Black Forest (Atari 7800)

Black Forest is a top-down action-adventure game that I am developing for the Atari 7800 using 7800basic. It originally started out as a homebrew project for the NES, however, I've opted to shift development to the 7800 due to the fact that Atari is actively supporting a retro platform and homebrew developers. I never owned a 7800 growing up, but the 7800+ announcement was really exciting to me, and I started looking into developing for the platform.

While the game is nowhere near ready for even a demo release, I do have the source up on GitHub, so anyone can compile it with 7800basic and check the game out in its current state:

Black Forest GitHub Repository

My ultimate goal is a game that feels like a blend of classic Zelda games and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The focus will be less on puzzle solving and getting lost, and more on fighting monsters and finding relics to progress farther in the game world.

Control is designed around two button input. Button 1 opens the menu, button 2 attacks with the currently equipped weapon. Holding button 2 enters a chanting state where action freezes and directional inputs can be entered, fighting game-style, to cast magic.

Completed

• 4 directional player and object movement, tilemap collision
• Object to player collision with knockback and damage
• Player sword attack with damage (Preliminary)
• Object death and item drops (Preliminary)
• Room traversal, loading new tilemap and objects
• HUD bar to track HP (Unscalable)

Incomplete

• Sound, music
• Player and monster projectile attacks
• Magic spell input and more robust input handler
• Familiars that can attack monsters
• Healing items
• Menu system
• Stats, Equipment
• Saving and/or password system
• Finalized map layouts
• Additional tilesets, enemies, objects

I will be using this thread to post my current development progress and challenges. It is a mirror of this thread at Atari Age.

Statistics: Posted by dragonsbrethren — Tue Dec 17, 2024 9:06 am — Replies 1 — Views 128

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