Homebrew Leader Board Competition 2020-Game 9: The Cowlitz Gamers' Lost Adventure

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Homebrew Leader Board Competition 2020 - Game 9: The Cowlitz Gamers' Lost Adventure

Play Period: Friday, September 4 - Sunday, September 20, 2020

Download the rom here.

What once was lost, now is found, and damn is it fun! With the release of the rom for Action 53, Volume 4 and in anticipation of its upcoming cartridge release, we are swapping out our final regular season game with The Cowlitz Gamers' Lost Adventure! This standalone collection of new levels modeled on The Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure is loosely based on programmer Łukasz Kur's unreleased ZX predecessor game. The goal is to climb from one level to the next, avoiding enemies and finding treasure, hidden secrets, and the means to open the door to the next stage in the limited time the clock affords you.

Fans will recognize the colorful and challenging levels designed by Łukasz Kur and @M-Tee, accompanied by the fun chiptune stylings of Robi. The first two Cowlitz Gamers' Adventures (released in 2016 and 2017 respectively) were developed for the now-concluded Cowlitz Gamers for Kids Expo, an event that raised money for The Arc of Cowlitz County in partnership with Lifeworks Washington, serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. The expo was overseen by John Hancock, Chelsea Beck, and Jonathan Rose.

In honor of this being the last game before the finals of this NES homebrew competition, this month's winner will receive a CIB of 30 Years of Nintendont, a Sega Genesis homebrew by @Dr. Ludos and available through Côté Gamers.

How to submit your score:

1. Scores shall be submitted by posting a picture to that month’s game thread.  Screenshots of a computer screen (print screen) are not acceptable.

2. The picture must include the entire screen and have your VGS user name within the picture on a piece of paper.   Username can not be added digitally to the picture.

3. Type out your score in bold on your thread post.

4. Scores must be submitted within the posted time frame.

5. Do not submit scores from previous runs.

6. Use one post for your score.  You can submit as many as you like by editing your original post.  You can bump the thread to announce your new score.

 

Rules:

1. NTSC only, no PAL.  This will create a level playing field and not create differences based on timing.

2. OEM, FPGA, and clone consoles are OKAY.

3. Emulators are OKAY.  Play game at 100% speed.

4. No save states allowed.

5. Flashcarts (i.e. Everdrive / Power Pak) are OKAY.

6. No turbo or slow motion controllers are allowed.

7. No game genie codes.

8. Do not use glitches in the game to boost your score.

UPDATED RULES:

9. You may not use passwords or continues

10. You may play on any difficulty, but be aware of the impact on points and extra lives as per the chart below:

 

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The Cowlitz Gamers' Lost Adventure Leaderboard

Username               Score                Date

Red                     245,350       9/20/2020

bertsampson      203,250      9/20/2020

Jeevan                179,350       9/20/2020

ecmyers              132,600       9/18/2020

Deadeye             103,400       9/20/2020

JamesRobot         66,750       9/16/2020

Ausden                20,660       9/16/2020

Jicsan                    8,720        9/19/2020

Scrobins                2,740        9/20/2020

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GET GOIN' DAMN YOU

[Deadeye 1,556]

Looking forward to this one!

[bertsampson 345]

203,250

32,670

Are we to play this on a specific difficulty?  Are there higher points awarded for harder difficulties?  I seem to remember that being a thing on the 2nd Adventure.

Also, this game is awesome!!!

Edited September 21, 2020 by bertsampson
Score Update

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8 hours ago, bertsampson said:

Are we to play this on a specific difficulty?  Are there higher points awarded for harder difficulties?  I seem to remember that being a thing on the 2nd Adventure.

We've decided that you may play on any difficulty, and posted a chart that displays how points/extra lives are affected by difficulty. However passwords and continues will not be allowed.

[Deadeye 1,556]

No other contenders yet?  I am going to try it this weekend. 

[ecmyers 93]

132,600
121,500
113,500
93,550
42,550

It's on like Donkey Kong! (Though this game is more like Mario Bros. than DK.)

I just started learning Lost Adventure last night, and I'm having a blast with it. Just want to get myself on the scoreboard, though I sure expect to improve my score by the weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2020 by ecmyers

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Now we got a race!

[Deadeye 1,556]

Like EC, here is my scoreboard score holder. 

103,400

77,050

66,550

37,950

Edited September 20, 2020 by Deadeye

[Jicsan 526]

I'm totally going to try this.  But my kids are virtual schooling and they are using the PC for like 90% of my daily free time.   

[Jeevan 8,038]

49620

61150

115100

179350

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by Jeevan

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Updated!

[Jeevan 8,038]

Updated as well lol.

Also, since ur on, what is the way to get the diamond to appear every time first level......seems like it is so random.  I know there are super secret teleports and stuff, but man, seems like some of this stuff is impossible to get!?  IDK......anyway, fun little game, not sure I will get much better at it tho.

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The diamonds don’t appear randomly, it’s just that what makes them appear is hyper-specific like walking on or jumping from a particular spot.

It’s such a fun game, I’m so glad it’s getting released on Action 53’s next volume.

[M-Tee 41]

There's an invisible switch, about 8x8 pixels in size in every stage, that's triggered by contact. There's a "secret revealed" sound effect that plays when you hit it. Depending on the stage, the switch will either:

* spawn a diamond

* grant access to a diamond

-or-

* grant safe passage back from getting the diamond

Collect 8 diamonds to get access to a hidden chamber (bonus stage) that opens up quite a lot of extra points.

Happy hunting!

[ecmyers 93]

If anyone is curious, I streamed a full playthrough of the game on Normal Mode the other night, and I found most of the diamonds at some point. I've since located some of the ones I missed. Don't mind my terrible game play—I seem to have a blindspot for chandeliers. But I'm getting better!

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1 hour ago, ecmyers said:

If anyone is curious, I streamed a full playthrough of the game on Normal Mode the other night, and I found most of the diamonds at some point. I've since located some of the ones I missed. Don't mind my terrible game play—I seem to have a blindspot for chandeliers. But I'm getting better!

Ya, those chandeliers seem to hide really, really well, i didn't even see them the first time i got to the tower stage .

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2 hours ago, M-Tee said:

There's an invisible switch, about 8x8 pixels in size in every stage, that's triggered by contact. There's a "secret revealed" sound effect that plays when you hit it. Depending on the stage, the switch will either:

* spawn a diamond

* grant access to a diamond

-or-

* grant safe passage back from getting the diamond

Collect 8 diamonds to get access to a hidden chamber (bonus stage) that opens up quite a lot of extra points.

Happy hunting!

This helped out a lot thanks, now if only i can git gud and do it without dieing to play on ace mode lol.

Also, do u have more games that you have helped/made to promote?

[M-Tee 41]

mteegfx.com

That should lead to my itch page.

You can play the predecessor to this game, The Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure. It has a manual included that's applicable to Lost as well (it explains the hidden switches for instance).

Gruniożerca 2 and 3 were both from the same development team as these games (myself and Łukasz Kur). They're different genres though, a puzzle platformer and a puzzle game.

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2 minutes ago, M-Tee said:

mteegfx.com

That should lead to my itch page.

You can play the predecessor to this game, The Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure. It has a manual included that's applicable to Lost as well (it explains the hidden switches for instance).

Gruniożerca 2 and 3 were both from the same development team as these games (myself and Łukasz Kur). They're different genres though, a puzzle platformer and a puzzle game.

Thanks, I will check them out  Sorry if it was such a noob question  Im a little new to the homebrew thing.

[M-Tee 41]

Not at all! Please enjoy the games. We need more folks "new to the homebrew thing" every day. That's how we all got hooked in the first place.

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13 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

Thanks, I will check them out  Sorry if it was such a noob question  Im a little new to the homebrew thing.

Let us know if you’re interested in any recommendations!

[Jeevan 8,038]

2 minutes ago, Scrobins said:

Let us know if you’re interested in any recommendations!

Feel free to suggest away.  I would like to own actual copies tbh, any and all are welcome tho.  I like supporting people and I like good games .  This just honestly hasn't been anything I have explored until @Gloves had us do bingo.  I have done very little lurking in the dev section but that was it.  Also, keep in mind that I just really got into the scene last year, so I am definitely late to the party lol.  I did however purchase family picross because of @Vectrex28 making it and all.  Anyway, I have rambled on enough.......but yes, feel free to send anything my way, I really like rpg's as well, are there any good homebrew rpg's out there?

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I’ll PM you so we can talk at length, but this thread is a good start: