lgbrownjr/castaway

Re-implemtation of the Johnny Castaway Screensaver

castaway

The aim of this project is to provide a complete re-implemtation of the Johnny Castaway Screen Saver created by Dynamix using Javascript.

Live Demo

Check here the current development state

Purpose

• Re-implementation of the Johnny Castaway Screen Saver;

• Learn the Dynamix Game Development System (DGDS);

• Document the files format used;

• Dump tools using NodeJS;

• Focus on taking advantage of the modern web development languages and the usage of ES modules;

• Have fun implementing it!!

Enhancements

List of new features to add to Johnny Castaway experience:

• Day/Night loop in 24h instead of 8h
• Day/Night based on user location sunrise and sunset
• Moving cloulds
• Add waves like the static screen
• Accelarate time
• Tides based on user locations with real time coutry low tide info
• Play Full Story Sequence
  • Choose single activities to play
• Number of full complete stories played worldwide
• Total hours worldwide played
• Statistics per Activity
  • Total Jogging
  • Fishing
  • etc.
• Extend festive days from the original - could be based on user location

Documents

Resource Index File Format

Usage

Create a "data" folder in the src directory and place the original files.

• SCRANTIC.SCR
• RESOURCE.MAP
• RESOURCE.001

Install:

• http-server (you can use "brew install http-server")

Run Johnny Castaway

Run this commands in the root folder:

cd src

http-server -c-1

open localhost:8080

Dump Resources

This application allows you to extract the resources of Johnny Castaway. A data/dump folder will be created when application is executed.

cd src

chmod +x ./dump.mjs

./dump.mjs