Matteus Homebrew Corner

[matteus]

I figured rather than me continuously post threads for various projects I'd start posting in a single thread!

Projects and Status

Mega Dracula
Running around a tomb collecting treasure, while avoiding various monsters.

Mega Rock Manager
Sim to manage a rock band basically! Sign record deals, write songs, do gigs, do tours, hire and fire a manager, do merchandise, etc.

Mega Bargain Hunters
Loosely based on the UK Bargain Hunt game show, obviously removing any character references and anything associated with the show, etc. The general idea is you choose a expert who specialises in a specific field, you choose a flee market / place to buy bargains, your expert gives you a run down of the items you can choose from at the flee market, you haggle with the seller, purchase the item, once you have 3 items you select an auction house, sell items at auction house and try and make a profit.

[matteus]

Mega Dracula
We're in the process of replacing all the graphics at present and we're then looking to add a fighting mechanic with different types of stake.



Mega Rock Manager
The code is moving along nicely nothing to show at present and I'm struggling with floating point numbers. Should see some progress soon though. No graphics have been done for this project and it's very much still a WIP.

Mega Bargain Hunters
Early days yet but this is based on an existing project of mine so the code is a lot easier to write!

[Scorpion Illuminati]

Everything looks good. Can't wait to play them on my Mega EverDrive. I am a homebrew developer as well so if you need help testing let me know.

Sincerely,

Scorpion Illuminati

[matteus]

I have started building a database of items to go into the game, my code now reads from this database and spits out the items onto the screen. As shown in the video below:



The layout is still a bit messy but will be fixed in due course!

[matteus]

Updated bargain hunt and added place holders for graphics

[Scorpion Illuminati]

Mega Monster Maze
I've changed the name and a number of mechanics are also changing. We're in the process of replacing all the graphics at present and we're then looking to add a fighting mechanic with different types of stake.

Some ideas:
wooden stakes

regular usage

copper stakes

10% usage reduction

iron stakes

20% usage reduction

silver stakes

25% usage reduction

gold stakes

40% usage reduction

paper stakes*

5% usage increase

Please let me know what you think.

Signed,

Scorpion Illuminati

* mean't as an in-game joke or easter egg

[matteus]

Some ideas:
wooden stakes

regular usage

copper stakes

10% usage reduction

iron stakes

20% usage reduction

silver stakes

25% usage reduction

gold stakes

40% usage reduction

paper stakes*

5% usage increase

Please let me know what you think.

Signed,

Scorpion Illuminati

* mean't as an in-game joke or easter egg

That's exactly what we're thinking!

[matteus]

Added blinking and talking characters

[matteus]

Expert selection screen update:

[Barone]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to matteus again.

[matteus]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to matteus again.

Thanks Barone! I've made further enhancements but haven't got round to doing a video yet, I'll probably publish one when I've pieces together a few more screens.

[matteus]

Issue with talking sprite! I think I've maxed out the sprites I can have on screen, so will have to look to change the design of this screen slightly.

[matteus]

[matteus]

Another brief update I've been offering friends and family the opportunity to star in game in exchange for the cost of the pixel art so you'll notice several portraits have changed.



The plan is to replace them all I've 60 in game items that I need to save up the cash for too. So progress will be slow you'll see lots of parts of the game with place holders.

[matteus]