Unnamed project

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Thu 25 Aug, 2005 10:45 pm

Hey, I've been screwing around with xLib lately, and I decided to make a game with it. It hasn't got a name as of yet, and it probably wont be out for a long time. However, I'm hoping it to be sorta gameboy Zelda style. I need sprites, cos i really suck at drawing them. Mainly just need character sprites and enemy sprites. Oh, and it'd be nice to know how all to use xLib, because right now i dont know anything about it. Any help would be great. Thanks!

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 12:22 am

good luck. im makin a zelda game of my own *cough* Zelda: Relics of teh Past *cough* have you ever programmed something before?

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 12:48 am

Id say dont do zelda oonly because theres already a really good xLib and a sweet amazing z80 app that pwns links awakening already. Id suggest a new game or a different old game (sonic, kirby, megaman, or an old rpg). That way new games get made.

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 1:00 am

maybe....sword of mana?

EDIT:
you know what, if you wanna make a zelda game, go ahead. if it's your dream to make your fav game, dont let anything stop you. go for the gusto!

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 1:23 am

sword of mana = zelda, but it rocks anyway. If you want a zelda like game, make that.

Post by **DarkAuron** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 1:38 am

The SoM series is not like zelda at all O_o

koolmansam375 · Post by **koolmansam375** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 12:18 pm

threefingeredguy wrote:sword of mana = zelda, but it rocks anyway. If you want a zelda like game, make that.

No. They are entirely different.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 3:24 pm

The very very very first mana was zelda except you looked like fighter from FF1, believe me I have it on GameBoy. It was called Final Fantasy Adventure and it was the first in the "of Mana" series. I'll tkae a screenshot with my emulator maybe.

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Fri 26 Aug, 2005 5:27 pm

ive played it before, but i still wouldnt call it zelda. zelda-like at most.

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Sat 27 Aug, 2005 1:30 am

Oh, no, i mean like a zelda style..Like Verdante Forest was like zelda, except a turn-based battle system. I have programmed before, and been at it for a while (3-4 years almost). Been using omnicalc for a while, but I thought i'd give xLib a shot, mainly to see if its really all everyone says it is. I've gotten it down for the most part, but I cant get sprite masking. Someone told me its possible but I dont know. XORing one and ORing the other, or something like that, so i've heard

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Sat 27 Aug, 2005 5:02 am

oh, uh, so you wanna make an RPG then. sprite masking not extremely important for that. its more of a graphical goodie. its really confusing, but i'll do my best to explain.

first you draw the background

second, and this is where i'm not familiar with xLib, you make an outline of your character in pixels, black on the outside, white on the inside. draw it with the AND statement. *note, you may want to extend one pixel over for a clearer image of your person.

third, simply draw the character in an OR statement.

questions?

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sat 27 Aug, 2005 8:41 pm

crzyrbl wrote:oh, uh, so you wanna make an RPG then. sprite masking not extremely important for that. its more of a graphical goodie. its really confusing, but i'll do my best to explain.

first you draw the background

second, and this is where i'm not familiar with xLib, you make an outline of your character in pixels, black on the outside, white on the inside. draw it with the AND statement. *note, you may want to extend one pixel over for a clearer image of your person.

third, simply draw the character in an OR statement.

questions?

if what crzyrbl doesnt make since ask dysfunction for a code sample, he has masking being done with xlib on arua......it looks really good

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Sat 27 Aug, 2005 8:47 pm

kalan_vod wrote:if what crzyrbl doesnt make since

what you say??

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sat 27 Aug, 2005 8:59 pm

crzyrbl wrote:
kalan_vod wrote:if what crzyrbl says doesnt make sense
what you say??

fixed lol