Jimmy The Fruit Catcher (SGDK)
A downloadable game
ABOUT
Welcome to Jimmy The Fruit Catcher! Play as the eponymous protagonist Jimmy and catch fruits flying straight from the sky!
Your objective is to get the highest possible score by getting fruits, hearts and time! When you lose, your hi-score will be displayed on the screen. Think you can max it out?
Beware of the pesky projectiles though! Those things can get you a quick Game Over if you don't know what you're doing. It's best to avoid them.
DEVELOPMENT
This is my first ever game I made using the Sega Genesis Dev Kit, so it's obviously not perfect. I tried making this game as a learning experience and also because I always wanted to make a Genesis game on my own. I have only tested this on an emulator, so if some of you got an actual Sega Genesis, I would love to see this game running on it!
Download
Install instructions
MD ROM - Unzip the rom file and open it in a desired Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) Emulator.
Source Files - Download and install SGDK 1.70 and open the main.c file in src
Development log
- v1.01 changelogJan 17, 2023
Comments
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Hey. The game is funny, however 1) there is very little motivation to catch watches, if there isn't practically chance that time runs out, 2) bonus lives come too often and 3) you can leave fruits hitting the ground with no malus at all. Hint: why don't you make the player loose 10 (or even better 20) seconds of time every time a fruit hits the ground? This would make the game a little harder, and give more motivation to take both watches when they appear, and all fruits when it is possible. Otherwise, you can easily earn a lot of points just taking the only fruits that are easy/safe, and abandoning the others to their fate.
Congrats on your first Mega Drive/Genesis game. Runs great on my Hyperkin MegaRetroN HD/Mega EverDrive X5.
I like the difficulty ramping speed. Animations, Sound, and music are good as well.
Well Done!
Thanks! That means a lot to me
You're welcome. You earned it. :)