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I've done some initial work over the weekend porting one of your games, G&W Factory, to RetroFab :) You can preview it here.

I'm not sure when I'll start working on the gameplay, but you can at least see what the device, packaging and instructions will look like. ACL is the only function that currently works on the device to turn on the sprites. And you can switch to the RetroFab (color) version of the screen artwork by pressing [TAB]. Feel free to let me know if you have any issues or suggestions.

Flyzy1 year ago

Baffled is the expression that comes the closest to how i feel about this amazing work of yours. So far it seems perfect to me, and have no doubt most people would agree with that. Thank you.

Itizso351 days ago (1 edit)

I've implemented the gameplay for G&W Factory :)
Thank you for sharing your amazing work!

The RetroFab version is now available to playtest here.
Let me know if you have any issues or find any bugs.

For the most part it should play similar to your version with the following small differences:

At the start of the game Mario is partially visible at the door to the building (instead of being offscreen)
At the start of the game pressing the LEFT button is the same as pressing the START button.
On game over, the crashed case or fallen Mario sprite remains onscreen.
Pressing the Game A, Game B, Time or ACL buttons will stop the current game.
Time can not be set.
Alarm can not be set . Alarm button turns alarm on/off.

I've also made some minor changes to the instruction guide, mostly replacing "g&w-case" with "G&W case", and fixing a few minor typos.

Flyzy350 days ago

Wow, great job! Thank you for this opportunity. The gameplay is a little more difficult because of a reaction delay, but once adapted, and playing a fraction ahaid, it plays very nice. Don't mind the changes you made. Found only one issue so far : @ game B Mario should be able to fall from the loading dock at the bottom, which is not possible yet. If Mario does so in my version, while holding a g&w-case, the g&w-case gets loaded on the truck as he falls. Thanks again, well done, love it.

Itizso350 days ago (1 edit)

Oh, thanks! I completely missed Mario being able to fall off the bottom-most girder.
I've updated the build with a fix :)

Flyzy350 days ago

Looking great, gonna test some more later today, but i think you nailed it.

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Itizso349 days ago

Thanks for the feedback! I've uploaded a new build that should improve on the consistency of the order and sequencing of the cases. I've tried something to fix the issue with the arm movement, although some of it may be down the lower precision of the interval timer when the frame rate is low. Let me know if you see any improvement for both issues.

Flyzy348 days ago

Unfortunately, still the same issue, sorry.

Itizso348 days ago

Thanks for testing. Okay, I think to get it working exactly like yours I should try to see if I can port your source code instead. In theory, all I would need to do is map your image, sound and input handlers so they use the ones in RetroFab. If it works then it should solve the issues with my code since it will be running your implementation directly. I'll give it try later today and let you know if it works!

Flyzy348 days ago

Sounds logical, hope you can implement it without too much trouble. If not, i'll search for my old files and process drawings, i used to create my code. Maybe they might be of some help. Thanks again mate for doing this, much appreciated. Sorry for being such a tough client.

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Flyzy1 year ago

Can i show it to Florent Gorges yet, or would you advise against that?

Itizso1 year ago

Sure, no problem. Just let him know how to turn on the sprites using ACL. And if you could ask him what MU in the model number stands for. I'm thinking maybe because it's a "Made Up" game ;-)

Flyzy1 year ago

He didn't explain what MU in the model number stands for, but his reply was " Wow, that’s incredible! ^^ "

Flyzy1 year ago

New reply from Florent Gorges :

Well, MU-21 is a private joke with my wife ^^

In Japanese, MU-21 can be readed "Munii". And Munii is the favorite rabbit puppet of my wife (when she was a child)

that's all ^^

one detail, the book and illustration copyright is not Pix'n Love anymore. It's "Omake Books Publishing"

Itizso1 year ago

Oh, that's really interesting. Thanks for letting me know. And I'll be sure to update the copyright in the next build.

Btw, look out for a new simulation coming out tomorrow on RetroFab of a super rare Nintendo game which I'm pretty sure most people have never played before!

Flyzy1 year ago (1 edit)

Whoaw!! Have no time for it now, but certainly gonna play it tomorrow. What a nice surprise!!

Flyzy1 year ago

Is it ok to share it on the FB G&W groups?

Itizso1 year ago

Absolutely. Feel free to share it.

Flyzy1 year ago

They're loving it on FB, can't blame them ;)

Itizso1 year ago

Thanks for sharing it with other G&W fans :)

Flyzy1 year ago

It would be a shame not to...

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