RAT-X, new game for Micro-8 !
1 week 1 day ago - 1 week 1 day ago #310
by ludojoey
RAT-X, new game for Micro-8 ! was created by ludojoey
I'd like to introduce a little game I've just created for our Micro-8: RAT-X!
It is inspired by Radar Rat Race, a game released for the Commodore 64, itself based on Namco's Rally-X, which was released in arcades in 1980.
It's a game I used to play when I was 15, on my own Commodore 64!
So there's definitely a touch of nostalgia behind this project!
The goal is simple: you play as a mouse who must collect pieces of cheese scattered throughout a maze.
But watch out! Nasty rats are chasing you, and they have only one thing in mind: catching you!
You'll have to make your way through the corridors, avoiding not only the rats but also the cats guarding the maze!
To defend yourself, you have a supply of Star Screen charges, which can stun the rats for a few seconds. Be careful, though: this doesn't make it safe to touch them!
Each piece of cheese you collect earns you 100 points. The value of the cheese then increases progressively: 200, 400, and so on.
Some pieces of cheese are marked X2 or X4 and multiply the points you would normally earn!
Bonuses are also scattered throughout the maze in the form of small pink pellets.
As well as earning you 500 points, these bonuses let you turn the tables for a limited time and chase the rats yourself!
A bit like in Pac-Man, when he finally gets to chase the ghosts!
I hope you'll enjoy discovering this little game as much as I enjoyed creating it!
The music comes from the SIDRUSH demo by Benoît Sant-Moulin, who very kindly gave me permission to use it in this game.
Many thanks to him!
Use of artificial intelligence
AI was used to generate the initial versions of the title-screen image and the game's background image, as well as to help with importing the Commodore 64 font.
These images were then reworked and manually modified.
Everything else in the game - programming, sprites, tiles, visual elements and gameplay design - was created entirely by me (taking inspiration from the original game's graphic elements), without the use of AI.
All updates will be on GitHub: github.com/ludosevilla/RAT-X
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It is inspired by Radar Rat Race, a game released for the Commodore 64, itself based on Namco's Rally-X, which was released in arcades in 1980.
It's a game I used to play when I was 15, on my own Commodore 64!
So there's definitely a touch of nostalgia behind this project!
The goal is simple: you play as a mouse who must collect pieces of cheese scattered throughout a maze.
But watch out! Nasty rats are chasing you, and they have only one thing in mind: catching you!
You'll have to make your way through the corridors, avoiding not only the rats but also the cats guarding the maze!
To defend yourself, you have a supply of Star Screen charges, which can stun the rats for a few seconds. Be careful, though: this doesn't make it safe to touch them!
Each piece of cheese you collect earns you 100 points. The value of the cheese then increases progressively: 200, 400, and so on.
Some pieces of cheese are marked X2 or X4 and multiply the points you would normally earn!
Bonuses are also scattered throughout the maze in the form of small pink pellets.
As well as earning you 500 points, these bonuses let you turn the tables for a limited time and chase the rats yourself!
A bit like in Pac-Man, when he finally gets to chase the ghosts!
I hope you'll enjoy discovering this little game as much as I enjoyed creating it!
The music comes from the SIDRUSH demo by Benoît Sant-Moulin, who very kindly gave me permission to use it in this game.
Many thanks to him!
Use of artificial intelligence
AI was used to generate the initial versions of the title-screen image and the game's background image, as well as to help with importing the Commodore 64 font.
These images were then reworked and manually modified.
Everything else in the game - programming, sprites, tiles, visual elements and gameplay design - was created entirely by me (taking inspiration from the original game's graphic elements), without the use of AI.
All updates will be on GitHub: github.com/ludosevilla/RAT-X
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1 week 4 hours ago #311
by Franck
Replied by Franck on topic RAT-X, new game for Micro-8 !
Excellent work yet again ! First time I see the overlay split bitmap mode put to good use
Congratz !
Congratz !
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