Homebrew Portal DS (in 3D !)

[smealum]

I don't think this has been asked before: Will this include Emancipation Grills?

yes. they've been in the game for quite a while and work well, so no reason for them not to be in the demo.

in terms of gameplay elements, the demo should include :
- pressure plates
- buttons
- emancipation grids
- doors
- test cubes/companion cubes
- turrets
- mobile platforms
- energy balls (shooters, receivers)
- sludge (toxic water)

and I think that's it. right now all of it works except for sludge (working on it) and turrets (they're there, they see you but don't shoot yet). I was also hoping to add an all new gameplay element but I probably won't have time for that unfortunately.

 

[ipwndeveloper]

I can help out. I have been anticipating the release of this project for some time.

 

[jonthedit]

I'd love to create maps for the release

 

[2ndApex]

ok so unfortunately I've slacked off way too much and as a result haven't really worked on the game in the past 2~3 months. this is a bit of a problem because I want to enter something in the neoflash competition, but also because this project has been going for way too long now and I'd like to finally release something.

so what I'm going to do is this : in the next couple days (read : 4, 5 days if all goes well), I'm going to try and get something rough but working up on my server. I'll send a link to everyone who might want to design levels for the game, and this way I can continue polishing the game while people make cool content. the goal being to have something nice by august 20th. of course I'll make levels myself as well but more can't hurt right ?

so anyone interested should post here and I'll send out a mass PM as soon as I have something.

I'll make levels. Not sure if I'll have enough time before the NeoFlash competition though, but I'll try my best.

 

[smealum]

glad to hear it. a rough release should be ready in a couple hours; I'll contact all of you by PM.


EDIT : alright, it's been sent.
in the meantime, lobo just sent me this awesome cover art :

 

[jerbear64]

Can't wait for the final release!

 

[Tattorack]

glad to hear it. a rough release should be ready in a couple hours; I'll contact all of you by PM.


EDIT : alright, it's been sent.
in the meantime, lobo just sent me this awesome cover art :

Wow, its getting more and more awesome everytime I check here 0_0

 

[pasc]

Forget that Gateway. This is the sh*t !

 

[Tattorack]

Forget that Gateway. This is the sh*t !

Well, Gateway is the corparate S#!T.
This is fantastilicious homebrew S#!T. ^^

 

[jonthedit]

Well, Gateway is the corparate S#!T.
This is fantastilicious homebrew S#!T. ^^

Or you could just say this is one of the better DS Homebrews that is still alive?

 

[Tattorack]

Or you could just say this is one of the better DS Homebrews that is still alive?

That too yeah, though I haven't seen much homebrew as awesome as this besides the Colors! app...

 

[Enchilada]

Portal on PC is without a doubt the better one, but this is still impressive for a DS. Awesome!

 

[jonthedit]

Portal on PC is without a doubt the better one, but this is still impressive for a DS. Awesome!

......
you can't even make that compairson! This is a HOMEBREW PROJECTTTT
This is 1000x better than the average coder.
If this was an official game with an official devteam, that would be another story...

smealum After you finish and make a "v1 complete" edition (Way down the road)
Why not consider talking to Valve? They love independent devs who enjoy Valve games.

 

[loganino]

Yeah! Call up gaben

 

[Xexyz]

Amazing!

 

[jerbear64]

......
you can't even make that compairson! This is a HOMEBREW PROJECTTTT
This is 1000x better than the average coder.
If this was an official game with an official devteam, that would be another story...

smealum After you finish and make a "v1 complete" edition (Way down the road)
Why not consider talking to Valve? They love independent devs who enjoy Valve games.

Tell that to the Russians who attempted to port Portal to Android devices. They even emailed Valve about a release of the game, and Valve said "we do mind if you port our product to Android." They could only make two functional levels.

 

[smealum]

alright well at any rate I'm pretty sure there'll be a release in almost exactly 24 hours. it won't be great and will be pretty buggy but it will be there. I'm about to shift my focus to making levels, and hopefully I'll have about 20 by the time I'm done. also hoping to have some sort of level sharing platform up in time but right now it's not looking great. oh well ! at least the menu looks pretty neat.

 

[jonthedit]

alright well at any rate I'm pretty sure there'll be a release in almost exactly 24 hours. it won't be great and will be pretty buggy but it will be there. I'm about to shift my focus to making levels, and hopefully I'll have about 20 by the time I'm done. also hoping to have some sort of level sharing platform up in time but right now it's not looking great. oh well ! at least the menu looks pretty neat.

I apologize for the delay, but will be sending you 3 levels later tonight (ETA 4hours)

 

[smealum]

I apologize for the delay, but will be sending you 3 levels later tonight (ETA 4hours)

glad to hear it.
still on track for tonight's release but it's not looking great. it'll definitely be very buggy and unsatisfying, so don't expect much. also my DS broke so there's that.

 

[smealum]

alright everyone, here's the release thread : http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,7679.msg54240.html
(or just download from here : http://smealum.net/ASDS/ASDS_r1.zip )

unfortunately this version is just plainly not very good. needless to say I am very disappointed with myself. I hope some of you will enjoy it.
I can't even say whether it actually works on hardware or not; my DS broke very recently so I haven't been able to fully test this version.

special thanks to loganino and tenteran for making some levels for this release !