Platform games based on album covers

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I don't know about a single album cover, but I'd like to see a Smiths game. Some of the titles are ready made as level names - Rusholm Ruffians for starters. Willy meets the Beatles is a good example of what's possible, but I'd prefer an AGD or hardcoded game to a jsw mod.

Hmmm, would Morrissey approve...
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R-Tape wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:30 pmHmmm, would Morrissey approve...
I've yet to hear him express an opinion that didn't become immediately null and void the millisecond it spurted out of his mouth.

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Arf. I have met a few people that can take him or leave him, but he must be one of the most marmite people out there.

I might have a bash at a shortish AGD effort one day, there’s a lot of material there.

Did you have any album covers in mind?
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Some ideas:

The Velvet Underground and Nico
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With the Beatles
The White Album :)
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Do we mean one platform game based around a different album cover for each level? If so then I think it's a brilliant idea. If lots of people had ideas and were willing to do graphics & design etc for levels I'd be willing to tie it all together (maybe AGD, maybe hardcoded).

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R-Tape wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:11 am I might have a bash at a shortish AGD effort one day, there’s a lot of material there.

Did you have any album covers in mind?
I was playing Mario Bros recently, and the crabs made me think of...
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Then I thought of loads of album covers that could effectively be turned into games. Like Metallica's Master Of Puppets; Nirvana's Nevermind; Led Zepplin's Houses Of The Holy... those kind of things.
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R-Tape wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:40 am Do we mean one platform game based around a different album cover for each level? If so then I think it's a brilliant idea. If lots of people had ideas and were willing to do graphics & design etc for levels I'd be willing to tie it all together (maybe AGD, maybe hardcoded).

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Write it from scratch lazybones. It is an excellent idea though and I would like to contribute somehow. Maybe I’ll make the tea and biscuits?
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I think this has legs but it'd need a large number of people to contribute - fleshed out ideas, graphics, level mockups, music.

If I have time I'll do one mock up this evening (scratch that - this week).

Does this tickle manyone's fancy?
Spud wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:47 am Write it from scratch lazybones. It is an excellent idea though and I would like to contribute somehow. Maybe I’ll make the tea and biscuits?
Deal. Probably.

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I'd love to contribute, but don't expect to have time until later in the year.
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Nice idea!

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I won't be able to code anything for a couple of months as I need to finish another project I've already announced. In the meantime we could chat about ideas and thereby decide if there's enough interest in a group project (unless someone else wants to code it that is).

So, the initial idea is to have a single screen per level platform game in which each level is based around an album cover.

Taking Rorthron's Velvet Underground & Nico suggestion to start with, here's a VERY rough mockup. It's just a starting point. The level could involve collecting objects ( :o !) which peels the banana. Enemies could be syringes and a whipping dominatrix.

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Any suggestions how this could develop further?

What could the player sprite be? One that somehow ties everything together or just a generic sprite?
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Your screen mock up is an early contender for the raciest ZX screen of 2018. :) Perhaps you could have a music journalist main character who has to complete an article on the best album covers rather than having to go and create a character specifically for each cover?
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bob_fossil wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:07 pm Your screen mock up is an early contender for the raciest ZX screen of 2018. :) Perhaps you could have a music journalist main character who has to complete an article on the best album covers rather than having to go and create a character specifically for each cover?
Good point Bob. I definitely think the game should be the safe side of adult so it can be available at SC & elsewhere.

Also agree about having one protagonist, the music journo is a great idea. For some reason I've got a picture of 80's music journalists wearing pork pie hats, don't know if that's accurate or not.

Anyone fancy having a bash at player sprite? What size?
standard 16 x 16 pixels or bigger? No need to set anything in stone yet.

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