<!--quoteo(post=20431:date=Sunday 11th July 2010, 9:12 pm:name=MarkeyJester)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MarkeyJester @ Sunday 11th July 2010, 9:12 pm) </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It's a brand new engine for the Megadrive/Genesis created from scratch by Malevolence and myself, it's taken us a year of research in understanding most aspects of the Megadrive's hardware and how to navigate it, but we've pretty much got there eventually. What you see above is a test game, it's there to put our engine to the test before we do something awesome with it. Any questions? Also for the record, you guys are terrible at guessing games =P[/QUOTE]
It's a game engine, but honestly I'm not too familiar with what the differences would be. Everything was written from scratch in asm files
A game engine is pretty much the entire game program - the only thing you need to do is write logic for objects and you're done. An API is more low level, it's a set of functions that lets you handle something (e.g. video, audio, input, files (not relevant here), etc.) but you still need to code all of the logic program yourself. EDIT: and I'm glad I showed off Project MD before, now I don't look like an idiot because "somebody else did it before" =P
Well right now I guess it's in different phases. Currently I've set it up as a game engine for the Space Invaders game, but we also have an old copy I'm going to be turning into a sonic engine. Also I don't believe this makes me look like an idiot because you've done this ftr
Yeah, but you know how people go "hey nice but somebody else did it before". I already had it happen lots of times =/
You're the first one to mention it though, it's almost as if you're putting the idea into everyone's heads in the first place =P
OK then, report all those posts for making drama =P But yeah, does it lean more to an API or to an engine? Which part is meant to stay mostly unchanged and which part is meant to be completely changed? If the game logic is meant to be completely overriden, then it's most likely an API.
It's a game engine, the only thing that really needs to be worked on is the sound driver and the various personal parts to the game (such as level collision, object codes and whatnot)
So EVERYTHING will be written from scratch? Including: Vblank, Hblank, errortraps/checksums, Object Managers, Game modes, etc? Join sonicteam and remake sonic 4.
I got inpatient...... Sorry not much to see..... titlecard will be improved to look more sonic cdish, using sonic cd text if possible.
More Amy-fied Sonic 2: Managed to get her normal and jump hammer attacks working, as mentioned on Basic Questions and Answers thread I've implemented her 'peel out' attack from Advance 2 and 3 as well. Hopefully if progress continues at this rate I'll have an early build uploaded in due time.
Sorta. Some of the rotations look crap right now (making the diagonal sprites are a real bitch as they are skewed, resized and what not as well as simply rotated).
Oh man, I am looking forward to Amy in Sonic 2 can't wait to bunny hop through all the levels again :D
Oooh...that may be a problem. I took out the leap move in favor of a 'peel out' attack. Abiding by preference of people around here though, I may change it for a later revision.
No, that makes sense to me. Sonic 1 - no spindash, Amy has jump dash. Sonic 2 - spindash, Amy has peelout. I think some of the levels will be incompletable with just the jump dash.
oh nooo Well, considering Sonic 2's reliance on spindash it does make sense. so I guess I can let it slide just this once
Ah lovely sprites, such perfection too, nice work. I love the Casino Night Zone tab sprites, those are very nifty.
