Are you a creative Commodore 64 user who likes to make games using the Shoot Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) or Sideways Scrolling SEUCK. Perhaps you still have some old games you made with SEUCK stored away somewhere. Are you bored with the old front end and want something more fancy? Would you like to make your presentation stand out but you cannot code

The New Dimension is very proud to present to you the SEUCK Title Screen MakerA fun C64 tool which can help you make cool new front ends and link them to your very own standalone games, created with any version of the Shoot Em Up Construction Kit or Sideways Scrolling SEUCKNote, this will not work on programs made with SEUCK Redux framework!

Transform this:

Ceti 22 Exclusive game

into this:

Ceti 22 New front end

The editor requires no coding knowledge, but in order to link the title screen to your game you will need a reset/freezer cartridge or plugin, such as the Action Replay/Retro Replay cartridge - or Super Snapshot, or just use VICE Monitor, and a cross-platform cruncher like Exomizer or Dali. using $6580 as jump address. Please check out the useful tips on how to put the title screen together using VICE.  

The S.E.U.C.K Title screen maker consists of the following features:

  • Easy to handle editor. 
  • Create your own credits page
  • Create your own optional hi score table and flashing colour table
  • Write your own scrolltext and edit the scroll colour table
  • Create your own single line get ready and game over messages
  • Create your own end screen
  • Supports  40 x 8 logos (KoalaPaint multicolour/OCP Art Studio)
  • Supports 1x1, 1x2 or 2x1 character sets (hires, multicolour, animated). 
  • Supports separate title music and in game music files
  •  Also supports large music  with assignable sub tunes (multi-tracks)
  • Three  spare subroutines for calling adding additional in game enhancements 
  • Enhancement code snippets (Requires Turbo Assembler or Turbo Macro Pro)
  • Complete PDF user manual
  • Exclusive game, CETI 22

*** For compatibility reasons, please do not load title screens that were made in previous versions of SEUCK Title Screen Maker into V1.7 or lower ***

Credits:

Programming, design and music by Richard Bayliss
Ceti 22 by Alf Yngve and Richard Bayliss
Enhanced Stormbird by Eleanor Burns

(C )2024 The New Dimension 

This production, and its content is classed as free digital software. TND Games consents copying, sharing, modification/improvements and respectable broadcast of this production. However TND Games does not consent this production to be released/re-produced for sales or marketing without permission.  

You are also welcome  to use this production to create new front ends for your SEUCK game creations and get them published onto web sites, C64 community based covermounts for fan based C64 magazines. It is your game after all.

Tutorial videos (Also works with SEUCK Title Screen maker V1.8+)

Part 1/3: Example of SEUCK games and making a new front end for CETI 22

Part 2/3: Linking the new front end to CETI 22.

Please take note: When you decide to use method 2 or method 3. Make sure you follow the process of loading in the game and the new title screen, then save from memory. Otherwise if you run the front end, there is a chance you might get unwanted sprites appear at the top border.



Part 3/3: Adding in game enhancements to CETI 22.

Other SEUCK Title Screen Maker tutorial videos and experiments will appear in my YouTube channel in the future in my channel playlist here.

Updated 1 day ago
StatusReleased
CategoryTool
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
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(1 total ratings)
AuthorRichard of TND
Tagsseuck, seuck-title-screen-maker, shoot-em-up-construction-kit-enhancement-utility

Download

Download
SEUCK_Titlescreen_Maker_V1_8+.zip 722 kB

Install instructions

Open the ZIP archive and then extract the D64s to your subdirectory. In order to be able to use these files you are required a C64 with a freezer cartridge, such as Action/Retro Replay or 1541Ultimate. with cartridge plugins. This program will also work on the Ultimate 64 with cartridge plugins or theC64/the VIC20 in C64 mode.

Please read PDF for a complete guide on how to enhance your own SEUCK games with this tool.

Note: V1.8 + is my final updated version of the SEUCK Title Maker tool. Since there is no need for me to make any more new versions for the time being.

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Eariler on, I was asked if it is possible to be able to load in existing text and colour assets from title screens that were made with version 1.5/V1.5+ of the SEUCK Title Screen Maker. I can confirm that it is possible. However you will need either an Action Replay / Retro Replay cartridge or a Machine Code Monitor.

HINT:

To save existing text from Version 1.5/V1.5+ use:

S "TEXTANDCOLOUR",8,7160,7660

S "SCROLLTEXT",8,AA00,ACC0

To load existing text (Credits + colour and scroll text) from version 1.5/1.5+ use:

L "TEXTANDCOLOUR",8,728A

L "SCROLLTEXT",8,AA00

If using VICE, use:
S "TEXTANDCOLOUR" 1 7160 7669
S "SCROLLTEXT" 1 AA00 ACC0
L "TEXTANDCOLOUR" 1 728A

πŸ‘πŸ»thank you Rich!

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okπŸ˜„πŸ™‚πŸ‘πŸ» i download all

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Very nice!πŸ‘πŸ»

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Added V1.5+ This fixes the shift+clear home bug in the main title screen editor,

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Great!

Impressive! - great work!