Release Halloween 3D FPS

[Farox]

Hi
Finally i had done and published my first *.dbp package for the Pyra...look here at repo to download

It's the game Halloween 3D from Jadeware https://jadegame.com/games/halloween/ that recently was open sourced by the author (thanks @Brizzly27 ).

The game engine was coded for Windows and MacOS only initially and when the sources where released to github https://github.com/brizzly/Halloween3D
the user @gbudny asked to port to Linux (and Pyra & Pandora).
So i started converting the code and after some weeks and the precious work done by @Pocak and
@ptitSeb we have reached the goal to have the game completely playable on Linux and now on Pyra.

The game run in fullscreen 1280*720 with the help of GL4ES library developed by ptitSeb and also use the Bass library.

At start it copy the game files to appdata/halloween3d directory on the sdcard (it takes a while...so please be patient).
It is strongly adviced to use a fast SD Card formatted with ext3 or 4 for better performance (on a fat32 one copying datas and launching the game was more slow...but then the game runs ok)

I have adapted the controls for what i think is ok playing (let me know...) so i switched the nubs
(the right one moves the camera and DPAD moves up/down and strafe left/right, the left nub is mouse buttons)
the right lower shoulder button is for shoot,
the left lower shoulder activate the console
X = action;
B= crouch;
Y= jump;
ESC = during game go to menu where you could restart or quit.

0 (zero) is taking screenshots (unfortunately the screen seems not done correctly on Pyra...on Linux is ok...they suffering of a blue plague...)

So thanks again to @Brizzly27 for releasing the source of this nice shooter....and enjoy the game!

 

[gbudny]

Great!

"It's the game Halloween 3D from Jadegame https://jadegame.com/games/halloween/ that recently was open sourced by the author (thanks @Brizzly27 and @gbudny )."

I think you should correct this sentence because I wasn't the co-author of this game.

I hope that people enjoy playing this game on Pyra.

 

[Farox]

I think you should correct this sentence because I wasn't the co-author of this game.

Ok sorry....done!

 

[Farox]

uhmm after updating my Pyra...i see that menu is a bit messed up.

@ptitSeb what i need to do to fix the category on "default.desktop" file ?

Thanks

 

[ptitSeb]

uhmm after updating my Pyra...i see that menu is a bit messed up.

@ptitSeb what i need to do to fix the category on "default.desktop" file ?

Thanks

For HydraCastleLabyrinth for example, I used this

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0.3.02
Type=Application
Categories=Game;ActionGame;
Name=Hydra Castle Labyrinth
Comment=Hydra Castle Labyrinth
Exec=hydracastlelabyrinth.sh
Icon=hydracastlelabyrinth.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
X-DBP-Screenshot=preview01.png

[Package Entry]
Id=hydracastlelabyrinth
Arch=armhf
Exec=hydracastlelabyrinth.sh
Name=Hydra Castle Labyrinth
Version=1.0.3.02
Icon=hydracastlelabyrinth.png
Dependency[deb]=libsdl2-2.0-0;libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0;

(look at the "Categories" line)

 

[Magic Sam]

Hi all

@Farox and all involved: thank you very much for this one, really appreciated !

I confirm the game runs well on my Pyra with an F2FS SD card.

EDIT: @Farox could you please share your recipe for making DBPs (in a separate thread or via PM, as you prefer) ?

Cheers, Magic Sam

 

[Farox]

Hi all

@Farox and all involved: thank you very much for this one, really appreciated !

I confirm the game runs well on my Pyra with an F2FS SD card.

Thanks i'm glad that you tested and like

could you please share your recipe for making DBPs (in a separate thread or via PM, as you prefer) ?

Well i'm not the best person to show this...but i could try.

(look at the "Categories" line)

Well my desktop file is

Spoiler: default.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0.0.01
Type=Application
Categories=Game;Shooter;
Name=Halloween 3D
Comment=Halloween 3D a Free Crazy FPS with OpenSource Game Engine
Exec=halloween3d.sh
Icon=h3d.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Package Entry]
Id=farox_halloween3d
Arch=armhf
Exec=halloween3d.sh
Name=Halloween 3D
Appdata=halloween3d
Version=1.0.0.01
Icon=h3d.png
Dependency[deb]=libsdl1.2pyra;

But it didn't work good...it create two entry in "games" and another in "other"...
When i changed to Game;ActionGame;
it correctly show only one voice on the menu under Games....maybe "Shooter" is a category not implemented ?

I'll update on the repo...with ActionGame

 

[ptitSeb]

I don't remember seeing "Shooter" before. Look here https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apas02.html for the list of existing categories and sub-categories. There Shooter exist but maybe it's not implemented indeed. Also, you need a reboot for the menu to fix itself (or maybe there is some service to reload, not sure).

 

[Farox]

Ok uploaded a new revision with the fixes to default.desktop.
Now the game appears under Game--ActionGame on the menu.

 

[Brizzly27]

impressive work, well done farox and gbudy for your energy and effort on the project
Great Job !!