Tag: romhack

update log

Let’s talk about somethings that have changed over within a few weeks of the first month. Or rather, this is an update on some things.

Let’s talk about streaming again.

So, the past few weeks of streaming have been stable, that is till… this week where my Internet has been pretty bad, cutting off for no reason and dropping frames. The Twitch server I use is pretty awful. dropping frames when there is no reason to drop in the first place.

Here the new game plan. Stream at 1250 bitrate and see how well this works out. Cause I mean, dropping frames is pretty annoying and when you drop like 2k in frames, that is part of your stream missing and I can’t stand to drop frames, it ruins the whole thing for those who would want to go back and watch the past stream or vod.

I will still finish the 06 Stream with my friends. And if, streaming still ends up being an issue for me. I will stick to uploading videos to twitch.

Recap:

Stream at 1250 bitrate
Use Obs studio auto (server) ie, let it pick a server for me to use when streaming. If this doesn’t work, I will ignore this.

Sonic Hell (rom hack)

Bad news. The project has been canceled due to technical problems that were beyond my control. Files are deleted or overwritten which removed all progress. I could have looked for an answer but dealing with this again… No, I can not and will not try to deal with this. It is no longer worth it.

Good News: The project will be done with a fan game that I have planned in the future. I can’t say it will be called, and what I will say is that this is a good start to something better and can’t wait to make this project come true.

With this said. Any sites/pages about Sonic hell will be removed. I wanted to work on the hack but it was not meant to be.

Let’s plays

The lets play have been put on hold, since I have been busy with life, watching streamers, and streaming myself.

Status of current Let’s play: SRB2 as Sonic is almost done

The other lets plays, I have to see, as I will do some of them with friends. That’s only a few lets plays

I have another idea for lets plays. I will have my friends send me their voice audio after they record it then I can put it in good old Sony Vegas to edit and render. And upload after that. :P

I could use OBS to record my friends and my audio for lets plays but… It would pick up too much background noise. For a stream, it is fine but for a lets play, it is lazy and bad. :P But if people can’t record their voice, I will use this means of recording a let’s play

So these are the new changes or updates. Sorry for the lack of updates. Had a writer’s block for four days… ^^ But thanks for reading.

Review: Pantufa the Cat DX

Pantufa the Cat DX is a Sonic Rom hack that has been made into it’s own game. A platformer of sorts. I would say this is more of an fan game than a rom hack. But nevertheless, it’s a rom hack of Sonic the hedgehog 1, and it adds new things to spice things up.

What does Pantufa the Cat DX have to offer players? Trial and error platforming, now this is not so bad, games like cuphead, Wings of vi, and I wanna be the boshy, all have this trial and error theme. It’s in place so some players can’t “hold” Right to win, much like the Sonic games of late. There’s no challenge there in Sonic games, it’s too simple, and has made some players “soft” when a game offers a real challenge, akin to cuphead, wings of vi. They hate it.

Story?

Pantufa the cat offers some good platforming challenge for you to enjoy. play as Pantufa the Cat, and visit the 6 brand new zones with new layouts, new set pieces, and new traps.

Duck hunt dog has turned rouge with his super powered NES, and he is hell bent on taking out Pantufa, it seems but Pantufa has something to say about that.

New to this game is a new move. The parry Jump that allows Pantufa to avoid damage for a few seconds and the new “Infinity shield” that keeps the player safe from everything apart from getting crush..

There is no lives, given the fact that it running with the trial and error theme, and there is a health bar that the player has. It can be re-filled by breaking a monitor with a paw icon or collecting 20 coings will also re-fill part of your health

I guess the only issues I have with this game is that, Hazards and enemies seem to be place in spots where you have no way to react in time. Checkpoints in the later levels are far off, to a point where they are near the end of the stage or boss but that is fair, since it is late game, things ramp up.

Some hazards seem to have a wider hurtbox  and there were un-fair deaths, and the game seems to have slowdown when respawning at a checkpoint but these are nitpicks.

The whole trial and error in a Sonic game is a turn off for some.

Overall, Pantufa the Cat DX left a somewhat pleasing feeling after beating a hard game that offered a real challenge and the feeling of overcoming it was even better.  I went into this game having very low and mixed feeling towards the game but after playing it, I was wrong, and I’m glad.

Pantufa the Cat DX is the reason why gamers need games like this, When there is a real challenge that the player can’t beat, they forfeit or give up because it’s not easy. Gamers today have gotten weak and soft. If you can hold right, then that is the challenge that THEY want but DON’T need.

Pantufa the Cat DX is a decent platformer that offers a consistent challenge through out the game, and fun can be had here. The game rewards skilled play, instead of speed. As I said, Pantufa the Cat DX is a decent platformer, that is, if, you go into this game knowing that it’s not a sonic game then you will have a better time. If, you go into thinking it is going to be a Sonic game, you are not going to have a fun time.

It’s far from perfect, but if you love trial and error-like games, and like a good platformer with Challenge, Pantufa the Cat DX should suit your needs.

Sources:

My speedrun for Pantufa the Cat

Another speedrun by DRAX

Get the game from SHC: http://sonichacking.org/entry/27