">What's to hurt with trying?

Well there's a huge amount of time and effort involved with making the sort of demo people expect to see.

But I'd find it terribly demoralising to fail with a kickstarter. Not sure I want to go through that.

We own the rights to the SNES game but we don't have any source code. There's no way to port it that I'm aware of other than rewriting it from scratch."

cont.

Not possible to dissect a ROM that somebody posted online, or to even remake it entirely?

Comment by Guest Nathan, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:25:48 GMT

I'm sure it's *possible* but it would be an enormous amount of work.

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:32:11 GMT

*Presses A & B very quickly*

Comment by Guest Yanna, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:11:08 GMT

Doh, too slow!

Comment by Ste Pickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:25:58 GMT

Not sure I can keep this up till friday.

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:38:12 GMT

*digs up his old autofire controller*

Comment by Guest Ryusui, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:39:46 GMT

Oh god, it's The Order 1886 all over again.

A+B!

Comment by Guest Trevor Phillips, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:54:08 GMT

It would have been kinda cool if you would have inserted a little JavaScript code which recognized if someone was pressing A+B on the keyboard.

What's funny is that handcuffs could be easily removed from Plok's arms as long as they're not too tight.

Isn't it legally possible to bundle the Plok ROM with a GPL/MIT-licensed emulator (in the case you really own all the rights to the game)? I'm only raising the question and not suggesting you should do so because I rather want to see a full remake with the current art style.

I know that developing games is a lot of work, so my question would be if it's out of the question to contract another developer who might help you out as long as you keep 100% creative control and your IP rights? I could also understand it if you don't want anyone else involved in making a game.

Comment by NameThatNobodyTakes, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:02:37 GMT

We don't have any money so there's no chance of contracting the work out.

I think bundling with an emulator *might* be possible but we haven't looked into it.

We'd love to work on a new Plok title if the demand was there. Readership of the comic is fairly modest (but steady) and the Patreon isn't bringing in a great deal so it might not be the best idea businesswise.

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:08:33 GMT

I'm tapping as fast as I-- wait...

Oh no! This is a Playstation Dual Shock 2™ controller! There ARE no A or B buttons!

I can't help you, Plok!!

Comment by Jo Li KMC, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:39:56 GMT

Just waggle it.

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:42:34 GMT

Does my generic usb controller counts?

Comment by Guest RoloDeOvo, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:38:51 GMT

We've added keyboard support.

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:54:17 GMT

I am currently taking a C# class.

Heck, I would do a port/remake for free if I could do more than make simple dialog boxes.

Of course, you would also need to learn how to "read" in C# (which I don't even know if you know how to do, seeing how Plok was most likely coded in C++), and of course, making simple noob programs does not translate into video game development skills (yet).

Comment by Guest Nathan, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:08:03 GMT

Plok was coded in assembler (machine language) C/C++ would have been very slow on SNES.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Super_NES_Programming/Introduction_to_assembly

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:15:18 GMT

I have no choice but to tap for Plokerbell.

Comment by Heapinfrimp, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:28:20 GMT

Which is all gibberish to me.

Also when you said C/C++ would have been slow on SNES, do you mean development speed, or was the SNES itself too slow to handle C/C++?

Comment by Guest Nathan, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:30:37 GMT

With those old consoles you really had to code in assembler to get the best performance. We didn't really switch to C/C++ until the N64/PS1 generation.

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:37:22 GMT

I was planning on making a game that was technically on par with the Genesis and SNES, but with far more memory size than what those consoles produced, for my first "major" game. I actually want it to be limited by sprite sizes, color, sound, and every other limitation, so it would behave like a 16-bit game, rather than doing something pixallated, but having little to no resemblance as to how the game would perform on the console the graphics would stylize itself upon.

I want to do something "legitimate" as to how it would behave on 16-bit consoles, but I don't want to force myself to learn assembly to do it.

Comment by Guest Nathan, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:14:13 GMT

There's no need to learn assembly. Just make a simple engine that handles a fixed number of tiles (maybe 3 or 4 layers which can scroll independently) and have a fixed number of sprites drawing again from a set of tiles. That way, whatever you do will look very like a SNES or GENESIS.

Comment by JPickford, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:44:35 GMT

NO! This isn't gonna be like Resident Evil 4 where there are 6 QTE in rapid succession and if you fail even one you go back to a save point almost 10 minutes away from the event location is it!? NOOOOOOOO!

Comment by Guest Isaac, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:40:15 GMT

*Holds A+B* (can't believe you snuck in a QTE reference)

"Jocelyn"? XD

Comment by Guest StarBoy91, added Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:42:06 GMT

Ironically, when I held A+B on the keyboard (for the heck of it), I was sent to the Patreon page...

Comment by Guest The Otaku Nerd, added Wed, 01 Apr 2015 05:26:46 GMT

So you discovered our evil plan (which was spectacularly unsuccessful).

Comment by JPickford, added Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:56:04 GMT

You know, you guys could have gone out and made an April Fools hoax today stating Plok 2's development maybe on some popular website somewhere, As well as you're suing Ubisoft for "plagarism".

Comment by Guest Nathan, added Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:26:26 GMT

I'm going to press as quickly as I can. Don't worry Plok, I'm very good at this.

A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B,A+B

Is that enough or do I need to press some more?!

Wow, so that's Plok real name, quite an interesting name.

Comment by Guest WJC, added Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:11:29 GMT

You can't fool me! Just to prove that, I'll go donate now... oh wait... I've been diddled again!

Comment by Guest The Otaku Nerd, added Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:57:13 GMT

Everyone go to the smash bros site and vote for PLOK as a new character!

Comment by Guest Nick, added Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:02:49 GMT

Just Voted

Comment by Guest rocknroller Nick, added Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:34:47 GMT

I just voted for Plok too. Aww yeah.

Comment by Guest Trevor Phillips, added Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:08:34 GMT

A + B

Comment by Mr. Polygon, added Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:31:43 GMT

It's already posted but yeah Smash has a voting thing ! Go vote 4 Plok!

Comment by Mr. Polygon, added Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:35:08 GMT

Just did it!

Comment by Guest ExplodingLem, added Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:13:12 GMT

I was just about to tell everyone about that. I have already vote for Plok.

I hope they pick more then one since I also want Bomberman, Dixie Kong and chocobo with moogle. I voted for Plok since I know some people who're going to pick Bomberman and Dixie Kong.

Comment by Guest WJC, added Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:15:47 GMT

I also already vote for Plok as a playable Character for SSB. We have to fight together to make this work!!!

Comment by Guest Marco, added Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:40:01 GMT

http : / / everybodyedits . com / games / PWxpV1Vzwsb0I

Comment by Guest x, added Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:29:33 GMT

Sorry, guys! I just had to vote for Ashley...

Comment by WarriorWare, added Fri, 03 Apr 2015 21:35:38 GMT

You can vote more than 1 time

Comment by zeox, added Sat, 04 Apr 2015 11:25:21 GMT

Just voted for Plok!!! =D I know it's a longshot, but I hope he becomes a character.

Comment by Guest StarBoy91, added Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:03:42 GMT

Plok has a bizarre full name

Also I don't have Patreon

Comment by Goyangi, added Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:20:14 GMT