What's your favorite ZZT sidescrolling engine?

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:21 pm

Preferrably one that's able to do horizontal jumping. The one in ZZT Encyclopedia is pretty good for that, but it's not quite as responsive as I'd like. What have you seen that's good?

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:25 pm

ZZT games tend not to be too great at sidescrolling.

But anyways I guess that I'd have to say Mega Man by Maullar Maullar.

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:26 am

I always liked Forest of ZZT and Freak Da Cat.

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:45 am

Stupid the Dog seems not too bad, though it could use a bit of lag at the top of the jump.

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Wed May 31, 2006 2:50 am

Okay, I modded the Stupid the Dog engine a bit to give it better hang-time at the top of the jump - it's my belief that frustration at not hitting those maximum-height-jumps isn't what a player of a platformer should be feeling.

http://rapidshare.de/files/21821170/JDMSTUPD.ZZT.html

It's saved on the board of Stupid the Dog that I used to modify the engine. Tell me if it seems responsive enough to you.

(And no, this isn't purely academic. I have an idea.)

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Wed May 31, 2006 5:18 am

i got some ideas too

superbowl shuffle · Post by **superbowl shuffle** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:11 am

Koopo the Lemming is my favorite. I liked also the engine in that game Treasure Hunter. And then there was that funky one in the ZZT Encyclopedia where you can hang on to something on the ceiling.

Post by **MadTom** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:55 am

Commodore's engine for Sid's Disaster is the best I've seen. Pandemonium: Alpha is similar.

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:13 am

treasure hunter zzt by eJECTION13 is the best zzt sidescroller ever.

"stupid the dog" was a lame freak da cat ripoff by a lame idiot (freak da cat was good too, 2 was also good but WAY TOO HARD)

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Wed May 31, 2006 11:08 am

I agree, Stupid the Dog was lame - but I like his engine.

Re: Sid's Disaster; Great game, wish whoever made it had played it through before it was released. ;) I just downloaded it the other day and I've been playing through it, and I can't tell you how frustrating it is to walk into a board and have the bats/frogs shooting the spikes that auto-end the game.

I'm basically modding the Stupid the Dog engine as follows:

Player gets locked in (hitting down button is a crouching stance), plus player clone for shot direction. Shooting down cycles through your special abilities.

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Wed May 31, 2006 5:23 pm

yeah, I know :(

fucking bats. I need to update and rerelease it, along with wasteland.

Seventh Shade · Post by **Seventh Shade** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:08 am

I like the ninja engine I did for ninja pizza. It had triangle jumps off walls and ninja magic gliding. I sent it to dave2 for him to finish after making about half the game. He never did. The lesson: everything I create is doomed.

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VinceP · Post by **VinceP** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:29 am

Sid's Disaster was THE best. ZZT sidescrollers always suck - except that one. It was cool because you had to work your way UPWARDS instead of to the right.