Lizardrive

New ROM - Lighter!

Hello, it's me again!

I was optimizing some stuff today and was able to reduce ROM size by a third!

More space available means more content!

How cool is this?!

Cheers! :-)

New ROM & Billing paused

Hello there, long time no see!

I paused billing again this month, considering my progress on LIZARDPAINT.

But you will find an updated ROM enclosed anyways. Quite a few bug fixes, and finally a decent 3/6 buttons gamepad support.

Hope you will like it!

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On a side note, Promptnews opened a site to host his Megadrive / Genesis digital magazine: https://sites.google.com/view/mddm...

Happy New Year!

Hello there, I take the opportunity of pausing billing for this month again to wish you all the best for this new year.

We hope that you and your relatives will be happy and healthy as can be.

I started working on some new features for LIZARDPAINT, but have no clue how to make them accessible. I find it very hard to develop a good User Interface, especially as I don't want to use any word in the interface. For instance the possibility to draw your own pattern for brush as well as ...

Pausing payment again!

Hello,

just a quick news to tell you that I paused payment again this month.

I'd feel terrible getting a single cent without working on SEGA Megadrive projects.

I do not have much spare time as I'd like to, but that's life...! They'll be better days!

In case I do not post anything until then, I wish you all a Merry Christmas. 

Hope you will have a good time with your family, relatives, or even alll alone.

All the best! :-)

Pausing billing again & Digital Magazine!

Hello there, hope you are doing fine!

I am pausing billing for this month again. Hopefully I will provide you with interesting updates later.

Now some funny stuff you may be interested in: 

Digital Magazine running on SEGA Megadrive / Genesis, made by https://twitter.com/promptnews:

#1: 2022-11-15 19:42:17 +0000 UTC View Post

New ROM - Controller support

Hello!

ROM enclosed was compiled using latest SGDK release.

Unrelated to this, I implemented 3/6 buttons controllers support.

This was asked several time, so I hope you'll be interested in it.

Simply plug either a mouse or a controller at startup to use either of them.

Cheers!

Interesting video with EN/PT subtitles

Hi there!

I took some time this month to help Youtuber "Retro Polo" add English subtitles to his interview of Stef, the man behind SGDK.

SGDK is a development kit used by many modern SEGA Genesis/Megadrive developers (including us). Released titles such as Xeno Crisis and Demons of Asteborg used it too!

Please take a look and enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCELRfjrTUs...

Billing paused this month!

Hello there! 

I paused billing again for this month as I find my progress insufficient.

Thanks a lot for your support, and all the best to you! :-)

Quick news!

Hello, there have been no significant work done on LIZARDPAINT this month.

Between my fulltime day job, my job hunt and daily life, I did not work enough on LIZARDPAINT this month. Therefore, I am pausing billing for this cycle.

Thanks again for your support and all the best to you guys! :-)

New ROM - Bug fixes

Hello!

You'll find a new ROM enclosed which fixes an issue with stamp factory (one colour was not usable with pencil) and sandbox priority.

Cheers! :-)

New ROM - Bugfix and update

Hello there! Hope you are doing fine.

Almost a month without an update feels like a total shame to me. But to be honest I have difficulty writing simple and catchy songs for LIZARDPAINT. Indeed, my mind has been busy with job interviews lately. I did not know they became so complicated. Anyhow... life goes on! :-)

You'll find a stable and clean build of LIZARDPAINT.

There was a bug that no one noticed/reported which has been fixed here.

Also, I added a preview of the s...

New ROM - Stamp factory OK

Hello!

Hope you are doing fine. I finally fixed the filling algorithm for the stamp factory.

Everything now works as expected, so enjoy making your very own stamps!

I'll go back to mini game fixing, then look at the sound design.

Cheers!

New ROM - updated stamp factory

Hello! Hope you are doing well!

This new rom contains an updated version of the stamp factory where palette and all tools (but filling) now work.

I am testing different approaches for filling. It may not look like it, but it is actually a little more complicated than simply reusing the algorithm made for the regular canvas. I am confident I will be able to fix it soon. 

Cheers!

New ROM - Stamp Factory

Hello there! Hope you are doing fine.

On my end, I got sick and decided to code anyways... Which was a very poor decision.

I don't know what my past self did, but it took me days to recover from this mess! :-D

Anyways, ROM enclosed is stabilized and offers you a first sneak peak of the "Stamp Factory". It allows you to draw your own stamp to use it on the canvas. 

Cheers!

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New ROM - 1st mini game

Hello,

I started to integrate Robin Watch within LIZARDPAINT.

You can access it by clicking on it on title screen (where ROM enclosed starts).

It is still a WIP, but you can already try to beat my high-score: 

Cheers! :-)

New ROM - Early custom stamps

Hello!

We officially released V0.3 earlier this month. Make sure to download it from www.lizardpaint.com and archive it in a time capsule for future generations!

Regarding what's next, I am working on "stamp factory", or custom stamps. In a nutsheel you will be able to draw your own stamp and use it as you want, with whichever colours you chose. Build enclosed contains mine (some sort of blue hedgehog's face). I am struggling a bit with GUI which will allow you to access and edit ...

LIZARDPAINT V0.3

Hello there! Hope you are doing fine!

You'll find enclosed what I believe to be the next official release of LIZARDPAINT.

Indeed, I fixed a few sneaky nasty bugs and could not find any remaining.

I'll do a little bit more tests before making it public, though.

Cheers! :-)

New ROM - Dynamic colour for tool fixed!

Hello!

Maybe you did notice already... I totally forgot to rework colour displayed for tools while implementing colour mixing! Can you believe this?

So... I took some time this week-end to think and fix this. 

What we have now is almost be release ready! Almost, because I need to test again after a good night of sleep.

Hope you'll like it!

Cheers! :-)

New ROM - Fill as you want!

Hello,

New ROM allows you to fill a surface entirely, or stop whenever you want by doing a left/right click.

It includes some performance improvements as well, and hopefully less bugs! :-)

Cheers!

New ROM - Small bugfixes & Even MORE colours

Hello there!

I tested last build a bit more and fixed several sneaky bugs (edit: as well as mixing pattern).

While at it, I decided to add even more simulated colours:

Now you have:

- dark colours (selected colour is mixed with black)

- little bit darker colours (selected colour is mixed with adjacent colour on its left)

- regular colours (colours from s...

New ROM - more colours!

Merry Easter!

You'll find a new ROM enclosed which allows you to use lighter and darker colours for the ones of the palette you selected. Does this sentence make sense? :-D

Let's take a look:

As you can see, the idea is to apply black or white dots in order to make one colour look darker or lighter. This effect works better on CRT, but it looks decent already. 

It works n...

New ROM - Spray painting!

Hello!

New ROM enclosed introduces a new tool: spray painting!

I am unsure about the sprite I made and hope to improve it later. 

Aside from that, I properly implemented 2 colours painting. I am now wondering how I could properly display it in the GUI. It's hard to make something simple to understand! 

Cheers!

Updated ROM

Hello!

I updated previous ROM and fixed all issues I previously identified.

Still need to do further tests to make sure there is no sneaky bug left, but I am quite confident undo feature is working as expected. This is a nice achievement! 

I am unsure about which next feature should be prioritized between spray and colour blending. We'll see.

Cheers! :-)

New ROM - undo feature

Hello! Hope you doing fine!

You'll find a new release enclosed, which allows you to undo your last action.

There are still things I need to take care of in regards of this feature, but at least it finally works!

Enjoy (hopefully)! :-)

PS: you need an emulator / a flashcart supporting SRAM

Revised ROM with interpolation

Hello! 

After a good night of sleep, I checked and tweaked interpolation.

I improved performances and made sure it is used only when needed.

I *think* there isn't any bug remaining.

Cheers and have a nice week-end!

Interpolation!

Hello there! Maybe you did not notice before, but there often are openings in a line/curve when drawing a little too fast.

Therefore I've been working on interpolation. 

In a nutshell, the objective was to constantly have 2 drawn dots on the canvas connected to each others, potentially by drawing the missing ones in between. This was an interesting challenge which led me back to my middle school maths (Pythagorean Theorem).

ROM enclosed *normally* works properly.

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V02 is ready

Hello there,

you'll find enclosed what should be the public release of LIZARDPAINT V0.2. ROM enclosed therefore starts from the regular screen.

I have fixed very sneaky bugs, improved performance a little bit more, and reworked UI/UX for line tool. I hope it is clearer now. 

I like to fiddle with line size, length and style to draw waves, like a Joy Division album cover. Then, I switch palettes real fast until I get hypnotized. 

Hope you'll like it! Feel free...

New release (lines and stamps OK)

Hello, hope you are doing fine!

You'll find enclose what should be the closest to LIZARDPAINT's next release.

Lines and stamps are working like a charm. Undo still isn't there (I am struggling to be honest! :-D).

I still need to check that there's no bug in sight and reactivate boot screen / title screen. 

Cheers!

Revised GUI!

Hello!

You'll find a new ROM enclosed showcasing revised GUI.

Colours now always are available on top of the screen. Having only one bar at the bottom was tiresome. I tried making 2 bars which were popping in and out in order to minimize impact on drawing canvas, but the person who saw it said it was very annoying.

So here we are! I hope you will like it (please note that...

New LIZARDPAINT beta release

Hello there!

You'll find latest build enclosed. It includes stamps as well as WIP for lines.

Stamps are being handled by a simple Python script which takes all BMP in a folder as input in order to generate code for LIZARDPAINT. It looks like this:

I improved performance again, tweaked a few things here and there to improve user experience (tools have been slightly redrawn, a few sne...