Hacking COMPLETED [Release] Meritous for Switch

[Masterwin]

Fixed a lot of things in the SDL lib and made a new build of meritius (v0.1c).

On RyujiNX it works better and sound is very good (but it's aut of sync and starts with a couple of minutes of delay. A problem of the emulator I think).

Please test the release on a switch and let me know if it continue to crash on startup.

now yes, it works perfect, the sound and everything, I'm going to play it a bit more, but I've been testing for half an hour and it has not made any mistakes, congratulations!

 

[nop90]

Finally it works! I'm very happy.

Debugging blindly (without a real switch to test) is very hard. But RyujiNX is growing fast and it helped a lot.

 

[pwsincd]

https://www.switchbru.com/appstore/#/app/meritous updated here .. nice work nop90 ..

 

[Masterwin]

Finally it works! I'm very happy.

Debugging blindly (without a real switch to test) is very hard. But RyujiNX is growing fast and it helped a lot.

I have a team of kids with 3.0.0 that we put at your disposal to test everything you need quickly, so go ahead and continue with all the work you are doing, you are great, Greetings!

 

[nop90]

officially released v1.0 (no need to update from v0.3c, it's the same file).

Now I have to change the thread title in "Completed", but don't know how.

@Masterwin : the game crashes on exit or it's fixed too?

 

[Masterwin]

with the home button it goes without problems, but if I go to the home screen and then I hit the start button to exit to hbl, then it gives error code.

 

[x0x0]

I just finished the game, I had a great time. Thanks!

 

[asper]

This game is really addictive ! Thanks for porting It!

 

[ScarletDreamz]

@nop90
You dont know, how much i played this game on my PSP on 2010, i totally love this game, and sadly i forgot the name.

Now, im finally able to play it again on my psp!
Thanks for bringing back the memories!

 

[NANASHI89]

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Far below the surface of the planet is a secret. A place of limitless power. Those that seek to control such a utopia will soon bring an end to themselves.

Seeking an end to the troubles that plague him, PSI user MERIT journeys into the hallowed Orcus Dome in search of answers.

If the game is too difficult for you, you can play in 'Wuss mode' for a far more sombre gaming experience.

Meritous is a cross between a top-view dungeon crawler and a bullet-hell shoot-em-up. In it, you control main character Merit, who travels through an enormous 3000-room labyrinth, the Orcus Dome, in order to find three artifacts called the PSI Keys, and restore them to their proper locations.

Although enemies fire copious amounts of bullets at you, you don't shoot back- instead, you have an attack called a PSI Circuit, which you charge up to unleash a shockwave that hits enemies and nullifies their shots.

As you charge up the PSI Circuit, target reticules appear on nearby enemies, the circle indicating they're in range, and the cross indicating you've charged up enough to damage or kill them.

You can't just use the PSI Circuit as often as you want, though. After releasing it, there's a cooldown time before you can charge up again, and the longer you charge up, the longer you have to wait.

Destroyed enemies leave behind PSI crystals you can use to upgrade three facets of your PSI Circuit- Circuit Charge (charge up faster), Circuit Refill (less cooldown time), and Reflect Shields.

When you have at least one level in Shields, a barrier is projected around Merit, which will deflect one bullet per shield level, before having to regenerate. As you upgrade Shields, the barrier becomes bigger, then shows multiple layers as it gets stronger.

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The game needs to be tested on a real Switch for sound quality and speed. It runs at about 20fps a with really bad sound on RyujiNX emulator.

The game will crash the HBL on exiting (it's compiled with an incomplete SDL lib port to switch).

The source code of the port is on my switch github (http://github.com/Nop90-Switch/Meritous-Switch).
The compiled game is released on github (http://github.com/Nop90-Switch/Meritous-Switch/releases).

Credits:
The original source is by Lancer-X/ASCEAI (http://www.asceai.net/meritous/)

Changelog

Ver. 1.0 (17 March 2018)
- New build wit fixes SDL

Ver. 0.1 (09 March 2018)
- First reelase (baased on a incomplete SDL port)

Installation

Estract the zip in the root of the switch SD card

Commands

- D-pad: Move
- A: Select / use PSI
- B: Activate tiles
- L: Open Help
- R: Open map
- Minus: Exit
- Plus: Pause

Known Bugs

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Screenshots

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Why is the game freezing while loading a save?

And why does the game freeze when I press + on the Title Screen?

 

[OldGnashburg]

Would it be possible to update this to work with 9.0.0? Editing the atmosphere config to allow deprecated inputs doesn't work. And pressing + in the main menu crashes the Switch. I absolutely love this game and have done multiple playthroughs on my PSP, 3DS and PC, would love to be able to play on my Switch as well.