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**dr_watson** · 12-07-2005, 06:38 PM

Just thought we haven't got enough Galaga clone, here's another one

This is a prototype of StarBugz, a Space Invader/Galaga clone. The purpose of the project was to get myself familiar with programming PSP games, and hopefully to build up a simple game engine in the process.

After working on the project in my spare time for nearly a month, the hardware accelerated 2D game engine, called JGE (Jas Game Engine), was basically done. JGE uses Gu libraries for image rendering and StarBugz now becomes a small showcase of the engine, demonstrating various features of it.

Here are few screen shots of StarBugz:

I've learned everything about programming the PSP from the PSP homebrew community, including forums and source code from http://svn.ps2dev.org. I guess it's time for me to give a small contribution back to the community. Here is the complete source code of StarBugz prototype, the game engine JGE and also a small demo of the engine.

Please note that [TRIANGLE] is used to take screenshots and stores in psp/photo. However, since the image format is PNG, you can't directly view them on PSP.

StarBugz/JGE/JGE Demo source 375KB
Firmware 1.50 binary(MD5:f291af03ab0103 3e7d63a8ba6478d64c) 815KB

(Just a side note: The classes/functions naming of JGE is based heavily on HGE, a Windows based 2D game engine, as I found HGE such a good game engine to play with! Thanks Haaf! In fact, my goal is evetually have the same source code of StarBugz to build with JGE and HGE at the same time!)

Special thanks to my lovely wife for her support and beta testing StarBugz for me.

**Master Inuyasha** · 12-07-2005, 07:07 PM

Im a huge fan of Galaga games, and this looks nice. But there is this game, that is really cool, that maybe I might port over after PSP Striker is done, which is your a ship in space, right. And there are other ships trying to kill you, and in space there are asteriods, mines, etc. And to win, you have to go to these alien ships, which look like bumblebee hives, and they shoot eggs at you.

On the first levels, to kill them, you must shoot their core, but then after advancing, you must wait until their cores open, plus they start shooting other stuff, its so hardcore yo!

**intheend** · 12-09-2005, 07:26 PM

i cant dl it

**dr_watson** · 12-09-2005, 08:55 PM

>>>intheend:
What problem did you have when trying to download? I tried it just now and the links worked fine.

Or you can grab the binary from the files section of QJ:
http://files.pspupdates.qj.net/cgi-b...,0,0,0,12,1901

**intheend** · 12-10-2005, 08:14 AM

they work now but when i posted b4 they did not its weird. and b4 it would open the window but nothing would load

**Shatterdome** · 12-10-2005, 01:38 PM

Welcome to the internet :P

12-07-2005, 06:38 PM	#1
dr_watson Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 29 Trader Feedback: 0	StarBugz game prototype and engine (using Gu) with source Just thought we haven't got enough Galaga clone, here's another one This is a prototype of StarBugz, a Space Invader/Galaga clone. The purpose of the project was to get myself familiar with programming PSP games, and hopefully to build up a simple game engine in the process. After working on the project in my spare time for nearly a month, the hardware accelerated 2D game engine, called JGE (Jas Game Engine), was basically done. JGE uses Gu libraries for image rendering and StarBugz now becomes a small showcase of the engine, demonstrating various features of it. Here are few screen shots of StarBugz: I've learned everything about programming the PSP from the PSP homebrew community, including forums and source code from http://svn.ps2dev.org. I guess it's time for me to give a small contribution back to the community. Here is the complete source code of StarBugz prototype, the game engine JGE and also a small demo of the engine. Please note that [TRIANGLE] is used to take screenshots and stores in psp/photo. However, since the image format is PNG, you can't directly view them on PSP. StarBugz/JGE/JGE Demo source 375KB Firmware 1.50 binary(MD5:f291af03ab0103 3e7d63a8ba6478d64c) 815KB (Just a side note: The classes/functions naming of JGE is based heavily on HGE, a Windows based 2D game engine, as I found HGE such a good game engine to play with! Thanks Haaf! In fact, my goal is evetually have the same source code of StarBugz to build with JGE and HGE at the same time!) Special thanks to my lovely wife for her support and beta testing StarBugz for me.

12-10-2005, 01:38 PM	#6
Shatterdome Shatterdome Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,486 Trader Feedback: 0	Welcome to the internet :P __________________ PSN: Shatterdome

12-07-2005, 07:07 PM	#2
Master Inuyasha Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA \| Banned: 3 \| Warned: 3 Posts: 2,253 Trader Feedback: 0	Im a huge fan of Galaga games, and this looks nice. But there is this game, that is really cool, that maybe I might port over after PSP Striker is done, which is your a ship in space, right. And there are other ships trying to kill you, and in space there are asteriods, mines, etc. And to win, you have to go to these alien ships, which look like bumblebee hives, and they shoot eggs at you. On the first levels, to kill them, you must shoot their core, but then after advancing, you must wait until their cores open, plus they start shooting other stuff, its so hardcore yo!

12-09-2005, 07:26 PM	#3
intheend Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 79 Trader Feedback: 0	i cant dl it

12-09-2005, 08:55 PM	#4
dr_watson Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 29 Trader Feedback: 0	>>>intheend: What problem did you have when trying to download? I tried it just now and the links worked fine. Or you can grab the binary from the files section of QJ: http://files.pspupdates.qj.net/cgi-b...,0,0,0,12,1901

12-10-2005, 08:14 AM	#5
intheend Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 79 Trader Feedback: 0	they work now but when i posted b4 they did not its weird. and b4 it would open the window but nothing would load

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StarBugz game prototype and engine (using Gu) with source