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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · 23d

Coming soon: Micro Mages MAKER! 🧙‍♀️🔨

Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3907760/...

Wishlist if you'd like to support us and not miss the release <3 Thanks! #NES #NESdev

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's been 40 years since the NES was released in North America.

And a whopping 50 years for the CPU which powered it: the MOS 6502.

It launched at $25 in 1975, orders of magnitude cheaper than its competitors and became of the most successful microprocessors of all time. #NESdev

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Sep 6

Grunt work, but gotta get these things right. 🤖

Decoupling some moves from their states, making sure they work together gracefully.

E.g. the drill (vertical dash) + cocoon (deflects bullets back at the boss) #NESdev

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Aug 24

Not right now, I don't think. But sounds like Homebrew Factory/Broke Studio are working on a solution, so hopefully it won't stay like this for too long.

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Aug 15

When you finally catch a longstanding bug on an emulator recording. #NESdev 😭

Player is teleported to bottom screen edge and dies instantly when trying to use a gadget with up+B. It happens VERY rarely.

Thanks, @betoux.bsky.social !

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Aug 5

An ending screen that didn't make it into the game 👽 #NESdev

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Jul 3

Oops, missed this one. Is it too late to reply?

That's definitely a tough choice when in the midst of development.

My half serious take: Always favor speed. Development speed. So everything can fall apart and you'll get to the inevitable rewrite more quickly 😅

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Jun 27

Finally getting to do some optimizations :)

Improved the engine to handle twice as many objects without slowdown. #NESdev

That's gonna come in handy for 4-player mode, which is especially taxing on the CPU...

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Jun 11

You can find more info on Triple Jump's progress in our latest Kickstarter update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mor...

Update 17: Shipping Delayed / PCB Prototype / Shark Curse / Micro Mages Stock Rediscovered / Homebrew Factory Shoutout · Triple Jump: A platformer multi-cartridge for the NES

Hi everyone,it's time for an update! June has begun, and we're still deep in the development of Triple Jump.In this Kickstarter update, we’ll talk about the delayed shipping, the prototype PCB, the bo...

www.kickstarter.com

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Jun 11

We added another curse haunting the bottom screen edge in Triple Jump's bonus game. #NESdev

He just wants to play. 🦈

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Apr 16

New Triple Jump Kickstarter update #NESdev

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mor...

Update 16: Bonus Game / Final Labels / Limited Edition Certificate / NES KS Shoutout · Triple Jump: A platformer multi-cartridge for the NES

Hi everyone,we received new prints for Triple Jump and have been working hard on the bonus game :)🏄‍♂️ Bonus GameWe made a ton of progress on it and the second round of beta-testing should start soon!...

www.kickstarter.com

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Apr 9

Sounds cool, but we're super busy currently. Let's talk about it later this year once our schedule is clear again :)

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Mar 29

I've just added the 100th sound effect to this project. #NESdev

20 items, 7 curses.
45k lines of code. 🫠

(Micro Mages was 22k)

Sorry for the scope creep delays, I think this has turned into a fine game, now on to more QoL additions and balancing... :)

-Julius

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Mar 26

Great news for all retro console homebrewers!

Broke Studio has been responsible for putting our NES games on physical cartridge. #NESdev

Now they're making cartridge production available to ANYONE.

Broke Studio @brokestudio.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT

We are thrilled to launch Homebrew Factory, our new platform that allows gamers to purchase homebrew games and helps creators bring their games to life!

➡️ Store: www.homebrew-factory.com

➡️ Factory: creator.homebrew-factory.com

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Mar 20

:)))

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Feb 26

Hello! both cartridge and ROM will be made available

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Feb 26

Sorry, but the flicker looks completely wrong :-)
The GIF elves strike again

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Feb 26

New game relies on a short tutorial, but we're trying to make it as interactive and visual as possible. #NESdev

Little surfer animation was done with the help of a lua script that recorded the sprites of a real player doing the move. Seemed like the quickest way given the circumstances.

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Feb 24

Absolutely! :)

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Feb 24

New Kickstarter update for our NES multi-cartridge Triple Jump! Some print material arrived :) #NESdev

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mor...

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Dec 21

omg and why don't bosses have the same behavior?

being able to bump off of them might make them seem beefier. and the player is actually getting to do something in order to inflict damage? 😱

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Dec 21

The result.

We wanted the player to not accidentally pop a bubble while they're busy reading.

So now, simply touching bubbles isn't enough. You need to use one of your moves. #NESdev

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Dec 21

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- bubble bump wiggle, unless boost, then bubble slash pop
- lighter bubble pop sfx
- HUD transition: click, wiggle

These TODOs are getting out of hand. #NESdev

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Nov 19

Aw, thank you for the kind words!

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Morphcat Games @morphcat.bsky.social · Nov 19

😂 ohhh no

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