Drilbert II Diggeredoo

[green ermine]

Includes games files (these are available on the creator's GitHub account, so it's probably fine, but I'm contacting for permission to distribute)

Port files: #1238380788907638887 message

Updates

• Patched out integer scaling
• Vertically centered display
• Enlarge START and ENTER NEXT LEVEL text
• Fix 16:9 scaling
• Awaiting response from creator for permission to distribute ...
• Added patch script (in GitHub repo, not here)

Controls

| Button     | Action               |
| ---------- | -------------------- |
| D-PAD      | Directional movement |
| Y/L1       | Restart              |
| X/R1       | Undo                 |
| A/START    | Start                |

Testing

CFW
[x] AmberELEC
[x] ArkOS
[x] JELOS 
[x] ROCKNIX

Architecture
[x] armHF
[ ] Panfrost (Mainline)

Resolution
[ ] 480x320 (optional)
[x] 640x480
[x] 720x720 (RGB30)
[x] Higher resolutions

https://wheybags.itch.io/drilbert-ii-diggeredoo

[dapper bison]

ok awesome runs great on RG353V ArkOS 640x480, rad game mechnanic too if i might say

[green ermine]

thanks!

[keen grove]

Text is rather small, but otherwise works just fine on:
✅ RG351P/ArkOS (480x320)

[warped bone]

Runs on RGB30/ArkOS, but text is close to unreadably small. The playfield is also very narrow

[green ermine]

thanks -- i don't think I can fix the aspect ratio because of the way the game is designed. text may be hackable/enlarge-erable on the menu screen, but less do-able for the top bar

[daring plinth]

Source at https://github.com/wheybags/ld49
but no license mentioned, so yes, you would have to check if we can distribute.

There's also the original for LD48
https://wheybags.itch.io/drilbert
(Love2D as well)
Source: https://github.com/wheybags/drilbert/tree/master (MIT licensed)

And the newer version made with MonoGame
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2338630/Drilbert/ (paid)
Source: https://github.com/wheybags/drilbert-pub
Source code in this folder is available under the MIT license (see below). Files in the extern folder are from third parties, and have their own licensing. Everything else (including, but not limited to: graphics, music, and level files): all rights reserved.
(So could be used for a files-required port potentially)

[green ermine]

i actually grabbed the files from itch.io (which had the link to the github repo https://github.com/wheybags/ld49). i'm too scared to look at the mono version. haha

awaiting creator's response regarding permission for the love version

[daring plinth]

ghehe, just thought I'd lay it all out, I played the demo on steam and I liked it

[green ermine]

yeah -- the steam version definitely looks more polished

[daring plinth]

(I just started trying to implement a save system for https://discord.com/channels/1122861252088172575/1237861166831632556 and it's plain C and I already regret everything :P)

[green ermine]

might take a look at porting that [the steam ver of drilbert] later, if nobody else does

[daring plinth]

so I don't blame you if you stay away 😂

[green ermine]

🙈

[daring plinth]

just had a look at the LD48 one and that should work nicely on handheld too

(also has integer scaling by default)

[green ermine]

👍 yeah, think i will. integer scaling was easy enough to patch out. will wait to see what the creator says. if it's x2 ready-to-runs, that would be cool

[daring plinth]

oh and I see you made it multiarch, fancy!

[green ermine]

... i'd love to claim i worked it out myself, but i got the idea from balatro

[daring plinth]

RGB30/JELOS runs ok too, same note on the text

[ancient garden]

text might be a little harder to make read on 480x320, but aside of level number, is there anything important there? Otherwise fine on 353VS / OGA ARkos and Ace / Rocknix

[green ermine]

thanks!

that's what i figure -- the text is just for the coin count (which you don't really need because you see the whole level at once), and the player already knows the back/restart buttons. i might just up-size the menu/splash screen font because that's an easy job, then leave the in-game bar (which is a tricky proposition)

[daring plinth]

yeah, I've had a look, you would be redesigning a whole bunch of the game

[green ermine]

i might make the "next level" flash over everything, too (not in the top bar)

or something like that

[daring plinth]

only other thing I can think of would be rendering to 1x scale canvas/layer and then non-integer scaling to screen size with some anti-aliasing

as noted tho, there isn't a whole lot to actually read

[crisp ingot]

Works great on the Plus/muOS 🙂

[green ermine]

bigger "start" and "enter next level" text

[solemn plume]

X55/rocknix works

[green ermine]

rad! thx

[solemn plume]

one question though

This part got covered by the header

[green ermine]

what is your screen aspect ratio?

[solemn plume]

should be a 16:9

[green ermine]

hmm. okay. you're the first 16:9 / hi-res, so it may have something to do with that. will investigate

[daring plinth]

I saw that when I was poking around on my computer

let me send you what I change 😄

added horizontal centering too, option for integer scaling in constants, freely resizable window for testing

oh and the main way to fix it was to

local constants = require("constants")
``` to grab the size/tilesize (your one is half a tile off I think?)

[green ermine]

thanks! gotta get some sleep. will look at this tomorrow

[green ermine]

16:9 fix (i hope)

okay -- going to sleep for real now!

[green ermine]

@solemn plume when you have a moment, it would be cool to get a 16:9 test 🥺 🙂

[solemn plume]

Out now… will test when I get back home

Applogiesssds

[green ermine]

not at all (still awaiting creator response, anyhow)

[solemn plume]

Yup looks correct now!