pawn

"pawn"

Modeled, animated, and rendered in 3ds max to 7-frame 40x32 pixel sprite for Game Boy Advance.

The graphics on this page were developed for a testbed for a mobile game engine project. You can play a demo of the work-in-progress on Game Boy Advance emulators or an actual Game Boy if you transfer the demo to a flash memory cartridge. Links for the demo and emulators are listed below, along with a description of the status of the latest version of the demo.

Play Low-Fidelity Demo in Web Browser (Java enabled) launch

Download Demo (full fidelity)

dragonVsPawn07.gba (151KB)
Game Boy Advance ROM
Plays on emulators (some listed below)

Tested successfully on:
- emulator: VisualBoyAdvance
  (version 1.5a)
- emulator: BoycottAdvance
  (version 0.2.6)
- real deal: Nintendo Game Boy Advance using Flash2Advance cartridge & linker

What is a Game Boy emulator? Its a program for your personal computer that runs Game Boy files. Most are free and easy to install and use.

Favorite GBA programming resource: http://www.gbadev.org

Demo Status

Version 0.7
(October 2004)

Fly dragon (hero) with D-pad
(Left, Right, Up, Down & Diagonals)
Shoot fireballs with B-button
Axe-wielding enemies ("pawns") attack by aircraft from nearby guard towers
Destroy enemy with 5 hits

Hero is invincible for demonstration purposes — health recycles immediately after being depleted
No significant level design yet