PSPMarble

PSPMarble: Orchestra Sensation
General
Author	Brick (BricKdEv)
Type	Arcade Games
Version	2.5b signed
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2012/05/01
Links
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PSPMarble is a homebrew game that adopted the style of an arcade game called Marble Madness, published by Atari Games in 1984. It extended the gameplay to 3D, with physics and some new gameplay ideas.

It was participated in PSP-Hacks' Homebrew Idol 2 (2nd place).

Features

• Uses a heavily modified version of LTE that runs really fast.
• Physics based gameplay.
• Physics modifiers (platforms/jump pads).
• Stacked events (physics animation and sfx events).
• Advanced scene management with ranged triggers/events/geometry culling and light management.
• Dynamic scenes.
• Event driven tutorial mode.
• Dynamic session caching system.
• Hi-score system.
• Level Editor (for win32 only).
• Comes with 8 levels (7 modes plus tutorial).

User guide

Gameplay is similar to 3D Roll, where you control a 3D marble as it rolls to go through a series of obstacles. In additional you can jump and rotate the camera.

Controls

Menu:

D-Pad - Move through the menu

L - Previous Section

R - Next Section

Cross - Accept

Circle - Cancel

In game:

Up/Down - Zoom in/out

Left/Right - Rotate camera

Analog - Movement (relative to active camera)

R - Jump

Start - Menu

Screenshots

Media

pspmarble ofw (PSPofw)

Credits

• LTE LITE MOD (=a heavily modified version of LTE->irrlicht port) - Brick.
• Advanced audio driver with SFX quee - Brick and Brunni's BGM/WAV format.
• Bullet Physics LTE wrapper & modifications - Brick (port by drakon).
• Marble level editor - Brick.
• .marble map format - Brick.
• Main beta tester - Xitherun.
• Sfx & Audio - http://www.freesound.org/.

Changelog

v2.5b Orchestra SensatioN

• This version has been signed with the PSP extra tool so that the Eboot is kept as small as possible.
• Completed request regarding the camera system (wrapping is allowed now) (by the underminer).
• Updated physics module, now marble goes a bit faster, but the controls remain still accurate , and they won't make your life harder with "puzzles".
• Updated stacked particle system for smoother animation.
• Updated session cache manager , and now the load times while you switch menu-related session are improved.
• Updated an input event in the tutorial mode.
• Plus more minor changes.

v2.5

• New physics modifier - No gravity
• Completed request updated camera ("full" 360o rotations are allowed now (90o/animated step) (by Punk777E and pspjoke).
• Updated tutorial mode with the new camera controls.
• Updated the geometry of some levels that had low-res textures.
• Updated the input system (no more timed execution is used in order to make 100% syncing with the menu SFX & controls. Gameplay isn't effected).
• Updated the audio module.
• Updated the controls.
• Updated the physics module.
• Portals are now 100% complete and fully working (can interact with any dynamic object without limits).
• Added SFX triggers for portals.
• More support for "puzzles": Once you fail, the dynamic objects that are out of bounds will come back into play.
• Added + 5 levels.
• Some misc optimizations.
• And many more.

v2.0

• Added save points (once you pick a crystal, that is, it becomes your save point and you can continue from there if you fail).
• Updated a bit the camera system.
• Normalized the movement of the marble.
• Reworked on level "A real challenge". Now even a beginner can actually play on this level, but the tricky "puzzle" is still there.
• Added one new level: "Made of glass"(this one is easy enough, but with really unique style).
• Updated the code that detects if the player is inside the map bounds. Now, its instant, since you don't have to completly fall off the whole world, but instead, the closest node's normalized position is picked, so its "instant".

v1.8

• Initial release.

External links

• Wololo - https://wololo.net/downloads/index.php/download/1332
• PSP-Hacks - http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/f141/homebrew-idol-2-pspmarble-orchestra-sensation-t239848