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Thanks. Yes, the plan in my head was to do all 112 variations of the game. I don't think there's much point in putting it out without them. Once I've got all the basic mechanics of the game up and running, it should be quite easy to do them all. But it's all just designed to look like the original, none of it behind the scenes is the same at all and it is quite different - it's just quite subtle.. and to notice the differences you've probably got to have played the original game thousands of times over.

Thanks, yes - the game has improved quite a lot over the last few months. I'm still optimising it and reworking things to find more room for additions, so there's likely another release before Christmas Caper 2 makes an appearance in the future.

I had a look at the code for VCS Invaders this morning out of interest. I will probably have to re-write it from scratch to add in the new sprite multiplexor routine, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem. I think there will still be mostly sprites on-screen for the approach I will take, the bullets may have to be software sprites though, especially if there are two players on-screen and the famous Easter Egg double-bullet bug is being used in addition. Should be a fun project and I wlil base it on my Javascript version I wrote a few years ago. Thanks.

@ oh brilliant! Do you think it would look good with top and bottom borders opened up?

@@anthonybarker3483 I already do that for the score area and the UFO. The limiters for the tank are in the bottom border.

It's personal preference on up to jump or fire to jump. I tend to like up as I'm used to it in games like Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble etc.. but as long as it works well for you that's the main thing. I hope you enjoy the updated version. I fixed one of the issues I spotted with the Elves in this video first thing this morning. So, there will be a Release 4.4 in the future - but not for a while I would think. Thanks again.

Thanks. I think there's always something new you can do with the C64 even after 40 years.

@@rwxdesigns Yes, it remains an amazing machine.

Thank you sir!

Thanks. The ice blocks are decorative for the moment, but I had planned to use them as another type of obstacle. Whether they will appear in a future update of this version of the game, or I hold them back for Christmas Caper 2, I've not decided as of yet.

Thanks Colin.. I think it's safe to say, it's probably the best the game has ever looked.

Thank you. Looking forward to more Turrican from you.

@@rwxdesigns just completed the side project that I'll send as entry at MSXdev, so I'll resume Turrican project soon 😸

Thanks. I will try and get VCS Invaders progressed this year.

Thanks. I cross-develop on a PC, I use Sublime and KickAssembler for coding and WinVICE for testing, then run the game on an Ultimate 64e and real C64s.

Thanks - a few more additions coming in the next release.

Thank you sir!

Thank you, although not sure why your comment has not appeared on the channel, so I missed it originally.

Thanks - colour palettes are always different between models of C64, differences in VIC chips and components on the board skewed them slightly. I just went with what was closest to one of my C64s.

@@rwxdesigns the same here, it is very close to what I see when I use my c64c

Thanks. The game shouldn't be too far away.. look out for more updates!

Thanks.. I know, I'm slacking on those updates! LMAO! 🤣 Once I've eliminated the bugs I'm chasing, it should be near enough ready.

Thanks.. it should only get better once all the basics are included.

@rwxdesigns Looks cracking.

Thank you for the comments. Glad you like the video. Rest assured, there will be a lot more videos to come on this project.

Thanks Matt. I do like the hovering effect, but I think it definitely needs to be controllable via an option, so people can decide whether to use it or not. As for explosions, I've got a few ideas - but I think I can make them look quite nice too given the colour palette I'm using.

Thank you. I always like to see if I can make the graphics look more like you are playing on a different machine to the C64, or that the C64 has had some sort of upgrade. Looking forward to designing the other themed levels in the game and sharing once they are ready.

Hi, thanks. I did it because I figured eventually, as energy of the plasma depletes, so should its velocity - if that makes sense or not. I will add in the collision routines soon to make the effect look even better. Also didn't realise you had a channel on here, so subbed you now. Thanks again.

@@rwxdesigns Thanks for the sub! Yes, small world... :) Look forward to seeing many more Cyberdroid videos!

Thank you Eleanor.

Thanks - it uses a simple sprite multiplexor to get the extra sprites on-screen. It was my first one, so it's quite basic, but works okay. I will improve on this when I get around to writing Christmas Caper 2, but that's not for some time.

Thanks - glad you like these type of videos. Look out for more of them in the near future.

Cheers.. lots more to add in the coming weeks and months.

Nothing bad.. at the start of the game pressing fire will launch the ship, but you won't be able to fire any bullets when facing the player.

thank you kindly.

thank you friend. hope you are well!

Thank you. I will keep going!

Thanks for the comments. Glad you like the changes I've introduced.

@Asphodellife I have a tune for the title screen of the game worked out. There may be multiple in-game tunes though for the different levels.

@@rwxdesigns Great! This seems to shape up to become a true 'AAA' title ! 😃

Thank you. I'm pleased with how it is progressing.

Thanks, you're welcome. I think I was a similar age to some of the developers, but my coding wasn't at the level of Nick Jones back then. I understand more now, hopefully, I will be able to produce a good game by the end of it.

Thanks, it's progressing quite well. Since this video I've added the code to move through all the screens in the level, which interestingly didn't take that long to do.

Even though I finished Cybernoid and Cybernoid 2, I don't think I would write a game I could not finish myself, so it won't be overly difficult.

@@rwxdesigns I tried, but I can't imagine that someone really finishes this chaotic mess of a game :)

Thank you kind sir.. I'm looking forward to getting more done on this.

Kind of you to say.. I think once I get some more routines into place and a few screens chained together, then I will be able to see if it's going to be a good enough Cybernoid clone. I'm hoping so.

@rwxdesigns hope so, keep up the great work for the old c64! 👍

Thanks. It won't be for a while, but keep watching out for more updates.

The main ship is only 2 sprites, so not much of an overhead. The remaining 6 sprites are to be multiplexed for enemies and pickups. This game is using multicolour mode and not EBCM, for a change. 😉

Thank you. It has potential I think.

I hope it helped.