User:MetalSlime/Ramses Game

Introduction

Ramses Game is a homebrew whose gameplay is based loosely on a Dragon Quest 5 (DS) minigame called Slime Smack.

Overview

• Project owner: MetalSlime (aka tummai)
• Developer: MetalSlime
• "Artist": MetalSlime
• Music: MetalSlime
• Compiler : CA65
• Mapper: UNROM (may be downgraded)
• Started on: ~July 09
• Current status: making progress
• Expected date: January 2012
• Will make cart: Yes, if possible!

Story

Ramses (the hero) was kidnapped from his home by space pirates and sold at a slave auction in the Artajian system to a cruel master named Bonehammer. Now he finds himself on a monster-infested planet, trapped in a strange prison with a bomb strapped to his chest. He sees a hammer in the corner of the room. Curious, he picks up the hammer and the game for his life begins…

Gameplay

Ramses Game is based on a Dragon Quest 5 (DS) minigame called Slime Smack, which is basically a touch-pen Whack-a-mole game with slimes. There is a game board with several holes. Monsters come out of the holes and you have to whack them in a specific order before the timer runs out.

The NES doesn't have a touch-pen, so each hole is assigned a button combination (up+A, down+A, left+A, right+A, etc). Pressing a combination whacks the corresponding hole.

Characters

• Ramses - good guy
• Bonehammer - not so good guy

Enemies

Ramses Game will have several different monster types with different stats and speeds, requiring the player to do some quick-thinking problem solving to whack them all in the correct sequence before time runs out.

If I can figure out a good way to work them in, I'd like to have bosses too.

Screenshots

Coming soon

Video Journal

These youtube videos will track the game's progress from start to finish.

• Ramses Game Video 1
• Ramses Game Video 2
• Ramses Game Video 3
• Ramses Game Video 4

Current status

2010-11-26

• Button-combos work. Holes get whacked.
• Random sequences show up at the top of the game board.
• Sound engine is in.
• Monsters populate open holes randomly in RAM.
• Monsters appear in holes. Whacking hurts and kills them
• Scripts and animation.
• Music
• *NEW*: Multiple levels
• *NEW*: Stat screen
• *NEW*: Score/points
• *NEW*: Background art.

Next up: Boss battles.

External Links

• Metal Slime's dev blog
• Video of Slime Smack - the minigame that inspired this homebrew.