DogP now that we have your attention do you have any time frame when the pro aftermarket V.B. Link cable will be finished. I’m looking forward to buying one :).

Ok Now as we speak three of us are united by dropbox. A few of you have told me that you would rather not use dropbox and that’s ok. But for the remainder I have sent PM’s and gotten no response. I feel with 2 artists 2 really good programmers and possibly 2 music guys and even a story guy we can get started. We even have a person that signed up for testing. It’s a small team but it’s enough for now. And as always anyone can join in that hasn’t already. Just post or send me a PM with your email so I can add you to the dropbox. OK thanks for your support but were really not getting anywhere until we can communicate.

L___E___T wrote:

Heh, I’m no writer – I wouldn’t want to even judge on story I’m afraid,

Ok sorry for the misunderstanding L___E___T. Thanks for DogP’s post bigmak. DogP if your listening now’s the time to sign up for this, we could really use your skills.:) No I wasn’t trying to copy anyones post I know that your not saying that I was. I just know that we have talent and akumis’s video proves just how much talent we can pool together to get things done.

Bigmak wrote:

I can’t code, or draw…maybe I can test ? no idea. I might have a suggestion or two if that’s oki.

Were glad to get as many willing people on this that want to contribute.

Bigmak wrote:

I would start with a demo or an engine that is already built..and try to work it that way. There are several examples that might work out (with the authors permission)

Your not the first that has brought that idea to my attention that may be the direction we’ll go with this but I have to ask the team you know it’s a democracy.

Ok so now we have L___E___T for graphics and I’m assuming story. It looks like the winds are changing and you guys probably won’t be doing Insecticide. But we have enough artist and programmers and story writers to get started. Id like to see more people on Music IMO. Who here thinks we should have our own post called The Unifed VB Game?

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari but only if we go with Insecticide
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.Virtual_Ben
4.L___E___T if were doing something other than Insecticide
5.

Story
1.Lester Knight
2.L___E___T
3.
4.
5.

HorvatM wrote:

I haven’t looked at this for a long time, but it’s amazing. It is of much higher quality than I expected. The background and foreground, even though they are simple layers thrown into a 3D space, look really cool. This is going to be interesting.

Thank you for your compliments!:)

[Morintari]

Rockin, So we’ve got Lester Knight for stories if we go with something other than Incecticide. and Virtual_Ben (and Myself if we go with Insecticide) for graphics regardless of what we go with. VirtualChris for music HorvatM for programming and RunnerPack to put it all together and add some Zing.

Virtual_Ben wrote

I actually pretty good in drawing sprites.
But only png. ore something like that becouse i don’t know what you actually need.

morintari wrote:
Virtual_Ben this should be a PM but I can’t figure out how to PM you so here it goes. What ever the team decides on. you know it is a democracy. I and VirtualChris could use your help in Insecticide. That would free me up to do what I do best backgrounds. I use BMP format but VirtualChris likes to use PNG. it’s mostly just making insects fight if you can do that PM me and I’d like to see some exsmples of your work.

HorvatM wrote:

However, I still think starting a new game with input from the whole community is a better idea, if that’s even possible.

morintari wrote:
Great Idea the only problem is that you don’t have me. I know you may be thinking who needs morintari any way He’s just heading up the project and getting it off the ground. that is true. my commitment is with Insecticide. I cannot and will not start a new project without first completing it. if anyone wants to help me on that great I could use the help but if you start a new unified VB community game that isn’t Insecticide I’m afraid you have to count me out.:(

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari but only if we go with Insecticide
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.Virtual_Ben
4.
5.

Story
1.Lester Knight
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Ok, no big secret but the game I am working on is Insecticide. If we want to make that the Unified VB game I can do the graphics but some help would be nice.Ive talked to Chris and he said that he’d be all for it. I think I’m going to redo the crawl cycle. If I had my druthers I’d like to focus on character design and backgrounds, and have a better animator work on the sprite animation. There are some affine mode effects that Id like to incorporate. But Id we need the help of RunnerPack to do them. Also I figured out a way to create 3d backgrounds using 2d graphics but I need RunnerPack’s help on that also. Hey guys let me know if your not interested in making the Unified VB game Insecticide. Also It’s not too late to have more people sign on we especially need artists and some music advisors would be good as well.

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.
4.
5.

RunnerPack wrote:

@VirtualChris, are there any examples of your musical chops I can hear?

VirtualChris wrote:

As to what the midis songs I’ve composed, I think this is the best one:
http://www.atari2600land.com/mybutthurtspart5/mbh5.mid

mortintari wrote:

Ok VirtualChris that was good. It kinda has a CastleVania feel to it. Ok I’m going to repeat my last post because I don’t want it lost in the shuffle. it’s a hopeful plea that maybe we can get some more talent on this thing. So here it goes

Ok, so we’ve started to get a few heavy-hitters here. I may be speaking out of turn but how about people like DogP. Ive seen your Mario Kart and am just drooling about what effects we could have with that kind of programming. what about DanB,Dasi or even Kr155E. I know there is more talent out there if we can just get you to sign on. What about our Artists like L___E___T and those guys. Come on sharpen your pencils,mind your syntax and bust out your Chipophones I know you’ve got em. Well maybe that’s going alittle too far. but let’s all be a part of this. For the good of the community. What do ya say?…

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari (once I finish current game)
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.
4.
5.

Ok, so we’ve started to get a few heavy-hitters here. I may be speaking out of turn but how about people like DogP. Ive seen your Mario Kart and am just drooling about what effects we could have with that kind of programming. what about DanB,Dasi or even Kr155E. I know there is more talent out there if we can just get you to sign on. What about our Artists like L___E___T and those guys. Come on sharpen your pencils,mind your syntax and bust out your Chipophones I know you’ve got em. Well maybe that’s going alittle too far. but let’s all be a part of this. for the good of the community. What do ya say?…

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.RunnerPack
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari (once I finish current game)
2.RunnerPack (I’m no artist, but I can do stereo conversion and such like)
3.
4.
5.

Ok so now we have HorvatM for programming I assume. and VirtualChris for music. And me when I finish my current VB game that I’m working on. Any other takers?

Programming
1.HorvatM
2.
3.
4.
5.

Music
1.VirtualChris
2.
3.
4.
5.

Graphics
1.Morintari (once I finish current game)
2.
3.
4.
5.

akumie wrote:but people like us who do not make games should really not complain

I actually am working on a game but you wouldn’t know it for the snails pace that I’m working at. Hence the old asian proverb “many hands make for light work”.

I’m just saying that we have enough people to start a small company. Why not utilize the talent? The Rom does’nt have to be paid for as much as how the whole VB community would benefit from the games. Can you Imagine what PVB would look like in 5 years with 5 homebrew licencee quality games.
There is a reason why Revival Studios is producing a quality VB game. If we had more quality games more companies would start to see the VB as a platform worth supporting and if that happened maybe we would see the release of the second Virtual Boy. Maybe I’m dreaming but then again maybe not. We don’t know if we don’t try.
I would love to head up this project believe me but I have too many irons in the fire so to speak. But please somebody lead this project out.

[Morintari]

This was a Great idea 🙂 what better way to tell the public that the VB is alive and kickin than to show them what you all have done. I may be a uber noob for suggesting this but we have alot of good talent here it’s a shame that all of the good programmers can’t get together with the good artists and create a game that would be like the ones released by the licencees. you know produce a game the quality of EFX It’s just an Idea if you don’t like it please be gentle.

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The problem with those shows is they have been going on for entirely too long and they have simply run out of material. It’s kind of like, they can do either things that may not be funny (or stupid jokes that people won’t really get) or they can do the same old same old…Just my two cents.

Virtual Chris, the background scrolling is nice and it will open up possibilities for your game. However I would like to see the far background pulled further back in space, to utilize the VB hardware to dramatically display a stereoscopic image. I would also like to see your marquee in 3d as well. That’s just my two cents take it for what it’s worth.

Ok I’m reluctant to post this, but here it goes I did see it on E-bay once. But unfortuanately it was before I knew what Planet Virtual Boy was and at the time low on cash :p . Yes it exists and it is definately out there.:)

[Morintari]

Finnally, someone understands what I’m talking about. 🙂 Now that we got that taken care of could someone (please) who is good at VIDE program in these Psydo colors so I can start drawing. If not I guess I’ll have to do it the old fashoned way.

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First of all I want to say that is a sweet image you have done some nice color optimization. Second Id like to say I understand dithering and that isnt what I am suggesting. Dithering is where you take a unlimited # of colors and break it down to x amount of colors with patterned blends making the extra colors. What I am suggesting is smart dithering if you will. Taking the 10 colors that cannot appear on the Virtual Boy and substituting them for colors that can and will appear on the Virtual Boy. It’s kind of like dithering only without any unwanted artifacts. like a pre-dithering instead of post-dithering. It’s taking a limited color pallete and substituting it for patterned colors that can be viewed on the Virtual Boy. Basically taking 10 colors and assigning a value on each color and in the final image when a color comes up that the Virtual Boy can’t display it substitutes it for a patterned color that’s all. The result may look like dithering but what I am suggesting is more powerful for the artist. Basically no one may incorporate this feature into vide but if they did Id love to start drawing with 10 colors instead of just 4!

nibiru8722 When I mean lenses facing up, I am talking about the view finder, the clear plastic that you look through to see the screen. With the dark red plastic hard cover what reads VIRTUAL BOY facing down I hope this helps. good luck on your storage and congrats on your find!

nibiru8722 wrote:
but is there anything else I should be aware of??

I store my VB with eye lenses facing up.It has all but corrected the blow it suffered from being dropped (accident of course!)

Ok I don’t want to state the obvious but it seems to me that your 10 color problem has a simple solution it is as follows. Have the artist pick between 10 solid colors. When those colors are programmed in Vide they then become 10 patterned colors the ones on KR155E’s table on his Multi-color demo (actually 4 solids and 6 patterned colors) . It doesn’t use refresh rates or anything like that just a mere recognition of colors and substitution of patterned colors. It doesn’t even use dithering just substitution ,this color that’s not on the palette for that color that is made of patterned colors on the palette. I know this whole thing could be done with color optimization and dithering but that will leave unwanted artifacts wouldn’t it be better to just substitute the colors for patterned colors? Here’s what I’m talking about.

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