Dottie dreads nought
About
Dottie dreads nought is a platforming game created for the SNESDEV Game Jam 2021.
Can you help Dottie on her hiking adventure to find the legendary Edelweiß flower?
Along for the ride is her friend Ernesto. By using the magic mirror, you can shift perspective to him and reveal secrets previously hidden.
Features music by the great Ninomiya Yuji of Nekotako fame:
https://www.youtube.com/c/NinomiyaYujiOfficial
Uses qSPC by https://twitter.com/gyuque.
For devlog, see https://twitter.com/Goldlocke7
Changelog:
V1.1 (2021-09-05):
-various bugfixes
-lowered difficulty of volcano chase sequence
V1.0 (2021-09-02):
-initial release
Game specs (in adherence to SNESDEV Game Jam 2021 rules):
- Cartridge Layout: 8Mbit HiROM, no SRAM, no special chips
- Video System/Target Region: NTSC/Japan
- Input: standard joypad in port 1, single player
- Theme incorporation: Switch to sidekicks perspective to reveal hidden secrets.
- Contributors: https://twitter.com/ninomiyayuji (music), https://twitter.com/Goldlocke7 (remainder)
- External assets used: http://pagam.es/q2/ (SPC700 driver by https://twitter.com/gyuque), various free sound effects
- Assets used but not created during game jam: private sourcecode base from previous personal projects
- Tools used: WLA-DX, LZ4, Visual Studio Code, C700, Audacity, GIMP, Blender, Tiled, gracon (https://github.com/snesdev0815/gracon), make
- Successfully tested on: SFC 1/1/1, SFC 2/1/3, SNES PAL 2/1/3, SNES 1Chip, Analogue Super NT, BSNES, Snes9x
- Development period: 2021-06-04 to 2021-09-05