Comments on: Tinyhack

Tinyhack

leotrotsky — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:34:44 -0800

Tinyhack :Tired of the graphical complexity of Nethack? Yearn for a game smaller than a favicon?

By: Nelson

Nelson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:40:35 -0800

This is good.

By: BiggerJ

BiggerJ — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:42:06 -0800

Hahaha, read the story with Javascript turned off. Are you strong enough to TAKE the MCGUFFIN? The world needs you, HERO! The KINGDOM of NAME is in STRIFE and BADTHINGS DOBADTHINGS. Search for the Sword of WHAT in the forest of WHAT. Locate the Shield of WHAT in the tomb of WHAT. Collect the 16 GOLDS and find the KEY to unlock the secret of ISLAND FORTRESS, where the evil BADDIE gathers forces for the final attack. Enter a world of EMOTION1 and EMOTION2 with GAME NAME, the most gruelling and challenging game of 1978. Remember, hero: BADDIE threatens to DESTROY the world! "What language do they speak in What?"

By: Huck500

Huck500 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:43:54 -0800

Amazingly playable... in fact, I could be playing Skyrim right now but this is more fun.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:01:06 -0800

See also Overworld Zero, originally a mini-game built into System Shock 2. It's basically like this game but Ultima instead of Hack.

By: neustile

neustile — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:10:44 -0800

Oh man, I recently bought one of these guys from sparkfun -- it'd be so great to port this game over to it. It looks like this is 9x9, whereas the board is 8x8, wonder how much that matters (I guess it is only 79% of the playfield)

By: beschizza

beschizza — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:28:47 -0800

So I actually made this with the idea that it should be a 1970s-era electronic toy on an 8x8 grid. The ninth pixel was added at the last moment because having the player-pixel off center gave me to weird OCD feeling! You will doubtless be pleased to know that I am working on TinyHack HD, which runs at a staggering 16x16 resolution and will go up at Boing Boing soon. I am told that the system requirements will be outrageous ("Never go full favicon") but I'm sure video cards will catch up eventually.

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:36:32 -0800

I really wish this worked on the iPad. I saw a JavaScript version of minecraft today that had on screen buttons for those of us with no keyboard. Please consider adding those.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:37:19 -0800

which runs at a staggering 16x16 resolution And no doubt a cover-shooter mechanic and regenerating health. I am so tired of these dumbed-down consolizations of perfectly fine franchises for the sake of AAA cash-ins!

By: spitefulcrow

spitefulcrow — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:52:10 -0800

Too many monsters, not enough fountains. I keep dying.

By: beschizza

beschizza — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:59:34 -0800

You can drink as much as you like at the pub!

By: spitefulcrow

spitefulcrow — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:01:58 -0800

Well where is it?

By: box

box — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:12:37 -0800

This is a good time.

By: beschizza

beschizza — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:15:51 -0800

The pub is in the town; a few pixels northeast of the starting spot.

By: spitefulcrow

spitefulcrow — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:24:49 -0800

Pub found! And then everything else found. Except the island fortress. I now enjoy this game.

By: leotrotsky

leotrotsky — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:38:01 -0800

it's the gray spot all by its lonesome.

By: spitefulcrow

spitefulcrow — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:59:30 -0800

Yeah, I found it and then realized I hadn't gotten the secret gold piece in the dungeon by itself in the middle of the water. Then I got in and promptly died when I found three pink enemies. Even though the game is really short, I wish there was a save feature, because no way am I doing all of that again.

By: Pastor of Muppets

Pastor of Muppets — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:12:13 -0800

I will do character portraits for $5/ea. Here is my portfolio. . . . . (and, nsfw:) .

By: leotrotsky

leotrotsky — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:39:39 -0800

where's the secret gold piece in the dungeon by itself in the middle of the water?

By: spitefulcrow

spitefulcrow — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:43:29 -0800

It's in the green one where you get the shield (or sword?). There's a path that splits off on the left and goes down and around everything to a piece of gold.

By: beschizza

beschizza — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:54:42 -0800

Don't fight the 3 pinks in the last dungeon. It's possible to barge through if you have sword, shield, full health and hit them with magic first (which halves their level), but always a bit chancy. You can go around them.

By: This, of course, alludes to you

This, of course, alludes to you — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:39:21 -0800

@biggerj i wonder when the whole excuse plot thing is gonna be played out

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:58:51 -0800

Moved to a machine with a mouse and keyboard to play. So this is what computing was like in 2010.

By: hanoixan

hanoixan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:49:25 -0800

The best part about minimalist graphics is that the dragons don't look like ducks. Oh yes, the little red blocks--there be dragons.

By: XMLicious

XMLicious — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:21:01 -0800

I AM WARRIOR PIXEL

By: leotrotsky

leotrotsky — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:52:09 -0800

Finally, sweet victory!

By: beschizza

beschizza — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:23:47 -0800

This means you get to name an NPC in the sequel. Please submit one in the form of a hexadecimal RGB value or HTML color name.

By: leotrotsky

leotrotsky — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:27:21 -0800

You're joking, but I don't care and will instead pretend you're being serious. #9999FF Or, as I call her, "Nin-Effie."

By: beschizza

beschizza — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:11:33 -0800

On the contrary! In fact, I have already programmed Nin-Effie into the game. Here is a screenshot of the protagonist defending her from the predations of three savage magenta pixels. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3687980/tinyhackHD_screenshot.png

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:46:12 -0800

Man, you quadrupled the resolution; what's that done to the FPS?

By: beschizza

beschizza — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:09:51 -0800

You'll need at least a Cray II. And don't skimp on the Flourinert coolant!

By: BurnChao

BurnChao — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:45:00 -0800

I can only find one grey spot; it's not in the northeast, its in the northwest. And it's totally inaccessible.

By: BurnChao

BurnChao — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:42:16 -0800

Found it. It's red, not grey. Could you make this for the Nook? Seriously, that'd be pretty cool. Actually, I should look for Nethack for the Nook, too.

By: Hello Dad, I'm in Jail

Hello Dad, I'm in Jail — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:09:34 -0800

This seems like a good candidate for a port to a Meggy Jr.