It's been a year and 3 days since I started this project. I'd like to comment on how far this has come.
I remember thinking about a game idea one day in class. I had my calculator out, even though I was in health class. I was thinking: "simple." I knew at that point that every other project I had started or had thought up but had yet to start was not going to make it for being too complex. I thought of this one game demo I played once. A game titled "VVVVVV." A game that seemed like I could get an engine done in a week (the n00b in me talking at that point) and I could say that I completed a project (I came close with the chess game that brought me here.)

I was allowed to use a laptop in school at that time and said laptop had linking software (I think TiLP), so I made a little screeine and showed the world what I had decided to do. Here was the first screenie:


It was a slow, inefficient engine made entirely on-calc. At the time, I thought it was the greatest thing I had ever done. Little did I know that it would eventually be just that.

Here it is now: A game with experimental custom maps, a difficulty that nearly matches the original, and a much better engine.


And there's more to come. Bugs are almost out of custom maps, I am re-working the engine to make it faster, and the main map is about 10-15% done. There will also be (not until a few more releases) a new game mode for the totally insane.

At this point, I'd like to acknowledge some people:
Keoni29: For spriting out these amazing sprites.
Matref: For the level editor. I don't know how I could live (or have supported custom maps) without it.
Hayleia: For the optimizations/Helping me realize I need to restructure my code.
And everyone else whose support has made this possible.

To another year of progress and gravity flipping!


LATEST DEMO: http://www.omnimaga.org/ti-z80-calculator-projects/vvvvvv/msg383755/#msg383755

LATEST SCREENIE: http://www.omnimaga.org/ti-z80-calculator-projects/vvvvvv/msg383755/#msg383755

Hm, I've actually been working on my own VVVVVV clone, but I've put it on hold for a long time. I'd love to see how yours turns out, though.

Any help with the engine you're willing to give? (Assuming you are an AXE programmer)

Specifically: How to make the character die when he touches spikes (see http://ourl.ca/18385)

Pointer based? Doesn't that only work with maps where you move only one tile at a time, though?

This looks pretty slow. This game should be fast paced. I'd love to help you with the sprites and tiles. (I can even convert them to hex by hand if you want me to )

Edit: Mockup

Yeah, I gave the idea to leafy.

This is like the 4th project you've started, so don't make too many more without finishing one first

3rd... one I stopped the first, and the other is on hold... screenies were slow due to some unoptimized code... new screenies soon!

vvvvvv shouldn't be too hard to make. It's kinda like graviter, but you can change the gravity direction at will. See if you can have a look at the source of graviter.

I'm deciding to port VVVVVV to the TI-84! (The Portal clone is currently on standstill, but it SHOULD be back in progress soon!)

Only to 84+ ? And what Portal clone ?