Dummy Duck 7

acaudel

Member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #1

Hey everyone!
Here's my work in progress, Dummy Duck 7!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpMf4UDddBs

 

dale_coop

Moderator

Staff member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #2

It's awsome! I love the characters... and of course, I love... coffee!

For yoyr HUD key problem: how do you display the myKeys variable ? As Number? as Var Tiles ?

 

acaudel

Member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #3

Thank you very much!
Right now I've got the myKeys variable displayed as Var Tiles.
If I display it as a number, it works fine. Maybe that's just what I'll do.

 

dale_coop

Moderator

Staff member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #4

Yeah, I think that's your issue currenlty. Because the original code for myKeys is meant to be displayed as "Number".

But if you want to display it as a "Var Tiles", you could try to change from:

Code:

;;;;;;;;;;;;; UPDATE HUD
		
		LDA #$01 ;; amount of score places?
		STA hudElementTilesToLoad
		LDA DrawHudBytes
		ORA #HUD_myKeys
		STA DrawHudBytes

To:

Code:

;;;;;;;;;;;;; UPDATE HUD

		LDA myKeys
		STA hudElementTilesToLoad
		LDA #$00
		STA hudElementTilesMax
		LDA DrawHudBytes
		ORA #HUD_myKeys
		STA DrawHudBytes

 

acaudel

Member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #5

Thanks!
I will try that out.

 

TurtleRescueNES

Active member

• Sep 22, 2018

• #6

I'm impressed! I like the style (reminds me of Tiny Toons) and the sprites. The boss was also very well done. I look forward to trying this one out!

 

acaudel

Member

• Sep 22, 2018

• #7

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.
The boss took a lot of trial and error to get right.
Here's the current ROM for anyone who wants to play the game!
http://dummyduck.com/nesmaker/Dummy_Duck_7_Work_In_Progress_01.nes

 

dale_coop

Moderator

Staff member

• Sep 22, 2018

• #8

Thank you, I will give it a try this weekend! <3

 

Gazimaluke

Member

• Sep 22, 2018

• #9

The Dummy Duck sprite is the best thing ever!

 

Dirk

Member

• Sep 22, 2018

• #10

Gazimaluke said:

The Dummy Duck sprite is the best thing ever!

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Yes, I love how he managed to capture the essence of his character in just a few pixels.

 

RinRem01

New member

• Sep 23, 2018

• #11

It's the little details that make games great. I love the TV and armchair! It looks fun!

 

acaudel

Member

• Sep 23, 2018

• #12

Oh my gosh! Thank you!! I'm really glad you like the sprites!

 

acaudel

Member

• Feb 22, 2022

• #13

Seeing the incredible work of other artists made me want to redesign my game's backgrounds. Here's a WIP of the house interior. The art of FrankenGraphics was a big inspiration for this. What do you think?

 

Last edited: Feb 22, 2022

JollyShadow

Active member

• Feb 22, 2022

• #14

100% amazing. Love how you created depth. Do you have trouble with collision for the boundaries?

 

acaudel

Member

• Feb 22, 2022

• #15

JollyShadow said:

100% amazing. Love how you created depth. Do you have trouble with collision for the boundaries?,

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Thank you very much! To get the depth, I drew the top and bottom of the walls at different angles, and then adjusted the floor patterns as it goes back.

And yes, I do have trouble with collision for the boundaries. But I'm trying to work it out.

 

9Panzer

Well-known member

• Feb 22, 2022

• #16

Gorgeous! I Especially like the use of the character portraits in the text!

 

acaudel

Member

• Feb 23, 2022

• #17

Thank you! To make the character portraits in the text boxes, I just drew over some of the symbols that weren't being used, like parenthesis, ellipsis, etc. Then I put them together like a puzzle by typing the symbols into the text field.

 

Last edited: Feb 23, 2022

dale_coop

Moderator

Staff member

• Feb 23, 2022

• #18

acaudel said:

Seeing the incredible work of other artists made me want to redesign my game's backgrounds. Here's a WIP of the house interior. The art of FrankenGraphics was a big inspiration for this. What do you think?


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Definetly looks like FrankenGfx' work
Beautiful

 

acaudel

Member

• Feb 24, 2022

• #19

dale_coop said:

Definetly looks like FrankenGfx' work
Beautiful

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Thank you!

 

acaudel

Member

• Mar 21, 2023

• #20

Hello friends, here's an update from Dummy Duck. This is an in-game screenshot, not a cutscene. This took lots of fiddling around with layering monsters over background tiles. I hope you like it.