Spikie Goes Skiing - My first 'full' Spectrum game
Re: Spikie Goes Skiing - My first 'full' Spectrum game
Not a bad game and very playable! Good job!
I found a bug while playing so let me know if you're needing bugs to be reported at this stage.
I found a bug while playing so let me know if you're needing bugs to be reported at this stage.
Re: Spikie Goes Skiing - My first 'full' Spectrum game
Nice work for your first game, hope you had fun coding it.. Quite "rough and ready" (early Speccy style) but fun to play.
I noticed if you die on the ski section it starts the next game there, not sure if that was intentional? I think what makes that section tricky is the 'twitchy' controls, reminded me of 'Rally Driver'...
I noticed if you die on the ski section it starts the next game there, not sure if that was intentional? I think what makes that section tricky is the 'twitchy' controls, reminded me of 'Rally Driver'...
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
Re: Spikie Goes Skiing - My first 'full' Spectrum game
Good work, definitely reminds me of those early games! Love the Spikie sprite animation too
Re: Spikie Goes Skiing - My first 'full' Spectrum game
I actually like WASD in this particular game. It frees up my other hand to scratch an itch or whatever. Although a "redefine keys" would be an ideal option.
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Hi guys, had to go to work...
I knew WASD would kill everyone lol. But i was brand new and the keys seemed easier to get than QZIP or something else. I had intended to make a few options for controls but ran out of memory space :[
I knew WASD would kill everyone lol. But i was brand new and the keys seemed easier to get than QZIP or something else. I had intended to make a few options for controls but ran out of memory space :[
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Thank you to everyone with kind words, also those giving constructive criticism are much appreciated
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You don't have to go through the flags, but you get a big score for doing so :] And yes it is very hard skiing haha, I have kinda mastered it now but still die often
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Aaah good spot. I will fix this tonight. I had noticed that but then conveniently forgot about itMorkin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:51 pm Nice work for your first game, hope you had fun coding it.. Quite "rough and ready" (early Speccy style) but fun to play.
I noticed if you die on the ski section it starts the next game there, not sure if that was intentional? I think what makes that section tricky is the 'twitchy' controls, reminded me of 'Rally Driver'...
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Thank you for playing the game and finding the bug. Please do let me know here, or by PM whichever you prefer. If it is the one about when you die on Ski Slope and restart from there, I am now aware of it and gonna fix it tonight on stream
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Sorry my dude! (Auto reported to naughty corner!)
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When I got run over while crossing the road, it left my splat remains on the road but I wasn't re-incarnated. The traffic kept moving as if nothing happened, and the game could not continue. I tested on SpecEmu in 48k mode.chilledgamer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:50 pmThank you for playing the game and finding the bug. Please do let me know here, or by PM whichever you prefer. If it is the one about when you die on Ski Slope and restart from there, I am now aware of it and gonna fix it tonight on stream
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It is the F button to respawn lol (i know its not brilliant lol) . Btw I have updated the TAP file because there were a few other bugs which I have now fixed.cmal wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:26 pmWhen I got run over while crossing the road, it left my splat remains on the road but I wasn't re-incarnated. The traffic kept moving as if nothing happened, and the game could not continue. I tested on SpecEmu in 48k mode.chilledgamer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:50 pm Thank you for playing the game and finding the bug. Please do let me know here, or by PM whichever you prefer. If it is the one about when you die on Ski Slope and restart from there, I am now aware of it and gonna fix it tonight on stream
Correct TAP file is here: https://gofile.io/d/VYeX1C
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TAP file for this game is available on Itch Io https://retrocodertv.itch.io/spikie-goes-skiing-zx.
Also hoping it will be added to the database here, so that I can link to it from my channel in due course
Also hoping it will be added to the database here, so that I can link to it from my channel in due course
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Re: Spikie Goes Skiing - My first 'full' Spectrum game
If you need a really small routine to redefine and read keys, I suggest DEFKEY.chilledgamer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:42 pm I knew WASD would kill everyone lol. But i was brand new and the keys seemed easier to get than QZIP or something else. I had intended to make a few options for controls but ran out of memory space :[
The documentation is here.
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Thanks I'll take a look at this nowEinar Saukas wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:30 pmIf you need a really small routine to redefine and read keys, I suggest DEFKEY.chilledgamer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:42 pm I knew WASD would kill everyone lol. But i was brand new and the keys seemed easier to get than QZIP or something else. I had intended to make a few options for controls but ran out of memory space :[
The documentation is here.