New version: LOST IN MY SPECTRUM v2.0

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Re: New version: LOST IN MY SPECTRUM v2.0

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i'll try the new one just in case it fixes my problem
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Wall_Axe wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:29 am i'll try the new one just in case it fixes my problem
If you can still reproduce it, record an RZX and verify that still has the crash when it's played back. Alessandro should be able to reproduce it too, then, if you tell him the exact version number of your emulator.
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Update: The multi-language game manual, containing detailed information about each screen, tools used etc., plus a map showing all the screens, has been added to the ZIP file.

Also, the game will from now on not be downloadable from Google Drive anymore. A "dummy" file with a reminder will be provided there instead.

Lost In My Spectrum is now downloadable from my website.

The entry in the ZXDB should also be updated accordingly.
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Update:

Added:
- Turbo 128K tape image files
- .TRD multi-language disk image files
- 'Addenda' text file with some technical information

Changed:
The level code box design for the English and Portuguese versions has been made a character shorter in order to look more regular.
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Alessandro wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:08 pmThe entry in the ZXDB should also be updated accordingly.
It was already updated! Although it doesn't include the files you added this morning, those will have to wait until the next ZXDB update.
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All right Einar, but the English and Portuguese TAP version files, both for 48K and 128K, should be replaced by those present in the latest downloadable file due to the modified code box design.

Also:
  • the Comments section should now read as follows: Originally made for Firenze Vintage Bit in 2012. Latest version: 2.0 (31.12.2017)
  • "Language" should list the six languages the game (and its documentation) is available in.
  • The walkthrough video refers to the old (1.3) version and should be removed. Please replace it with the rolling demo video in the first post, or wait until someone provides a RZX recording of version 2.0.
  • Maps of the old versions should be renamed with an indication that they too refer v1.3, so that confusion would not arise.
  • Finally, I created a new loading screen, alternate loading screen (128K) and in-game screen for the entry. To whom do I have to send them?
Thanks for your understanding :)
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The list of RZX recordings is provided by the RZX Archive. You will have to contact Daren about it.

Everything else you mentioned will be updated in the next ZXDB release. Please send screenshots to R-Tape in SCR format. Thank you!
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I've sent you a PM Alessandro.

Your games are severe ZXDB collation training, they must contain every idiom and file type known to man!
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R-Tape wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:50 pmYour games are severe ZXDB collation training, they must contain every idiom and file type known to man!
I like to cater for (almost) everybody's needs! :lol:
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Some POKEs:

EDIT - Damn you Alessandro! They only work for the first section of the game and are specific to the 128k version! Will update another time. Probably.
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32028,x lives
32031,x time
53798,0 infy lives
54363,0 infy time
47594,255 visible platform on Mondrian level (sorry Ale :-p)
I think some levels are better for the time limit, but spoils others.
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One word about the level 'Coincidentia Oppositorum'.

Ouch!
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Heh, I lost about 50 lives (not that I'm cheating) and decided to record my gameplay farce, then I completed it during the recording...

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Ale - can you complete this* while playing 'on bread and water'? And do you really expect anyone else to be able to?!

*(the whole game).
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Completed, nice ending sequence.

I think I've been a little bit harsh on the difficulty, the collision is very fair and you've split the game into 3 with codes. This would have been pampering the player BITD. I still think 9 lives is too few and the time limit stops the player fully appreciating the fact that each screen is a little masterpiece.

And we'll never agree on hidden platforms :mrgreen:
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Speaking of which were the hidden platforms on the last level a red herring?
What were the AY tracks btw? I spotted Brian Bloodaxe and JSW.

Thanks for a great game, I really enjoyed it.
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:37 pm Ale - can you complete this* while playing 'on bread and water'? And do you really expect anyone else to be able to?!
50 lives? You cheater! :P :lol:

Hint: The Coincidentia Oppositorum screen can be completed (rather) easily if you start from the right (black) half and then put the right side Alessandro back where you found him at the start before tackling the left (white) half.
R-Tape wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:07 pm Completed, nice ending sequence.

I think I've been a little bit harsh on the difficulty, the collision is very fair and you've split the game into 3 with codes. This would have been pampering the player BITD. I still think 9 lives is too few and the time limit stops the player fully appreciating the fact that each screen is a little masterpiece.
Thanks a lot :D Feedback from previous games, especially Seto Taisho Vs Yokai, finally convinced me that people do not have so much time nowadays to stick at a game before completing it, and being able to leave the game to continue it from a certain point later is better than the credits system I employed there. Codes are a way to achieve this without resorting to cheating.

And for admiring the screens, there is the Pause key after all ;)
R-Tape wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:07 pm What were the AY tracks btw? I spotted Brian Bloodaxe and JSW.
Two were taken from Tapper, and the Radetzky march is taken from Technician Ted, but the beginning of the medley? Didn't you really remember it? :(
R-Tape wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:07 pm Thanks for a great game, I really enjoyed it.
Thank you for playing and appreciating it! :D
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Alessandro wrote: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:31 pm Two were taken from Tapper, and the Radetzky march is taken from Technician Ted, but the beginning of the medley? Didn't you really remember it? :(
For shame! I forgot to say Manic Miner.
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Re: New version: LOST IN MY SPECTRUM v2.0

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Bugfix - 21.08.2018

A bug that affected the English 48K version, preventing the 1st level block from starting, has been fixed. The whole download package has been updated and is now available at the usual link.

The version on the Al's Double Bill disk-only compilation is not affected by this issue.
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