Caravan Boomer pre-orders

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

17-06-2019, 15:55

Nice! The graphics of Japanese games is immediately obvious.

By konamiman

Paragon (1194)

17-06-2019, 16:38

Look at the list of music artists involved in the project!!

Shinji Hosoe (Dragon Spirit, Ridge Racer, Street Fighter EX , EspGaluda , etc.)
Masahiko Ishida (R-Type 2, Ninja Spirits, etc.)
Norio Nakagata (Abarenbou Tengu, Genpei Touma Den, Max Warrior Wakusei Kaigenrei, etc.)

By Pencioner

Scribe (1548)

17-06-2019, 16:41

Looks very promising

By Grauw

Ascended (10720)

17-06-2019, 16:45

Wow, that looks great!

By Ivan

Ascended (9342)

17-06-2019, 17:48

Japanese still using floppy disks? No cartridge version?

By Takamichi

Hero (619)

17-06-2019, 18:16

What kind of organization is N.I & Bo DSGN? Some Japanese texts in their site seem to have been written by foreigner.

By valkyre

Hero (650)

17-06-2019, 19:11

Looks really nice

By tfh

Prophet (3321)

17-06-2019, 19:34

Are we talking about N.I?

By mariocavalcanti

Expert (112)

17-06-2019, 19:55

Sounds brilliant! Great color palette.

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

17-06-2019, 20:00

Quote:

Are we talking about N.I?

We do.

By Manuel

Ascended (19329)

17-06-2019, 21:32

That frog boss is magnificent!

By syn

Prophet (2117)

17-06-2019, 21:46

konamiman wrote:

Look at the list of music artists involved in the project!!

Shinji Hosoe (Dragon Spirit, Ridge Racer, Street Fighter EX , EspGaluda , etc.)
Masahiko Ishida (R-Type 2, Ninja Spirits, etc.)
Norio Nakagata (Abarenbou Tengu, Genpei Touma Den, Max Warrior Wakusei Kaigenrei, etc.)

dont forget Naruto, he seems to be involved as well. He is my idol/god lol http://www.rootnyanplus.com/user/naruto/chiptune.html

By ~mk~

Champion (323)

17-06-2019, 21:47

Ohhh if this goes smoothly as Space Manbow it will be amazing.
Love the big bosses!!

By Takamichi

Hero (619)

18-06-2019, 02:43

Is Bo Dsgn one of us? He seem to have the account.

By Sebbeug

Champion (399)

18-06-2019, 07:42

Bo Dsgn? Don't know this french guy...

By N.I

Master (175)

18-06-2019, 08:21

Hi guys!
I'm a programmer of Caravan Boomer. Bo Dsgn is in charge of planning and graphics.
The music is made by many musicians in MGS format. They are wonderful music played with OPLL and PSG.
I'm struggling to run out of disk space due to lots of graphics and music. I've packed them well, such as using custom compression routines.
We hope you'll be looking forward to completing it.

By konamiman

Paragon (1194)

18-06-2019, 09:06

N.I wrote:

I'm struggling to run out of disk space due to lots of graphics and music

Are you planning to use one single disk? Why not using two, for example one for demos and another one for the game itself? Also will it be "hard disk installable"? Sorry I don't mean to bully you with so many questions, I just can't stop wondering how a floppy disk game is developed in the ROMs and SD cards era

By N.I

Master (175)

18-06-2019, 11:35

konamiman wrote:

Are you planning to use one single disk? Why not using two, for example one for demos and another one for the game itself? Also will it be "hard disk installable"? Sorry I don't mean to bully you with so many questions, I just can't stop wondering how a floppy disk game is developed in the ROMs and SD cards era

No problem
This game will consist of 2 disks. The game has about 20 stages and each disk contains 10 stages.
Perhaps the game will work by simply copying all the files to the hard disk.
We didn't choose ROM because the cost of making it was inestimable. We chose the floppy disk, which is the easiest format for everyone to run on an MSX2 machine.

By PingPong

Enlighted (4098)

18-06-2019, 12:05

Hi, i've read this game uses screen 5 and screen 4. Awesome !
Is there a smooth scroll in screen 5 or the smooth scroll only work in sc4. ?

By ro

Scribe (4924)

18-06-2019, 12:42

I think it's time for a in_game video capture
It's been a good year for new games, already. Keep up the good work Naoki !

By Giangiacomo Zaffini 2

Champion (284)

18-06-2019, 19:40

I'm waiting for updated information and media coverage.

By sd_snatcher

Prophet (3646)

18-06-2019, 23:38

N.I wrote:

I'm a programmer of Caravan Boomer.

Nice to read that, Ni! Your games are very fun! I still love Bird & Chairs.

N.I wrote:

I'm struggling to run out of disk space due to lots of graphics and music. I've packed them well, such as using custom compression routines.

Maybe you could try to use the BARGAIN library to compress the graphics? It was said to achieve excellent compression rates.

Quote:

We hope you'll be looking forward to completing it.

I'll certainly be waiting for this release, and I told everyone I could about it. A lot of people are commenting about the game on Facebook now. They praised the impressive graphics of the screenshots you published. :)

By gdx

Enlighted (6120)

19-06-2019, 02:07

Look nice! How much for a digital version?
If you contact the Repro-Factory, I think he can probably make a cartridge version.

By N.I

Master (175)

19-06-2019, 06:32

PingPong wrote:

Hi, i've read this game uses screen 5 and screen 4. Awesome !
Is there a smooth scroll in screen 5 or the smooth scroll only work in sc4. ?

The background scrolls in screen 4 during level duration. The boss is displayed in screen 5. At that time, it scrolls with the flowing star sprites.
I'll prepare in-game video capture.

By N.I

Master (175)

19-06-2019, 06:36

sd_snatcher wrote:

Maybe you could try to use the BARGAIN library to compress the graphics? It was said to achieve excellent compression rates.

Thanks for the tips! It seems that the processing speed is also good. I'll examine it more.

By N.I

Master (175)

19-06-2019, 06:51

gdx wrote:

Look nice! How much for a digital version?
If you contact the Repro-Factory, I think he can probably make a cartridge version.

Thanks!
We have not yet considered the digital version.
ROM version may be difficult because this game will be more than 2 megabytes.
In any case, we will consider more about them.

By gdx

Enlighted (6120)

19-06-2019, 10:35

Two floppy disks are less than 2 megabytes. I think Repro-Factory has already done that for one or two games.

By N.I

Master (175)

19-06-2019, 11:51

Yes I made a mistake. 720k × 2 is 1440k.

By Pablibiris

Paragon (1815)

19-06-2019, 13:29

Maybe Matra could be a good distributor for a possible cartridge version. Other japanese developer is using her services and the final work is awesome

By ghost_jp

Master (136)

19-06-2019, 16:09

Pablibiris wrote:

Other japanese developer is using her services and the final work is awesome

That's very important point so I dare to say. I have NEVER used Matra as a distributor. THEY have recently made use of me as a supplier of the new games. Those two stances may seem to be quite same to ordinary people, but for a creator there is a huge crif between them.

By Pablibiris

Paragon (1815)

19-06-2019, 17:18

ghost_jp wrote:

Pablibiris wrote:

Other japanese developer is using her services and the final work is awesome

That's very important point so I dare to say. I have NEVER used Matra as a distributor. THEY have recently made use of me as a supplier of the new games. Those two stances may seem to be quite same to ordinary people, but for a creator there is a huge crif between them.

after all, the quality of their distributions are very good

By journey

Hero (574)

19-06-2019, 17:36

A good comparison between cartridge manufacturers:

https://www.msx-center.com/articles/12/review-manufacturers-...

I hope in the cartridge version... :)

By Ivan

Ascended (9342)

19-06-2019, 19:15

N.I wrote:

Thanks!
We have not yet considered the digital version.
ROM version may be difficult because this game will be more than 2 megabytes.
In any case, we will consider more about them.

Please, consider a cartridge version. Nowadays in Europe almost all active groups release their games in cartridge format:

KAI MAGAZINE
MATRA
MSX Cartridge Shop (various developers)

Cartridge = zero hassle:

1. You don't need an MSX computer with FDD
2. Cartridges usually last forever
3. The game loads instantly

I'm pretty sure that today the price of cartridges (case+PCB) is much cheaper than years ago.

By valkyre

Hero (650)

19-06-2019, 20:06

I would prefer a cartridge over a disk

By Grauw

Ascended (10720)

20-06-2019, 21:40

There’s certainly enough enthusiasm . Maybe some Japanese or Korean MSX user could catch the idea to offer cartridge manufacturing and distribution services! That’d make it easier to publish in the cartridge format in Asia. A whole stack of new games on the shelves of BEEP would look very sexy .

Also I’m looking forward to see some videos, very eager to see and hear it in motion!

By DamnedAngel

Champion (263)

22-06-2019, 00:16

Perhaps it is only me, but I personally would love to see MSXDOS titles, preferably that could be installed in HD and that had an option to return do DOS.

By Grauw

Ascended (10720)

22-06-2019, 00:39

@DamnedAngel You have a point .

By Ivan

Ascended (9342)

22-06-2019, 10:25

DamnedAngel wrote:

Perhaps it is only me, but I personally would love to see MSXDOS titles, preferably that could be installed in HD and that had an option to return do DOS.

Cartridge is better than HDD, each and every MSX computer has cartridge slots while not everyone owns an HDD interface cartridge (or, e.g., a MegaFlashROM).

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

22-06-2019, 12:07

Ivan wrote:

DamnedAngel wrote:

Perhaps it is only me, but I personally would love to see MSXDOS titles, preferably that could be installed in HD and that had an option to return do DOS.

Cartridge is better than HDD, each and every MSX computer has cartridge slots while not everyone owns an HDD interface cartridge (or, e.g., a MegaFlashROM).

There is no reason to exclude one or the other.
I suggest doing three versions:
FDD, Cartridge and Digital Download.

By Takamichi

Hero (619)

22-06-2019, 15:04

As the practical concern, two floppy diskettes can be more expensive than a cartridge. Disk prices are soaring, it's not like the days you could buy them at 10 or 50 yen.
The cartridge's major drawback is you can't read it on PC to run on emulator, but PCs don't have FDD anymore either so that's trivial. Edit: Yes, it is not MSX FDD friendly either...

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6933)

22-06-2019, 15:02

Two versions are a huge work for the developers
I would stay with the disk version just making sure it stays compatible with dsk2rom and hard disk install

By Ivan

Ascended (9342)

22-06-2019, 19:47

Getting back on topic, I would like to watch an in game video of Caravan Boomer on YouTube.

By santiontanon

Paragon (1771)

23-06-2019, 07:38

Looks great!!! Looking forward to in-game footage!!

Also, I second what ARTRAG just said. Working on two versions (disk/ROM) is a lot of extra work. Developers work on these games as their pet projects and on their free time. So, I think it should be released in whatever format they are excited to work on. It's their project

By GuilianSeed

Master (157)

28-06-2019, 15:33

WoW !!

Count me in !

By N.I

Master (175)

04-07-2019, 04:50

Here is a video of the current version of Caravan Boomer(Caravan Mode) running on a real MSX2+ machine. https://youtu.be/oOqDGNesGd4

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

04-07-2019, 06:11

Nice! Very smooth!

By Giangiacomo Zaffini 2

Champion (284)

04-07-2019, 09:07

I saw this test video! Fantastic splash screen for saying a thing!

By Pac

Scribe (6974)

04-07-2019, 10:20

It looks great, e-mail sent.

By Thom

Paladin (705)

05-07-2019, 15:52

N.I wrote:

Here is a video of the current version of Caravan Boomer(Caravan Mode) running on a real MSX2+ machine. https://youtu.be/oOqDGNesGd4

Wow, excellent in game music :)

By Grauw

Ascended (10720)

05-07-2019, 16:58

Oh I missed the music watching it before on my phone in the train. It sounds really great indeed!

(A direct audio feed would totally do it justice! )

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6933)

09-07-2019, 07:38

All my disk drives are definitely dead... Make sure it works from cartridge with dsk2rom

By Takamichi

Hero (619)

10-07-2019, 12:08

Nice! Subarashii desu hayaku kudasai. The conversations are the actual voices and not the sound from MSX, or are they?
Speaking of the roms, can't DSK2ROM just convert dsk to rom?

By Sandy Brand

Champion (297)

14-07-2019, 14:33

Damn, that music sounds really good! Looking forward to this game

By enribar

Paragon (1206)

23-08-2019, 18:47

Project goes on, some news:
https://sites.google.com/view/caravanboomer-hp-english/
https://twitter.com/Bo_Pixel_Design

By Takamichi

Hero (619)

12-09-2019, 14:53

Gaming contest with the promo version, "Caravan Edition" of the Caravan Boomer is going to be held in a bar at Sep 21. If lucky you can buy the promo there. If you live near Osaka in Japan, please visit. https://twipla.jp/events/407090

By Grauw

Ascended (10720)

12-09-2019, 15:33

Caravan Boomer and Singular Stone are two Japanese games in development that I’m very much looking forward to.

And both in beautiful screen 4!

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

18-09-2019, 14:50

Today my copy arrived. What a soundtrack!

By journey

Hero (574)

18-09-2019, 15:28

Hi Hamlet,

I've preordered (and paid) the game the 18th June..

What did you received? the promo?
How to get it?

Please, let me know

By Grauw

Ascended (10720)

18-09-2019, 15:44

Oh, the game is already done?!

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

18-09-2019, 16:08

I ordered additional the caravan promo, cuz I could‘t wait to get my hands on that shooter. It came on one disk w/ a. nice sleeve. The main game isn‘t finished until. AFAIK

By giuseve

Paladin (764)

31-12-2019, 09:47

Digital version, please. Mfrsccsd, ocm, carnivore etc... are popular, many floppy drives are dead.
And I would like to use it with sofarun..

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

31-12-2019, 10:13

The release on floppy disk seems to me to be part of a new Japanese retro wave, I observe this also with other vendors and on other systems.
It's a nice way to market the software with the appropriate FanArt. That doesn't mean that the developers won't market the software title digitally or even make it available for free.
The preliminary version of the title (which by the way can also be obtained for a fee) can be tested at the MSX fair in Nijmegen. If your skills allow it, there may also be a chance to win the full version.

By ren

Paragon (1932)

04-01-2020, 21:44

Oh wow, I now see Keishi Yonao is listed as composer as well
Not sure why they didn't mention Hydefos, his (only I believe) MSX work, there though ;) (For the fans: listen to Town Scape from Neural Gear, pretty Hydefos-esque ;))

@team: where's Yousuke Yasui? :D ;) (Do you somehow have good contacts in that scene I wonder? Anyway, this seems to become very promising (the soundtrack alone) !)

By Giangiacomo Zaffini 2

Champion (284)

05-01-2020, 14:09

Didn't knew Yonao worked on MSX's Hydefos, whose soundtrack is FM joy!
What about Caravan-Boomer music disc?

By N.I

Master (175)

14-02-2020, 14:35

Hi MSXers,
I'm working on improving the game. Here is a new video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JPnGPk0g1g

By Thom

Paladin (705)

14-02-2020, 18:36

Love it!

To people who are living in the EU and pre-ordered this game: which of the 3 webshops did you choose?

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

15-02-2020, 08:34

I contacted bodsgn to order. Are there other options? Didn't knew that.

By journey

Hero (574)

15-02-2020, 09:18

hamlet wrote:

I contacted bodsgn to order. Are there other options? Didn't knew that.

Same for me

By Thom

Paladin (705)

15-02-2020, 19:28

hamlet wrote:

I contacted bodsgn to order. Are there other options? Didn't knew that.

If you click on the relevant link in the news article and then scroll down, you'll find a "mini log". Here they mention the other options:

Retrogameshop 1983
game tanteidan
Ken-chan no Kadenken

By Rydeen

Supporter (9)

09-04-2020, 12:55

Any updates on when the complete game is coming? Last email I received from the development team after preordering said they anticipated April. Any updates heard from anyone else?

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

09-04-2020, 13:40

Here's a mail bo send me on 031520:

Quote:

Hello to you dear customers, again thank you for supporting us,
I am writing this mail to you in order to stay informed on the release of the game.

The game is almost completed itself, but we will have print delays, and print delivery due to corona-virus counter orders.
(our prints are made in other countries like china, spain and sweden.)
The postal service will be working but slowly.I am not able today to give a new date for the release now, of course when I'll be able I'll give to you the new date.

I apologize for the situation, I hope the situation to return to normal in 1 month (1 month could be the additional delay), but Europe is facing something really special right now, so I am not sure.

Our team wish you to be safe from the coronavirus. I think specialy about Italian and Spanish customers and their families.
I will send a picture of the box of the game when it's finally printed.

Long life to the MSX.
Bo, Yoshi K and Naoki Ito

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

20-06-2020, 19:48

Here are the news:

Quote:

Hello to all of you,

thank you very much to you all preorderers!!

You have made our dream a reality.
I hope you are all allright with the pandemic situation, I know for sure it's not an easy situation.
I am really sorry for all the delay you have been experiencing on your order.

BUT

I am pleased to tell you that we are now finalizing the game ( I know I have said this before). 99% of all graphics/animation are done, we are waiting for the last track that will be composed by Yousuke Yasui from SuperSweep!

(for english readers: https://www.nautiljon.com/people/yousuke+yasui.html )

(Yes Shinji Hosoe 's, Keishi Yonao 's and Norio Nakagata's tracks are already in).

We will start the shipping in the month of July. For the matter of information:
the game will be out surely on august or september in Tokyo, Sapporo and Kobe shops,
priority to preorders. Thank you again!

Please feel free to send any questions to us.

Long life to the MSX.
Bo, Yoshi K and Naoki Ito

By sfranck72

Resident (42)

23-06-2020, 11:42

Some copies left to buy if someone want.
I just buy one....that is left for me to do now is rehab my WSX dsk with a new belt.

By ren

Paragon (1932)

23-06-2020, 21:12

Quote:

we are waiting for the last track that will be composed by Yousuke Yasui from SuperSweep

For Real! (These guys are awesome! :D)

By sfranck72

Resident (42)

23-06-2020, 21:26

You're right Ren, the clip is hilarious and give the banana smile.

By ren

Paragon (1932)

23-06-2020, 21:41

Glad you enjoyed!

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

04-07-2020, 19:44

Mhhhhh, very nice package, but are these HD's????

By ren

Paragon (1932)

06-07-2020, 15:00

Caravan Boomer BGM : Flaming River ( Game Version ~ Original Version )

Google translated description:

Quote:

I participated in one song in the shooting game "Caravan Boomer" for MSX2!
website: https://sites.google.com/view/caravanboomer-hp-english/home
game by N.I/BoDsgn

*The first half of the video is the MSX version, and the second half is the original song (created with PortaFM and Chipsounds).
The sound source configuration for both is PSG & OPLL(YM2413).

In production
BO invited me to the project and gave me a song title!
In addition, maak created the song data for the actual device, and made many fine adjustments until the capacity was reached.
Thanks to you two, an exciting song was created. Thank you!!

By LaDolceDols

Expert (79)

11-07-2020, 09:16

The artwork of the box and dicsstickers are really cool.

By tfh

Prophet (3321)

16-07-2020, 12:13

For those who are interested: You can now play 2 levels online in a demo version:

https://homebrew.file-hunter.com/index.php?id=caravanboomer

TFH is doing a little happy-dance because of these SHMUP's :)

By Randam

Paragon (1431)

16-07-2020, 18:01

I ordered one as well, do people already have one and should I be worried I haven't got one yet?

By Victor

Champion (509)

16-07-2020, 19:27

I checked some routines from the DEMO with openMSX... maybe I was not allowed.... sorry...

This has to be optimiced... just the Interrupt routine is a disaster....really slow... if you need help with this, please ,write me....

I had to tell this.... you shouldn´t launch this game like this...

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

28-07-2020, 18:12

@sd_snatcher: I'd like to see this game with one of your patches, like DynamicVsync and TurboFix.
From a first analysis of this demo there seems to be no control over the frames and all this makes me a little disappointed.

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

20-08-2020, 15:51

What makes me happy:

Thank you for this amazing game!

By LaDolceDols

Expert (79)

20-08-2020, 22:18

Wow it really looks amazing, cool, super cool, disklabels
Have fun Hamlet.

By max_iwamoto

Hero (628)

01-09-2020, 18:08

I got my yesterday. Wasn't expecting it yet. Very cool and strange thing it came from France...

Interesting fact that it doesn't work on Russian Yamaha MSX2. But booted on Trubro R.

Does anybody know why it wouldn't work on MSX2?

By Sebbeug

Champion (399)

01-09-2020, 18:54

max_iwamoto wrote:

Very cool and strange thing it came from France...

Bo from the devs team is french

By Thom

Paladin (705)

03-09-2020, 17:09

Mine arrived Today. I love the box art and also its size. So colourful.

By Briqunullus

Hero (647)

03-09-2020, 19:26

Will there be a digital edition for sale as well?

By usuariodemsx

Resident (39)

10-09-2020, 21:27

I have tried to contact the developers (I sent an email to the email address they put on the website), and no one responds. I have sent it from 2 different emails, but no one responds. Is it impossible to order the game?

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

11-09-2020, 14:27

bo wrote me, he is very surprised and of course also very pleased about the great demand.
The developers had not expected it, so a second edition is now being planned.
I am sure he will let us know details, please be a little patient.

By Latok

msx guru (3929)