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DS homebrew announcements > [dreaming...] Spelunky on DS ? One day maybe...

#174785 - MrSkiz - Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:58 pm

Hi,

I found this today : a french newcomer on the DS homebrew scene is starting a port of Spelunky, the infamous "Rick Dangerous-like with chunks of Rogue-like" freeware indie game gem by Derek Yu.

http://www.guillaume-saby.com/spelunky-ds (in french in the text)

For the v1.0, he aims to implement :
- Randomly generated levels (cave theme only)
- Simple treasures (coins, gold, gems)
- Basic enemies (snakes, bats...)

He's now on v0.1.8 which already contains :
- Collision engine
- Basics movement (no climbing though)
- Random generation almost complete

Let's wish him the best luck possible : Derek Yu released the source code, but being made with Game Maker make it hard to convert unless starting from scratch.

http://code.google.com/p/spelunkyds/

DS homebrew Overlords please hear my prays and help this guy achieve this divine task : having Spelunky on DS would be the promise of tons of hours filled with fun !