JellyCar for PSP

[Drakon]

"JellyCar is a driving/platforming game for Windows, Xbox360 and iPhone. The game is about driving a squishy car through squishy worlds, trying to reach the exit. The game features soft body physics for all of the objects in the world. Also your car can transform for a limited time to aid progression through the level."

Walaber - walaber.com (http://walaber.com/index.php?action=showitem&id=17)

Today I can proudly present JellyCar for PSP. With permission from Walaber I was able to make nice port of the game to our beloved console.

Well it's not just simple port - game was rewritten from C# to C++ - It took same time...

What will you see in the game:

Soft-body physics!


20 levels to play


Smooth gameplay with 60 fps


Ability to use level editor from PC version to make some new levels


Some screens:
http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jellycar/1.png
http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jellycar/2.png
http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/wp-content/20081105102105_0.png
http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/wp-content/20081105101732_0.png

Game is here : http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jellycar/JellyCar.7z
and here : http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/wp-content/JellyCar.rar
(use 7zip or winrar to open)
Package contains version for PSP Slim and PSP Fat, there is also small readme file with controls - but this should be not a problem ;)

Later I will update topic how to add new maps made with editor :>
This is version 1.0 of the game but there still can me some bugs... I have some plans for version 1.1 (music,better background,more maps... etc.) but I need some time.

Now have a nice play time :)

[GibsonSGKing]

this sounds and looks pretty freaking cool! thx drakon! w00t!

[Drakon]

this sounds and looks pretty freaking cool! thx drakon! w00t!

Thanks :)

Here is the guide - how to add my super map to JellyCar PSP.

First of all we need Level Editor from PC version. You can download pack with game from here : http://walaber.com/index.php?action=showitem&id=17 or only editor from here : http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jellycar/JellyCar_LevelEditor_v1_1_install.rar .

Warning - I've got a message that there are some errors during installation of the editor. In that case try to install Xna Framework Redistributable from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=15fb9169-4a25-4dca-bf40-9c497568f102&displaylang=en . If this will not help - please download version for PC, install game and then try to install level editor.

After installation of the level editor is complete, you will gain access to tutorial on using editor, made by walaber. It's very good tutorial :> Also you can open all maps from JellyCar PSP - they are in Assets/Scenes/ folder, .scene files. It's good idea to check them, how they work and how are they constructed. Try to change them, experiment on them and then make your own special map.

Ok - so you have your super map created in editor, what's next? Use option "Save All" in editor to save whole map in some folder - name it ex. "super_map.scene". Now copy all generated files to Assets/Scenes/ - when you are creating objects try to gave them some unique names.

1/3 of the process is done :>

Now open scene_list.xml in some text editor. This is list of all maps. We need to add our own line ex:

<Scene name="Super Map" file="super_map.scene" thumb="supermap" />
name - name of our map
file - file with our map
thumb - file with image that will be shown in menu

2/3 is done.

Now the image file. It must be .png image, 96x96 pixels size. With name that you declared in scene_list.xml file so here it will be : supermap.png.
Put that file in Assets/Texture/. If you are not artist like me and want nice image from your level do this. Just run the game without that image file of your level - it will be ok. Navigate your map in menu - there will be name but no image.Run map and take screen in the game - use tool like remoteJoy or other (screens in next version...) Now just make your nice miniature from screenshot and put in in Assets/Texture/. Now if you will start the game and navigate in menu to your map you will see name of the map and image.

3/3 done...

I hope that this guide will help... I know that my English is terrible XD
If you have any problems just post them - I will try to answer.

If you make some nice level please send me mail or pm. I will gather them all and put in next release - also i will make small site where all maps will be for download.

[Zack]

Looks awesome :)

Keep up the great work :D

[gamefreak199101]

this is aewsome, great job

[PSPdemon]

Love it... It's been a long time since I've had so much fun playing anything homebrew related. :D

Thanks for a great release and can't wait for the next :)

Thanks for Everything,
PSPdemon

[Buddy4point0]

This game looks great!
Excellent job man, I'll be downloading this right now to check it out.

[sedkiller]

?! JELLY.... CAR !!! houzah !! freakin nice im gonna put this on my psp !

[ICE]

Very nice! I have it on my Ipod right now too :D

[nomi]

AMAZING! It is a great game... commercial quality i must say! but ... lets get a little creative with the name shall we!? anyways.. great game!

[NOCHUCK]

Seems like a pretty cool game. Nice addition to the homebrew scene.

[Buddy4point0]

I really cant wait for the next version with music and backgrounds!
If you need any help with graphics send me a PM.

Oh! and I've got a surprise for you and the game.
I'm about to start on, I know you'll like it :D

[Drakon]

Thanks everyone:)
I'm very happy that game is fun for you all.

@Buddy4point0 - I'm waiting for your surprise :>

[titch.ryan]

looks awesome. i'm downloading now

[Buddy4point0]

Here you go!
I decided to make you a trailer :D
I Hope you like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOLGuQM92g
High Quality >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOLGuQM92g

[TheLostKid]

how can this be free O_O

[dangee]

I decided to make you a trailer :

It looks Amazing, a Jelly-Model Physics game Engine of some kind

[Drakon]

Here you go!
I decided to make you a trailer :D
I Hope you like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOLGuQM92g
High Quality > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOLGuQM92g

Yes - I like it very much :) Thanks :)

for a question from TheLostKid

how can this be free O_O
Because I and Walaber wanted this game to be free. In the first place we were trying to convict Sony to put this game on PSN for free but Sony ad theirs ideas... They mailed back that they currently don't intend to put free stuff (games) on PSN but maybe in near future blablabla(marketing s**t).That's why Microsoft is better - you have free and official sdk for Xbox 360 and you can make even free games :/ But I like PSP and want to make more games for this console ;)

[Flaco_Guey]

Very Cool game found a bug that said i finished catapult level in 5.79 seconds.

[Drakon]

Some small promo images before new version :

http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jelly/jellycarcommingbyshadowyu0.jpg

http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jelly/drunkpatabyshadowbp8.jpg

[Safari Al]

I noticed this on another board. I'm a bit confused, is the car in the promo images the same exact style as the in-car game, or were the eye's and number that just added?

[Drakon]

I noticed this on another board. I'm a bit confused, is the car in the promo images the same exact style as the in-car game, or were the eye's and number that just added?

Now you will be able to make skins for car and this is one of the skins.

[Drakon]

New trailer from 1.1 version ;)
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=BNjOG3cNnrg

[Zack]

Looking great man :)

[Buddy4point0]

Oh my! That's a huge improvement from V1.
Great work man, I can't wait to play it.

[Drakon]

Sorry for small delay but I'm ill.. I hate autumn...

Here it is - JellyCar for PSP ver. 1.1
http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jellycar/JellyCar_1_1.7z(2.6 MB)
http://drakon.xxl-web.pl/jellycar/JellyCar_1_1.rar(5.3 MB)

Changes:

10 new levels
Map reverse - press X while playing
Best jump record - when jumping in the air - jump length will be count.
Car skins - dress car in some nice skin(skins can be easily add by user ;) )
2.5 D - no more flat 2D we are going in 2.5D


How to add your own skins?
You must prepare 4 images - big car,small car,big tire, small tire and put them in Assets/Car_Skins. Next you must add one line to the car_skins.xml ex.

<Skin name="Car 65" chassisSmall="carSmall.png" chassisBig="carBig.png" tireSmall="tireSmall.png" tireBig="tireBig.png" />

and now you will be able to use this skin in game ;)
(I can't contact with person that made skins for me so currently you must use this textures as a reference image. I will provide some clean images to make textures later...)

Qestions:
?Why there is no music?
-Because physic engine is eating cpu too much and I'm not so great coder to make some more optimizations... So additional music was slowing down game too much:/

Known Errors:
-Bad texture in help - currently there is no additional "Select map" in game...
(Like I said earlier I can't contact with my graphic designer now but later I will update package with game)

Ok. Enjoy the game ;)

[dangee]

wobbly jubbly

I searched jellycar to try out PSPtube ultima and there were quite a few vids of the
Iphone version .

A can't think of another game that works as well on both platforms.

[Buddy4point0]

Greatttt work!

[zxxxy18]

This homebrew looks like an umd game!! only minus.. litl bit too small amuont of levels... if there will be more level i can belive its a official sony's game!!

[Alethio]

Hey guys, I've been trying to put this on my PSPSlim.
Both versions will not work, I'm just pasting the SLIM folder into the GAME folder on my PSP, is this right?

[AdamRav]

Hey guys, I've been trying to put this on my PSPSlim.
Both versions will not work, I'm just pasting the SLIM folder into the GAME folder on my PSP, is this right?

Is your PSP homebrew compatible ??

whats your firmware version ?