BasGa – two color schemes

 

Another Galaga-type game. Retro-themed. And an 800 x 600 screen. Four colors. Like the SGA graphics in MS DOS. And sci-fi as the main theme. Again, like the 80s. This time, I created the text color and background. The game can change its entire visual design depending on the graphics mode. Blue and pink.

The SGA color palette has four colors. And for the main background, I chose two colors from there: blue and pink. The remaining colors are game sprites. So, on a blue background, the ships are pink. And on a pink background, the ships are blue. This substitution also happens with the text. This is a technical feature of this game.

This idea will be implemented in the main menu. The color selection. And it's like two games in one. Different colors mean different colors are used. It looks different. And the retro style is like the SGA graphics in MS DOS. Just 4 colors. You can also select using the left and right arrows.

And again, the game concept. Which still needs to be programmed. It's science fiction. Space. But very simple. Made of squares. And a few colors. Stylized like early MS-DOS games, but with graphics.

I've had the idea for a long time. Back when I learned about SGA graphics. That there are only 4 colors. And several palettes are used. I don't know exactly how, but I really liked the idea. Make a game in several colors. The ones that were in SGA video adapters.

Everything moves a bit slow. It's still retro. Like the computer thinks. Graphics are very complex to display and very demanding on the processor. And the monitor. As they would have said back then. All this has only just appeared! And 10 levels. Essentially identical. Just 10 levels. The enemies are practically static. For a retro feel.

Levels can have one line of enemies. Two or three such lines. There are also gaps in the rows on some levels. Where the enemy should be, there's nothing. It's just there to add interest. The levels are simple. Everything is simple. It moves slowly. Enemies shoot occasionally. When you're in their lane. But not often.

It's all accompanied by some retro sounds. Simple music plays. Like 8-bit. You can almost hear the creaking of an old computer. And it's a retro stylization. I've had this idea for a long time. What if we made a game in BASIC in the spirit of old games? 4 colors. I had this theme of 4 colors - 4 games. But I can't seem to learn how to do everything that quickly. So I went back to the idea of ​​one game from that list. How much could you do if you could just program well, at least in BASIC? I'm learning, gaining knowledge directly from the topics. So I can try again and again to achieve what I want. One game a week. Like Galaga.

And that's already two projects a week. So, a step on that path. Because of a cold. I took a break for a while. And now I'm trying to get back. This game takes you back to the era of the 286 or 386 processor. And I haven't even seen all of that goodness myself! So I'm just fantasizing and programming.

A simple space shooter. A very popular theme. In the simplest retro solution. This is BasGa. Ga is Galaga. And Bas is Basic.

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