Nostalgia: Old un-released Bob the Hamster sidescroller

[Bob the Hamster]

I recently ported to FreeBasic an old unfinished prototype of a Bob the Hamster jump-and-run side scrolling game.

You can download the results here: <a href="http://hamsterrepublic.com/dl/bob-old-s ... ler.zip</a>

You can move Bob around a single level, and interact with a few objects, although there are no enemies to fight.

This code is notable in OHRRPGCE history because, as best as I can remember, it is the first Hamster Republic code to use the multi-directional scrolling code used for the OHR's maps.

I find it interesting that <a href="http://hamsterrepublic.com/dl/baby_bob.zip">Baby Bob</a> actually plays a little smoother than this :)

<img src="http://gilgamesh.hamsterrepublic.com/al ... ller_1.png"> <img src="http://gilgamesh.hamsterrepublic.com/al ... ller_2.png">

[Only One In All]

Cool man! Aside from the 'doink' sound Bob makes when he jumps which gets annoying kinda fast, this would be sweet if it was actually playable with enemies and such.

[Newbie Newtype]

Agreed. The level design is pretty cool, and enemies would just make it better.

[Nathan Karr]

I love the game, even though I can't hear the sound.

I especially like the way that his expressions are exaggerated when he's running.

EDIT: I found that the reason I couldn't hear the sound was that someone had turned the speakers on the computer I was using down to zero.

[Bob the Hamster]

I am glad y'all are amused :)

I have no plans to continue work on this old sidescroller, but I am working on a different one written in less ancient-and-crunkety code.