Today comes our first TI-84 Plus CE release. Back in April, I released a remake of my 2002 TI-83+ RPG Mana Force for the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition: First Fantasy: Mana Force (https://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=375.0). Today, I am proud to release the TI-83 Premium CE and TI-84 Plus CE version!
(http://img.codewalr.us/ffmfcescreens.gif)
Like the CSE remake, this port features all the enhancements that were added compared to the original monochrome game, ranging from enhanced graphics, new magic spells, new enemies, new cutscenes, expanded storyline and many new challenges. There are 16 magic spells available, 7 character classes, 48 monsters (this port lacks the easter egg) and several hours of gameplay. It is the first RPG to be released for the TI's ez80 calculator line and this port takes advantage of CE Texlib, by DrDnar, to draw colored text and rectangles in TI-BASIC programs on the home screen, as well as his screen inverting code.
If you like JRPGs and got a TI-83 Premium CE or TI-84 Plus CE, then you should give this game a try.
Download link: https://codewalr.us/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=375.0;attach=527
(You must also download CE Textlib (http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/465/46522.html)
in order to run the game!)
Hey, very nice to see this done. The CE now has it's first RPG! :D Congrats on the release!
Thanks, and yeah I am surprised there aren't more since some people ported their games to the CSE. Granted, there is Age of Darkness but that doesn't really count since it's still monochrome.
Awesome and good job ;)
Nice job :) does it contain the secret walrii too? :3=
Thanks, and sadly not, because there's no sprite lib available for CE Basic coders yet.
On a side note, I just checked download stats out of curiosity and since the CE version came out, its Cemetech downloads count skyrocketed. Although the file includes the CSE version as well, it jumped by about 130 downloads in less than a week. The CE version just got approved in ticalc archives so I am curious how well it will do, but the CSE version had around 50 downloads a week.
On CW it had 18 last time I checked since the CE version upload, but on TI-Planet it seems that calc gaming or at least RPG gaming is almost dead, since the game only had about 6-7 downloads since its release.
130 downloads in a week is pretty good imo O.O.
It is, especially considering Cemetech isn't primarily a download site, unlike ticalc.org which is almost only visited to download stuff.
I know that I got 10 downloads on cemetech for game of pig, and 30 on ticalc.org, in the same amount of time O.O
That is not bad I think considering the obscure nature of the game and perhaps (not to nitpick) the menu-based game genre not being very popular on ticalc.org . I am surprised that FFMF is getting that many downloads on Cemetech, though. The count is now at 430+ total (250 since CE port). But again, it's the only CE BASIC game in Cemetech's new TI-84+CE BASIC games section and its name is kinda like Final Fantasy, so that is probably an explanation. :P
No offence taken at the menu part. :P I usually don't download games with menu based gameplay that, but the awesome flashiness and graphics may have appealed to people.
And obscure is always better ;) :trollface:
The advantage of ticalc is that people who aren't into forums (like normal students) probably get all their calc games from there.
Indeed, same for math stuff, seeing June download stats.
Yeah, though I got my first games from cemetech.
I mainly got them from GFox 83 (former French site) at first, since ticalc archives were offline during the first three months I started frequenting calc sites. Anyway in overall it looks like the game is more popular on Cemetech than anywhere else lol. But now that it's gone from the recent file list there I am curious how well it will do from now on. It currently has 489 downloads. Not that I really mind if downloads are low, though, although it would definitively be cool to see if there are more people who actually played FF:MF.
Thats low? I only have 69 on Game of pig O.O
Well I mean that I wouldn't mind if my game averaged at like 10 downloads a week if I still got some comments about it.
First Fantasy downloaded almost 1000 times in two weeks on Cemetech *.* https://www.cemetech.net/programs/index.php?mode=file&id=1277
EDIT Also lol, notice anything special?
(http://img.codewalr.us/ffmf666.png)
Haha 666 downloads. I didn't know TIcalc was evil. :P
Don't you mean FF:MF? :P Now I wonder if the game will attract new users in the future. We tend to not get many nowadays <_<