MPAGD Advanced Tutorials

A collection of fun mechanics, tricks and tips for adding something different to your MPAGD games

Bruce

1 min

Double Jump with Key Debouncing

Here's a quick way to enable a Double Jump feature in your MPAGD platform games. It also includes a key debounce

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Bruce

2 min

Let's create a deadly MPAGD Acid Drop

Creating a deadly acid drop that grows on the ceiling then falls to the ground

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How to add a loading screen to your MPAGD game

Bruce

2 min

How to add a loading screen to your MPAGD game

Let's add a loading screen to a game you've exported as a TAP file in MPAGD

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Let's add a Difficulty Level setting to our game

Bruce

4 min

Let's add a Difficulty Level setting to our game

In which we'll let the player choose how difficult they want the game to be, then use this for altering game speed, mechanics and more...

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Bruce

3 min

The Super Efficient HUD

In which we use MPAGDs DATA, READ, COLOUR and CHR commands to make a great looking HUD for our games...super memory efficiently!

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Bruce

4 min

Let's create a Grabber

In which we write a seaside arcade grabbing machine mechanic... you know....for kids

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Let's add pushable crates we can jump on to reach higher

Bruce

2 min

Let's add pushable crates we can jump on to reach higher

Here's a building block mechanic you can use to add pushable crates your player can push and jump onto

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Let's stun an enemy by bouncing on his head...and 3 times for a kill!

Bruce

3 min

Let's stun an enemy by bouncing on his head...and 3 times for a kill!

We'll jazz up the stock 'HORIZONTAL PATROL' script and make it possible to stun the enemy if we jump on its head

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Create a cannon that fires bouncy cannonballs

Bruce

3 min

Create a cannon that fires bouncy cannonballs

Let's add a cannon that fires bouncy cannonballs...because we can.

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How to do Bonus item drops and flashy banner messages in MPAGD

Bruce

3 min

How to do Bonus item drops and flashy banner messages in MPAGD

Lets give the player a bonus item for defeating an enemy and flash a banner on screen when the bonus is collected

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Bruce

2 min

Simple Switches for your MPAGD Games

Adding switches into your games opens up a bunch of new possibilities, maybe they open doors, activate a device. or spawn a nasty.

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Creating patterns for static nasties in MPAGD

Bruce

2 min

Creating patterns for static nasties in MPAGD

Here's a really simple way to add a pattern to the appearance/disappearance of a static nasty...without making it random. We'll be using...

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Bruce

3 min

Creating Crusher/Lifts with MPAGD

Out of the box, MPAGD includes a script for a vertical moving platform (Lifts/Elevators). It's fairly basic and wasn't what I was...

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Creating proximity triggered falling nasties in MPAGD

Bruce

3 min

Creating proximity triggered falling nasties in MPAGD

...well I couldn't think of a better name for them. But these are hazards that fall from the ceiling just as the player is about to walk...

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Bruce

2 min

Horizontal moving platforms in MPAGD

How to add smooth, horizontal moving platforms to your MPAGD games.

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Bruce

1 min

Launch of 24 Hour Parsley People

I've been busy :)

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What is MPAGD? Multi-Platform Arcade Games Designer

Bruce

2 min

What is MPAGD? Multi-Platform Arcade Games Designer

a duffer's guide to retro game development, for middle aged muppets, who still love their Speccy* (*other 8bit computers are available)

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MPAGD Advanced Tutorials

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