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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Left Beehind - a game made with DBPro at TOJam 2024!

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Yarbles2018
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Posted: 19th May 2024 07:17 Edited at: 20th May 2024 01:44
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You can download it here on the itch.io page: https://pixelated-monster.itch.io/left-beehind




Here is a YouTube video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3O06WMqoRs

Enjoy!

Please let me know what you think.
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sman512
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Posted: 25th May 2024 17:26
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Looking good! Didn't see for a quite some time to someone doing games on dbpro that are so good looking.
Unfortunately i can't play it myself because my monitor doesn't support this resolution.
By the way i noticed that you ask yousers to install font on their pc you may want to add font to your game using this function

function loadfont(fontfile$)
tdll=find free dll() : load dll "gdi32.dll",tdll
fontid=call dll(tdll,"AddFontResourceExA",fontfile$,0,0)
delete dll tdll
endfunction fontid
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Yarbles2018
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Posted: 26th May 2024 03:30
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Quote: "Unfortunately i can't play it myself because my monitor doesn't support this resolution."


After the first run of the exe, it will create a file called bee.cfg in which you can edit the resolution setting:


Also, the game should revert to 720p if CHECK DISPLAY MODE returns a zero.
Let me know if you still have a problem getting it running.

Thank you for the tip about auto-installing the font, I will try that!
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greenlig
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Haven’t had a chance to play, but watched the video. Are those Axes of Evil assets?? A deep part of my DBrain just vibrated

Looks nice, kind of Flower vibes.
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Derek Darkly
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Posted: 30th May 2024 20:39
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I ran it twice but couldn't find a file that was generated called "bee.cfg"

Is it in a folder somewhere?
Send your parents to noisy sprite demo hell... enter the D-Zone
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Yarbles2018
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Posted: 31st May 2024 02:22
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Quote: "Are those Axes of Evil assets??"


Some of the ground textures might have been re-used from Axes of Evil, although upscaled, same with the water. The birds are also re-used, but now converted to md2 format instead of a geo-sprite. The scenery models that "sway" in the wind are also re-used. The rest of the textures are all new and HD for a brave new world!

The terrain engine is an enhanced version of the one in Axes. it now features a geo-mipmap for the fogged out terrain in the distance. The water now uses an avi and reflection mapping. The scenery engine now uses object instancing for much improved performance and also supports per scenery type density settings for more interesting variety. With my GTX 1070, I get over 60fps with the view distance (matrix size) set to 144!

Speaking of Axes of Evil, watch the DBC board for a new release of that in the coming weeks!

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Posted: 31st May 2024 02:33 Edited at: 31st May 2024 03:21
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Quote: "couldn't find a file that was generated called "bee.cfg""


It should just make it in the same folder as the game:



Just make sure you put it in a windows folder that gives the exe write privileges, so not "/Program Files" or "/Program Files (x86)".

Alternately, you can just create bee.cfg yourself in that folder and use the format in the code snippet in my post above ^^

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 31st May 2024 02:51
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Looking good mate!

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Yarbles2018
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Posted: 18th Jun 2024 23:30 Edited at: 17th Jul 2024 07:44
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For people that were having trouble running this on some hardware, I think I have a solution....

I tried to run this on my wife's Windows 11 1366x768x8 laptop and the DBp built exe crapped out at launch because I made a mistake in the initial resolution / bpp settings.
I will be releasing a new version soon with new gameplay and better compatibility that should run on almost every modern Windows 10 or 11 spec.

It would help if I had a QA department that is more than just me testing with the laptops that I have laying around the house and office!
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smerf
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Posted: 21st Jul 2024 08:02
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Very awesome

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