Sub Med for Unexpanded VIC-20

[chysn]

Sub Med is the third and final game in the Agent Anzu trilogy, and most likely my last release of 2020.

Name: Sub Med
Author: Jason Justian
Genre: Game
Code: Machine Language with BASIC launcher
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20, Joystick
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Availability: For purchase on cassette tape at https://www.etsy.com/listing/918083549/ ... for-vic-20, or for download at https://github.com/Chysn/VIC20-SubMed/tree/main/vic
Description: Avast! Our undersea base is in danger. Navigate your sub, pick up a med pack from the lighthouse, deliver it to the base. Avoid sea life, and watch your oxygen level!

Tips:

* Speed is important. Keep the joystick engaged as you move. If you stop or bump into something, you'll lose momentum, time, oxygen, and points.
* At your fastest speed, you'll easily outrun the fish. So the keys to the game are timing and weaving through heavy traffic.
* You can turn without slowing down. This can keep you from ramming into the backs of the fish.
* The fish will yield to you if you're diving or surfacing past them. As long as you don't directly run into them, you won't lose speed.
* The joystick button toggles the music

The tape release is probably a few days off. I'll post the link here when it's available on my Etsy shop.

[AndyH]

This looks great (like your other games) and can't wait to play. The link above is a 404 though, is the repository set on private?

[chysn]

This looks great (like your other games) and can't wait to play. The link above is a 404 though, is the repository set on private?

That was it, thanks for the reminder!

[AndyH]

I could watch that sub turn all day long. Another brilliant game. More games for 2021 then?

[chysn]

I could watch that sub turn all day long. Another brilliant game. More games for 2021 then?

Thanks for trying it! Yeah, definitely more in 2021.

[Kweepa]

Yes, very neat little game with unique mechanics!
Thanks!

[chysn]

Yes, very neat little game with unique mechanics!
Thanks!

Thanks for trying it!

[hasseapa]

Very nice. The pushing ability makes a big difference. I wonder how it would play if you could push in all directions.

BTW, Helix Colony also impressed me. Funnily enough I have yet to try Turtle RescueBot. 'Funnily' because it has so many ingredients to my taste.

[chysn]

I wonder how it would play if you could push in all directions.

The fish are there to be an ambulatory maze, so they have to be barriers. In an earlier version, you could move over them with the loss of points, but it's more interesting when they're walls.

Thanks for trying it! TRBo: Turtle RescueBot is still my favorite.

[hasseapa]

Yes, it definitely felt that way (ambulatory maze), which I appreciated. Pushing in all directions would probbaly require additonal game element to still make it challenging and, as you say, make it a very different game.

[aitsch]

nice game with nice detailed animations.
the turn around of the ship is looking great.

[chysn]

nice game with nice detailed animations.
the turn around of the ship is looking great.

Thanks!

I've attached the D64 file in the original post. Levels and speed are pretty well-tuned now (I think), so there's more spread in points between a beginner and a more skilled player. I've also added a pitometer display, some other small graphic refinements, and various bug fixes.

[Noizer]

As always you delivered a super quality! Chysn!
Why don’t you upload it on the winter competition?

[chysn]

As always you delivered a super quality! Chysn!
Why don’t you upload it on the winter competition?

Thanks, and I did!

[grondinm]

Another great looking game. Any chance of a .prg release?