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Curse of the Minotaur [TI-BASIC]

Started by TIfanx1999, August 02, 2015, 01:23:57 AM

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TIfanx1999

Re-uploaded it. It should be visible now.:D

Dream of Omnimaga

Wow, at first I thought it was more a select screen but then I realized there were really 4 enemies per battle. They seem to take a lot of space in the screen but given that it's a monochrome calculator, I guess that can do the job fine. Also those sprites look cool :)
  • Calculators owned: TI-82 Advanced Edition Python TI-84+ TI-84+CSE TI-84+CE TI-84+CEP TI-86 TI-89T cfx-9940GT fx-7400G+ fx 1.0+ fx-9750G+ fx-9860G fx-CG10 HP 49g+ HP 39g+ HP 39gs (bricked) HP 39gII HP Prime G1 HP Prime G2 Sharp EL-9600C
  • Consoles, mobile devices and vintage computers owned: Huawei P30 Lite, Moto G 5G, Nintendo 64 (broken), Playstation, Wii U

TIfanx1999

Those enemies are pretty large. I wanted give as much space as I could for enemies so I could fit a few large ones or several smaller ones. The side effect is that the players have a minimalistic area to use. I tried to make the interface for the players as simplistic as I could while still being functional. That was the goal here. If there's anything that seems cramped or out of place feel free to comment so maybe I can try to arrange it some more. It's early concept work, so it will likely be refined as things develop. The player sprites are from Final Fantasy 4 quickly converted to monochrome. The enemies are from Final Fantasy Legend 3, also quickly converted to monochrome. I figured they'd be good to toss in real quick just to see how things looked.

Dream of Omnimaga

Oh nice to see you will also allow larger enemies to fill more slots. You could have ones that are vertical (eg godnesses/angels) or horizontal (eg tanks). And I see about FF. Most Reuben monsters were from FF1 and 3 IIRC.
  • Calculators owned: TI-82 Advanced Edition Python TI-84+ TI-84+CSE TI-84+CE TI-84+CEP TI-86 TI-89T cfx-9940GT fx-7400G+ fx 1.0+ fx-9750G+ fx-9860G fx-CG10 HP 49g+ HP 39g+ HP 39gs (bricked) HP 39gII HP Prime G1 HP Prime G2 Sharp EL-9600C
  • Consoles, mobile devices and vintage computers owned: Huawei P30 Lite, Moto G 5G, Nintendo 64 (broken), Playstation, Wii U

TIfanx1999

#34
Another quick and dirty one since I can't sleep...Possible shop interface:




Dream of Omnimaga

I like that screen. Will NPC convos look similar without the menu?
  • Calculators owned: TI-82 Advanced Edition Python TI-84+ TI-84+CSE TI-84+CE TI-84+CEP TI-86 TI-89T cfx-9940GT fx-7400G+ fx 1.0+ fx-9750G+ fx-9860G fx-CG10 HP 49g+ HP 39g+ HP 39gs (bricked) HP 39gII HP Prime G1 HP Prime G2 Sharp EL-9600C
  • Consoles, mobile devices and vintage computers owned: Huawei P30 Lite, Moto G 5G, Nintendo 64 (broken), Playstation, Wii U

TIfanx1999

I don't think I'll do that for all conversations. Maybe just shops. Otherwise it would slow down gameplay too much I think. Also, the portrait size is pretty huge there. May go smaller if I actually do something like this.

Dream of Omnimaga

Ah ok. How will convos look like? As for portraits I like them, but I agree that they might be quite large. Usually, RPGs have them showing up inside text boxes.
  • Calculators owned: TI-82 Advanced Edition Python TI-84+ TI-84+CSE TI-84+CE TI-84+CEP TI-86 TI-89T cfx-9940GT fx-7400G+ fx 1.0+ fx-9750G+ fx-9860G fx-CG10 HP 49g+ HP 39g+ HP 39gs (bricked) HP 39gII HP Prime G1 HP Prime G2 Sharp EL-9600C
  • Consoles, mobile devices and vintage computers owned: Huawei P30 Lite, Moto G 5G, Nintendo 64 (broken), Playstation, Wii U

TIfanx1999

Normal conversations will be pretty standard. It'll be a basic text box that appears on the screen and has the typewriter effect. I may use custom fonts, but I haven't decided yet. It might be more trouble that it's worth and add more to the size. XD

Dream of Omnimaga

TI fonts would be fine I think. Custom ones are better but sometimes they are not worth the trouble, especially if you go for small fonts that are still 5 pixels in height.
  • Calculators owned: TI-82 Advanced Edition Python TI-84+ TI-84+CSE TI-84+CE TI-84+CEP TI-86 TI-89T cfx-9940GT fx-7400G+ fx 1.0+ fx-9750G+ fx-9860G fx-CG10 HP 49g+ HP 39g+ HP 39gs (bricked) HP 39gII HP Prime G1 HP Prime G2 Sharp EL-9600C
  • Consoles, mobile devices and vintage computers owned: Huawei P30 Lite, Moto G 5G, Nintendo 64 (broken), Playstation, Wii U

Snektron

I like but it, but you should remove the background of the character, because it makes the character itself really hard to see.
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TIfanx1999

Alright, I wondered about that. Thanks for the input.

TIfanx1999

Cross-posted from Omnimaga:

Updated shop mockup. Also finished a new font shown off here:


Dream of Omnimaga

I like it. I kinda agree with Cumred, though, about the character background. Maybe it should be white? Those fonts look really nice by the way :)
  • Calculators owned: TI-82 Advanced Edition Python TI-84+ TI-84+CSE TI-84+CE TI-84+CEP TI-86 TI-89T cfx-9940GT fx-7400G+ fx 1.0+ fx-9750G+ fx-9860G fx-CG10 HP 49g+ HP 39g+ HP 39gs (bricked) HP 39gII HP Prime G1 HP Prime G2 Sharp EL-9600C
  • Consoles, mobile devices and vintage computers owned: Huawei P30 Lite, Moto G 5G, Nintendo 64 (broken), Playstation, Wii U

TIfanx1999

Yea, I'm going to change it at some point, and thanks. :D

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