User:Zero/Nomolos
Introduction
I began this project in late 08' when I finally realized what I really wanted to do with programming as a hobby. I realized that making a game for one of the video game consoles I dearly loved as a child would likely motivate me more than anything else. I had a couple of ideas when I was a kid, and partially developed those ideas in QuickBASIC. But now that I'm a little older and wiser I thought it'd be way cooler to put those ideas on a real video game console and actually finish them.
Nomolos is a two-way scrolling action platformer game that borrows elements from Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden and other well known games. It stars an orange cat in armor named Nomolos (this is Solomon backwards, the name of one of my cats), and the setting is renaissance/baroque era. The soundtrack will consist entirely of baroque music by Domenico Scarlatti, but I may throw in a couple of pieces I've written also. My goal is to make a simple and fun game---I have no intention or desire to break new ground with it. I'm all about nostalgia and that "classic" feel.
Overview
- Project owner: Gradualore
- Developer: Gradualore
- Artist: Ravenwolf
- Compiler : CA65
- Sound driver: Gradualore's SoundEngine module
- Soundtrack by: Domenico Scarlatti
- Started on: ~November 08
- Current status: working on it consistently but gradually.
- Expected date: January 2013
- Will make cart: Considering as possibility.
Story
coming soon
Characters
coming soon
Enemies
coming soon
Items
coming soon
Screenshots
2009-12-14
Current status
2010-5-31
Completed refactoring how sprites are stored, both in my graphics editor and in the game engine. Now thanks to UNROM (and some tips from MetalSlime), no sprite data has to be duplicated. A third set of background art has been completed by Ravenwolf. Also, I've been working on an efficient way to compose music for my sound engine. It's looking like the game's first boss might get designed/programmed somewhere in the next few months and maybe if we can get a nice looking title screen in there it will be time for some videos.
