Bat Lizard Bonanza

An arcade shooter (shmup) for the NES. · By John Vanderhoef

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A topic by John Vanderhoef created Oct 01, 2020 Views: 471 Replies: 14

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John VanderhoefDeveloper4 years ago

Please use this space to document bugs and/or suggest minor changes to the game's design. At this advanced stage, the levels are basically content complete, but many small changes can still be made.

I know of several bugs at this point that I am actively trying to address.

qupe754 years ago

Not sure if you know if you try and rush forward through the intro and then out of the mines to stage 1 you get stuck. I've tried in Mesen and Nestopia. I'm going to reboot and give another go now. No score or lives remaining on the main screen bugs me a bit too. And getting to the first boss and the having to start at the beginning was an issue.

qupe754 years ago (3 edits)

I just beat the mid 1st boss and had the arrow to continue so pushed forward and died and had to restart level one, Also the screen of enemies before the boss if you press left too much that screen reloads with the enemies?

What are the things you collect?

Very buggy at the moment. Nice music though

Edit: Just played through level 1 & 2 (no end boss on level 2?) and takes me back to level 1, not sure the version of this is the most recent version?

John VanderhoefDeveloper4 years ago

While some of the issues you describe are known, the warping back to level 1 after the level 2 boss is new to me. I'll look into it.

qupe754 years ago

Hi John, thank you. I'll give it some more testing and let you know. Thanks for making the games. I'm going to try Wampus DX soon.

John VanderhoefDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

Thanks for playing. The greatest reward I can hope for is that people have as much joy with this universe as I have.

John VanderhoefDeveloper4 years ago

Just an update. I had added the screens before boss fights back in November and never tested the game fully. Turns out I messed up and made it impossible to reach the level 2 boss and progress in the game. It should be fixed now, and you can play to the end of the game.

As for the collectables, the Info option at the title screen somewhat explains the mechanics of the pickups.

I'm aware of the other minor issues and am still working on them.

phi19973 years ago

When I hold left and either up or down when against the left edge of the screen, I don't move up or down. This feels awkward and seems unintended, as it is inconsistent with the game's behaviour when holding a diagonal against a wall.

John VanderhoefDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

I'll look into it. Thanks!

Johndo Studio3 years ago

Bravo for such a game, it must have taken a long time! I had a bug at level 3, I had 2 lives left, I lost and the screen froze, I could only press pause ... I am on the "fceux" emulator with a pad x360.

John VanderhoefDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks. I had never encountered that bug before. While I know it might be difficult to tell, do you know around where you were in Level 3?

Johndo Studio3 years ago

I didn't think about making a screen print, in the middle i think, I liked the reference to worms :)

itchy2337 days ago

I played a little of the first level and was surprised there was no cavern, or cave walls to navigate. Also, could use a score counter.

abraxas86223 days ago (2 edits)

In the Smithmore Mines, the game kind of leads you on to think that the ground/ceiling are safe to touch, however in the areas where it pinches a bit, the ceiling/ground tiles actually become deadly. Took me a bit of messing around to figure out that's what was randomly killing me.

John VanderhoefDeveloper223 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. This is not a bug, but I agree it does create an inconsistent message of what is and isn’t deadly. Essentially, if it’s raised, it’s dangerous.

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