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Infinite Space (C64) by Madbeagle

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made by Madbeagle for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Game

A classic arcade space shoot ‘em up written in 6502 assembler for the Commodore 64. Last as long as you can against the invading hordes arriving from deep space. It can be played in the browser as well as on a real or emulated C64, including TheC64.

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​This was written on Monday 5th, as I was fairly busy over the weekend and hadn't come up with any decent ideas for Ludum Dare (as per). I was noodling about with some sprites on Sunday night and decided the player ship needed to be in a game. So I took a break from working on Funfair Inc. (Theme Park port) for the C64 to make this. It locks up occasionally, there wasn't time to fix that for the jam - hopefully I can track that down for a post-jam version.

Scoring

  • Slow enemy = 5
  • Fast enemy = 10
  • Clear entire wave = 200

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Controls

*UP = Up Arrow *DOWN = Down Arrow *Z = Fire

....or joystick in Port 2 on a real C64/emulator.

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Youtube https://arlagames.itch.io/infinite-space-c64
Youtube https://github.com/1888games/Infinite-Space-C64-
Youtube http://www.1888games.co.uk/infinite.prg
Youtube http://www.1888games.co.uk/infinite.d64
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/infinite-space-c64

Ratings

Overall 784th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 859th 3.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1624th 2.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1612th 2.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 774th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 978th 3.222⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

Bajtix
06. Oct 2020 · 13:39 UTC
The game is really good, but the most impressive thing in my opinion is that you pulled it off in 6502 Assembly! The art is nice and the music fits the gameplay well. Love it!
Tefatika
06. Oct 2020 · 13:43 UTC
Thumbs up for the graphics and - wow - written in assembler in one day! GZ
Rainsong
06. Oct 2020 · 13:48 UTC
Nice work. Congrats on finishing it so quickly, too.
gnx
06. Oct 2020 · 14:34 UTC
Nice technology stack! Graphics and audio are very nice.
Tsunscreen
08. Oct 2020 · 19:51 UTC
Pretty impressive for what sounds like was only a day to work on it! Let alone it being C64
Gonzalol
13. Oct 2020 · 14:49 UTC
I liked a lot how you recreate the classic arcade starship games. The graphics, the music (amazing), the gameplay, it's a very good job.
Frodewin
14. Oct 2020 · 19:31 UTC
Awesome! Has the right look and feel! Great work! Do you have made some other games for C64?
Frodewin
14. Oct 2020 · 19:32 UTC
I just went to your itch.io page, the answer is obviously yes!
🎤 Madbeagle
14. Oct 2020 · 19:46 UTC
@frodewin Thanks a lot - yeah as you can see I've been addicted to C64 development for the last year :D
Jordan Kelly
27. Oct 2020 · 17:00 UTC
The technical accomplishment here is really impressive and it's a complete idea to boot. An ideal game jam entry!