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'''Latest build date:''' November 4, [[2011]][[Category:2011]]<br />
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'''Latest build date:''' June 17, [[2012]][[Category:2012]]<br />
 
'''Levels:''' TBA<br />
 
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'''Author:''' [[Don'Pan Software]]<br />
 
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A nearly precise replication of level two from Konami's ''Castlevania''. To fit with [[Game-Maker]]'s specifications, sprites and tiles are resized by eye to 125% of their original scale.
  
Inspired in part by Keiji Inafune's recent ''Mega Man'' revival, the long-awaited seventh game in [[Alan Caudel]]'s venerable platformer series makes a return to [[RSD]]'s [[Game-Maker]] with the added retro twist of hardcore NES stylings.  
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This game serves as a study of NES [[Palette Designer|palette]] and [[Block Designer|tiling]] techniques, as well as an experiment with various unlisted features (stairs, character extensions, complex monster behaviors).  
  
 
A discussion of the precise techniques at play will follow.
 
A discussion of the precise techniques at play will follow.

Revision as of 20:12, 29 June 2012

Castle Test
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Release type: TBA
Latest build date: June 17, 2012
Levels: TBA
Author: Don'Pan Software
Related games: Overworld

THIS GAME IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
ALL INFORMATION IS TENTATIVE


A nearly precise replication of level two from Konami's Castlevania. To fit with Game-Maker's specifications, sprites and tiles are resized by eye to 125% of their original scale.

This game serves as a study of NES palette and tiling techniques, as well as an experiment with various unlisted features (stairs, character extensions, complex monster behaviors).

A discussion of the precise techniques at play will follow.









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