Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce Rainbow Sprite Wars for the NDS. a 2D sprite-based shooter. The game is still very early, but I think it's to the point where it's at least fun to play for a few minutes. Still lots and lots of stuff to do...

Thanks to everybody who makes NDS homebrew possible!

Controls:
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* Drag to move
* Tap to shoot
* L to reset game after player collision (lose)
* Start to pause
* Y to show score and debug console
* R to swap screens

I have been working on a small movie player based on work by Eponasoft and nicoco73. I originally intended to make Eponasofts converter a bit quicker, but ended up changing the movie format and adding a couple of extras.

Format-wise it is similar to Eponasoft's media format, using jpg images for the frames and uncompressed audio. It uses ffmpeg to convert the movies, so almost any format can be converted (I have already tested mpg,vob,flv(youtube) anbd a few others. You can skip back and forward using the << and >> buttons and you can seek by tapping the progress bar. Pleas not though, you may need to hold the stylus down for a short period, as a lot of the processing power is taken up by the decoding.

Anyway, I'm having a little trouble getting the timing right (you might hear a slight clicking in the audio), so if anyone wants to help, please do.

Here is the Movie Player with scource and converter, also an Example movie file converted from a youtube clip.

1: "WTF is eAthena??!" -> eAthena is an Server software for Ragnarok (Its a MMORPG, More infos:google is your friend)- It's used on private servers~

Btw: It's not illegal to use eAthena / that client~ ...
The only thing thats mainly illegal on that private servers is, that they're offering the copyright Material of the official Client on their own Patchers...
[Iv just wanted to say that...]

Now, my Project~

during the last time, I've coded on an client for that Server, actually, I've done some progress and I want to know, what you are thinking... I just want to know your oppinion~
+ Something you can read some lines down...

Now, since I can't post screens because it uses Wifi&DLDI, I will offer the "game" (I don't think It can be called a real game atm).


How-To, Add a server to the list:
open server.cfg in an editor, insert the infos that~:
Server: Name : IP : Port ;
!! You must place the : / ; right
Dont remove the ## , since it tels the game to stop reading~

Download: http://uploaded.to/?id=2u011z
Extract to the root of your card
Maps: http://sourceforge.net/project/downl...pack-2.0.5.zip
[It uses the Openkore-Fields] Copy the maps into the ndsro folder, there is also an folder fields, just replace it.


Credits: To Fear, for helping me learning C and to be there for every question I have x)
To everyone who made PAlib~ (even if the only function Iv realy used yet, the Text func were)
Everyone who made the Fieldpack~
Everyone who made eAthena, since it would be much harder without some Sourcecode~

Now, Im actualy thinking of, how to continue~
I want an engine, which can display as much as possible and dont lag the DS... So I think I will leave the Text-based map.
Do you think it would be ok to play such an game on a text-map xP ?

Readme~:
Quote:

Controls:
-On Login:
= ABXY for changing Keyboard color
-On Map
= Select - Enable/Disable Chat
= Start - Options screen - ! MAP UPDATE IS DISABLED WHILE YOU ARE IN THE OPTIONS MENU !
Steps-per-Clik actually is experimental... You should leave it at 1 (or 2 if it lags too much)
= D-Pad - Walk

Implemented:

-Serverlist
-Login
-Server Select
-Char-Select
-Char-Creation
-Display a map
-Chat
-Walking
-Warping [Mapchanging]
- "/" Commands
= /where
= /logount | /lo | /exit
= /sit
= /stand

Since this is the fourth release of this, I've decided to stop calling it "My First Homebrew", as it's actually starting to take shape now and I don't need that excuse anymore

So here's Version 0.4! Main additions in this release:

* A basic stats page has been added to help you keep track of your win/draw/loss record and how many blackjack's you've racked up. These reset when you return to the main menu.

* The background has now been extended over both screens, so the top screen is now no longer just black, which makes it look a lot better IMO.

* The buttons now fade-out when going to the next page to add a bit of polish to the game.

* If the player gets blackjack, the dealer will no longer take any cards (as there's no point!) unless they're on a 10 or an ace in which case they take one more card to check if they have blackjack too.

* General tweaks to the split card system in regards to giving you new cards and how they appear on screen.

* And finally a nice sound effect on button presses, the first piece of audio to make it into a release, hooray!

As I mentioned, there's a lot of transparency now used in the game with the buttons and the white strip behind the player and dealer scores. So make sure the emulator you're playing on supports it or it'll just look weird, but as always I recommend playing on actual hardware for the full experience.

Now, with the background now on the top screen, I had to add some white strips to make the scores visible, which isn't ideal and I don't like the way it looks quite frankly. But this is only temporary, and I have plans for the next release that will mean they won't be needed anymore.

As for that next release, I'll be expanding the stats page, hopefully improving the graphics on the top screen some more and perhaps get some instructions written up so that people unfamiliar with the game can learn to play!

Any feedback is appreciated, hope you enjoy it!