Edoropolis Emporium

Hello. This is my project of nonprofitable Samurai Pizza Cats Game. This Year I became student of Technology in Digital Gaming, so I took this old project and I'm developing it again. Hope Y'all like it and maybe help me out with things that I'm not good at, like drawing sprites, writing a story and composing a Soundtrack.

Latest version (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDVVh6OGxMODlIcUk/edit?usp=sharing)

How to start:

1-Unzip



2-(main folder)/Nyankii is forever.exe

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Game menu:

↓ ↑ - moves cursor
Z/X/C- Select

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How to play:

Z - jumps
← → - moves
↓ - crouches
Jumping while crouched will give you bônus height
↑ - climb walls when hanging on the edge
C - Melee attack.
X - activates Special Move:

 ;) -> Higher walljump. No special yet.

 ;] -> Can throw shurikens that broke glass blocks.

 =] -> Can fall slower by using his umbrella. Can also use it as a shield when in ground (and standing still)

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Status:

Physics	-	90%
Screen	-	80%
Background	-	90%
Background	-	0%
Character Sprites	-	90%
Character Sprites	-	0%
Actions	-Main focus atm-	80%
Common Enemies	-	20%
Common Enemies Sprites	-	0%
Bosses	-	0%
Bosses Sprites	-	0%
Lvl Design	-	0%
Menu	-	75%
Menu	-	0%
Story and Text	-	15%
Sound and music	-	80%
Sound and music	-	50%
Setup	-	0%
Setup	-	0%
Configuration Save/Load	-	0%

*Logic
*Graphics
*Other

Hello! Glad to hear you are still working on this :)

Putting the SDL.dll into system32 gave me an error message^*, but I got the game to run by putting SDL.dll into the \new_game\bin\Debug folder. (I am on Windows 7 64bit if that makes any difference). After that, everything worked.

_{*The program can't start because SDL.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.}

Yes, putting the dll in the same folder that the EXE works as well.  :D

Any chance you may switch to Python? It would really speed up things.

How would Python speed things up? You mean shorter development time?

I don't know anything about phyton, but I'll read about it. Things are really slow now 'cause Im full of work and things to study and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... But do not fear, I still developing and planning this game, haha.

Hey Guys. Do you remember me?

Yeah, been incredible busy lately, but almost a month ago I've started to develop this thing again. And I can't stop now. It's addictive.

I am here to drop some videos of the progress I'm doing and to "recruit" some of you that want to contribute.

You know, I like to program, but I am an awful drawer and I just can't write a good enough story for this game. And here I am thinking that some of you would like to share your skills in this project. Maybe...? Pretty please...?  :-\

Well, abot the videos:

Speedy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJxfOK5TYJI
Polly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTDjB7VuzSA
Guido:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V52yC2Boo

Hey, another active poster!  Anyway, I'm excited to see you're working on it, hopefully some other posters will come to life when they see some new content being added.  I know zilch about programming and can't draw, though...

Hello again. Just uploaded the more recent version of the project. Just unzip and open the shortcut in the main folder. You can download it here (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDejJCbl81dFJVQUE/edit)

"Z" jumps,   ← → moves, ↓  crouches.

Jumping while crouched will give you bônus height.

you can climb walls when hanging on the edge by pressing ↑

"X" activates Special Move:

 ;) -> Higher walljump. No special yet.

 ;] -> Can throw shurikens that broke glass blocks.

 =] -> Can fall slower by using his umbrella.

PS: Just 1 level. Level 2 = level 1 with another name (unkown)
PS²: Some of Guido's sprites are, in fact, Polly's. That's because all sprites are provisory and I'm lazy.

BÔNUS TIME:

Video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_4JIPHPRGc

New day, new version. Slow progress today, but anyway link for download here (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDRDNQVGtzNmlvLTg/edit).

Today's package:
Bug correction
First steps in enemy AI

No videos today. I'm tired.

Still waiting for some feedback.

New video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82w-Mn5EPC4

Just developing enemy AI, Melee attack, as well as correcting some bugs.

Just that for today. Still waiting some feedback from you guys.

Hello Matt!

Just downloaded this latest version, and it all works here. One thing I spotted was the screen shifting a bit when a crouching. I'll play about a bit more, but it all looks good.

Matt, there probably is no way to get this game running under Linux, is there?  I don't use Windows and tried it with Wine, but to no avail.  I wonder how old of a PC it would run on; I still have my old Windows 98 PC for nostalgia's sake, maybe I should fire it up?

Hello! Glad you like it. I'll try to change that. Thanks for the feedback.


Well... I can't say for sure, but I think almost any PC will run this game. I don't think it needs any big graphic processing or anything.

Also, well... I've read somewhere that SDL, the library I'm using for this game, works on linux too. I'll search more info and see what I can do.

Hello again. New version is up. download it here (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDZXE3Wm45cEM2YzA/edit).

Worked a bit on background movement and added 2 layers of background. I like the resulting "depth" feeling. Would really appreciate if someone could try it.
Also developed a "melee" attack for all cats. Use "c" in the keyboard.
Plus:  =] now can use his umbrella as a shield.

ALSO:

For linux users:

download the Runtime Library that will work with your linux:

http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php (http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php)

Install it using your package manager. For instance, app-get (sudo apt-get install libsdlx.y-dev)

profit!  ;]

Small update:

here (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDb1BiTng3LTkxeVE/edit)

Now 4 background layers.

Love the background! And (with a clear run) Polly is so fast she can outrun her own shuriken, but I kind of like that as well  :D

Matt, tried it and it works (I'm just glad I gave up on Gentoo and ended up choosing Debian, which uses apt-get!).  I will play through it when I get off of work later and give you some much deserved feedback/kudos. ;)

I'm really happy it worked for both of you. That boost my confidence in C++ instead of the old Delphi that had so much issues. Thank you for your feedback.

Also, big news: I'm reading an article right now and maybe, just maybe, I could compile this game for iOS (that uses C# instead of C++ but still. SDL is really flexible).

Unfortunately, Android is out of question for now. It would need a complete C++ -> Java transcription. Big and slow work, but maybe in a long, distant future...

New update AND video. Here. (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDLXRNWVRyYVBIbEE/edit)

Music by Felineki  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi1UOK5ChvA

btw, if you can't see the video, try opening directly in my Youtube channel  (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLFSHYnTQuZDuazT1VMXd4w)

Matt, I just got done playing through it and wanted to give you a bit of feedback, though really it's all positive.  The physics are off just a tad, I think, but I have no idea how hard that is correct.  It plays a lot like an early Mega Man/Rockman game in a way, because everything feels kind of slow (as was mentioned with Polly's shuriken).  So I guess my suggestion would be to take it from NES Rockman to SNES Rockman, and you're good to go. 

I did have a suggestion for how you could develop it, if you think it's possible, though.  Since you seem to have the sprites and the physics down, do you think you could add a few new character sprites and make a multiplayer fighting game option?  Basically, a 2D sprite based Super Smash Bros. with Pizza Cat characters?  I have no idea as to how difficult it is, but I think we could definitely get some of the posters playing in an online battle royale style game.  I would think maybe 8 playable characters would be plenty, and of course some more attacks and items you could use in combat.  One thing that would be easier is that you wouldn't have to create elaborate level designs, just get the fighting space down and your'e good to go.  I know that emulators like MAME support online play, so maybe you could sync it up with an emulator like that to make it smoother?  Just an idea, forgive me if it's an insane suggestion.

Thanks for testing, believe me, it means a lot. About what you said:

1- Physics.
I was thinking about what you said and trying to understand the exact feeling of what you mean. I've never played the classic megaman, so I just watched some videos to mentally compare it with what I know of the physics of the X Series (that I've played a lot).

-Vertical - Maybe is a question of gravity acceleration? Looks like the old megaman jumps almost the same high as X, but falls faster and keeps speeding up for some time. X falls slower and just looks like it have a limitation in his falling speed.

-Horizontal - I'm trying to do something that looks like a Sonic game. The character starts slowly but can speed up a lot.

Also, maybe I could fix the feeling of slow motion. I'm trying to enable hardware acceleration, instead of just software.

2-SAMURAI SMASH BROSSSSSSS
Although I LOVE the idea of an online fighting SPC game, that was not the initial idea. I will, of course, try to figure it as a "Multiplayer" mode, but I am still starting on this "game developing" thing and I don't know anything about multi-machine developing.

I'm not saying I won't do it. I will. Just not so soon.

PS: All the sprites are just temporary. I just take the old 32x21 sprites of the old famicon game and "stretched" them to fit 96x64. I plan on doing (or asking someone with more skills to do) brand new sprites.

PS²: New video. I won't put this new update online because its so small its irrelevant. Anyway, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH6mF5DgRs4

And, for you that are having trouble with embedded video, here is the direct link: this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH6mF5DgRs4&feature=youtu.be)

Just to inform that I've started the trully development of the GAME now, seeing that the engine itself is almost done. Now I'll try to figure a good plot, drawn some sprites, build some maps and adjust some configurations. Now the work will be slower and there will be less updates, but I'll still be working on that daily.

Oh, and I've just come up with a name for the game:

"Nyankii is Forever!"

Thank you for your hard work; i look forward to see the progress of this project!!

Yaaay, new updaaate!

I've worked hard to make it windowed 832x640, so it runs smoother and all. Also, now you have 2 complete (ok, almost complete) levels to explore. Please, try it and let me know what you think...

download here (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDWDJKNTl2ME5vNk0/edit?usp=sharing)

update 08/02/2013 09:10.

Download. (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDUGdqak03Y24taXc/edit?usp=sharing)

yeah.

and video. Cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46zOMCciPPc

Great work, Matt.  I'm playing around with the update, and I wanted to try and better explain what I meant about the physics.  The video shows it pretty well, but basically the character movement speed changes depending on the situation.  This was what I meant about Megaman; when Speedy and Poly jump against walls, it's kind of a slower, delayed reaction (a la early Megaman).  When they run, the pace picks up and feels like it's out of a different game (like Mega Man X, which had super fast wall jumping).  So I guess the jumping physics are more like NES Megaman.

Maybe a better analogy is this:  The jumping physics are very Mario-esque, while basic character movement is very much like a classic Sonic game.  I really hope that makes sense!

Hello. New update today. Nothing great, just still trying to figure the best physics for this game. I am moving now, going to live with some friends in a new city to study there. I'll be very busy this next weeks, so don't wait for a new update. Chances are I'll be able to develop again due march.

Anyway, here is the update download (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDdzBIRHB2c0hnSkU/edit?usp=sharing)

Funny thing I've got some spare time today and have done all the configurations menu. Here is the update for today:

20/02/2013 (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDVVh6OGxMODlIcUk/edit?usp=sharing)

now you can toggle between windowed and fullscreen mode, activate or deactivate software and hardware acceleration and adjust sound and music volume.

Boy oh boy, looks like I work better under pressure, heh.

  Well, looks like the good and old windows stopped supporting individual midi volume configuration since W Vista. That give me two options: Install a new library, learn how to use it correctly and change every single line of code that involved midi music in the game and hope it still work in other plataforms like linux and mac OR modify all midi file into wav files.

  I've taken the second option, although it gave a considerable boost in the whole game size (every ~20KB midi now is a ~14MB wav file), all the music is loaded faster and the volume adjustment is working again.

blah blah blah there is the new, sweet and shiny update: HERE (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2N90OXJiFSDaXlVcjNacDZDcWc/edit?usp=sharing)

Still waiting for some feedback about the new physics, specially from you cuchulain.

I don't have much to add. However, I will say this. I'm happy that you're doing something like this. I love the Pizza Cats, and I did enjoy the videos. The music is really good, really catchy.

Are you still looking for someone to write the story? I by no means am professional, but I love to write, and I could always give it a shot.

Matt Pushinka you did a great job in this game =), sorry I couldnt post this before but there was a technical issue not allowing my hostname in the forum for the last 5-7 years or so, well letting this aside I have played the game, not fully yet, but half of it, and its overal really good =), however there are a couple of things I could suggest you if you dont mind, the wall bounce is hard to trigger sometimes, I mean... many times I try to bounce off wall but just go down like I never touched the wall, maybe you can make it easier to make it more enjoyable experience like Ninja gaiden series, also another suggestion is that you add more enemies, meaning that at the beginning it could look like its a platformer with no enemies until they appear on later stages.

Aside from the said I think its really good game and its great to see projects like this coming out, also if you consider making it like Smash bros or any other multiplayer type of game that would be cool, but keep in mind there are some very powerful tools you could use to make a game these days like Unity which can be coded in c# and from my personal experience its very similar to coding in c++, in fact if I get enough money from making my current game project I would like to make a SPC fan project in it (of course we cant sell a game based on SPC unless we are in Japan maybe where dojin games are allowed)

So keep up the great job =)

That was a really helpful post.

Personally, I'm happy of the progress that was made. I hope there will be an update.

Thanks rcom88 =), well I try my best to help if possible, I know telling him the game is awesome is good practice but if we can spot little improvements like some people did thats even better, mainly because when lone developer makes a game probably nobody around him tries it or the people trying is not objective enough to spot the posisble improvements, so I hope he can make them into the game, its really cool project he is making.

As for update I think he is considering adding story to the game, with cutscenes or so, then maybe he is focusing on that aspect right now, or maybe moving on to making a bigger project like suggested.

And as I said before its a pitty we dont live in Japan, as I heard its possible to sell games like this in certain shops with no trouble (with CD label and all!!) even using names, characters etc its considered valid due to the laws they have or... they used to have I dont have any recent updates on this law. I mean he could be more focused in this considering he could sell it but right now he has to share time with study or work and leave it for spare time only, still he made a great work so far :D

Your help is appreciated.

I think it's awesome that there are still people cranking out SPC/KNT media, whether it be games like this or possible fan-fiction. Honestly, one of the things that I love about this community is the loyalty and love that we have for the show.

Does anybody know the song that is used in the video game clip? The clip isn't showing up anymore, but I did like the song--it's very catchy.

It starts at 18:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBfZEpb7v0

I would definitely love to have a YouTube link to the actual song because it is a good song, IMO.

Well I have no idea about song title, its a good one as you said, reminds me to some of Ranma 1/2 BGM tracks, but anyway here it is:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/2omd7eqpvygld5m/SPC+OST+Track+1843.mp3

You mentioned Youtube link, I hope its ok for you to download as mp3, I can upload to Youtube if its better for you though

And regarding what you said earlier, yes its really cool that people are making new stuff inspired by the SPC, I still remember when I got a certain fanmade game for MSDos console which featured only ASCII characters but inspired by the SPC, so we had one white square for Speedy one Blue for Guido and one Pink for Polly, each of them with the ability to shoot or hit enemies with their unique style, really cool game made with the few resources the creators had in hand =). I think as I mentioned on other thread that probably if some of us make new stuff like the game Matt is making, maybe that could grab atention from people who never heard about the SPC, surely curiosity makes people investigate about cool things they find, like a video of a certain game or so.

Thanks for the link. In regards to uploading it to Youtube, it's only if you want to upload it for other people too.

I think it's great that people are making SPC media--it really helps bring awareness to the show.

You are welcome =), as for youtube upload, well... my channel is hardly never visited so its senseless to upload there for other people, but feel free to upload it to your channel if you like =).

As for people awarenes of the show, I agree with you, with media like this game or other projects they will surely notice about the SPC and almost surely become fans as well because Matt game looks really good and solid, meaning only with few tweaks and additions it could be considered a fully working impressive SPC game.

I would like to make a game project too, just Im in the middle of making another game which is going to be sold, and while I have no deadline... well I work on my own then if I dont dedicate my time to it then they wont pay to me any time soon. Im considering asking in this section for a certain team creation, and maybe with more people I could work on the project knowing that its not entirely depending on me and my few spare time, what do you think? is there hope for something like that? I noticed some 3D modellers were here some time ago (more or less when my hostname was banned) but they are mostly gone these days, however maybe other people have same issue as Matt and me, so they cant work a lot in a SPC project but could work if its as part of a team as splitting tasks the things are a lot easier.

I do hope that this media will attract new fans. But even if it doesn't, at least it's more for us fans to enjoy.

Well, I think there could be hope for something like that, one never knows. However, I don't know anything about programming games, so I wouldn't be of any help to you.

Yes of course, new media can attract people to the SPC but is also really cool for us fans :D, as I said I have really enjoyed some creations from fans like Matt's game or that MSDos game from some time ago, but even a single drawing from a fan can be really nice to behold =).

Regarding that team request for a game project, I think you are right, there is hope for that, dont worry if you dont have progamming knowledge, to make a game many different skills are needed, like making 2D/3D graphics, or sounds/musics etc so if you or other people dont have the right skills then either other fans could use their already acquired skills or consider learning a bit about this, nowadays this type of knowledge can be obtained in videos etc easily, of course it can take some time, but I mean, if maybe nobody has the right skills just now its possible that in the future someone develops such skills and can contribute to the project. So well, I will see if I can put something together first and then ask for that in this section

Yeah, I think it's really cool for us fans. If you want to see drawings of the characters, then this topic is worth looking at: https://www.edoropolis.org/forums/index.php?topic=1836.0

I think it'd be awesome to work on a project like that, but we'll see.

Thanks for the link, I missed this one, I try to keep myself up to date as I lost lot of time out of here but is hard when some threads have over a year. So is this Souma blog with his designs? I remember seeing his manga which got translated to English and later Spanish (we helped in that), Im sure you know what manga Im referring, else let me know I think I still have the english files somewhere and maybe they remain here too.

I think it would be awesome to work in a project like that too, and result would be good for all of us and even people not related to the SPC, just I prefer to present something like a starting point before asking for team members, as said I cant dedicate myself fully to the project so as soon as I have the starting point assembled I will post and ask. Of course it will be different style from Matt's game, but I will set low goals so that we never reach the point of having nothing functional and nothing achieved after long time working on it.

I believe the blog is filled with his drawings, yes. Personally, I think the designs look really cute.

Honestly, I have never seen that manga before.

Yeah, I think it'd be awesome if you made a game, too.

Yes I went through some posts and his designs are really nice, and even saw some SPC designs too like Nyagoking and others, so thanks for pointing out about this =).

Regarding the manga, well this is among the few mangas that I think are official (or thats what I have always thought), there are a lot of dojin out there and quality is not always good or respecting the original plot, I dont have the zip for this but ElonNarai kindly put this gallery with all pages, of course its not just him, many people helped in the scan and translation of this, I hope you like the reading :D.

http://s121.photobucket.com/user/ElonNarai/library/KNT?sort=3&page=1

Regarding the game I could make, thanks for your support =), I will post something as soon as I gather time for putting things together, I dont want to ask other people to join a team with empty project, I know I will only be able to put few things together on start like a couple of characters, selection screen and few interactivity but I think its a lot better to post something working and hopefully other people will find it interesting enough and join the team to build it together as alone I know it would take too long with my current lack of time.

By the way you dont happen to have any blueprints for the Pizza parlour, right? I have been looking for that and found nothing, design sheets or something like that you know, if you dont have it then maybe I could ask for that somewhere just I have to find the right section.

Edit: As I mentioned in other thread Im collecting the sheets for the project I would like to start (probably some are missing, I had nothing for buildings and stuff so let me know if you have any), maybe Matt or other people find a good use for them too, anyway here they are, I will share this or updated collection in the project thread in case people is interested in joining as I plan to stick as close as possible to the original aspect of the show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqprmamp02c74jl/SPC+sheets.zip

Yeah, I think the designs are really nice--really cute, too.

You're welcome. I think it's nice to support people that want to make a small game, or a video, or what have you. I think it's nice to put out content like that.

Sorry, but I don't have scans for the pizza parlor or any other area of the show.

Yeah the SPC designs in the designer's blog are nice too, for me the best SPC art is the type of drawings that look like official you know, like the manga I mentioned (link above), well I think thats official but its different author involved I think, anyway looks like art taken directly from the show thats the best for me, and probably not only for SPC but also any other series or shows I have liked.

Yeah I agree with you we have to support people making new stuff ig we can, as its always hard to do even what looks like the simplest things, so having some help always makes things easier =).

Well the sheets I mentioned were probably never freed after production who knows, or maybe these are in the offical fanbook, whenever we manage to get the book we will see, thanks anyway =).

Yeah, I definitely agree that while the pictures in the blog are nice, the best pictures are the ones that are either from the show or look like they could be.

I think the support, from the SPC/KNT fans, is one thing that I love about this community.

We will definitely see when the time comes. You're welcome.

Indeed, its like when someone makes fanart, of course its cool to see these images being made these days, still we could maybe spot points where the images are not sticking to the official art, same goes for the blog images, and as you said these are all very nice.

I agree, support from the SPC/KNT fans is really great =)

Well about these sheets I mentioned, I will try to use some of the photos from miniature Pizza parlor and the papercraft parlor too, with these I should have no trouble, just I need some time to finish other stuff before.

Yeah, I think it's cool to see fan-art, not just because it can look great, but also because it represents people that are still into the SPC/KNT product. The images are indeed nice, and I see where you're coming from when some of the images look...different.

It really is. Honestly, the support (and love) that people have for the show keeps me around. I like being in a place that's friendly and has people that like/love the show.

A miniature Pizza parlor? I didn't know they made that.

Im very sorry I havent been able to reply earlier, it has been a bad year for me and still is but well I wanted to come back one of these days even if Im not at my best. Im still working on games as amateur, meaning that they havent paid me much lastly and so I wasnt able to gather much time for a SPC/KNT project I would like to start building, whenever I finish my current project I will try to make a small demo and post here to see if someone is interested in collaboration, plan is the same you see, I hope Matt continues with projects like these in the mean time and other people too, hopefully we get to see any new media based on the SPC/KNT soon =).

As for pizza parlor, well there is the papercraft that you know about here https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/2002/08/24/samurai-pizza-cats-pizza-parlour-hq/

And the miniature well Im sure you know already but I refer to this (there are better images scrolling down) http://www.flickriver.com/photos/thepowerdome/sets/72157625940325276/

EDIT: I thought I have posted this reply before but somehow I was caught in time with all that has been in this year for me

I totally understand that you're busy with your own life, and that's how it should be. I'm glad that you'll still be working on the SPC/KNT project, as I too would like to see more SPC/KNT projects.