natepeters | 20 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Greetings! I am new to the forums and this is my first post. Name's Nate. I am software analyst and in the last few years I had to shift focus to Assembly and in an effort to become more proficient I decided to learn how to make an NES game. Just when I started to get my feet wet in the pool of NES development I learned about NESMaker and it's Byte-Off competition while at PAX South in 2019. After talking with Joe Granato for a while and listening to a talk he gave at the con, I decided to give NESMaker a try and make something for the competition. Watching my, then 4 year old daughter, doodling on notepad paper one day the idea hit me. Make a game based on her doodle. Enter Doodle World. In Doodle World you play as Doodle, and he is out to save his world from the evil King Eraser and his minions of office supplies. Doodle World is a simple classic style side scrolling platformer. Run, jump, and kill enemies by jumping on them. There are a total of 15 levels spread across 5 lands... Notepad Hills, Crystal Crayon Cave, Felt Tip Forest, Dry Erase Desert, and King Eraser's Castle. Along the way you will collect crayons which grant you an extra life after you collect 100. Find a flashing super crayon and you will be invincible for 10 seconds! The whole game gives the appearance of being drawn and colored on notepad paper. Doodle World was made using Notepad++ and NESMaker for script and asset management. The game is complete and is currently being play tested and bug fixed. I am planning a Kickstarter campaign scheduled to kick off on Aug. 17th. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Hi @natepeters. It has been exciting watching the project development. Welcome to VGS! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,725 Moderator · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Welcome to VGS, Nate! I've been following your posts on Twitter and it's great to see you here too. Consider my calendar marked, because you can count on me as a KS backer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natepeters | 20 Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thanks for the warm welcome! Will keep this thread updated with details about the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) Welcome aboard, Nate. Cool project. I really like the colored-with-crayon quality that your textures have. Check out @KHAN Games' Study Hall for a similarly themed homebrew. Different play style for sure but has the same doodle style element. (And a killer 80s chiptune soundtrack to boot!) Edited July 25, 2020 by JamesRobot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raftronaut | 100 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Good to see you hear Nate, I look forward to seeing this launched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,097 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I love the look of these graphics sooo much. Excellent work, @natepeters! -CasualCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 This looks fantastic and fun! I totally dig the pencil v. eraser theme! Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,725 Moderator · Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Are you still planning to launch today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerBarnes | 184 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) It is incredible how well the ruled paper lines sell the doodle effect. Very clever use of the style Edited August 17, 2020 by TylerBarnes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raftronaut | 100 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 On 8/17/2020 at 2:26 PM, Scrobins said: Are you still planning to launch today? As far as I know there was a delay of launch, but that is all I know of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,725 Moderator · Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 According to Nate’s twitter, he had some pretty serious back surgery lately, so I’d say a delay is completely understandable. I hope you have a pleasant recovery, Nate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,097 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Get well soon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natepeters | 20 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Hey everyone! Thanks for the well wishes! Sorry I have not been very active, been focusing on my health and getting Doodle World ready for the Kickstarter launch. With that said, after some very rigorous bug/play testing the game is done and I will be launching the Kickstarter tomorrow! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/natepeters/doodle-world 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 162 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,097 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Backed for the special edition white cart ftwwww 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvertov | 205 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just backed for a CIB copy. Three things really sold me: the demo, the art style, and the "kids mode." I would love to see more devs follow your lead on that last one. Pretty much anything these days that says "AND you can enjoy this with your kids!!" will get me pulling out my wallet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Has anyone confirmed if the ROM only version works on a flash cart versus an emulator? I'd be down for a ROM copy but don't want to get stuck playing on a computer (etc.) versus on real hardware via flash cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said: Has anyone confirmed if the ROM only version works on a flash cart versus an emulator? I'd be down for a ROM copy but don't want to get stuck playing on a computer (etc.) versus on real hardware via flash cart. Which flash cart? I believe the latest firmware for Everdrive and Powerpak support the mapper type (mapper 30) now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 20 hours ago, Deadeye said: Which flash cart? I believe the latest firmware for Everdrive and Powerpak support the mapper type (mapper 30) now. I've got both and EverDrive and PowerPak, so that's covered. Are you saying that this is using mapper 30? If so, that should be confirmation enough that it would work properly on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 22 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said: I've got both and EverDrive and PowerPak, so that's covered. Are you saying that this is using mapper 30? If so, that should be confirmation enough that it would work properly on both. I am not positive, but I believe so. @natepeters would need to confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 162 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Doodle World is a made with NESmaker, it is a mapper30 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natepeters | 20 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 9/15/2020 at 2:01 PM, dale_coop said: Doodle World is a made with NESmaker, it is a mapper30 game. Dale is correct, it is a Mapper 30 game so yes it will work on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natepeters | 20 Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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