Well I've been thinking a bit (a lot) about adding the ability to create characters within the application, including the ability to generate images and...

I almost hit the wall, I didn't understand almost anything about how to render a png image on the screen (since as far as I know you can't create t3x files within the console) and this was the first step to be able to connect to some image generating API

The number of times I had to use artificial intelligence to be able to do this with my few skills was monumental, and even then I couldn't even manage to show a distorted texture on the screen

In the end I was able to do it but using libraries that were discontinued 8+ years ago (sf2dlib and sfillib), with that and updating the libraries a bit (on my own and with the help of AI to understand which function I should replace the obsolete ones with) I was finally able to render a 32-bit RGBA PNG image on the screen at a resolution of 48x48 pixels placed in the sd card root.

I then tried connecting to an ai image generating api and it worked a bit... the resulting image was 512x512 pixels, exceeding the screen size by quite a bit, although shortly after that could be fixed by changing the scale so there's just one small big detail left

The price, ai image generating apis generally have a relative cost depending on their capabilities, the api I was thinking of using already includes a few free credits to use but once they run out... I don't want to get into debt.

So I was thinking of developing a paid version that includes:

- image generation with AI

- use a more advanced LLM with a longer text length

with a small BIG limitation

- It can't be used forever, only until the credits per user are exhausted

Approximately $1 can be used to generate 200 images in the API that I've been testing for a while, and with $0.4 you can get approximately 1 million tokens in responses using the Google Gemini API (I don't know the prices of other APIs)

So I would really appreciate comments regarding this idea to see if you think it's prudent or if it would be worth a version of the app that allows you to do this type of things and at what price for the amount of use (taking into account that RAI Loader gets fewer downloads every day)

Well, it depends on whether you are going to do a free public personal project or something serious and commercial.

You could use Unity but that brings piracy and performance problems, a good option is Octave or creating your own "engine" for your game (That's what I did with devkitpro and C++, creating the "engine" for RAI Loader)

 Unfortunately Godot for 3DS still has a long way to go to be usable.

Thanks for your words, this is my first "little big" project<3

Regarding AI remembering things, well... maybe the API uses the same chat for everything so that might be why it remembers some things xd

it's pretty easy to create a .t3x file, you just need to have devkitpro with the tools for 3ds

i'll tell you something curious? RAI Loader allows you to have multiple images for the same character, they are chosen randomly every time you load the character.

This little guide made for Universal Updater works perfectly to make .t3x files for RAI Loader (just remember that the .t3x file must have exactly the same name as the JSON file)

https://github.com/Universal-Team/Universal-Updater/wiki/sprite-sheet

Regarding the character limit... it cannot be increased, I have used a very limited free api, Maybe it would be possible if I added the ability to use the GPT chat API and have everyone enter their API key, but I would have to make big changes.

Another thing would be to create a paid version with what this one lacks (save chats and use an API with longer response length) But I don't think it's necessary 

Yes, you can create your own characters, you just have to edit the JSON file following the same syntax, the content with the role ai is a system instruction while the content with the role assistant is the first message from the AI

The .t3x file is the character image, it's optional but it looks pretty :3

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i think i lost the source code :c

no, es un meme

obvio no da miedo, no le se al terror 😢

What you see is literally everything there is, when you install the game a black icon appears in the home menu, when you open it that girl appears, and that's it, that's all, nothing more

with boredom everything is possible xd

Today I'm going to try it on my old 32-bit win7 PC, if the game doesn't work (due to incompatibility of the 32-bit system), it will be disqualified. 

Your game does not appear in the entries, are you sure you sent it for review?

Yes, you can do that. I recommend also add a .zip file that only has the game

two packages: one with dosbox+win3.1+game, and another with the game only

just a little reminder that.... TIME IS RUNNING OUT, the jam is almost over, hurry up and submit your game

rule 1: participating games must be inspired, not a clone or a fan made

also, your game was not inspired by any of selected games

participants will have to make a game inspired by... Alien Soldier

your game can be inspired by any aspect of the game.

example: color palette, character design and many other things

just remember... your game will only be accepted if it is for a discontinued platform.

participants will have to make a game inspired by... Animal Crossing

your game can be inspired by any aspect of the game.

example: color palette, character design and many other things

you can be inspired by any game of the animal crossing saga.

but remember... your game will only be accepted if it is for a discontinued platform.

participants will have to make a game inspired by... Ristar

your game can be inspired by any aspect of the game.

example: color palette, character design and many other things

just remember... your game will be only accepted if it can be played on a discontinued platform

participants will have to make a game inspired by... Turmoil (Atari 2600)

your game can be inspired by any aspect of the game.

example: color palette, character design and many other things

just remember... your game will be only accepted if it can be played on a discontinued platform

participants will have to make a game inspired by... Punch Out!!

your game can be inspired by any aspect of the game.

example: color palette, character design and other things.


you can be inspired by any game of the punch out saga.

but remember... your game will only be accepted if it is for a discontinued platform.

wow.... your question got me thinking for a while, after a bit of searching I came across websites that say the Ti83+ software also works on the Ti83+SE and the Ti83+SE counts as a discontinued platform, but the Ti83+ does not.

. . .

my brain was disconnected for a moment.....

it's a weird case.

. . .

I guess there's no other choice... games will be allowed to be made for platforms with these kinds of inconsistencies.

you can make a game for the Ti83+ without problem! 

you just need a hacked console to install it xd

can i use ds game maker

yes

my game can be played on diferents platforms?

If the main build is for some discontinued platform, then yes

Where can I get Unity for these platforms?

on their respective oficial development website, or just google it

can i use godot?

yeah

Is there any prize? 

It is a friendly event, the prize is the satisfaction of winning <3

please  update to GB Studio 3.1 :3

How do I buy it as a gift? on the itch website I don't see the option ...

muchas gracias!

que formato de audio se debe utilizar para hacer los niveles? es que no me reconoce .mp3 .wav ni .m4a

Gracias por la información, es una lastima lo ocurrido, esperaré con ansias los próximos paquetes

seria posible pagar via paypal? pregunto porque en la app de itch no me aparece el boton de pagar con paypal en este juego pero en otros si y como soy nuevo usando la plataforma no estoy seguro de nada.

es el unico medio de pago del que dispongo

Documentation | GB Studio

not really, but I still recommend reading the documentation so as not to waste so much time trying to see what each thing does xd

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