{"author_name": "Ace", "cat": "LD #34", "comments": [{"author_name": "printhello", "time": "December 12, 2015 11:21 pm", "epoch": 1449980460, "text": "Interesting concept, looking forward to seeing the final result \":)\"", "spam": "N"}, {"author_name": "", "time": "", "epoch": 1546974356, "text": "", "spam": "N"}], "epoch": 1449976560, "likes": 3, "metadata": {"p_key": "10847", "p_author": "Ace", "p_authorkey": "10247", "p_urlkey": "46082", "p_title": "End of day 1", "p_cat": "LD #34", "p_event": "LD34", "p_time": "1449976560", "p_likes": "3", "p_comments": "2", "p_status": "UPD5", "us_key": "10247", "us_name": "Ace", "us_username": "ace", "event_start": "1449792000", "event_key": "31", "event_name": "LD34"}, "text": "

So, I decided to tackle one of the game ideas I originally didn’t plan on doing – changed my mind after some quick prototyping.

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Behold, rythm-based two controller input;

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You’re controlling a robot, which will have certain tasks to accomplish on each level. Your method of control are through word/nibble/4-bit commands that you enter with zeroes and ones. As you progress through the levels you’ll unlock/learn more opcodes and will also get level specific versions where you control different robots that have very specific tasks.

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The current list of base opcodes – what will be the base OS of all robots – fill the 1 and 2 bit commands through the following list;

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Three bit opcodes will probably be the ones you unlock/learn during the campaign, with four bit codes being specific to certain robots or certain levels, but we’ll see what I decide on when I get there.

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You can find the source code on my GitHub and there’s a prototype uploaded for those who want to try it without having to compile it themselves. Windows only at the moment, but the code should work on Linux as well, I just haven’t sat down to make sure about that for a while so I can’t promise anything.

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Also, fully scriptable and hot-reloadable. Going to make heavy use of that now that I have to make all the levels;

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All in all, I’m very pleased with my progress, and I hope to be able to finish up at least a basic campaign before the deadline, as well as some basic menus and tutorials.

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I certainly hope you’ve been having as fun as me so far too.

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// Alexander “Ace” Olofsson

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Tags: 2D, Angelscript, C++, progress

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