Hyperion (wip), an indie 2D platformer (SDL game for Windows and GP2X)

[CrawlingPastaHellion]

Looks pretty cool, I might go with SDL as well. I basically have a choice between SDL and Clanlib.

[NukeCorruption]

pretty neat, keep it up!

[Cuteandbrutal]

Nice work , lookinging forward until i can do this:)) inspired

[101MUDman101]

Great Work!

[8BitAdventure]

Very good.

[bytegrove]

@8BitAdventure Thanks!

[LosEagle]

Can you write manager game in SDL (C language)? Btw your game looks good :)

[AndyHarglesis]

I wrote a game better than this in Flat Assembler 1.2.

[bytegrove]

@AndyHarglesis ok

[AndyHarglesis]

Sucks, basically. Needs a HELLA lot of work. :P

Check my game out.

[bytegrove]

@AndyHarglesis no

[Spirrwell]

Nice, needs a very minor tweak in some collision detection like when jumping onto a platform, and there needs to be some minor work on the animation. The character just looks... out of place, but nonetheless it is a great flex in your programming muscles. I've been using XNA for a while in C#, but I want to go back to Allegro, but I know that SDL is OpenGL, which I would want for multiplatform capability. Have you worked with any particle system yet? I'd like to know how hard it is to implement.

[bytegrove]

@Spirrwell Hi, thank you for your feedback. I haven't used SDL since this video was posted, so I never got to implement particles. I've instead been experimenting with various engines and languages, mostly as a part of my education.

[Spirrwell]

@bytegrove Ah, I see. I understand, I'm fifteen years old, and I've been studying since I was eight years old, and only in the past one or two years have I actually been able to understand it all. The complex programming terminology threw me off back then, but math comes naturally to me. Good luck and keep up the good work!

[pufixas]

how did you do the graphics?...

Looks awesome...

[bytegrove]

@pufixas The animations were done using 3d models rendered at a super low resolution. :P The background and level tiles were made in paint and photoshop.

[pufixas]

@bytegrove

Thanks for reply.

I love your game, though. Play it like every day :D

[bytegrove]

@pufixas Wow, that's great to hear! :) Thanks!

[SheWasAlmost18]

How long did it take you to fully make this game from scratch?

[bytegrove]

@SheWasAlmost18:

I worked on and off on it for about 2 months. I think making the level editor took the longest.

[SheWasAlmost18]

@bytegrove Cool! I have a competition in like 7 months and I need to learn how to make a good game so I went with SDL

[bytegrove]

@SheWasAlmost18 Best of luck then! :) I can recommend lazyfoo (dot) net for learning SDL.

[lucirz]

@bytegrove what site did u use to learn this? i would like to learn. also did you learn how to make the level editor yourself or read it somewhere? thanks

[bytegrove]

@lucirz For tutorials on SDL, I recommend: lazyfoo (dot) net

As for the level editor, I knew what features I wanted so I implemented those, but I bet there are some good tutorials on that subject as well. ;)

[eliteveteran]

is your name 'graham' by any chance?

[rodentwizard]

I really like this project. Your graphics are really good. The theme is excellent its got a retro feel to it that works really well.

[Noctokage]

The music reminds me of Zombies Ate My Neighbors. xD

[Donutslayer7]

That's really nice animations and a smooth level editor.

So is it ported to the GP2X-Wiz or only the GP2X?

[phlogios]

halo

ples can say how made u these?

can i also make 3d game

were u found totorial

thank in advanced

[DusteDdekay]

I love the graphics in this one, very oldskool, very nicely done :)

[adultgames1]

nice looking game do you have tutorials on how you made it

[adrianisen]

Cool! :DD Love the coding but the graphics needs some more work in my opinion :)

[Thecommet]

This is great! I like the style! :) Any chance you will be adding more attacks?

The level editor looks cool, and I like how the aliens splat around when you kill them :P

I would give you 5/5, but I have no idea what google did with youtube's rating system... I suppose it's the "like" button?

TheComet

[bytegrove]

@Thecommet

Thanks! :) When I get tired of working on soulhunter I work on this instead and vice versa. Yup, I'll add more weapons! :)

Yeah, they updated YouTube and replaced the star rating system with like/dislike. :P

[sil3nt9]

hey there, what kind of map/level editor did you use and how did you impletement it with SDL?

[bytegrove]

@sil3nt9

I made my own level editor ( @1:01 in the video). The editor was made with SDL as well and it can be accessed from the game's main menu.

[sil3nt9]

@bytegrove ah nice, how'd you get everything running?. Any tutorials on the subject?.

[Sweemoo]

good shit man. pretty cool, reminds me of that space viking game you were working on. this game looks really polished man, very skillful.