Denial

Hello All,

4 coding days and this most unique game is "ready".. I am sorry.. do not hit me

Name: ViccyBird
Author: Misfit
Released: 06.03.2014
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Joystick.
Description: A stupid Flappy Bird clone for VIC
Tested : VICE 2.4 and real VIC (PAL)
Download : PRG (version updated 7.3.2014)

I hate this game

Video (youtube)

Incredible momentum for new VIC games! Who would have bet there was another flame waiting to burn afer batch of last September?

The game seems very good, but I can't get past the first gate, sooooo.... I'll wait for someone to try it before asking how to play .

My hiscore is 11.
arghh.. one more time

I so can't get through the first gate. Maybe it's the beer… %)

This game made me smile Thanks!

Good effort, but it's a LOT harder than the C64/Android versions. I can't get past the first post.

ok,

Maybe it was too hard. I made few fixes and now it's easier.

I tried the two on the C64 and they have some logic, if you flap a lot it will go up...

This seems more like bouncy bird and you can increase the height of the bounce... I tried a few runs, wasn't able to master the controls - at least not in VICE.

Technically impressive, I like the scrolling. However the game is ridiculously hard, even harder than the original game. In the VIC-version the bird goes higher the longer you press the button. In the original it goes a fixed height for each button press, no matter how long you hold the button. This is still more than hard enough. I rarely get even ONE point on Viccy Bird. Maybe you can get it to the "original" behavior (which also means you die when hitting the ground).

I tested c64 version again and yes. My mistake. Fixed height feature added.
Thank you for testing..

Nice! That's a lot more playable now. Thanks.

I've just had a little fun playing with the background by typing:

POKE 6339, 16 * Background-color + 8

before RUNning. Value 232 (light blue) looks good. 56 (cyan) looks like original day on Android if a little too bright on the VIC. Original value 104 (blue) looks most like night on Android. I've noticed on the original the color of the bird itself changes a little from game to game (red, yellow and blue). Did you try using a multicolor "sprite" on the VIC. The hires-bird looks pretty close the original, not sure how much the wider multicolor-pixels would destroy that.

New version updated. Few minor fixes etc.

I tested different background colours and I think that dark background is best when "sprite" has 1 bright color.
If I would use multicolor "sprite" It would need more pixels.

Good work...

That's a lot more playable now. Managed to get a whole 5 points !

Being picky here, but if you did want to take it any further...

- would be nice to have a similar white noise to the original as the sound doesn't sound very mich like flapping
- seems a little bit of lag between pressing the button and it flapping?
- animation of the bird falling to the ground when you die would be nice
- no bell when passing a column

Okay,

I updated sounds and "bell" added.

I tested it with real VIC and I have to say that VICE is harder than real HW + joystick.

hiscore = 14

Getting better.....

Main issue now I think is that if you press and hold down the button it flaps multiple times. This sometimes pushes you into the columns and kills you, if you hold down a little longer than intended.

Can you put a lockout in so you have to release and repress the button for each flap?

[Edit - above issue is due to Vice/XBOX 360 Controller combo ONLY]

Once again thanks. Great work....