I made an original game for RetroPie

Silent

Actually, how many games like this RetroPie has already? Maybe it's time to split them into a separate category (like "games" instead of "optional") so they don't mix up with optional emulators and software like scrapers?

herb_fargus

@Rincewind I have a suggestion. Replace all the birds with poop emojis and the pipes with toilets. Then you can rename it super floppy turds.

Rincewind

@Ronoh55 I am glad you enjoyed it :D

I have actually thought about doing that, but I wasn't sure what to do in the case of a multiplayer game. Should I wait for input from at least one player, or all players before the pipes start moving? I think I might implement the former and see what that is like.

I think getting a few points in a row without flapping isn't that big of a deal, let me illustrate:

pipe opening range (R) := 120px
gap between pipes (G) := 60px
player height (H) := 12px

Let the probability of going through a pipe without moving be Z:
∴ Z = (G-H)/(R)
Z = 48 / 120 = 40%

So to get 5 points in a row without flapping it would be a 1% chance (Z^5), or 1 in 100 games.

I am fairly confident that the average player can get a score of higher than 5 without too much practice. I think it also adds a bit of excitement that you managed to get a run that gave you a few points for free.

pjft

@Rincewind Well, this is awesome - congrats and thank you for sharing! What a fun way to learn the libretro framework and develop your own game engine!

I'll install it today. It's always great to have simple party games, both for the kids as well as for the non-gamer audiences. :) And it's also a great arcade-like game for the rest of us, so thank you!

Rincewind

@herb_fargus I was thinking about making the game skin-able with texture packs. So maybe someone could make a Crappy Flappy game ;)

pjft

I scraped it in screenscraper and nothing showed up, as expected. Hope it counts towards the number you're trying to get to :)

Any chance you'd share the metadata somewhere so I can edit mine manually? I'm kind of OCD around that.

Rincewind

@pjft I am exacly the same way :)

This is what I intend to add to screenscraper.fr:
Developer: Courtney Pitcher
Publisher: Courtney Pitcher
Release date: 5 February 2019
Genre: Arcade
Players: 8
Description: Super Flappy Birds is a multiplayer clone of the game Flappy Bird by Dong Nguyen. The goal is to fly through more pipes, without crashing, than your friends.
Box Cover Image: gimp file
Box Side Image: gimp file
Logo Image: gimp file
Screenshot: png

pjft

@Rincewind I played a few rounds, it's quite fun, and it stores high-scores which is great!

I can imagine that, if you'd be thinking of investing in it further, there'd be fun things to try out with a Flappy Birds-like game turned into party game.

Thanks for sharing the metadata - would you have a video in mind to upload as well? If not, I'll work around it, no worries :)

Thanks.

Rincewind

@pjft If you can think of any gameplay suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.

I don't have a video, sorry. I tried using OBS to record it on my desktop, but it came out quite badly. If you want to record gameplay, I will happily upload your video to screenscraper once I am allowed to.

pjft

@Rincewind I was thinking of @herb_fargus 's method:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10772/take-and-scrape-your-own-videos

hhromic

@Rincewind congratulations!
Super Flappy Birds is now officially in RetroPie in the experimental packages!

Hope you keep improving the game ;) Cheers!

Rincewind

@hhromic I saw that, I am quite excited.

pjft

@Rincewind just to let you know, today's build is broken - the game crashes after selecting the number of players. Yesterday's binary was fine :)

robertvb83

@pjft said in I made an original game for RetroPie:

@Rincewind just to let you know, today's build is broken - the game crashes after selecting the number of players. Yesterday's binary was fine :)

I am glad to find thats not me... same here

Rincewind

@pjft @robertvb83 I have undone my changes and tested, the game now works.

I am sorry I uploaded a change that broke the game, but the change I made was not to the code so I didn't bother testing it. This is a very strange bug.

robertvb83

@Rincewind now its working.

I think everyone has played this game or a clone. I played such games a thousand times. Now i just tested this with my wife and it was simply just fun. Never had this fun factor with any other clone of this.

I think multiplayer is really making a huge difference plus its a total no brainer. Everyone can join without learning, especially kids.

This is a gem, thanks a lot! I will scrape this later today.

Rincewind

@robertvb83 Thanks so much :) I am quite happy that the feedback has been so positive.

pjft

@Rincewind It's super. I did not forget in any way your comment for me to share ideas for the game.

I'll gladly write them down in the coming days - feel free to dismiss them at will, really. Ideas are a dime a dozen, and I respect that. :) But yes, I'll send some thoughts your way. I'll probably put together a Google doc with it, just for ease of updating and sharing.

robertvb83

@Rincewind I like highscores and also an attract mode with a highscore table. And this game is an absolute highscore hunting thing and i think it would be cool if you could implement a sophisticated highscore system where players can enter their initials and a highscore table displayed after a round or as attract mode.

I have no idea what this means coding wise and what effort this means, just an idea really

hhromic

@Rincewind said in I made an original game for RetroPie:

@pjft @robertvb83 I have undone my changes and tested, the game now works.

I am sorry I uploaded a change that broke the game, but the change I made was not to the code so I didn't bother testing it. This is a very strange bug.

I suggest you to start using git branches in your development workflow. When you want to work on a new feature, simply create a new branch for it and do/undo all you need. It won't affect current installations. When you are happy with your new features (and tested!), you can merge it all back to master in one operation. Also, as a goodie, it is relatively easy to instruct users to test particular branches before they go live (a one-line temporary change to the scriptmodule).