Hello everyone,

This is going to be my second homebrew game using the Löve Potion framework.

Initially this game was made for Ludum Dare 33 where the theme was "You are the monster". In Hax0r, you play as a virus uploaded into an old PowerPC 95 machine and go into various rooms filled with file extension-based enemies. Examples include PaintBurd (image files) and Audioblaster (audio files). The version I am currently discussing is the remake, but you can play the original here.

Here's some stuff:



Have a gif of the mentioned enemies

Github repo

Downloads

 

[TurtleP]

There is no release yet. I have yet to finish the game.

 

[TurtleP]

Progress:

http://i.imgur.com/5fTL7Ua.png

This is the mid-boss fight room. You fight PowerCMD (aka Command Prompt). It shoots rockets (ones that Sudo itself uses) or fires some bullets at you randomly. It also tries to crush you.

 

[TurtleP]

Update post on the game. Keeping the ending spoil-free and whatnot (except if you played the original Ludum Dare version), here's what I've changed:

• You have 3 lives (battery icon) before a game over.
  • Should you die from something you respawn in the original spawn location
• Accompanying 3 lives is now 3 health instead of 5. This was to make the end areas harder.
  • Don't worry, you can get more health (in the final boss fight especially) from health drops.
• You can no longer just climb up walls. You need to jump off them and keep jump-climbing.
  • This was done to prevent the 'too easy' type feel it had.
• There's amazing music my friend made: Background, Pre-final boss, Final boss.
• Jumping is no longer just a simple button press. You go higher with depending how long you hold the button.
  
  • There is a maximum height of I think 1-2 tiles so don't actually think that it's infinite

I'm ironing out bugs at the moment, but that does not mean it's coming out today. However, I will say it will happen very soon. To ease the wait, here's an image of what happens if you get a game over.

 

[Alpuy]

Progress:

http://i.imgur.com/5fTL7Ua.png

This is the mid-boss fight room. You fight PowerCMD (aka Command Prompt). It shoots rockets (ones that Sudo itself uses) or fires some bullets at you randomly. It also tries to crush you.

What is that software for?

 

[TurtleP]

The software is Löve, the desktop version of Löve Potion. I just make sure my code is compatible beforehand with the 3DS homebrew port before I transfer my files.

 

[BORTZ]

The software is Löve, the desktop version of Löve Potion. I just make sure my code is compatible beforehand with the 3DS homebrew port before I transfer my files.

Message me when you finish your homebrew, I'll front page your work. This little game is pretty neat looking and I'm always looking for homebrew to promote.

 

[Alpuy]

Is it hard to port mari0 or other Löve games to 3ds?

 

[TurtleP]

@Alpuy I wouldn't really bother trying to port them. Not now while Löve Potion is still so very basic. It doesn't have filesystem, spritebatches, or anything the desktop has in terms of major features (like .ogg support which would be so helpful with file sizes). Mari0 itself uses spritebatches and most likely those won't be done until we can figure out how to get an array of data for the positions of drawing graphics into a simple block of VRAM easily. That's how those are done, but still.

tl;dr It's hard. Don't even ask about it.

 

[TurtleP]

After months of work and laziness, I have finally finished the game! I've been bug testing relentlessly over the past few hours and days to make sure it's bug-free. Find a bug? Let me know. Hopefully I don't get any bug reports, but you never know. Anyhow, download's in the OP or here.

I really hope you guys enjoy the game. It's easy to play, but with 3 health and 3 lives it's hard when you fight the boss.

That said, I hope to make more stuff in the future. Nothing is really planned at the moment, but I'll show something when I get around to it.

 

[Technicmaster0]

This looks very good. Maybe you can ask a mod to change the title.

 

[Jwiz33]

This is pretty fun, thanks!

 

[MAXLEMPIRA]

hmmn, this most be important since it's on the News Section x'D like a lot the music :3

 

[SLiV3R]

Nice! This will stay on my N3DSXL =)

Thanx for all your work doing this! Did you design all levels by yourself?

 

[TurtleP]

Nice! This will stay on my N3DSXL =)

Thanx for all your work doing this! Did you design all levels by yourself?

Yeah the levels were all designed by me. They aren't the best or anything

 

[Substance12]

Yeah the levels were all designed by me. They aren't the best or anything

Why are you using Tiled, if LÖVEPotion is not compatible with it, not even with the library? Just wondering

 

[TurtleP]

@Substance12 all I ended up doing was exporting the .lua files and removing data I didn't need. For Idiot, I'm not removing excess data as it will be used for object spawning. It's only not compatible for the use of the Löve library known as STI which uses canvases and spritebatches, things that LövePotion does not have as of yet.

 

[Popcornwas]

looks cool

 

[TurtleP]

Has anyone had issues running the game? Videah and I are having issues. We're on 9.2.0-20 Sys/Emu NAND w/ HBL CIA.

 

[DeslotlCL]

woah, this is pretty fun! You should try to be a licenced ninty developer and make it for the eShop... just saying.

 

[Stecker8]

CIA of this?