XCom DS

News of a new project by blue_knight

Has anyone started an XCom 1 clone for DS?
I ask because I've been working on an X-Com clone. It's a clone because I am not using the original source code but will be as close to the original as possible including using the original game data.

I can currently load MAP,PCK,TAB,MCD and LBM files, can load in and create tilesets, render Battlescape maps (where each 10x10 or 20x20 area is randomly chosen from a set of maps depending on terrain type) with up to 4 height layers (the same as the original game) and of course show vehicles like the Avenger and UFO's.

Anyway you can currently show different heights (which displays like the original game) and scroll around the maps with either the d-pad or by touching near the screen boundaries. Animating tiles work and I'm currently working on doors and such. Here are some cheesy JPG screenshots running in an emulator (it works on the real hardware too):

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...t66/XCom5C.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...t66/XCom6C.jpg

Lighting and "fog of war" are not in yet and the top screen is currently used for debugging but will be used (most likely) to display the map. Since I'm using the GPU as a fast hardware blitter, lighting/"fog of war" will be pretty easy and shouldn't have any impact on speed.

If he gets this fully playable
I will kiss* him!



*no actual kissing will be involved

OMG!Guy you're so cool!This is so...
AWESOME!

X-COM on the DS would be amazing. Thanks for taking on this project.

Seriously, after ScummVM DS, this is my most wished for DS project. I will be watching this with great interest.

X-Com was brilliant! The combat simultions would be cool on the DS! Mix it in with all the base-building and researching bits, this would be an AWESOME homebrew project!

Is the code a complete re-write, or are you porting it?

wow wow wow.

Did I say wow?

:thumbup:

One of my all time favorite games - so many hours of my youth spent on this game :D

blue_knight if you EVER EVER EVER give up on this project I will hire a hitman to kill you!

And if it wasn't obvious, that was supposed to be encouragement :P

Neways please DO complete this, being able to play this on the go will be friggin awesome, I'd REALLY be able to relieve my childhood (LOL)

Next thing you know we'll see more Amiga games get ported (Super Cars 2 with wireless multiplay? ZOMG?!)

Maybe he can even take this a step further and allow players to go vs each other. One controls Humans the other the Aliens if this is the case most likely provide some form of multiplayer save so players can go back and continue their match.

"And here I have a rare and valuable copy of..."

"OMGWTF!!! 11Torrent plz!!!"

Now seriously, if you can pull this of that would be FANTASTIC!

Chaos Engine?!! Aga..?! ;)))