Space Cavern Blaster (C64, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Megadrive / Genesis)
date : 2024-wip
licensing : unlicensed
state : prototype
by : dotmos
itch author : dotmos
itch genre : Platformer
itch tags : 2D, Amiga, atari, Commodore 64, Mega Drive, Metroidvania, MS-DOS, Retro, Sega Genesis
itch status : Prototype
itch platforms : HTML5
itch rating : 4.50 average rating from 10 total ratings
itch comments : Space Cavern Blaster Current Version: v0.13 - "Prototype 2023"A cross-platform platformer for - Amiga 500- Atari ST- C64- DOS- Sega Megadrive / Genesis( HTML5 and Windows versions will be uploaded at a later time. ), ControlsUse Arrows keys / WASD / Joystick for moving.Press Down / S to use a switch.Press Space / Button 1 to shoot.Press STRG / Button 2 / Up to jump.Known bugs:- Music on Atari ST is buggyIf you find more bugs (there are probably a lot), please let me know :), Tileset and player character byhttps://s4m-ur4i.itch.ioOriginal MIDI music byhttps://punishedfelix.itch.ioTechnical background for those who are interested:Game mechanics and boilerplate code is programmed in C and is the same codebase for all platforms.Each platform has custom implementations for rendering/drawing, music, sound, input, asset loading and gametime.The codebase is then cross compiled using VBCC (Amiga, Atari ST, C64), DJGPP (DOS) or SGDK (Megadrive).All art assets are created as .png and are then converted to the target platform using a custom exporter.All music is created as .mid and is then either converted by using a custom converter, OpenMPT or mid2vgm.All sounds are created as .wav and are then either converted by using a custom converter or "sox".
