Cave Heros 2023 (v1.00 released)

[MrPlow]

Great work so far!!

[SnooPI]

Im found a least one bug im need to fix.... hehe.

I think I found it 

[spacefractal]

Not that one. This "bug" was on purpose.

You cannot bomb on a room, that has the miner on screen. To avoid confusion, im just added a message on the top, when you trying to bomb. This was present on the original and in the 2009 version (not uploaded yet). To complete the single screen level, just shoot the wall.

Howover you could in some levels actuelly trying to shoot the miner. This is fixed, so you cant shoot him (nothing was happens, but looks odd).

The main bug was you could hear the helicoper when you are not in a control when you just getting a new life.

[spacefractal]

Im got a new face and icon for the game as well a diamond im not yet has implemented. Its from Lobo. That guy that did the graphics for one of my game. Here only the original 2 assets request as its was most important. Im show and update later.

just updated the game, and have choosen also to show off all 30 caves that currectly have been done. Im is planning doing 50 caves (10 levels inspirated from "up & up" levels and original 11-20 caves.

The game is now has that status im could add a new project to my site really. Im do that later this week.

[spacefractal]

Finally done a itch.io project, howover currectly password protected (its code is glbasic, also this language as a password):

https://spacefractal.itch.io/cave-heroes-2023

Im thinks the main major missing is getting Intermissions caves to work again and then doing more caves (level 11-20 from original example). Im planning doing 50 caves in this game.

The game is just about under 10mb in download (due im have not added any tune, which im property could do something with the sega version of the game, that did had a tune and could been have fun with it).

Im does think the game require a much better descibtion of this game.

[spacefractal]

im is not alone, actuelly im like this version of H.E:R.O as well. Its is this kind of background decorations im is seeking for really, not a full background (not played it, but looks and seens to plays very nice):

https://lowcarb.itch.io/hero-is-back-2

etc decorations like grass, icetaps, broken cart, pipes, poles and so on, but generally background still black and should not have too much depth (if any, as im fell decorations is the way). So im dont thinks its need a full second background really.

[bigsofty]

Looking great Spacefractal. Have you though of lowering the resolution of the graphics? I think this would look great with a retro vibe?

[spacefractal]

Actuelly im wanted a higher resolution, hihi. anyway im did do include the Atari 2600 graphics in the old 2009 remake version, but im do not have plans to do include them this time, even im easely could do that. All is actuelly just by theme.

Lobo do might help me to add some decorations for the bg's.

Howover im do used websave palette for the fs, so its got a old ms dos like look.

Howver while the original remake used 18x40 tiles, this one uses 18x36.

[spacefractal]

has been in idle about this game in a week. Howover all 20 originals is done and also got some new themes, which take some time....

Actuelly this time uses much less memory than before and can put all themes on one imagemap.....

[spacefractal]

decorations and polish seens take some time, currectly focus only on the original levels by now (decorations from level 1-14 is done).... But its gonna to look great.

The only eventuelle missing may been more "trash" items im can put on the floor (.(like the soccerball)..... hihi. And that is pretty much that it.

btw im choosen not to have too much graphics on the background and has been downtoned it a bit, so its being more clear. Seens works fine in action.

Im can say all 4 themes works as intended and only uses one tile image file for all 4.

[spacefractal]

Im have just choosen to upload the game with the ORIGINAL 20 level version as they are finished and should works. Im have still not do decorations on my own levels, but that is later on. But its now a fully playable game and hope there is no major bugs etc. The link is in the first post.

https://spacefractal.itch.io/cave-heroes-2023

Im will property mixes both extneded as own 20 levels, but some levels require to been bigger throught..... This due set of 10 dont gonna to work, when there was 20 in original, but.... its dont need to strictly to been 20 levels throught.

[spacefractal]

Beta 3 released. Now the game can plays its self. a least for the first 8 levels in random order. Fun to watch, because he dies some times, and not allways same places. So hope he dosent fails to complete a level. hihi.

[SnooPI]

Very good Spacefractal 
I just find the collisions and the laying of the dynamite a little too sensitive but maybe it was the same in the original version, I don't remember.

[spacefractal]

too short time? etc im used a fuzz sound from the Atari 8 bit version (yes sounds used is a mix from various ports).

Howover im did do added some tolerance with red walls, so you can touch them a little bit without dying in some frames. Without that tolerance you would die qutie easy in some places.

[spacefractal]

Im have just updated the game to beta 7.

Some bugs fixed. Most of the time was to practice the &%¤#% computer player, so he should been able to complete all 20 levels and dont constactly die. Hihi. This was a lot of fun to do.

Now im need to finish off the alternative levels (Game B).....

Also the filesize is even a bit smaller than the original size. lol. hihi. Its was mostly the tile 709 (the background tile, if im remember right) that got changed to tile 0 on all levels, which compressed the level files quite a lot.