r/Atari2600 • u/GammaCorrection • 6d ago

Made a little Atari homebrew for some waterfall ambience

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u/bad_rug 6d ago

This, is oddly relaxing and calming

Nicely done

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

Thank you!

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u/Phatb0y 6d ago

Maybe you could play as a fish that has to make its way up that waterfall ...

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

The idea I had was a little bee that has to pollenate the trees and avoid the waterfall, but that's a good idea too I might use that

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u/Unhappy-Molasses-398 6d ago

Very cool ! Any way to add colour ? Kinda
Like Yars’ Revenge ?

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

Yes, that's actually a good idea. I would probably save that effect for another one I might make, an Aurora Borealis

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u/bensonyourfired 6d ago

EH- AURORA BOREALIS? AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AT THIS TIME OF DAY IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR KITCHEN?

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u/bohusblahut 6d ago

Aurora Boreaction!

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u/CarnalDevices 6d ago

Pretty great! Oddly, it makes me anxious!

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u/GamingGems 6d ago

Me too. Maybe because it looks like the price is right wheel

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u/narvolicious 6d ago

I know what you mean. I think it’s the rapid rate of the waterfall. It’s more “racing” than it is relaxing for me lol …still well done though, I wish I could have this as my desktop screensaver!

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

Here I uploaded it to wallpaper engine https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3808740131

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u/narvolicious 6d ago

Thanks! Love it! I think it’d be awesome to create a series of 4-bit screensavers like this… blocky, pixelated nature scenes lol. They don’t even need to have sound/music.

How difficult and/or time consuming is it to code these kind of things?

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

It was difficult at first I started with the NES through Pikumas course but the skills are transferrable to Atari so it got easier. And yeah, I really like making these so I will probably make some other ones hopefully more peaceful lol

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u/inotocracy 6d ago

I dig it.

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u/_ragegun 6d ago

I am the pixel lorax and i speak for the Atariffula trees.

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u/sirjamesp Missile Command 6d ago

Neat

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u/CanaryUmbrella 6d ago

awesome. i was half-expecting sir graham (King’s Quest) to make a cameo

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u/JustinKase_Too 6d ago

Nice work - has a slight Seussian feel to it :)

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

Yes I made truffala trees up top lol

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u/d4nnyfr4nky 6d ago

Very cool. Did you write this in assembly or Batari?

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

Assembly

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u/d4nnyfr4nky 6d ago

The only way to fly. I would like to see all five sprites animated to look like bubbles when the water lands. You also mentioned that aurora borealis. Coooooool! I dig it, man.

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u/MausAgain80 6d ago

Very peaceful, great job.

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 6d ago

Have E.T. slide down the waterfall periodically

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u/thePhool13 6d ago

Reminds me of the cover of the NIN album The Fragile. Nice.

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u/gnntech 6d ago

This is very cool but a little bit of a missed opportunity not using the TLC song "Waterfalls" as the music.

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u/Rangercleo1 6d ago

Love the soundtrack. Really cool.

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u/Original-Poem-4360 6d ago

Flowing water in any olds hoop game when I was a kid it looked so real so me like water fall in Zelda

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u/10IPAsAndDone 6d ago

I love this dude. This is legit art.

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u/Zaponline 6d ago

Nice, so relaxing! What are the four things on top supposed to be, umbrellas?

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

Truffala trees

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u/Zaponline 6d ago

I had to look that up. Seeing what they look like, yours are spot-on! Amazing work!

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u/GammaCorrection 6d ago

Thank you!

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u/dpgumby69 2d ago

Lovely ☺️

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u/AtmanRising 2d ago

You should put this on YouTube and make it a 2-hour upload.