INFO:
I released the Sources and Tools for this Project, since I'm unable to work in this anymore due to University and other Projects. If someone wants to pick this up, download the source. I also included tools to create Enmies, Objects, Items and Maps - those tools require OS X though.
The Project was build with the ctrulib 1.1.0 version and the latest sf2d and sfillib.
Original Post:
Hello GBATemp Community!
Today I'd like to show you a Tech Demo for Metroid 2.
This is being released in .3dsx format and has been tested on a New Nintendo 3DS on System Version 10.3.
I've added a poll as well, and I'd like you to vote if this should be continued! After all, working on this for a full release is not really worth it if nobody would play it!
Also, please keep in mind that this is a Tech Demo! There are bound to be bugs, and you might find some graphics to look kind of cheap. This should show, however, how a 3DS Metroid Game could look like!
Credits:
Tools:
Smealum, Yellows8 and the 3DS Community for the development environment
xerpi for sf2d and sfillib
Graphics:
RayJT9 for the Starship Graphics
Semijuggalo for the Beams FX Graphics
Infinity’s End for the Metroid 2 Enemies Spritesheet
tango_311 for the Metroid Fusion / Zero Mission Tilesets
kenji imatake for the Barrier Suit Spritesheet
Skylights for the Zero Suit Spritesheet
Sounds:
ShadowOne333 for providing BGM Sounds and creating the Samus Intro Fanfare
Christopher Foss for the remade “Overworld Runner” Theme
Replica Thirteen for the Player Sound Effects
Controls:
(Image taken from Wikipedia)
User Suggestions which are being worked into the Game:
I'll update this list with all suggestions I have been or will be implementing.
- Stereoscopic 3D
[Will be implemented in the future]
- Making the Map smaller
[Done, implemented in next public Build]
- Allow beam shots with the Y Button
[Implemented as an Option, selectable in next public Build]
- Allow movement with the D-Pad
[Implemented as an Option, selectable in next public Build]
- Have the Minimap follow your movement
[Implemented as an Option, selectable in next public Build]
[Will be implemented in the future]
- Making the Map smaller
[Done, implemented in next public Build]
- Allow beam shots with the Y Button
[Implemented as an Option, selectable in next public Build]
- Allow movement with the D-Pad
[Implemented as an Option, selectable in next public Build]
- Have the Minimap follow your movement
[Implemented as an Option, selectable in next public Build]
Original 3DS/2DS Users:
I don't have a Original 3DS to test performance, so please tell me how the Game runs on your Devices! I'd greatly appreciate it!
Screenshots:
- Jumping
- Starting Area
- Charge Beam
- Enemy
- Ledge Grabbing
- Player Death Animation
- Options Screen
- Save Menu
- Boot Warning
Download:
Game Folder for your SD Card:
https://mega.nz/#!C85iia5J!6aGD6dYRwW4WjMGphc4iwIB2xZ-lLnK9Wb6diz9XU-I
About the current Build:
- Hornoads Animation / Movement is not correct.
- Water movement sound is a placeholder.
- Map follow is disabled. The Options won't enable it (The feature is terribly bugged).
- Charging Animation while looking left/right is not positioned correctly.
- The .3dsx is 5.9 MB - I had to implement the Player Spritesheet as a C-Source.
It will take some time to load from HB Launcher, but the game will not slow down.
Initial Release (03/14/16):
https://mega.nz/#!7053FD4D!PyGrxogolb2vaWBR0LgQ_CMvsJOZkUpYhGngiKaNLeM
https://mega.nz/#!7053FD4D!PyGrxogolb2vaWBR0LgQ_CMvsJOZkUpYhGngiKaNLeM
Installation:
Extract the downloaded 3ds_metroid.zip and put the resulting folder in your "3ds" directory on your SD Card, after that you're able to try this Demo from your Homebrew Launcher!
Updating from a previous Build:
You will need to replace the whole folder, not just the .3dsx! A lot of the files will be updated or replaced when a new build is released. Replacing the .3dsx alone will most likely result in crashed or glitches!
Sample Build 03/24/2016:
General:
- Phase 1 has been completed:
You will be able to Play most of the first Phase of the Game.
However, the Metroid opening the second Phase can not be fought since the second Phase doesn’t
exist yet.
You will find a Rock wall where you’d progress normally. This Wall collapses when the first Metroid
encountered is killed.
- Ledge Grabbing is now possible:
Samus is now able to grab any ledge within reach while jumping.
Samus will grab automatically as soon as she begins to fall from jumping.
While hanging on a ledge, you’ll have the option to aim and shoot when holding the L Button,
jumping in the oposite direction of the ledge you’re grabbing by pressing A and Left or Right.
You can also jump straight up by simply pressing A or drop straight down by pressing Down.
Samus will climb the Ledge by pressing Up or to the direction of the Ledge.
- Basic Missle Smoke Effect added:
A simple smoke effect when firing Missles, for cosmetic reasons.
- Water and Water Physics have been added:
Water has been added for the Rooms containing it in the original Metroid 2.
Water will slow your movement speed down. You will also loose jump height if Samus
is inside of water.
NOTE: Game Water has no animation yet!
- The Main Menu has been implemented:
The Main Menu is now fully accessible (it was before technically, I just blocked it off
)
The Main Menu does the usual thing: Show you’re Health / Missles / Metroids remaining,
allowing access to the Options Menu and giving you the ability to either load or create a new save.
- Gameplay Options have been implemented:
An Options Menu has been added which includes some of you’re requests! You can now change
the Movement Controls between Control and D-Pad, swap Y and B for beam fire and change the
Minimap control style to either manual or auto-follow. Especially the movement and shooting change
should make controlling Samus easier for players which are more used to the D-Pad and/or have an
easier time using Y to fire.
NOTE: Auto-Follow can be selected but it won't have any effect. This is intentional.
- Game Over and Death Animation fully implemented:
The classic Death Animation known from other Metroid Games has now been fully implemented.
Dying to an Enemy does now play Samus’ Suit breaking follow by a improved Game Over screen.
- New Font File:
Not much to say about this other than the old font was hideous!
- Controls have been improved:
The Jumping Mechanics have been changed to mimic those from Metroid: Zero Mission!
Samus can now change her facing to left and right while falling, change the direction of her
Spin Jump. The jumping height is now defined by how long you hold A as well.
Rooms:
- Phase 1 (Overworld and Cave Beginning) is now fully added.
- New BGM for Samus’ Intro and Phase 1.
- The Yumbo Enemies in Room 4 have been replaced with Tsumuri Enemies.
Enemies:
- New Enemy: Tsumuri (No AI yet!).
- New Enemy: Seerook.
HUD:
- Minimap Size reduced by 50 %.
Bugfixes:
- DSP Sound Bug fixed.
Bug: The Wave Buffer was overwritten and not cleared correctly.
- Player Running with Aiming Animation now stays set until movement stops.
Bug: A flag was set wrong which caused an overwrite of the current animation.
- Charge Beam does now disappear when releasing B on Room Change.
Bug: Releasing B while changing Rooms was not handled at all.
- Shooting and Charging Beams does now only show the charging animation.
Bug: The Spritesheet frame was reset to 0 instead of the first charging animation frame.
- Game Physics have been improved.
Bug: Some calculations were implemented wrong.
- Stars are now drawn behind the Metroid Logo on the Menu Screen.
Bug Cause: Wrong drawing order.
- Collision files have been improved.
Bug: Collision to narrow in some places.
- Player Hitbox while jumping has been fixed.
Bug: The Hitbox was not overwritten and used the Standing/Running Hitbox.
- Object and Item Collision Hitboxes have been fixed.
Bug: Wrong calculation of Player X and Width.
- Beam and Missle spawn coordinates have been improved.
Bug: Wrong Values were used.
- The Sprin Jump Animation does now show the correct animation when facing right.
Bug: Checked for last frame instead of facing.
- The Minimap does not stay discovered after selecting “Continue” from the Game Over Screen.
Bug: Incorrect reloading of the save file.
- Item Sprite rendering has been fixed.
Bug: The requested Item Sprite Frame was not reset.
- Pressing L while taking damage no longer softlocks the player.
Bug: Aiming did not check for the damage animation
- Taking damage while jumping no longer softlocks the player in the air.
Bug: A physics flag was not being reset when taking damage.
- Having only the Power Beam displayed the selection field on the Ice Beam Slot.
Bug: The UI did not check if any Beams had been collected.
- Killing Enemies without AI attached to them no longer crashes the game.
Bug: Tried to access an AI Pointer without check when an enemy died.
General:
- Phase 1 has been completed:
You will be able to Play most of the first Phase of the Game.
However, the Metroid opening the second Phase can not be fought since the second Phase doesn’t
exist yet.
You will find a Rock wall where you’d progress normally. This Wall collapses when the first Metroid
encountered is killed.
- Ledge Grabbing is now possible:
Samus is now able to grab any ledge within reach while jumping.
Samus will grab automatically as soon as she begins to fall from jumping.
While hanging on a ledge, you’ll have the option to aim and shoot when holding the L Button,
jumping in the oposite direction of the ledge you’re grabbing by pressing A and Left or Right.
You can also jump straight up by simply pressing A or drop straight down by pressing Down.
Samus will climb the Ledge by pressing Up or to the direction of the Ledge.
- Basic Missle Smoke Effect added:
A simple smoke effect when firing Missles, for cosmetic reasons.
- Water and Water Physics have been added:
Water has been added for the Rooms containing it in the original Metroid 2.
Water will slow your movement speed down. You will also loose jump height if Samus
is inside of water.
NOTE: Game Water has no animation yet!
- The Main Menu has been implemented:
The Main Menu is now fully accessible (it was before technically, I just blocked it off
)The Main Menu does the usual thing: Show you’re Health / Missles / Metroids remaining,
allowing access to the Options Menu and giving you the ability to either load or create a new save.
- Gameplay Options have been implemented:
An Options Menu has been added which includes some of you’re requests! You can now change
the Movement Controls between Control and D-Pad, swap Y and B for beam fire and change the
Minimap control style to either manual or auto-follow. Especially the movement and shooting change
should make controlling Samus easier for players which are more used to the D-Pad and/or have an
easier time using Y to fire.
NOTE: Auto-Follow can be selected but it won't have any effect. This is intentional.
- Game Over and Death Animation fully implemented:
The classic Death Animation known from other Metroid Games has now been fully implemented.
Dying to an Enemy does now play Samus’ Suit breaking follow by a improved Game Over screen.
- New Font File:
Not much to say about this other than the old font was hideous!
- Controls have been improved:
The Jumping Mechanics have been changed to mimic those from Metroid: Zero Mission!
Samus can now change her facing to left and right while falling, change the direction of her
Spin Jump. The jumping height is now defined by how long you hold A as well.
Rooms:
- Phase 1 (Overworld and Cave Beginning) is now fully added.
- New BGM for Samus’ Intro and Phase 1.
- The Yumbo Enemies in Room 4 have been replaced with Tsumuri Enemies.
Enemies:
- New Enemy: Tsumuri (No AI yet!).
- New Enemy: Seerook.
HUD:
- Minimap Size reduced by 50 %.
Bugfixes:
- DSP Sound Bug fixed.
Bug: The Wave Buffer was overwritten and not cleared correctly.
- Player Running with Aiming Animation now stays set until movement stops.
Bug: A flag was set wrong which caused an overwrite of the current animation.
- Charge Beam does now disappear when releasing B on Room Change.
Bug: Releasing B while changing Rooms was not handled at all.
- Shooting and Charging Beams does now only show the charging animation.
Bug: The Spritesheet frame was reset to 0 instead of the first charging animation frame.
- Game Physics have been improved.
Bug: Some calculations were implemented wrong.
- Stars are now drawn behind the Metroid Logo on the Menu Screen.
Bug Cause: Wrong drawing order.
- Collision files have been improved.
Bug: Collision to narrow in some places.
- Player Hitbox while jumping has been fixed.
Bug: The Hitbox was not overwritten and used the Standing/Running Hitbox.
- Object and Item Collision Hitboxes have been fixed.
Bug: Wrong calculation of Player X and Width.
- Beam and Missle spawn coordinates have been improved.
Bug: Wrong Values were used.
- The Sprin Jump Animation does now show the correct animation when facing right.
Bug: Checked for last frame instead of facing.
- The Minimap does not stay discovered after selecting “Continue” from the Game Over Screen.
Bug: Incorrect reloading of the save file.
- Item Sprite rendering has been fixed.
Bug: The requested Item Sprite Frame was not reset.
- Pressing L while taking damage no longer softlocks the player.
Bug: Aiming did not check for the damage animation
- Taking damage while jumping no longer softlocks the player in the air.
Bug: A physics flag was not being reset when taking damage.
- Having only the Power Beam displayed the selection field on the Ice Beam Slot.
Bug: The UI did not check if any Beams had been collected.
- Killing Enemies without AI attached to them no longer crashes the game.
Bug: Tried to access an AI Pointer without check when an enemy died.
F.A.Q:
Q: "Will you be implementing [feature]?"
A: That depends if it's useful. And if you're telling me about it of course!
Q: "Will you finish this?"
A: That depends on the time I'll have to work on this. I planned this release as an example for a 3DS Metroid Game. This is also a way to improve my C/C++ coding ability. All I can say for now is that I'll continue to work on it until I tell you otherwise.
Q: "Can you release the Source Code?"
A: The source will stay private for now. I will definitly release the source if I'm not able to finish this for whatever reason.
Q: "Is there any relation to AM2R?"
A: No relation at all, except for it trying to be Metroid 2.
Q: "Is the design of the graphics final?"
A: Mostly. Reusing old sprites of Super Metroid without any editing is not what I have in mind.
Q: "Can I help in some other way than giving feedback?"
A: I will post in case I need help with something like graphic or sound assets.
Please enjoy this release, and don't hold back on suggestions!
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