Hunchback Remake

Hello,
You can find my Blitz remake of Ocean's Hunchback here:
http://www.retroremakes.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=8517

Heh, that brings back memories. ;)

The first game I played on C64

Nice.

Though I couldn't get past the second level.

Please convert all bmp to png.
Also I would create a single exe file (with all media) for easier distribution.

I remember this. Not seen it for years.

Thanks for comments, this is my first game and I would definitely like to shrink GFX size etc. However, I had trouble with other graphic formats so stuck with bmp's.
Also, how do you put everything into a single file?
Any help much appreciated.

There are some packers here:

http://www.blitzbasic.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?cat=10

Use Blitz Media Linker - it's great. ;)

cool, I remember this on the BBC micro. Will try out later. Screenshot in this thread too might be nice :-)

Good game, good graphics, good SFX, but can't get past the second level coz Hunchy won't grab the swing rope.

[edit] Extremely good game, now that I have figured out how to get past the second level. The Roman that tries to catch Hunchy, reminds me of Sid James from the Carry On Films.[/edit]

had a play nice. quite hard, the rope is bitchin' pixel perfect stuff.

Excellent freeware remake of a classic original.

I look forward to what you come up with in future mate, you are cooking with gas.

got to around level 10, very nice.

Have converted Gfx to PNG's & Sfx to MP3's, shrinking file from 3.79 Mb to 1.99 Mb! (zipped)

Hunchback used to be one of my favourite games.

Your remake is really nice!
Good graphics and good old traditional gameplay.

I was going to do a remake of HB some time back.
In fact, heres some bendy rope code you might want to play with ..

' Swinging Rope
' ===================

SuperStrict
Framework BRL.GLMax2D

' Setup & initialise variables
Const sw% = 640, sh% = 400		' display dimensions

Type ropeType
	Field ropeX#, ropeY#			' ropes x/y anchor point
	Field length#					' length of rope
	Field speed#					' ropes speed
	Field accel!					' ropes acceleration
	Field ropebend#				' increase to reduce amount of bend#
	Field ropemid# = 90			' middle resting direction (Try 270!)
	Field angle# = ropemid + 5	' initial starting angle
	Field ropedir% = 1			' ropes direction -1 or 1 for left/right
	'
	Method Params(rx#,ry#,ln#, rspeed#,racc!,rbend#)
		ropeX=rx ; ropeY=ry ; length=ln
		speed=rspeed ; accel=racc ; ropebend=rbend
	End Method
	'
	Method Draw()
		Local ropePX# , ropePY#
		If angle < ropemid
	  		speed:+(accel*ropedir)
		Else
	  		speed:-(accel*ropedir)
		End If
		angle=angle+speed*ropedir
		If speed<.01
			ropedir=-ropedir ; speed=0.0
		EndIf
		SetColor 200,172,7
		For Local rad%=1 To length Step 7
			Local bend#=(angle-ropemid)/ropebend
	  		Local ang#=angle+bend*rad
			ropePX#=ropeX#+Cos(ang)*rad 
			ropePY#=ropeY#+Sin(ang)*rad
			DrawOval ropePX,ropePY,8,12
		Next
		' the bottom End of the rope
		SetColor 10,50,10
		DrawOval ropepx,ropepy,10,11
	End Method
End Type


Global rope:ropeType=New ropeType


' set ropes position and swing behaviour
' Params =   X     Y    Length  SwingSpeed  SwingAcceleration   BendRestiction

rope.Params sw/2, sh/4,  sw/3,    1.6,           0.054,              376


              
' display settings
AppTitle="Swinging Rope"
SetGraphicsDriver GLMax2DDriver()
Graphics sw,sh,0,40
SetClsColor 14,97,40

' Main loop
While Not KeyHit(KEY_ESCAPE)
	Cls
	rope.Draw
	Flip
Wend

End

Play around with the parameter settings (line 57) to affect the ropes attributes.

Somebody mentioned putting a screenshot in this thread, a great idea however, I have no idea how you do this! Could somebody give me a few tips! (Cheers)

P.S. thanks to Jim Brown for rope code.

You need somewhere to host the image, I guess you have your own webspace? Then simply type/paste the url into your post and it should appear.

Thanks Matty, Screenshot now added!

Hunchback been rated 'Remake of the month' in Retro Gamer 38 - Yaay!