MSXdev22 #26 DICED - Tournament

The link to the MSXdev page doesn't work. Here's the correct one.

Again variable-width font and mouse support! Those appear to be a common trait between this year's entries.

This feels like Yahtzee but with so much extra around it? Unlockable music, fancy graphics, ...? (Sorry, I haven't played much of it, being sick and all)

A very polished Yathzee! With an entire layer on top of it!
Cool entry!

Really well done. Balanced, extremely polished and with tons of fun. Congratulations!

I didnt give this game the proper attention it deserves. Its great!

I recorded some videos during the creation of the game graphics. They show how I draw the game characters "Calamiti Cate" and "Sgt. Pepper" in Screen 2 using Multipaint. The 3rd video shows the different stages in the creation of the Saloon Screen.

Creating Character "Calamiti Cate" (8x timelapse)
Creating Character "Sgt. Pepper" (8x timelapse)
Making of Saloon screen

A great game but the ending is bad. I get 300 prize money, reach level 11 and then RESET. I played the game with BlueMSX. Is that the reason?

@black hawk: We are currently preparing an updated version that addresses all issues we got reported in the past weeks - including the crash with the ending - as well as all texts being reviewed by a native English speaker. Will post the link here when it's online.

Hope you have a save code for that last level
Kudos on beating the game! Were the CPU players too weak?

A new version of the game is available (which also fixes the broken ending).

You can always find the latest version and list of changes in our Github repo. A permalink has been added to the bottom of the official MSXDEV site (see "Relevant link" at the top of this post).
If you are new to Github, look for the section "Releases" at the right site and click it. Look for the topmost entry (22-11-05), then open "Assets" below the changelog and download the ZIP file (DICED.-.Tournament.v1.12.zip)

Old in-game save codes are compatible with this new version.

You overestimate my personal life. I have none. tfh was already updated when you wrote this message ;-)

That is good news. But I have to start all over again because I saved the CPU status with blueMSX. Question: You can enter a password, but where can I get it? The instructions don't say anything about it or I'm too blind or too stupid...

@black hawk:
About the save state: If you saved after each match, you could try to score 0 points in the last boss match, trying to get a lower total score than the boss. This would bring you back to the tournament selection screen (and you would also lose all your money). From there, you can go back to the main menu and get a save code that you can use with the new version. Unless, of course, you saved the state after each roll and have only one roll to win, but hey, that would be cheating

Thank you Mi-Chi and DefDanny for sharing those wonderful 'making-of' documents. I love reading/watching that kind of technical stuff, and for me (imho) DICED is the best game of the competition. I wish you the best of luck!

Grüße aus Frankfurt

Mi-Chi, just a small question: Do you plan on releasing the actual sources for the game on Github, or are you going to use Github only as a storage space for the releases?
After that impressive 'Making of' blogpost I'm sure a lot of people would like to see the actual implementation.

I have to admit that DICED is indeed the most polished MSX1 entry of this years MSXdev contest. (Although I lost way too much time with some other great MSX1 titles as 'Shadow Switcher','Randoom','Space Cat','Bounce Mania', 'Balloon Buster' and 'Bufonada' )