on the ground suggest that Centipede games are top-down, but then the spaceship (!?) flies "above" the floor and shoots "upwards" at the centipedes crawling along on the floor...!!??! Whaaaat..1!?!?1.1!?! Who the hell designed this!?! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 09 Nov 2019, 14:00
steve_ancell	I think that's a good idea, I'll tweak the particles a bit later.
Sat, 09 Nov 2019, 14:02
steve_ancell	I'm still debating to have a background or not, I've got some friendly aliens on spacehoppers that I've raided from an abandoned project. I'm tweaking the artwork on those a bit to work in this project.

My Centipede Clone

Linkage!