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Title: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on February 16, 2012, 10:15:57 AM
Just gauging peoples interests here.
Per order basis means, I release demos of games. You say you like them.
Then, you send me money and I send you a real copy of the full game.
This is strictly HuCard for the per-order basis, so exclude PP from that. They'll be in cases, on cards, with manuals.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Mishran on February 16, 2012, 11:42:32 AM
Pyramid Plunder and Atlantean are a given. If I like the demo of the others enough, might consider a purchase of a couple extra cards.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: spenoza on February 16, 2012, 02:32:56 PM
You give no option to change our votes. I just changed my mind on my answer! Ack!
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: lord_cack on February 16, 2012, 08:16:15 PM
Im buying Pyramid Plunder on Disc, given. Atlantean on Card, AWESOME, buying it. NOW, as for other titles.... again, Put Jungle Hunt on a card, and I am going to buy it.
Skate or Die RAMP would make a great demo.
Any other titles that have been discussed (which I think is only Joust) I wouldn't buy stand alone as I don't like Joust. But, put Joust on a Card/Disc with a couple other titles I would buy it (which includes throwing in Skate of Die Ramp....).
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on February 17, 2012, 12:20:06 AM
Well, it looks like my feelings on the matter are about what I expected. I'll let the poll run a few more days and see where it caps off at.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Bernie on February 17, 2012, 12:38:18 AM
Whatever ya throw out there, I am game. Even if its for the sake of just support. So, yeah. All of the above. :)
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on February 17, 2012, 01:00:50 AM
Well, expect to see a playable demo of Pyramid Plunder, shortly after these cards come out. The cards will probably be on sale next week. I'm making the cases this weekend.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Necromancer on February 17, 2012, 01:40:54 AM
I'll buy just about anything, but they better be fun!
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on February 17, 2012, 01:41:37 AM
Yeah they'll be fun
I hope.
:)
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: incrediblehark on February 18, 2012, 10:48:40 AM
I think the idea of having a brand new card based game release is more exciting to people than the actual game thats on it :P I voted all of the above.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Black Tiger on February 18, 2012, 12:11:23 PM
This venture is already a failure Arkhan. Between the two Retrocade future threads you've given away $2500 worth of votes. :wink:
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on February 18, 2012, 02:04:08 PM
This venture is already a failure Arkhan. Between the two Retrocade future threads you've given away $2500 worth of votes. :wink:
lol MAGICAL PC ENGINE FAGOTRY
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on August 13, 2012, 10:59:55 PM
Ok, since all the games in the Retrocade are going to stand alone, where does that leave the Skate or Die ramp, & Insanity Deatchmatch? I assume that means they'll be shoehorned with as bonuses with other games. However, atleast in regards to the skate ramp. I'd flip for you to have an adventure mode in the same vein as Skate or Die 2.....though, with tightened controls! I love that game, despite some wonkiness, & how awesome would it be to do something similar? It doesn't have to be a long epic quest, but anything like Skate or Die 2's adventure, or maybe even a mix of the adventure of Skate or Die 2, & the contests of Skate or Die 1.
Do it Arky!!!!
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: esteban on August 14, 2012, 01:20:49 AM
I am going to buy everything.
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcds.html)
P.S. I love how passionate Paranoia is about these very specific items! He is as bad as I am (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.html)
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 14, 2012, 03:10:22 AM
Ok, since all the games in the Retrocade are going to stand alone, where does that leave the Skate or Die ramp, & Insanity Deatchmatch? I assume that means they'll be shoehorned with as bonuses with other games. However, atleast in regards to the skate ramp. I'd flip for you to have an adventure mode in the same vein as Skate or Die 2.....though, with tightened controls! I love that game, despite some wonkiness, & how awesome would it be to do something similar? It doesn't have to be a long epic quest, but anything like Skate or Die 2's adventure, or maybe even a mix of the adventure of Skate or Die 2, & the contests of Skate or Die 1.
Do it Arky!!!!
It leaves them as "eventually", and likely for free or some shit.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: sunteam_paul on August 14, 2012, 08:01:13 AM
Ok, since all the games in the Retrocade are going to stand alone, where does that leave the Skate or Die ramp, & Insanity Deatchmatch? I assume that means they'll be shoehorned with as bonuses with other games. However, atleast in regards to the skate ramp. I'd flip for you to have an adventure mode in the same vein as Skate or Die 2.....though, with tightened controls! I love that game, despite some wonkiness, & how awesome would it be to do something similar? It doesn't have to be a long epic quest, but anything like Skate or Die 2's adventure, or maybe even a mix of the adventure of Skate or Die 2, & the contests of Skate or Die 1.
Do it Arky!!!!
I still wake up in a cold sweat at night thinking how the hell am I going to draw all the animation for that.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 14, 2012, 08:27:23 AM
lol.
lets just cop out and make it a marble-man on a ramp
LOOK AT THAT ROTATION. ITS LIKE 492304902 DEGREES. I THINK.
I CANT TELL. ITS A SPHERE.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Keranu on August 14, 2012, 10:04:37 AM
I could probably handle drawing 360 degree animation, I've done it in some of our games already to lesser degrees.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on August 14, 2012, 10:28:37 AM
We need a skate or die ramp!!
I'll draw the boobs.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: sunteam_paul on August 14, 2012, 10:44:37 AM
MARBLE MADNESS 2!
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 14, 2012, 10:48:34 AM
I could probably handle drawing 360 degree animation, I've done it in some of our games already to lesser degrees.
The problem is how many frames are involved to make the moves look cool
along with how many moves there are in general.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on August 14, 2012, 05:43:05 PM
You were going to animate it?!? That'd be even cooler!!
Seriously though, K has done some great animation so far. Sometimes, I can't even tell the difference between 1 frame & the other, until it's in motion!
Also, another(but not as) cool idea, would be to make a California Games clone to include it in. But if you did, I would have to request that the BMX part is based on the Atari 2600 version, as that version is actually fun! I've never cared for the usual BMX racing we got in most versions of California Games, but especially compared to the 2600 version. IF you did that though, it'd probably be better to make the screen scroll, rather then do it screen by screen like Zelda.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 14, 2012, 06:37:38 PM
of course it would be animated. how else would you do skateboard tricks?
lol ZORK STYLE:
>YOU ARE COMING UP THE HALFPIPE >do kickflip mcnugget >YOU CRASH AND BREAK YOUR LEG.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on August 14, 2012, 07:03:43 PM
It's so full of secondary animation is "sickening" in the best sense of that word. Did you see the video for Mercenary Kings?
Anyway, back to insanity. I bet you some kick ass animations can be done since it's not crazy busy and stuff. Let me at it! wait, already on it, let me give you some tiles and sprites. lol
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 20, 2012, 05:24:39 AM
lol maybe.
What did you have in mind there exactly.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Nando on August 20, 2012, 06:36:36 AM
A "skin" pack of sorts. New sprites for the main character and enemies as well as some new tiles for the stages. Using that "Mecha Bazzy" like character as a start point.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 20, 2012, 06:48:23 AM
SAMPLES MAN. SAMPLES.
It might be funny to release a little graphic-swapped demo-thing for fun. Insanity is something I might revisit one day and do shit to.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Nando on August 20, 2012, 08:06:30 AM
I probably wont make any speedy move towards dropping the graphics in. I'm balls deep in Inferno right the hell now.
:D
Oh man, I'm not expecting you to either. This oppurtunity helps me get into a dead line mode and get some pixel art created. I've been in concept mode with other stuff. Thanks for the chance :dance: :lol:
Edit: Am I constrained by the current 16x16 sprite sizes or can I go 32x32? What about the tiles, can I do 16x8/24x16? I think I can get a good amount of detail at the size.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 20, 2012, 09:08:43 AM
16x16. Im not redoing the maps or the sprites/code lol.
32x32 would be too damn big anyway. The maps are single screen!
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Nando on August 20, 2012, 09:18:14 AM
16x16. Im not redoing the maps or the sprites/code lol.
32x32 would be too damn big anyway. The maps are single screen!
Word.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Mishran on August 20, 2012, 11:22:49 PM
So if you go about releasing retrocade as single "volumes", individual games so to speak, you gonna put a volume number on the card/cd and case to give people an incentive to obtain them all? I think it would be a good ideas since they were (still will?) to be part of a compilation on one disc.
Just something I thought about while looking over my PCE games and seen how many of them have the volume numbers.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Arkhan on August 21, 2012, 02:09:02 AM
Yeah. They will be numbered and shit.
And they will be done out of order, and incomplete, so people in 40 years will be confused.
WHERE THE HELL IS #3. WHAT GAME WAS #3
There is no #3, f*ckers.
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Mishran on August 21, 2012, 02:15:33 AM
Leisure Suit Larry all over again... :lol:
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: TheOldMan on August 21, 2012, 03:10:58 AM
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Leisure Suit Larry all over again... :)
...if only....
Title: Re: Retrocade Future: Part 2
Post by: Nando on August 21, 2012, 03:33:36 AM