Breakout Lava Lamp: Game Boy

About

A chill, endless breakout-style lava lamp for the Game Boy / Mega Duck inspired by this post: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@[email protected]/111828811846394449

Which was apparently inspired by: https://twitter.com/nicolasdnl/status/1749715070928433161 And perhaps also from: https://twitter.com/CasualEffects/status/1390290306206216196

Web Emu Controls:

• A/B: Z/X keys
• D-Pad: Arrow keys
• Select/Start: Shift/Enter

Title Screen Controls

If no menu cursors or options are changed for about 1 minute then the game board will auto-start.

Actions:

• Continue: Resume the previous game board that was in progress
• Standard: Start a new game board with the standard, fixed random seed value
• Random: Start a new game board with a random seed value derived from user button press timing

Controls:

• D-Pad: Moves cursor on title screen
• Start/A/B: Continue or Start
• B kept held down when starting: Random ball layout instead of grid

Game Board Controls

• A/B: Return to Title Screen Menu
• Select: -- Runs faster while long-pressed -- Toggles player balls on/off when short-tapped
• Start: Pause / Un-Pause
• Left/Right: Increase / Decrease speed
• Up/Down: Increase / Decrease number of player balls

Save Data

The play field will maintain state after being powered off (save to cart RAM) and can resume or start fresh after being powered on. The game board will be saved when starting, stopping or pausing. Once saved it will maintain state after being powered off (save to cart RAM) and can resume or start fresh after being powered on.

FAQ

Q: Will the play field ever reach a steady state? A: In order to make the outcome more interesting (and less symmetrical) the angle of a ball gets slightly modified each time it bounces. So it should never really stabilize.

Supported consoles:

Game Boy / Game Boy Color (.gb) Analogue Pocket (.pocket) MegaDuck / Cougar Boy (.duck)

Source: https://github.com/bbbbbr/breakout-lava-lamp/tree/main

Made with GBDK-2020

Source: itch.io description