Homebrew RELEASE OpenFodder-Switch (Cannon Fodder port)

[keeganator]

OpenFodder-Switch 1.4

Here's a port of OpenFodder for the Nintendo Switch, run and gun down enemies on the go!
Source and Release are below, setup guide with the release.

Controls​

• D-Pad or Analog - Move Mouse
• A or ZR - Click
• B or ZL - Fire
• X - Speed up cursor
• Y - Swap alt weapon
• Click+Fire - Use alt weapon
• Plus - Pause
• Minus - Show map preview
• Minus+L - Decrease window size
• Minus+R - Increase window size
• Plus+Minus - Go back

Source:
https://github.com/keeganatorr/openfodder-switch

Release:
https://github.com/keeganatorr/openfodder-switch/releases

Bugs:
* DOS sound effects don't work.
* DOS has small graphical issues where the screen tries to scroll past the top left when you reach that area in a mission.

 

[hippy dave]

Amazeballs. I trust it plays the theme song?

Did you consider touch controls at all?

 

[keeganator]

Yeah the theme song works
I'll add touch in soon, just gotta find the best system that works.

 

[AdamFX990]

This is one of my all time faves. Nice job dude

 

[lordelan]

Oh my god how did I miss this thread?
It's been years ... no decades ... until I played this. I even forgot about it, what a shame.
Thx for the port!

 

[subcon959]

Let all those idiots argue themselves to death in the other subforums. This is what REAL homebrew is all about!

I was looking forward to an Amiga emulator to play this, but now I don't have to wait.

Thanks!

 

[InsaneNutter]

Now this is a game i've not played for many years! I remember playing Cannon Fodder as a kid on our Amiga 500.

I'll be sure to check it out in due course

 

[littleshaun]

Love this game - thank you for this. Just a minor issue and its probably me. I can save the game progress fine, but any time I try to load a saved game I get the 2162-0002 error.

I am on firmware 4.1 using version 6.1 of tumGERs sdcard files.

Formatted SD card as FAT32 and put the files on from scratch - same thing.

Anyway I will keep an eye on any progress and thanks again


another -edit - reformatted the card and all seems to be working now great work thanks

 

[hippy dave]

Yeah the theme song works
I'll add touch in soon, just gotta find the best system that works.

Still hoping for touch, if you're still up for working on this. I guess touch for mouse pointer position, and L & LZ for mouse buttons. If you're feeling fancy, you could give the option to choose between direct touch (the mouse pointer jumping directly to the touch location), or relative touch (touch movement causes the pointer to move in the same direction).

 

[keeganator]

Still hoping for touch, if you're still up for working on this. I guess touch for mouse pointer position, and L & LZ for mouse buttons. If you're feeling fancy, you could give the option to choose between direct touch (the mouse pointer jumping directly to the touch location), or relative touch (touch movement causes the pointer to move in the same direction).

Will work on it shortly, should be up in a few days.
Will have several different touch options.

 

[hippy dave]

Fantastic, thanks!

 

[KiiWii]

Stunning! I loved this game as a kid!

 

[littleshaun]

Just a quick note - any time I finish playing and quit using the exit option I get 2162-0002 error meaning my switch restarts.....same happens on both 4.10 and 5.10 firmware.

Otherwise fantastic

 

[segrax]

Here's a port of OpenFodder for the Nintendo Switch, run and gun down enemies on the go!
Source and Release are below, setup guide with the release.

Thanks for your work porting OpenFodder to the Switch!

Just FYI; I've pushed a fix to the original repository (commit: 7294c3461052827f9810f57b7fb2df1567e3b8b7) to resolve the issue with the top-left of the map.

Feel free to raise any issues you come across in the future, or if you feel like working your changes into a PR for the official repository, we're happy merge!

 

[thefunkygibbon]

Will work on it shortly, should be up in a few days.
Will have several different touch options.

brilliant. did you sort out the touch options?

 

[Risingdawn]

War has never been so much fun!

Love this game, awesome work.

 

[sj33]

Recent commits to the original source have apparently added support for Cannon Fodder 2. Any plans to update the Switch port to support this?

 

[Rayvon]

Outstanding, classic game

 

[mathew77]

@keeganator
Hi, no new Switch OFW 11.0.1 game version with new libnx support?..

 

[hippy dave]

@keeganator
Hi, no new Switch OFW 11.0.1 game version with new libnx support?..

Haven't tested it yet but here's a new .nro built from OP's github, I just added some libraries to the Makefile so it would build with updated libnx.