Can Portal 64 be saved? - Libdragon

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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Комментарии • 831

  • @james.lambert
    @james.lambert  4 месяца назад +102

    Use my link www.displate.com/jameslambert or my discount code JAMESLAMBERT to access my special promo on all designs 1-2 are 27% OFF 3+ are 37% OFF. Available for one week only. Discount applied automatically at check out when using my link, (excl. Limited Editions, Lumino and Textra).

    • @stanb1455
      @stanb1455 4 месяца назад +2

      nah, quitter

    • @uninable
      @uninable 4 месяца назад

      @@stanb1455?

    • @chooongusbug724
      @chooongusbug724 4 месяца назад +5

      ​@@stanb1455bruh, what? You know what Valve and Nintendo could do, touch grass

    • @scarredfanumberone
      @scarredfanumberone 4 месяца назад

      Awe sheet, I'm SCEARED, you will be sued, so lets buy the support, let's go bois!!!!!!

    • @brianmo2611
      @brianmo2611 4 месяца назад

      stop being a push over and just make the damn game, god i hate people that are cowards because of big companies

  • @KazeN64
    @KazeN64 4 месяца назад +1756

    the art for that new game is very beautiful, like it a lot

    • @franzusgutlus54
      @franzusgutlus54 4 месяца назад +55

      Love your videos! Hope you find some more micro seconds 👍

    • @danielberrett2179
      @danielberrett2179 4 месяца назад +21

      The man, The Myth, The Legend: Kaze!

    • @Atomhaz
      @Atomhaz 4 месяца назад +3

      Arianna what are you doing here! Love your work my guy.

    • @LexTheCat
      @LexTheCat 4 месяца назад +14

      I love how this N64 community comes together and supports each other like this

    • @Damnerz
      @Damnerz 4 месяца назад +3

      Meeting the geenius

  • @zach.0
    @zach.0 4 месяца назад +758

    I'm glad you were able to get a vertical slice of Portal64 done, and I think that was the most interesting part; most of the rest of the effort would probably have been just remaking the levels. Getting the tech to work was the cool aspect. It's for the best you can spend your time on something you created yourself, and it already looks awesome.

    • @ForboJack
      @ForboJack 4 месяца назад +43

      Yeah, the Demo showed that it was totally possible and only needed more time and resources.

    • @ellielikesmath
      @ellielikesmath 4 месяца назад

      uhhh it's still under active development on github. it'll be out eventually. y'all are declaring defeat wayyy too early

    • @Loafin_Around
      @Loafin_Around 4 месяца назад +24

      As far as i can tell it's still being worked on github with the portal64: still alive repo having commits 2 days ago. Its effectively become community only now as he can't work on it since valve said no.

  • @RobertMilesAI
    @RobertMilesAI 4 месяца назад +231

    My respect for you suddenly went up when you said "This new library is great because when the code crashes it tells you what line it crashed on".
    Making Portal64 was clearly harder than I'd realised

    • @4.0.4
      @4.0.4 3 месяца назад +6

      Fancy seeing you here, AI safety dread man.

    • @Z64bit
      @Z64bit 3 месяца назад +4

      This is why they would record their gameplay on VHS and have the code in the corner

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade 3 месяца назад +2

      My favorite AI safety commentator!

  • @mrphlip
    @mrphlip 4 месяца назад +256

    A big problem is that there's basically three states a project like this can be in: Valve can officially sanction it, officially refuse it, or turn a blind eye and pretend it doesn't exist. That first one is really hard to achieve, most companies don't want to sanction random fan projects... and the second one means you don't get to do it any more. So generally you want to aim for that third one... try to skate by and avoid rocking the boat so that Valve can pretend you don't exist.
    The problem is that once you leave that state, you can't really go back. Once Valve's hand has been forced and they give an official "no", you can't really go back to Valve pretending they've never heard of you. Which means that just removing the libultra code that was the original sticking point isn't going to be enough.
    The only way to lose that official "no" is to get an official "yes", because any lifting of the official "no" _will be interpreted as_ an official "yes", that veil of plausible deniability is gone.

    • @MrJed87
      @MrJed87 4 месяца назад +40

      Which is exactly why I don't believe anyone should show a fan project before it's entirely finished. This happens time and time again and yet still people are like, look at this cool thing I'm making, then are surprised when it gets shut down. I know you want to show off your work and it can be motivating to see people loving what you've done, but in the end if your goal is to put out a finished thing, just wait until you have a finished thing. Then it doesn't matter what happens.

    • @hellterminator
      @hellterminator 3 месяца назад +6

      As long as it's distributed as a mod for Portal, Valve doesn't get a say either way. As far as I know, this whole problem started because James wanted to distribute Portal64 on Steam. If he drops that, legally, he doesn't need Valve's permission to continue development, even using libultra (although that would expose him a lawsuit from Nintendo, so switching to libdragon would be a good idea anyway).
      What I really think is happening is that he grew bored of the project (all the technical challenges solved, only grind left) and this is a convenient excuse to quit.

    • @ColorblindMonk
      @ColorblindMonk 3 месяца назад +1

      This is generally the worst legal advice for fan projects. Feigning ignorance isn't a valid defense strategy.

    • @TheRenegade...
      @TheRenegade... 2 месяца назад

      ​@@ColorblindMonkAlmost every fan project for anything exists because the original creator doesn't care, whether because it's not worth their time to take the project down, they don't know it exists, or they're fine with fan projects but don't specifically endorse any

  • @mercuriete
    @mercuriete 4 месяца назад +222

    OpenGL 1.1 in n64!
    I think Silicon Graphics will be proud of the libdragon team.
    Is amazing how an SGI hardware can run an SGI API 20 years later.
    edit: s/a SGI/an SGI/g
    edit 2: fix second occurence.

    • @henryfleischer404
      @henryfleischer404 4 месяца назад +21

      Well, OpenGL 1.1 is from 1 year after the N64. Still impressive though, I wouldn't even know where to start with something like that.

    • @mercuriete
      @mercuriete 4 месяца назад +16

      @@henryfleischer404 Imagine if n64 ship with OGL 1.0 back in the days!
      all games would be more or less compatible with modern hardware.
      and of course emulators will be easier in some aspects because an ogl 1.0 compliant application should work the same on any other ogl 1.0 implementation.
      That would be awesome!
      PS: Even today, Mesa have to emulate fixed function pipeline in modern hardware to run OGL 1.0 apps.

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 4 месяца назад +5

      *an SGI (because "ess-gee-eye" starts with a vowel sound)
      "A" vs "an" is determined by the _sound_ that immediately follows, not the letter. It also doesn't matter what an initialism stands for.

    • @mercuriete
      @mercuriete 4 месяца назад +3

      @@alvallac2171 Thanks! I am not a native english speaker I will edit that! :)

    • @genderender
      @genderender 4 месяца назад

      @@alvallac2171 its up for debate in text

  • @CZRWK
    @CZRWK 4 месяца назад +86

    It would be interesting if a game called "Hortal64" came out, that allowed you to use physics and travel though colored holes called "Hortals."

    • @lmk10000
      @lmk10000 4 месяца назад +9

      Cool concept. I think he could get away with it if he uses a complete diferent lore/story and aesthetics. Also, he needs to twist a little all the levels so they aren't exactly the same. In the end, it is completely unrelated to Valve and/or Nintendo.
      Something similar to Super Tux Kar compared to Mario Kart.

    • @therealwhite
      @therealwhite 3 месяца назад +4

      Hell from Hortal getting Had by haDOS- the Hideo ga-
      *gets copyrighted by Kojima*

    • @oscarcacnio8418
      @oscarcacnio8418 3 месяца назад +1

      Effectively, ​@@lmk10000, it becomes an iteration of Narbacular Drop for the N64.
      Unless if there are problems copying the aesthetics of that game. Which means going in a theme different from "science lab" and "fantasy".

    • @lmk10000
      @lmk10000 3 месяца назад

      @@oscarcacnio8418 could be very interesting copying that concept or something similar.

  • @aliasd5423
    @aliasd5423 4 месяца назад +129

    That wizard idea is so cool, I've long since thought about the limitation of wizard classes, in anime and media, wizards are scholars who make their own spells, but how the hell does someone program that without it feeling like you need a computer science degree to make a fireball

    • @RAHelllord
      @RAHelllord 4 месяца назад +6

      There's a few games that actually have spell crafting similar to this, Mages of Mystralia being one that's on steam and very cute, however it's top down.
      However having it as a 3D platformer also sounds great so I'm looking forward to where this project is going.

    • @webberfan1234
      @webberfan1234 4 месяца назад +2

      That’s so wizard anni

    • @adora_was_taken
      @adora_was_taken 4 месяца назад +3

      reminds me of the owl house's magic

    • @zackbuildit88
      @zackbuildit88 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@adora_was_takenrune magic systems are so cool tbh it's a good execution of one for the medium of TV

    • @pilcrow182
      @pilcrow182 3 месяца назад +3

      One of the most interesting solutions I've seen to this problem is to implement a system where the player *draws* their spells using representational pictographs. Then you can use shared similarities to 'invent' new spells before they're taught to you. Let's say you know a wind spell and a fireball spell, and then you learn a 'strong wind' spell that just looks like the regular wind spell with an extra circle around it. Well, why not add a circle like that to your fireball spell? Congratulations, you've just created a 'strong fireball' spell.
      Okami implements a drawing system that would be perfect for that kind of experimentation, but doesn't utilize it as well as it could. The original DS version of Ni no Kuni did the same thing but *much* better, since you were physically drawing on the bottom screen. It's tragic that this spell-drawing system was replaced with a simple list in the PS3 remake instead of being implemented with an on-screen drawing function like Okami. But at least you can play the DS version with a full fan-translation!

  • @kran27_
    @kran27_ 4 месяца назад +105

    will any wizards be able to use a teleportation spell? maybe one with some sort of preview of where they'll go to? ;)

  • @Art1stical
    @Art1stical 4 месяца назад +1229

    I feel the only reason Nintendo has so many active devs doing things on their consoles is because those devs know that, if they don't do it, Nintendo will be perfectly fine with letting all their consoles die.
    Nintendo doesn't deserve the community and fans it has.

    • @RoshiGaming
      @RoshiGaming 4 месяца назад +130

      I'd still love to know why they care this much about projects built on top of source code from 26 years ago

    • @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 4 месяца назад +104

      ​@@RoshiGaming I think a big misunderstanding is that all of Nintendo is against fan projects and stuff, which simply isn't the case. The main people against it are the people working at Nintendo HQ in Japan and those are scared shitless of losing their successful IPs by not protecting them. Nintendo is nothing without having Mario or Zelda so they'll do everything to protect them.
      I think the main factor at play is the legal trouble they found themselves in when Warner Bros tried to steal Donkey Kong from them due to Nintendo supposedly copying King Kong. Ever since then Nintendo has been very careful with their IPs and source code because they fear to lose it all from just a small legal miss-step

    • @CFlandre
      @CFlandre 4 месяца назад +39

      Sad to say, too, this also applies to most console manufacturers. They don't care about game preservation or hardware preservation, because those things have an impact on their ability to foist newer and "better" products on their customers. Nintendo is just the most egregious example of this.

    • @Aeduo
      @Aeduo 4 месяца назад +17

      ​@@RoshiGaming Property owners need to be able to own everything they possibly can and be able to leverage anything possible at any time, even if it has no use to them anymore. It's just how those kinds of people are.

    • @RonWolfHowl
      @RonWolfHowl 4 месяца назад +24

      We have Disney to thank for the intellectual property laws that force Nintendo to do this if they realistically want to stay in business.

  • @jua20242
    @jua20242 4 месяца назад +354

    Dont worry, on Internet it wont die

    • @TalentedAndHot
      @TalentedAndHot 4 месяца назад +8

      is there still a way to get the original Portal 64?

    • @jua20242
      @jua20242 4 месяца назад +1

      @@TalentedAndHot there isn't a phorum where you can't find the ROM AND you can't download ir if you dont search portal For Nintendo 64 rom

    • @TriflingToad
      @TriflingToad 4 месяца назад +13

      not unless there is a release, we can't seed from nothing.

    • @bunnybreaker
      @bunnybreaker 4 месяца назад +25

      If only there was some kind of archive, like an org if you will... 🤔🤔🤔
      💪🏽🏴‍☠️👍🏽

    • @ScandalUK
      @ScandalUK 4 месяца назад +4

      @@bunnybreaker the romance of CD

  • @electricindigoball1244
    @electricindigoball1244 4 месяца назад +25

    One indie game that IMO requires more attention is Astlibra Revision. It's a sidescrolling action JRPG developed over a period of over a decade by KEIZO, a Japanese salaryman who developed this game almost entirely on his own simple because "he felt there weren’t enough 2D action RPG games that filled the niche he most enjoyed". I finished it the other day and it's one of my favourite games of all time. It's available on Steam as well as the Switch and recently it received a DLC with a new roguelike-style campaign.

    • @kphaxx
      @kphaxx 4 месяца назад

      Be the change you want to see in the world

  • @angst_
    @angst_ 4 месяца назад +59

    Magicka is a really fun game where you combine elements in real time to cast spells! I played a lot of it with my friend!

    • @alfiegordon9013
      @alfiegordon9013 4 месяца назад +5

      Made by the same people as Helldivers! Did you ever play the mobile spinoff?

    • @RupeeRhod
      @RupeeRhod 4 месяца назад +4

      if you go much much further back LOOM is also similar in the way that you construct spells, but in that case out of notes.

    • @balsalmalberto8086
      @balsalmalberto8086 4 месяца назад +1

      Don't bother with single player. Their Gauntlet remake was not good either.

    • @angst_
      @angst_ 4 месяца назад

      @@balsalmalberto8086 Single player is significantly harder for sure~ but learning how to protect against certain elements and what does/doesn't work to kill certain enemies was part of the fun for me.

    • @xLoNaDaRx
      @xLoNaDaRx 4 месяца назад

      I still have QFQFAAD embedded in my brain from Magicka 1. Loved the game! :)

  • @Freeborger
    @Freeborger 4 месяца назад +199

    beefing with companys until this gets green lit

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 4 месяца назад +11

      *companies
      To pluralize a noun that ends in -y, drop the -y and add -ies.

    • @goldfishglory
      @goldfishglory 4 месяца назад +9

      @@alvallac2171always nice to get a grammar lesson in yt comments! /gen

    • @oblivitv1337
      @oblivitv1337 4 месяца назад

      ⁠@@alvallac2171loser, singular

    • @disistheway2010
      @disistheway2010 4 месяца назад

      lol

    • @Freeborger
      @Freeborger 4 месяца назад

      @@alvallac2171 somebody called the grammar police

  • @OceanBagel
    @OceanBagel 4 месяца назад +93

    I guess that's the problem with doing development publicly like this... If the development were anonymous and secret until it was finished, the game may have been completed before Valve or Nintendo even had a chance to stop it. Of course, it may not have been legal, but tons of fan works have walked that line before, and even if the project were shut down, the game itself would probably be archived by someone else. See Pokemon Uranium, for example. Anyway, it's too bad corporate interests ended this project prematurely, I would have loved to play a full version. Maybe you can revisit it in 85 or so years when these works enter the public domain...

    • @CrAzYpotpie
      @CrAzYpotpie 4 месяца назад +10

      It is impossible for me to feel truly bad for people who publicly advertise the project they are making that uses an IP they don't own and how sad / upset / disheartened they are by the inevitable and completely understandable C&D. It is why I always recommend to anyone who is planning to spends years making a game to just make their own unique content from the get go, just take concepts and elements from the game you so desperately want to appropriate.

    • @halcyonacoustic7366
      @halcyonacoustic7366 4 месяца назад +15

      ​@CrAzYpotpie they don't need you to do that and I hope they continue spitting in the face of Nintendo forever

    • @CrAzYpotpie
      @CrAzYpotpie 4 месяца назад +1

      @@halcyonacoustic7366 Feel free to point out what I said that you disagreed with.

    • @slizzysluzzer
      @slizzysluzzer 4 месяца назад +8

      @@CrAzYpotpie Shakespeare should've just stopped writing about that silly Lear guy, what an unoriginal hack

    • @CrAzYpotpie
      @CrAzYpotpie 4 месяца назад +1

      @@slizzysluzzer Feel free to point out what I said that you disagreed with.

  • @michaelshvarts2711
    @michaelshvarts2711 4 месяца назад +13

    Even if you never got to distribute it, I thought watching you develop, demo and play Portal 64 and just seeing it was extremely satisfying.

  • @plazmasyt
    @plazmasyt 4 месяца назад +80

    Oh my god, dude's making Noita 3D :)
    I know it isn't Noita, it's got its own art style and everything and I love what I'm seeing so far, but the magic system is very Noita-ish and I love that too. Good luck with the project my dude!

    • @madmodder123
      @madmodder123 4 месяца назад +3

      Noita is addicting af

    • @Scrogan
      @Scrogan 4 месяца назад +6

      Noita was hardly the first game to use parametric spell creation. Magica is a well known example that this game feels much closer to, though I like the Minecraft mod Ars Magica 2, and its successors Wizardry and Psi.

    • @questwalkerko
      @questwalkerko 4 месяца назад

      @@Scrogan Hex casting is also interesting

  • @grymdylan
    @grymdylan 4 месяца назад +87

    Quest 64: 2 confirmed.........

  • @t0biascze644
    @t0biascze644 3 месяца назад +12

    Portal 64 Still Alive fork: *_Am I joke to you?_*

  • @avasam06
    @avasam06 4 месяца назад +12

    6:40 that's something Oblivion did! It wasn't overly fancy, but you could mix and match existing spells and balance their intensity into a new one to fit your needs.

    • @IndigoGollum
      @IndigoGollum 4 месяца назад +1

      Morrowind too. It also wasn't super fancy but it let you combine effects of every spell you knew and set things like the spell's range, duration, and strength, all of which would affect its magicka cost to cast and its gold cost to make. I wonder if anyone's ever modded a system like that into Skyrim.

    • @tristenhood3167
      @tristenhood3167 4 месяца назад

      @@IndigoGollum This exists. It's called Spell Crafting for Skyrim on the nexus

  • @insu_na
    @insu_na 4 месяца назад +20

    Don't forget that exploring code/coding can be very popular on youtube if done well. Example: Sebastian Lague. I think your style lends itself to that kind of content.
    In addition you could run the project open source and if you record/stream yourself developing your own game as open source code, using Libdragon, you will uncover bugs or missing features in Libdragon, and you might inspire some of your viewers to work on improving libdragon at such pain points, when they normally wouldn't have, either because they didn't know about Libdragon, or because there was nothing to make it interesting for them

  • @Ritbulau
    @Ritbulau 4 месяца назад +21

    We believe in you! You did amazing job, and if you will finish it, it would be extremely cool!

  • @Litronom
    @Litronom 3 месяца назад +6

    Woah, that rune system reminds me of Arx Fatalis, where you had to draw runes on the screen and combine them in order to cast magic spells

  • @omegamog
    @omegamog 4 месяца назад +38

    Thr title was such a tease

    • @xvdifug
      @xvdifug 4 месяца назад +4

      YAY!!!....wait yay

    • @Butterscotch_96
      @Butterscotch_96 4 месяца назад +1

      Clickbait but clickbait that I enjoy

  • @aaron5364
    @aaron5364 4 месяца назад +33

    James Lambert x Kaze Emanuar collab when?

  • @brendethedev2858
    @brendethedev2858 4 месяца назад +3

    You describing your issue with spells in videogames reminds me of a game that solves that exact problem. At some point you have to play noita it solves that exact problem. And by understanding the core spells of that game and combining them together you can create wands that destroy the entire world in a click. Wonderful game.

  • @danielrhouck
    @danielrhouck 3 месяца назад +1

    1:05 At this point, without having ever heard of the thing you bring up next sentence, I very confidently said “but someone’s already done that”. Because of course they had.

  • @soviut303
    @soviut303 4 месяца назад +36

    Time for a PSX port; PortalStation.

    • @commander3494
      @commander3494 4 месяца назад +1

      Unfortunately that wouldnt work either, again due to distribution outside of steam

    • @C.I...
      @C.I... 4 месяца назад

      @@commander3494 There is an SDK called PSn00bSDK that has nearly all of the features of the Sony SDK, but is independent of it, so at least that wouldn't cause a problem.

    • @soviut303
      @soviut303 4 месяца назад +5

      @@commander3494 Just bundle the rom inside an emulator executable and only distribute that. Or just fake it and do a demake with intentional affine texture warping.

    • @oscarcacnio8418
      @oscarcacnio8418 3 месяца назад +1

      "Sony shall not be as kind as VALVe."
      Unless if they truly do not care about the PS1 anymore.

    • @shemlesh
      @shemlesh 3 месяца назад +2

      @@soviut303 or add DRM that requires the ROM to call home via steamworks API, i've done that for other projects that run on retro hardware, and with modern flashcarts its easy to implement on the N64, you can even encrypt the payload with a custom IPL3 or embedded AES key that's fused in a cart for a physical release, not impossible to workaround of course, as pirates have little morality in such matters.

  • @CYON4D
    @CYON4D 4 месяца назад +20

    Your game idea reminds me of Magicka. In that game you combine basic elemental powers to cast different spells. Glad to hear you are developing an original game.

  • @SZvenM
    @SZvenM 4 месяца назад +5

    Really exciting new project. Already looking forward to seeing more about it.

  • @Banzeken
    @Banzeken 4 месяца назад +2

    *Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss* (1992) also has a system of combining runes to cast different spells. As you find new runes you get access to spells you didn’t have before, which is a cool way to reward exploration.

  • @robert.sec2
    @robert.sec2 4 месяца назад +2

    That is such a cool concept for a game, and the snippet we've seen looks gorgeous. So evocative of the best art of that era.

  • @David-no7zi
    @David-no7zi 4 месяца назад +5

    WOW I love that demo of the FMV on the TV model!

  • @Geomedge
    @Geomedge 4 месяца назад +40

    A sponser. Glad to see this project being supported.

  • @MachFiveFalcon
    @MachFiveFalcon 3 месяца назад +1

    You've done such an incredible job with this project. Maybe an anonymous person with incredible skills like yours might pick up where you left off - you never know. Thank You!

  • @LandonEmma
    @LandonEmma 4 месяца назад +2

    Magician’s Quest on DS actually used your Idea before hand like 1:1 but I’m gonna love seeing your take on it in your game!

  • @Oosystem
    @Oosystem 4 месяца назад +1

    I love that low poly scenes, with fake lighting using vertex colors.

  • @jajararakoi8000
    @jajararakoi8000 3 месяца назад +1

    An indie game rec: Super Kiwi 64! The studio is a solo dev - Siactro is Marcus Thorn - they're dedicated to creating N64 inspired collectathon experiences. I had a blast playing Super Kiwi, and I think fans of you would appreciate it too.

  • @xanderkleiber7191
    @xanderkleiber7191 4 месяца назад +2

    That new project looks super cool! I'm really excited to see how it turns out!

  • @RadleyBO0
    @RadleyBO0 4 месяца назад +2

    So the new game idea is fantastic, and I'm excited to see where it goes! Customizing spells is always a cool feature even when it's more base level than your idea, so that seems like a really solid idea that I'd love to see get completed!
    But speaking on Portal 64, I don't honestly get how they could police you if you're not using LibUltra anymore. Who cares if it can run on the N64 hardware or an N64 emulator? I don't understand under what legal grounds they could legally stop you if it was no longer using LibUltra.

  • @MyAmazingUsername
    @MyAmazingUsername 4 месяца назад +2

    I am here for anything you make. You are brilliant. :)

  • @Chaoticgood252
    @Chaoticgood252 4 месяца назад +1

    Hey man I found your channel via your Portal64 project but am excited to see the new projects you do. Awesome this development isn't getting you down too much.

  • @sgtblu3
    @sgtblu3 4 месяца назад +2

    your new game looks dope! keep up the good work, James!

  • @MysticNinTorres
    @MysticNinTorres 4 месяца назад +3

    Portal 64 may have not been saved, but the legacy that was built upon it will live on.

  • @Hylianmonkeys
    @Hylianmonkeys 4 месяца назад +2

    Love hearing about this. Im excited to see your work in the future.
    Ive also been working on my own game.

  • @sanderbos4243
    @sanderbos4243 4 месяца назад +1

    The new game looks awesome! Really cool idea to shout out a game at the end of your videos

  • @Cytoferus
    @Cytoferus 3 месяца назад

    It happens that the description given for the new game aligns with something I have been intermittently searching for. In my personal ideal world you would be able to bind each of the spell runes to a controller button and chain inputs together in a combo with generous timing while simultaneously being able to control the characters movement. This sort of thing could be used in both combat where enemies are appreaching you and movement and timing based puzzles. I think this would result in a system that feels both versatile and fluid.

  • @jackwolfard
    @jackwolfard 4 месяца назад +1

    Excited to see your progress on your new game! I also loved the shoutout for Let’s Revolution. Great indie title.

  • @lunaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    @lunaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 3 месяца назад +1

    the fact valve said they were worried they couldn't "track the project" because it would effectively just be a ROM doesn't track for me, Micro Mages is available thru Steam and it's also a just a ROM and an emulator. I understand it's their IP, but I would like to know what about that bothers them. Either way, it seems like it just wouldn't have been worth the effort, so I'm glad you're moving onto something new, it looks fantastic

  • @brendanjamieson83
    @brendanjamieson83 4 месяца назад +1

    Best of luck man. Looking forward to your success.

  • @Antpie94
    @Antpie94 3 месяца назад +1

    If you've never played magicka, go play it, it's the concept of mixing runes and may help with inspiration and ways to do it.

  • @RuukuLada
    @RuukuLada 3 месяца назад

    you are great james, love to hear updates about what you’re working on

  • @themusicalmoogle
    @themusicalmoogle 4 месяца назад +1

    New game preview looks super good, cannot wait!

  • @senjaz
    @senjaz 4 месяца назад

    I had a similar idea for flexible creation of spells in a game in the 90s when I was actively MUD coding. I then discovered that there is a pen and paper RPG from the 80s that did it better than I had conceived. Ars Magica is still my favourite RPG to this day.

  • @hammercroft
    @hammercroft 4 месяца назад +1

    By any chance, is the magic system of that new game inspired by a Minecraft mod named Ars Nouveau?

  • @ZakTDuck
    @ZakTDuck 4 месяца назад +1

    Good luck with the new game. The spell mixing concept sounds fun, it reminds me of the elemental spell system they had in the Magicka series of games.

  • @christuckwell3185
    @christuckwell3185 4 месяца назад +1

    Have you seen the wand building in Noita? Thats awesome in how it can change your spells.

  • @MJones-je6po
    @MJones-je6po 4 месяца назад +1

    The rune system is really cool. Ultima Underworld has a similar rune mechanic, but it is very clunky to change spells and there aren't a ton of viable combinations of runes. But, it feels awesome finding a new rune and experimenting with it. Would recommend looking at it for ideas.

  • @Hobbles_
    @Hobbles_ 3 месяца назад

    Good luck on your new project!! I absolutely adore the idea that you have, about having basic magic that you build up to create unique spells! Looking forward to more content regarding it in the future~
    I've had a similar idea that I've messed around with in pen and paper, and been hoping to try it in a video game as well. Really curious to see if we end up having any overlap in ideas!

  • @kenh6096
    @kenh6096 4 месяца назад +80

    You never know, some wealthy individual may pay you to finish Portal 64 as is and then may completely accidently leak it to the public. On a different subject entirely and purely hypothetically what do you think it would cost to port a game like say "Portal Clone" to the N64? Asking for a friend.

    • @michael-ti8jy
      @michael-ti8jy 4 месяца назад +1

      Pls

    • @MozTS
      @MozTS 4 месяца назад +1

      Nintendos lawyers are gonna be richer

    • @ViezeVingertjes
      @ViezeVingertjes 4 месяца назад

      Leaking would just put the heat on the creator. As that's the one responsible for it no matter what way it leaks. 😋

    • @mothcompute
      @mothcompute 3 месяца назад +1

      @@MozTSnintendo doesnt have any legal claim over this except libultra, which is just a software library and can absolutely be replaced (thats what ultrahle did)

    • @shemlesh
      @shemlesh 3 месяца назад

      @@mothcompute ultrahle didn't remove libultra from the rom being emulated, still meaning distribution would be illegal, the only other sticking point would be trademarks on the nintendo logos, although easy enough to bypass and not technically required.
      but yes libdragon is otherwise to any ones knowledge completely unencumbered and should be used for new projects going forward.

  • @milymilo
    @milymilo 4 месяца назад +3

    3:29 Lets all love lain

  • @firstnamelastname4752
    @firstnamelastname4752 4 месяца назад

    Imagine if Miyamoto received a parcel one day, and it was a Portal64 cartridge made just for him. Maybe then he'd have a chat with Valve.

  • @Mitch3D
    @Mitch3D 4 месяца назад

    The game Magicka has the mechanic of combining elements to create spells, there’s no limit on casting. It might be worth checking into to see if there’s any overlap with your game mechanics.

  • @JesusBleach
    @JesusBleach 3 месяца назад

    Stay strong . Just see the concept you did on portal 64 is already huge and show your skills. Making your own ip sounds very nice

  • @snowdreike
    @snowdreike 3 месяца назад

    6:22 That's so Magicka
    Great game, it's a good idea to take inspiration from it !

  • @KitsuneAlex
    @KitsuneAlex 3 месяца назад

    Really really cool to see libdragon implement stack unwinding for its crash handler! ^^

  • @whoisthis99995
    @whoisthis99995 4 месяца назад +2

    Would you consider doing some tutorials on N64 homebrew development? I'm an experienced developer, but its still just a bit intimidating.

  • @Butterscotch_96
    @Butterscotch_96 4 месяца назад +2

    When the new game comes out if you buy a cart would you let us download the rom too? I like having everything on my flash cart and not having to dump it would be easier.

  • @Magiwarriorx
    @Magiwarriorx 4 месяца назад

    Recently fell in love with Lunacid and Pseudoregalia, so seeing an original game inspired by/for 5th gen consoles warms my heart.

  • @jane5886
    @jane5886 4 месяца назад +2

    Oh man, you'd love the casting system in Arx Fatalis

  • @shApYT
    @shApYT 4 месяца назад +2

    What if the user brings their own libultra? Like dumping roms.

    • @IndigoGollum
      @IndigoGollum 4 месяца назад +1

      There's still the issue of Valve not being able to stop people from copying and distributing the rom.

  • @playinggames7086
    @playinggames7086 4 месяца назад +13

    Portal for GameCube when?

    • @draconic5129
      @draconic5129 4 месяца назад +1

      When someone outside of valve's and Nintendo's jurisdiction ports it.

  • @hexzyle
    @hexzyle 3 месяца назад

    I loved Lost Magic on the DS so that magic shaping feature seems right up my alley

  • @Skeffles
    @Skeffles 4 месяца назад +1

    Even though it can't be saved, I hope libdragon works for you. Can't wait to see what you make!

  • @quinnocent
    @quinnocent 4 месяца назад +1

    I followed the Portal64 story, but it didn't interest me personally. But if you finish this new game, I'll buy it. Looks awesome. Love new original games on old hardware.

  • @TheEnder_ITA
    @TheEnder_ITA 4 месяца назад +7

    Hope so

  • @MechanicalPaladin
    @MechanicalPaladin 4 месяца назад

    Magicka is also a game where you combine different elements to make up your own spells. It's might give you inspiration for your own magic game :)

  • @brooklyninja
    @brooklyninja 4 месяца назад

    That sucks that you won't be able to complete the game, however it was really cool to be able to look at it! Great job, and we look forward to whatever you can build next.
    Also it would be cool if you got permission from another company (if not valve) to do a remake of a more modern game on the 64. I think it would still be cool to see.

  • @iiGerardoii
    @iiGerardoii 3 месяца назад

    Looking forward to that wizard game, it looks nice. That spells thing you mentioned reminded me of the game Noita, it has that "make your own spells" idea, in a way.

  • @dw-yl3ln
    @dw-yl3ln 4 месяца назад

    I really enjoyed Let's Revolution! Such elegant puzzle design.

  • @DMMDestroyer
    @DMMDestroyer 4 месяца назад

    Among the chaos, there is a silver lining after all. Excited to see what is to come!

  • @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube
    @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube 3 месяца назад

    As much as it sucks to accept at times, especially in cases like this where significant work has already gone into the project, props to you for seeing the risks involved and acting appropriately. I guess it's probably like asking for a unicorn to hope Nintendo ever open-sources Libultra or offers reasonable licensing terms that an individual could stomach, but it's always heartening to see a dev shine a spotlight on all the adjacent work being done in an area. With any luck, maybe this can inspire more to contribute to these projects and get closer to a ground-up reimplementation of the features needed without any Libultra components, at least to help people down the line avoid running into these showstoppers.

  • @jishhd
    @jishhd 3 месяца назад

    The rune combination effect reminds me of Lost Magic on Nintendo DS! You'd draw sequences of runes with the stylus to combine their effects.

  • @realfries09
    @realfries09 4 месяца назад

    Man at 1:53, those look really good!

  • @anthonygotttheonly
    @anthonygotttheonly 4 месяца назад +1

    Have you heard the indie game Animal Well? It's like Halo 2 and 3 put together, that's how awesome it is.

  • @charu1473
    @charu1473 4 месяца назад +3

    Good luck on next project!

  •  3 месяца назад

    Now what we need is Portal for the Sega Dream Cast, thats sure to be hit without any roadblocks.

  • @puking763
    @puking763 2 месяца назад

    it's genuinely sad that it can't be completed; was really looking forward to the potential of that. Only maybe if it wasn't shown until completion but oh well. It's still fun to play the first slice on an n64 and is still the coolest project imo.

  • @jceggbert5
    @jceggbert5 4 месяца назад +3

    6:25 - sounds like 3D Magicka, I'm game

  • @JamesTDG
    @JamesTDG 4 месяца назад

    So, I'm currently working with a buddy to demake portal flash for a fantasy console. No code made just yet but I do have some visuals. Lmk if you want to see em and I'll compile a few mock-ups.

  • @AbandonWare_Music
    @AbandonWare_Music 4 месяца назад

    Love the growth of your channel!!

  • @merman1974
    @merman1974 4 месяца назад

    Best of luck for the new project. Maybe you can find the combination of runes that will unlock Valve's approval for Portal64...

  • @dankolord
    @dankolord 3 месяца назад

    That's a nice game you're developing. I really wish there were more games with magic spell development.

  • @KevDoy
    @KevDoy 4 месяца назад +2

    Hi James, if Valve wants a steam release of the game, does it make sense to bundle the rom with an N64 core as a standalone application? This way it can be tracked, and fans who want to play it on original hardware can go into the steam apps folder and find the ROM there. There’s another game that is currently doing this. I believe it’s a Rugrats game that also provides an NES ROM in its game folder. Cheers

    • @shemlesh
      @shemlesh 3 месяца назад

      you can even enforce DRM through incorporating the SteamWorks API into an ares build, and encrypting the ROM, i've done that for some other projects, that combined with modern flashcarts having USB uarts and/or wifi means you can enforce it on the console as well.

    • @KevDoy
      @KevDoy 3 месяца назад

      @@shemlesh got any resources on this you can share? I can’t picture how that would work.

    • @shemlesh
      @shemlesh 3 месяца назад

      ​@@KevDoy basically for the emulator integration, you can implement a mailbox for exchanging commands on the PI bus, then have the emulator call functions in the steamworks APIs to perform certain DRM related functions and memory map the responses via a buffer, the PI bus can access a full 32 bit address space via DMA operations.
      that's fundamentally how flashcarts with extended features operate, the summercart64 for example, you can call commands via the mailbox, the onboard micro executes the command, and you can retrieve the data from the N64 side via the 8KB buffer or if the SDRAM is unlocked for writes the cartridge ROM area, it has commands for doing packet exchange over the USB connection.
      we now have the ability to completely take over the boot process from IPL3 and up on the N64, so you could write a loader on the N64 that retrieves the ROM over the USB port and decrypts it using a key retrieved from somewhere, all that would be needed is a small service running on the PC side, perhaps integrated into the emulator to permit a connected console to load the ROM.
      of course it would be a lot of effort to develop, but some in the homebrew scene are looking into it for their own releases with libdragon, to prevent their ROMs being sold on replica carts.

  • @iamlordstarbuilder5595
    @iamlordstarbuilder5595 4 месяца назад

    Thinking about robust magic systems, something that made Mass Effect's biotics systems feel so good and work so well is that the entire system works on one fundamental rule: dump ions into Eezo, create a mass effect field. Mass effect fields manipulate kinetic energy levels by distorting the "mass effect" (space magic buzz word) of a, well, mass. It would be neat to build from scratch a magic system with one simple rule like that.

  • @alixcozmo
    @alixcozmo 3 месяца назад +1

    maybe you've already thought of this but.. would it be possible to do it like doom does? having the game files not be distributed and require you to actually own the game to play?

  • @myaccount6216
    @myaccount6216 3 месяца назад

    To me, your game concept sounds a lot like Magicka, which I loved as I kid, so I'm excited!

  • @NeUrOmAnCeRAI
    @NeUrOmAnCeRAI 3 месяца назад

    Libdragon? I wanted to take some time to introduce our sponsor: Bad Dragon :)

  • @melsbacksfriend
    @melsbacksfriend 3 месяца назад

    Copyright needs to be rewritten from the ground up

  • @adamvolkinshtein1184
    @adamvolkinshtein1184 4 месяца назад

    Floor is Jelly is an ancient game that didn't get as much traction as it deserves. It is extremely pretty, polished and sturdy and its music is paradoxically jaw breaking where the game never received as much popularity as the musician.