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Grafoon
Grafoon
General
Author	preussie
Type	Shooter
Version	0.9
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2008/08/05
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 05:19, 16 August 2024

Grafoon is an arcade style puzzle shooter with a lot of classic elements such as doors, keys, mines (including chain reactions), various walls with different behavior, laser barrier and nasty enemies.

This release includes 9 tutorial, 8 built in and 10 more maps in an external map set. Supporting external stored maps implies, that can build and play own Grafoon maps.

The homebrew was submitted to the NDS Homebrew Bounty.

Installation

Download and extract file.

Copy the Grafoon.nds file somewhere to memory card and user_maps directoy to the root of the card.

If you DLDI patch the binary, you can select a map set from the main menu.

User guide

The main target is to pick up all Hobbels and bring them home to advance to the next map. Don’t touch the walls, they will destroy your ship. Touching enemies or enemy shots drain you ships energy. Collect green gems to increase your ships energy...

The status line at the bottom of the screen indicates the follows (from left to right):

Ship Energy.
Score.
Hobbels out/Hobbels on board.
Number of Mines.
Number of red-green-blue keys.

Controls

Left/Right - Rotate left/right

A/Up - Thrust

Down - Reverse thrust

B - Shoot

X - Drop mine

R/L - Scroll up/down

Screenshots

Online emulator

Can use gamepad or customise in the control settings.
Nintendo DS	Keyboard

Compatibility

Tested in no$gba and on the R4 DS card.

Changelog

Version 0.9

Moving walls.
Hobbel carrier enemy (this enemy drops a hobbel if killed).
Timed doors (opens for 5 seconds if the 'key-switch' is touched or shot).
Hobbel speed-up (pressing the 'Y' key increases the hobbel speed).
Support for 'external' maps via DLDI interface.
27 level (9 tutorial maps, 8 built in map, 10 maps in an external level set, wich requires DLDI patch).
Larger maps (support for variable map size).
Scoring item.
Custom control configuration.
High score list.
More sounds.
Some bug fixes.

Version 0.8

First release May 27th, 2008.

External links

Author's website - http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ds/?page_id=57

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-{{Infobox homebrew
+{{Infobox DS Homebrews
-| title       = Grafoon
+|title=Grafoon
-| image       = [[File:Grafoonds.gif]]
+|image=grafoon.png
-| type        = Puzzle Shooter
+|description=An Arcade Style Puzzle Shooter.
-| version     = 0.9
+|author=preussie
-| licence     = Mixed
+|lastupdated=2008/08/05
-| author      = preussie
+|type=Shooter
-| website     = http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ds/?page_id=57
+|version=0.9
-| download    = Media:Grafoonds.zip
+|license=Mixed
-| source      = http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ds/?page_id=57
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew2/grafoon.zip
+|website=http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ds/?page_id=57
+|source=http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ds/?page_id=57
 }}
+Grafoon is an arcade style puzzle shooter with a lot of classic elements such as doors, keys, mines (including chain reactions), various walls with different behavior, laser barrier and nasty enemies.
-Grafoon is an ‘Arcade Style Puzzle Shooter‘ with a lot of classic elements such as Doors/Keys, Mines ( including chain reactions ), various walls with different behavior, laser barrier and nasty enemies.
+This release includes 9 tutorial, 8 built in and 10 more maps in an external map set. Supporting external stored maps implies, that can build and play own Grafoon maps.
-This release includes 9 tutorial, 8 built in and 10 more ( quite easy ) maps in an external map set. Supporting external stored maps implies, that you can build and play your own Grafoon maps. If you consider building maps, drop me a line and I’ll explain how it works. I have tested this version in no$gba and on the R4 DS card.
+The homebrew was submitted to the NDS Homebrew Bounty.
 ==Installation==
+Download and extract file.
-Copy the ‘Grafoon.nds’ file somewhere to your memory card and the ‘user_maps’ directoy to the root of your card.
+Copy the Grafoon.nds file somewhere to memory card and user_maps directoy to the root of the card.
-If you DLDI patch the binary you can select a ‘map set’ from the main menu.
+If you [[DLDI|DLDI]] patch the binary, you can select a map set from the main menu.
-==Instruction==
+==User guide==
+The main target is to pick up all Hobbels and bring them home to advance to the next map. Don’t touch the walls, they will destroy your ship. Touching enemies or enemy shots drain you ships energy. Collect green gems to increase your ships energy...
-The main target is to pick up all Hobbels and bring them home to advance to the next map. Don’t touch the walls, they will destroy your ship. Touching enemies or enemy shots drain you ships energy. Collect green gems to increase your ships energy…
+The status line at the bottom of the screen indicates the follows (from left to right):
+* Ship Energy.
-The status line on the bottom of the screen is showing the following things ( left to right ): Ship Energy, Score, Hobbels out / Hobbels on board, number of Mines, number of red-green-blue keys.
+* Score.
+* Hobbels out/Hobbels on board.
+* Number of Mines.
+* Number of red-green-blue keys.
 ==Controls==
+Left/Right - Rotate left/right
-Pad left/right - rotate left/right
+A/Up - Thrust
-A Button or pad up - thrust
+Down - Reverse thrust
-Pad down - reverse thrust
+B - Shoot
-B Button - shoot
+X - Drop mine
-X Button - drop mine
+R/L - Scroll up/down
-Right shoulder - scroll up
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/grafoon2.png
-Left shoulder - scroll down
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/grafoon3.png
+<!--BEGIN Online Emulator Section-->
-==Future update==
+==Online emulator==
+{{EmulatorJS Main
-*More map sets
+|width=515px
-*Ship configuration ( gravity, speed, weapons etc. ) via config file
+|height=384px
-*Growing NME
+|EJS_backgroundImage=https://www.gamebrew.org/images/1/15/Grafoon.png
-*Better documentation
+|EJS_core=desmume2015
+|EJS_gameName=Grafoon
+|EJS_gameUrl=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/onlineemulators/nds/grafoon.7z
+}}
+{{DS Control Settings}}
+<!--END Online Emulator Section-->
+==Compatibility==
+Tested in no$gba and on the R4 DS card.
 ==Changelog==
 '''Version 0.9'''
+* Moving walls.
+* Hobbel carrier enemy (this enemy drops a hobbel if killed).
+* Timed doors (opens for 5 seconds if the 'key-switch' is touched or shot).
+* Hobbel speed-up (pressing the 'Y' key increases the hobbel speed).
+* Support for 'external' maps via DLDI interface.
+* 27 level (9 tutorial maps, 8 built in map, 10 maps in an external level set, wich requires DLDI patch).
+* Larger maps (support for variable map size).
+* Scoring item.
+* Custom control configuration.
+* High score list.
+* More sounds.
+* Some bug fixes.
-*Moving walls
+'''Version 0.8'''
-*Hobbel carrier enemy ( this enemy drops a hobbel if killed )
+* First release May 27th, 2008.
-*Timed doors ( opens for 5 seconds if the 'key-switch' is touched or shot )
-*Hobbel speed-up ( pressing the 'Y' key increases the hobbel speed )
-*Support for 'external' maps via DLDI interface
-*27 level ( 9 tutorial maps, 8 built in map, 10 maps in an external level set, wich requires DLDI patch )
-*Larger maps ( support for variable map size )
-*Scoring item
-*Custom control configuration
-*High score list
-*More sounds
-*Some bug fixes
-'''Version 0.8'''
+==External links==
-*first release May 27th, 2008
+* Author's website - [http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ds/?page_id=57]
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+[[Category:GBAtemp Homebrew Bounty 2008]]