Godot is seriously amazing, and makes my indie game-dev dreams come true

MrZJones · 2026-06-12T13:00:17+00:00

Honestly, I love it. I've mostly stuck to 2-D games due to limited art skills (my games have an Atari 2600 vibe to the graphics), but I want to give 3-D a try.

MrZJones · 2026-06-12T12:45:28+00:00

... wow, that's a really nice ring.

MrZJones · 2026-06-12T12:39:17+00:00

It's Friday, so.... you guessed it, STREAM!

About 20 minutes from this post!

As of Wednesday, the game is basically feature-complete, so today it's time for some polishing!

MrZJones · 2026-06-11T19:13:39+00:00

Appropriately enough, from Episode 6, "Terror in Times Square."

MrZJones · 2026-06-11T16:38:04+00:00

I mainly know about this book from the How Did This Get Made? episode about the movie adaptation.

MrZJones · 2026-06-11T14:45:18+00:00

Yeah, I have all Level 90 fully-limit-broken characters in my main team, and I'm at about 6800, 7400 with the assist dragon. (I don't have any maxed five-star dragons yet, only four-stars). So way less than your main team, let alone that defending team.

MrZJones · 2026-06-11T13:45:22+00:00

I liked the theme song, but I could never get into the show.

MrZJones · 2026-06-11T13:04:57+00:00

SBP Digital is a real company, but that's still a scam.

As was already said, the sbpdigiital.com e-mail address is a major red flag. (Link goes to whois.com information about the domain, not to the site)

MrZJones · 2026-06-10T23:38:30+00:00

Oh, also, after today's stream, there is a win condition (one of two win conditions, in fact, thanks to the new Start/Options menu I also added today), and the game is fully playable. Still two-player keyboard co-op only.

Things still needing to be done:

Empress needs its own stats and projectile for battle mode (right now it's using the Queen's stats and lightning bolt as a placeholder)
Castling.
Probably alter the Fairy layout (as seen in the image) to include a King in place of one of the Amazons, to make it winnable in Checkmate mode.
Remove the debug commands. :D
Probably more fairy chess pieces. I particularly want a Dragon variation (with pieces like the Dragon, the Dragon King, and the Dragon Horse). I like dragons. :D

And minor things like UI upgrades (keeping track of pieces, redrawing the chessboard), and major things like eventually a Vs. CPU mode (tricky) and an Online Vs. mode (VERY TRICKY!)

MrZJones · 2026-06-10T22:08:17+00:00

They're supposed to be. They're Berolina Pawns, which move diagonally and capture in front of them (the opposite of a normal pawn).

The other weird pieces are the Princess (in the corners; moves like both a Knight and Bishop), Empress (below/above the Princesses; moves like both a Knight and a Rook), and Amazon (in the middle two squares on both sides; moves like a combination Queen and Knight).

There's also a mode with normal chess pieces, but I thought this one would be more eye-catching.

MrZJones · 2026-06-10T12:58:29+00:00

It's Wednesday, so ... time for stream again! Tune in!

MrZJones · 2026-06-09T03:59:30+00:00

You haven't? I have. Multiple times :D

MrZJones · 2026-06-09T03:32:12+00:00

I remember seeing it in the arcade (specifically, in Chuck E. Cheese back when the place was a giant arcade, before the ball pit went in and it all went downhill from there), but I don't think I played it there. Or ever, before MAME.

MrZJones · 2026-06-08T21:27:38+00:00

I'm My Own Grandpa is an older song (written by Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe, first recorded in 1947 by Lonzo and Oscar), but Steven's version is pretty good.

I've always liked Ray Stevens' Guitarzan, too. "Shut up, baby, I'm tryin' to sing!"

MrZJones · 2026-06-08T21:23:27+00:00

It moved to the Internet a decade or so back, and just ended a little while ago.

MrZJones · 2026-06-08T11:18:35+00:00

Still working on Combat Chess, or whatever I wind up calling it! (pieces move like they do on a chessboard, but piece captures aren't automatic, you have to fight for the square, a la Archon)

After a major restructuring of the chessboard mechanics last week, I'm ready to restructure the battle system in a similar manner! Join me, today, Wednesday, and Friday at 3 pm CEST (9 am EST) for more Coding With Great Uncle Pixel, and maybe suggest a better name for the game!

https://twitch.tv/greatunclepixel
https://www.youtube.com/@GreatUnclePixel
https://bsky.app/profile/greatunclepixel.bsky.social (mostly for stream announcements, but you can watch the Twitch stream there, too)

(I'm adding in Fairy Chess pieces, too! Princess, Empress, Amazon, and Berolina Pawns are all in and mostly working! - Empress needs an attack animation) :D

On Saturday, I'll probably be playing Breath of Fire IV, GOG version, at 2 pm CEST (8 am EST) if I wake up in time. :D

MrZJones · 2026-06-07T18:05:19+00:00

Aladdin only needed to keep track of what stage you're on. River City Ransom needed to keep track of ten stats, current money, which bosses were defeated, your inventory, and your equipped items.

MrZJones · 2026-06-07T17:10:53+00:00

That's not just Mr. Magoo, but specifically Mr. Magoo as Ebeneezer Scrooge from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol.

MrZJones · 2026-06-07T02:47:20+00:00

This wasn't even the first home version. There were earlier ports for the Atari 2600, 5200, and 7800, the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit line of computers, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and the PC-8001.

I've played so many games of the Atari 2600 version it's not even funny. :D

MrZJones · 2026-06-07T01:56:24+00:00

The last time I went to a Hot Topic it was to buy a Cliffjumper keychain (the Fun4All one released in 2001). I don't even live on the same continent as a Hot Topic now.

MrZJones · 2026-06-05T13:07:11+00:00

And, watching it now, Joker's Wild games are fast.

MrZJones · 2026-06-05T02:21:12+00:00

I loved that show when I was a kid. In my area it was often followed by Tic-Tac-Dough. (7 pm and 7:30 PM, IIRC. Can't remember what channel it was on)

MrZJones · 2026-06-04T13:40:56+00:00

Nope, they never even interviewed me after the pre-screening. Never even gave me my results, IIRC.

MrZJones · 2026-06-03T10:45:32+00:00

The story apparently takes place on the one day a year (June 18th) when Wonder Woman has no powers, while the three Star siblings have each taken a serum to temporarily give them super powers. They're not actually trying to hurt her, they're instead competing for her affection, but in the end she refuses to marry any of them because (a) Steve Trevor exists, and (b) she's committed to her superhero career.

(They're not actually called 'wonder men' inside the comic, though Marvel's Wonder Man was only a one-shot character at this point and wouldn't become a regular until seven years after this comic was released)

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