I had mentioned in my last post that I’m working on NES home brew as a side hobby. I started work on a game called Super Drac 3000. The idea is simply, you are a vampire getting blood packs and avoiding light. I’m going to expand on this idea thanks to a code error I made. If I do it right, you should be able to turn lights off/on. So click the link below and watch a short video for an early build.
I’ve been messing off and on with sweet little app called NESmaker off and on since last summer. It’s a fairly easy way to build an old school 8-bit Nintendo game, that with the right hardware can be played on real hardware. I’ve been dabbling in ROM hacks for years, my first attempt was a drunk party idea called “Super Queef”. I took the original Mario bros NES game and turned Mario and Luigi from two plumbers cleaning out the sewers of turtles, in to two girls in their underwear stomping dicks for coins click here to download the rom
However till recently I have never scratch built my own game… It’s a combo of time, and not fully grasping how to get a NES Rom file compiled. I spent 4 months out of work thanks to the pandemic and a boss who didn’t care for being told off. I got bored as hell while trying to find a job. That lead me down a lot of rabbit holes, and eventually on to an awesome program called NESmaker. It is a super easy way to build a home brew NES app, and it comes with a few neat tools to export ROM files to REAL carts that can be played on a real Nintendo. While It’s not a free program, I’m okay with that . It comes at an advantage over free open source stuff. There’s real support for software issues. There is also a HUGE community to support any game making endeavors. If you want to try NES home brew, I can NOT recommend them enough. Hit their logo to check them out.
This leads me to my current brain break for the night. I’ve made several overly over the top game prototypes since last summer that are really just way to much to start the path of home brew game development. I’ve decided to give it another go, but keep it simple this time. I’m now working on a 2-D Mario style side scrolling game, I’ve named “Super Drac 3000”. the idea will be avoid hunters\things that can kill a vampire, collect blood bags, avoid light, and maybe find true love? I tossed together a very glitchy quick and dirty demo, and here a screen shot from that demo. .I’ll post a WIP version of the game as soon as I have something playable.