The Adventures of Bouncing Bob - Summer Breeze

[Doug Bagnall]

This is a new game about Bob (who bounces), and his quest to turn off the boiler and turn on the a.i.r conditioning. To do this, Bob must locate keys to the boiler and a.i.r conditioner rooms, as well as keys to the front and balcony doors. He must also collect batteries to power the a.i.r conditioner.

30 screens of classic Spectrum fun.

Attachments:

SummerBreeze.tap (31.94 KB)

[andrewvanbeck]

Looks great! - will save playing for the next time I load up the speccy though.

[Doug Bagnall]

For anyone interested, here is the documented source code: Source Code.pdf (632.98 KB)

[alessandro]

Thank you for sharing this, Douglas.

Did you use some sort of extractor to copy the script or did you type it all by hand?

[Doug Bagnall]

Nothing exciting, I just typed it in by hand. I found it very useful when tracking down bugs, or when making the code more efficient.

[andrewvanbeck]

Thanks for taking the time to document and share it, I find it very interesting to see how others use the variables and organise things.

[zxspirits]

Sept 30, 2015 16:41:00 GMT Doug Bagnall said:

For anyone interested, here is the documented source code: 

Very interesting
Thank!

[andrewvanbeck]

Ahh, noticed that you do the same thing I always do, forget those 2 new variables Q and R - I tend to only remember about them after running out of variables and having to rework a load of stuff.

One thing worth considering if you ever fancy doing a sequel, is your only using 3 keys, so it would be possible to have a 2 player mode - my next game is 2 players using the left right and jump. I plan to set the controls for the joystick, then keys 5,6 and 7 will be player 2. These could be mapped to the Sinclair joystick keys. I'm probably gonna have a custom control setup, where the game data is amended for whatever control scheme, that way I can support whatever schemes make sense, like Kempston and keys, keys and keys, Sinclair and keys, or Sinclair and Sinclair.

[Doug Bagnall]

I never knew about those two other variables, Q and R. They're going to make my next project that bit more manageable

Yes, two player sounds like a great idea, although I won't be doing one for a while as I'm currently working my way through doing as many clones of older games as I think I can do. Already done Pac-Man and Berzerk clones (ish), both of which I will upload as soon as I've completed the documentation.

[Speccy]

Nice game!

Not sure if I've finished it, is this the final screen as such? because it's still letting me walk around the house.

s5.postimg.org/uffw37kp3/bob.png

[Doug Bagnall]

Well done Speccy, yes you have finished the game

I sincerely hope you enjoyed playing it.

If you  have any suggestions for improving the game, please let me know and I will try to incorporate them in a (possible) sequel.

Thanks

[Speccy]

Yes, it's a great little game to play, congratulations! I made a walkthrough video of it: youtu.be/Clv7PHr-pZM

[Doug Bagnall]

Great walk through Speccy. It's interesting to see how others play the game. I can't believe that I was on the edge of my seat at some points. Thank you for taking the time to produce this video.

[zx4ever]

It's a great little game and I enjoyed playing it. I particularly like the way that you effectively have three skill levels, by giving you the option on the first screen to play with 1,2 or 3 lives. The only problem is that I found pixel perfect jumps a little tricky, because you can move whilst in the air, but then that's probably a fault on my game playing skills than the game itself!

[bryza]

Thanks Douglas for sharing the source code.
I can learn a lot from that.
Much appreciated