MSXdev'20 #3 - Subcommander | MSX Resource Center

Dear MSX friends, the MSXdev Team are very pleased to inform you that this edition's third entry is in!
Today's wonderful gift is a high action shooting game by Zoran Majcenić, which put us at the controls of a mighty submarine.
Unleash your military-grade weaponry on fleets of enemy ships, but take care not to hit any neutral seafarers.
You can even invite a friend to play in co-op mode to double the fun.

Are you working on an MSX game, or even have one finished? Please consider to submit your work as an entry for this legendary MSX contest, and have the guarantee of a wide as possible audience, gain the attention of potential cartridge producers and even contend to win some prizes!

Relevant link: MSXdev - Subcommander

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Van tfh

Prophet (2595)

28-04-2020, 22:54

Play this game online in your browser:
https://www.file-hunter.com/MSXdev/index.php?id=subcommander

Van Pippo

Champion (474)

29-04-2020, 08:28

Very cool, Zoran , about the structure as well!
Many, many thanks for sharing.

Van Sebbeug

Champion (295)

29-04-2020, 10:48

Very nice game !
I like it very much. Sounds are pretty good !

Van Uninteresting

Master (177)

29-04-2020, 18:42

Always happy to see more entries. I haven't given it more than two tries yet, and hope to fix this soon. In case you work on it further, one suggestion I have would be to have the music change closer to the end of the game by picking up the speed or such.

Van mzoran

Expert (101)

30-04-2020, 18:49

Uhhh not sure I'll have time to do many changes. One thing that bothers me is that I can't seem to be able to start the rom using this megaram/mapper cartridge with sd card I bought. If I get some tips on that I would like to improve this compatability aspect.
For now I'm playing the disk version on my VG8020 and prefer it to the pixel perfect emulators.
Since this game was a pet project to learn to code for my first ever computer, I'm happy with it. Actually ordered myself a physical cartridge ????
I believe you wrote the adventure game that is also in the contest. I really like it very much. Good work ????

Van Uninteresting

Master (177)

30-04-2020, 21:46

Sorry, I'm too much of a novice to be of help with the compatibility side.
I find it very possible that your game will rank in the contest higher than mine on the grounds of it having replayability, smooth animation, sound effects and music (And that's perfectly justified in my eyes.)

Van CASDuino

Master (173)

30-04-2020, 22:11

I'll post a CAS version soon.

Van mzoran

Expert (101)

01-05-2020, 12:15

@CASDuino: thanks, if you just convert the disk version to cas it should work, and even be able to load on a 16 and 32 Kb systems, but only to tell you there is not enough memory
@Uninteresting: thanks for the praise, and you still have time to expand story in your game and make sequels. I'm sure there will be other fine entries in the contest. Rather than ranking high I'd prefer that in a year's time someone still says they play the game.

Unrelated, who is drawing these additional pics like this submarine logo? I only ever made screenshots from the game

Van tfh

Prophet (2595)

01-05-2020, 13:32

mzoran wrote:

Unrelated, who is drawing these additional pics like this submarine logo? I only ever made screenshots from the game

Those images are probably made by Hamlet

Van hamlet

Scribe (3401)

03-05-2020, 13:39

I like it when we use more than just screenshots, so I like to design covers. Hope you like it.

Van mzoran

Expert (101)

03-05-2020, 16:09

Oh it is very good. I was mostly curious where is it coming from.

Van Gloriou

Master (183)

05-05-2020, 15:28

Great!!
Thanks for sharing

Van mzoran

Expert (101)

10-05-2020, 10:59

There is a small patch available regarding collision detection. Downloads are available here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Av9g--Caxs7ohWLpwqdIwLne8pU1?e=q86vN0
Update has also been sent to the MSXDEV team....

Van tfh

Prophet (2595)

16-05-2020, 14:49

Also updated the online version of SubCommander

Van mzoran

Expert (101)

22-05-2020, 20:10

I sorted out execution from a mapper cartridge. There was a typo in the code which prevented working with subslots.
There is a new and hopefully final version of the game available for download.
Besides fixing this bug there is a less abrupt ending of the gameplay plus a tune when high score is achieved....

Van tfh

Prophet (2595)

22-05-2020, 20:24

Updated

Van mzoran

Expert (101)

31-07-2020, 16:53

Keeping up with good practices from other authors I have published source code of my game at
https://github.com/zmajcenic/Subcommander
As github is totally new to me I hope I've done all basic required steps to share the code with others.
Please check if the code is readable to public.
Since the code is a mess and if you have questions I'll be happy to answer any that may appear.

Second thing is mostly to satisfy my own curiosity. Please let me know if:
1. You have played the game on real hardware
2. If you have tried saving high scores to HBI-55 cartridge
3. If you have played a 2-player game

What are your thoughts on making 2-player games for MSX in this day and age ?

Thanks

Van hamlet

Scribe (3401)

31-07-2020, 17:27

I totaly missed the feature that it is possible to ave the highscore to an HBI-55. So nice!

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