Kellerraum - The Point&Click Adventure
A downloadable game for Windows
Current Version: 1.3
About (Commodore Versions)
When I started this project, my goal was to first write some kind of BASIC framework, that would allow me to more easily write point-and-click games that are compatible with all Commodore computers (as my games usually are).
While doing that I more and more ran into technical limitations, which now kind of prevent me from coding the adventure game I had originally envisioned I would create. So, I decided to first release the very small point-and-click adventure Kellerraum, which was originally only intended for testing purposes.
- For Commodore PET, C64, C128, and Plus4
- Controls: WASD, Cursor Keys and Space or Joystick
- Written and tested in VICE Emulator Version 3.9
About (PC Version)
Because of the technical difficulties I've experienced during the initial development on the Commodore 64, I now also created a PC Version of my Kellerraum proof-of-concept. The basic engine is the same as in my ZieBieEmm Gaming and ZBE Basic apps, combined with a Java Swing UI.
I bundled my app with the free Adoptium Temurin JRE 8 (see https://adoptium.net/), so that no additional downloads are required to play the game.
Theoretically, the only requirement for my game is Java 8 or newer, which means it should also work on Linux, if you have Java installed. I haven't tested it though.
- Controls: WASD or Cursor Keys and Space
- Use Alt+F4 to quit
- Written and tested with Eclipse on Windows 11
Tagline
You are in a small dark room. You don't know how you got here, but you are sure that you need to get out.
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Install instructions
D64: Download the correct disk for your system. It should autoplay in all emulators, otherwise use LOAD"*",8,1 and RUN. Also works on https://masswerk.at/pet/.
ZIP: On Windows, just extract all files and doubleclick the start-game.bat.
Development log
- Kellerraum for Windows6 days ago
Comments
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UPDATE: I restructured the the part of the code that makes it compatible with all Commodore machines: It now first checks the keyboard input, which is the same for all of them, and then after that checks the machine type and reads the joystick input accordingly. While this makes the code longer, it definitely improves the performance for the cursor.
Pretty interesting project
Interesting proof of concept, but so slow for the cursor... I tried using blitz basic on the C64 version, and it was too fast :D
Can't wait for a longer game.
Have a good day.
Hi. Thanks for checking it out. I was already thinking about trying blitz basic, but it sounds like I have to find a different solution. :D
It was faster but not unplayable. Using blitz could be an idea to follow :D