Ever since I first started talking about videogame hacking – back during my undergraduate degree at Ryerson University – the first question folks have asked me about my practice is invariably “have you played Super Mario Clouds?” Super Mario Clouds is, of course, Cory Arcangel’s famous art installation, which ostensibly strips away every single element from the NES...
Following a short winter hiatus, I have resumed production on Unearthed. I was forced to take some time off during the holidays (and an ill-timed move), but I’m now fully entrenched in the “actual game build” portion of development. As seen above, I’ve been having a lot of fun with NPC movement and script-writing. The first two areas of the game (Glensborough and Rocky Slalom) are both...
On Wednesday October 26 at 8:00pm(EST), I was joined by the Starmen.net community on Twitch to play Toby Fox’s Halloween Hack! It was all part of the 2016 Halloween Funfest, and we had a great time playing through the fun (although extremely morbid) EarthBound mod. You can watch the full stream on YouTube, below. As an added bonus, I showed off the first 20-30 minutes of my EarthBound game hack...
On Wednesday October 26 at 8:00pm(EST), join me and the Starmen.net community on Twitch as we play Toby Fox’s Halloween Hack! It’s all part of the 2016 Halloween Funfest. Also known as Press the B Button, Stupid!, this game is an award-winning ROM hack fan sequel of the 1995 cult-classic-role-playing-video-game EarthBound. In addition to being one of the most famous EarthBound hacks...
After shying away from it for months, I’m finally putting together a Twitch stream for Unearthed! Tune into my channel on Thursday June 23 at 9:00pm(EST) to see new game features, ask questions about the hack’s development, and see my cats be general nuisances. The stream will put the spotlight on new game elements, including: New overworld and battle music. New enemies, abilities, and battle...
Just a quick update for all of you peoples who have been asking me about Unearthed. All of the battle backgrounds have be integrated into Unearthed, and I have assigned them to individual enemy groups. This is a (belated) follow-up to my April post regarding the creation of 150 new battle backgrounds. Matching up battle backgrounds to about 260 individual enemy groups was a bit tedious, but it is...
The coding for multiple use items is now done! This has been a long time coming, and I’m rather pleased with the results. Through the use of an item called a Staple Gun, I’ve demonstrated how this code can be used to give an item “charges” that can be diminished or replenished. Patch Notes Created working code for multiple-use items. Implemented Staple Gun and Pack of...
I was so very productive this week that it makes my brain hurt. With the help of a bevy of hackers, I managed to finish up the blue magic system. I also completed the animations and text for all of ISAAC’s abilities. Check out a video of the former accomplishment below. Patch Notes Adjusted game’s battle action, psi ability, and psitext documents to accommodate some additional...