Really good for a first game, the shooting at the end was a nice addition. I added it to my new "Gameplay of New C64 Games from April 2025" video along with other recently released games. I hope you enjoy the video.
Thanks ! Originally i had implemented a real wave effect for the donuts... but i got really the see sick with that... so i just changed to up & down moviing in sync for all donuts. :D
Hello.Good work, especially when considering, that this is your first game on the C64.I have two suggestions for a possible v1.1 version. There should also be a selectable mode in the game-menu, that speeds up the entire gameplay (both, the player-sprite's movements and those of the enemies), e.g. a choice of the difficulty-level (easy and hard), because the gameplay is a bit slow, in my eyes. If a player then selects hard mode, everything could run a bit faster. And it would also be nice, if the highscores were saved in the game. For the sake of fairness, two score-lists would be necessary then, one for the easy and one for the hard mode. Such things would improve the game and nice to have in a future version.
thanks for your comment and Suggestion. I had some speed limitation constraint due to my code , that's why it is not as fast i would like. But if you play in NTSC it is a little faster. Thanks for your suggestions for High score. I don't know if i will come back on that game. But if i did , i will take them in consideration for sure.
Yes, it could be. Somebody suggested me this C compiler that i did not know. May be i will try to use it. Not sure i will port that game to this compiler , but for a new game for sure.
If you ask me, i think "Donutsman" is worth it. The game itself is good, it only suffers from a bit of slow gameplay and if that could be fixed, by using a faster compiler, it should be done. But of course, that's your decision. It would be a fine thing, though. :)
A very good idea for a game in which the classic PAC MAN is an element 😎 I think that adding a bit more speed to the movement of the main character will allow for even more fun in the gameplay, which does not change the fact that the game is enjoyable 😎 I would like to talk to you about this game. Please send me an e-mail.
Thanks a lot for your comment and your video!. Yes for the speed i know. But i have a technical constraint due to my code... i was not able to make it move faster unfortunately. I contact you per mail.
Well done in creating your very first game. I was very impressed with Donutsman. The game design is sort of pacman, but with an additional special feature before completing the level. Nice music also.
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cool production with cover, manual and everything. too bad the game itself is not so much to my liking but everything else is top notch.
Thanks a lot for your comment!.
Really good for a first game, the shooting at the end was a nice addition. I added it to my new "Gameplay of New C64 Games from April 2025" video along with other recently released games. I hope you enjoy the video.
Thanks a lot for your comment and video!!!
Solid first game! Getting a bit seasick of the floating dots haha :D
Thanks ! Originally i had implemented a real wave effect for the donuts... but i got really the see sick with that... so i just changed to up & down moviing in sync for all donuts. :D
Hello. Good work, especially when considering, that this is your first game on the C64. I have two suggestions for a possible v1.1 version. There should also be a selectable mode in the game-menu, that speeds up the entire gameplay (both, the player-sprite's movements and those of the enemies), e.g. a choice of the difficulty-level (easy and hard), because the gameplay is a bit slow, in my eyes. If a player then selects hard mode, everything could run a bit faster. And it would also be nice, if the highscores were saved in the game. For the sake of fairness, two score-lists would be necessary then, one for the easy and one for the hard mode. Such things would improve the game and nice to have in a future version.
thanks for your comment and Suggestion. I had some speed limitation constraint due to my code , that's why it is not as fast i would like. But if you play in NTSC it is a little faster. Thanks for your suggestions for High score. I don't know if i will come back on that game. But if i did , i will take them in consideration for sure.
Could the program "Oscar64" maybe help here, it can generate pretty fast code?
Yes, it could be. Somebody suggested me this C compiler that i did not know. May be i will try to use it. Not sure i will port that game to this compiler , but for a new game for sure.
If you ask me, i think "Donutsman" is worth it. The game itself is good, it only suffers from a bit of slow gameplay and if that could be fixed, by using a faster compiler, it should be done. But of course, that's your decision. It would be a fine thing, though. :)
Great game, thanks.
Thanks a lot for your comment and Video!!
A very good idea for a game in which the classic PAC MAN is an element 😎 I think that adding a bit more speed to the movement of the main character will allow for even more fun in the gameplay, which does not change the fact that the game is enjoyable 😎 I would like to talk to you about this game. Please send me an e-mail.
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Thanks a lot for your comment and your video!. Yes for the speed i know. But i have a technical constraint due to my code... i was not able to make it move faster unfortunately. I contact you per mail.
Oscar64 is said to generate about 6x faster code from C than cc65.
https://github.com/drmortalwombat/oscar64
Thanks for that link , i did not know that one!. I will have a look. It seem very interesting.
Well done in creating your very first game. I was very impressed with Donutsman. The game design is sort of pacman, but with an additional special feature before completing the level. Nice music also.
Thanks a lot for your comment!. Music is from Twisted. Very nice indeed.