Release ~~ Super JumpKick Turbo ~~

[pmprog]

It's the game very few of you have been waiting for (if any of you at all).

Super JumpKick Turbo is a 2 button fighting game, with mechanics basically stolen from DiveKick. You have a Jump button and a Kick button. One hit KO.

Probably not much from a game point of view, there's no story.

Network play is available, and it uses the same rollback system that GGPO does. However, from my tests, the Pandora isn't a great client for network games.

I would also advise against anything other than playing on a LAN. Whilst you can play over the internet, obviously such a "twitch" game requires a really fast connection to prevent too many rollbacks.

I also still have a few desync issues that you might see.

Anyway, if you just want a bit of a play. Happy birthday!!! Oh wait, it's my birthday (tomorrow), but nevermind

Download

Pandora

Windows and x86 Linux

 

[Tenka]

I'm excited about this.

 

[foxblock]

Woo, amazing stuff. Glad to see this in the wild, finally.

You guys should try it out. It's really fun! (Esp. Playing on LAN or two people on one Pandora)

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Characters look nice, will dl ^^ .

 

[Ellorion]

Nice game and fitting music. The allegro.log file should "disabled" before it fills the entire space in a long night of brawling 

 

[pmprog]

Nice game and fitting music. The allegro.log file should "disabled" before it fills the entire space in a long night of brawling 

The music fit the old NeoGeo pocket sprites better IMO, but they're copyrighted. I was hoping Mcobit would have gotten around to the sprites, but I guess he had too much on (or just forgot), so I made do with what I could find.
Yeah, about that log file. I can't remember how that works... Perhaps I should ask ptitSeb

 

[ptitSeb]

Log should be configurable in allegro5.cfg 

Not sure of the detail here, I have to dig up...

 

[Farox]

Happy birthday and thanks for the present YOU made to us B)

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Maybe a jump button + dpad direction control would have been better.

 

[pmprog]

Maybe a jump button + dpad direction control would have been better.

You can remap easily enough, but I left it that way so you could technically play two player on one pandora

 

[pmprog]

Did anyone play this?

 

[edgex004]

So far I have played a couple solo games, which I enjoyed very much. Not sure if I rated on the repo yet, but I will get around to it soon. It is really nice to be able to just pick up and play, and feels quite polished. I will probably try multiplayer over TV-out at some point and let you know how that goes.

Do you think the wireless latency would be too much for a local game between two Pandoras or between a Pandora and a Pyra? Seems like this would also be fun to play between two units over wifi or bluetooth.

 

[ElPoco]

I've played it a bit. It's fun, but I guess it really shines with a second player. 

 

[pmprog]

Do you think the wireless latency would be too much for a local game between two Pandoras or between a Pandora and a Pyra? Seems like this would also be fun to play between two units over wifi or bluetooth.

I only have one Pandora, but when I tried vs a Windows PC, I had a bit of lag. However, I guess it depends how good your WiFi is. One thing I never got around to trying is using the USB->Ethernet port on my Pandora to have it all wired.

I've played it a bit. It's fun, but I guess it really shines with a second player. 

Yes, seigelord on the Allegro board said the AI was a bit naff, which it is because it's pretty much an RNG at the minute.

I'm not sure how much development I will do on this, probably not a lot, as I have a few other projects under way, but thanks both for the feedback.

 

[levi]

Just given this a go; the core mechanic is surprisingly finessed, given there are only two keys.  I feel this could really be the core of something a bit more, so that you get some sense of progress, but as is it's a fine little curiosity.