Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
Come on people! Only 10 people voted!! The effort by Dave with that table describing all the games deserve at least 30 more votes
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
These were my stand out releases of that year:
The Infeasible game
The Order of mazes
Knightmare 2 ZX
Pixel Quest
Aquanoids
Lirus
Complica DX
Stormfinch
Dead Flesh Boy
Baldy ZX
Super 48K Box
Flype
Vade Retro (Retroworks)
Pentacorn Quest
Rescue Lander
The Tales of Grupp
Castlevania: Spectral Interlude
Uroboros
Ice Slider Z
Balancing quality and the amount of time they made me want to play I voted for these. Bit cheeky but one of them is mine...
1 - Knightmare 2 ZX
2 - The Tales of Grupp
3 - Stormfinch
The Infeasible game
The Order of mazes
Knightmare 2 ZX
Pixel Quest
Aquanoids
Lirus
Complica DX
Stormfinch
Dead Flesh Boy
Baldy ZX
Super 48K Box
Flype
Vade Retro (Retroworks)
Pentacorn Quest
Rescue Lander
The Tales of Grupp
Castlevania: Spectral Interlude
Uroboros
Ice Slider Z
Balancing quality and the amount of time they made me want to play I voted for these. Bit cheeky but one of them is mine...
1 - Knightmare 2 ZX
2 - The Tales of Grupp
3 - Stormfinch
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
It didn't get my vote but Uroboros* is a landmark title as a snake game that doesn't look like a BASIC type in.
*argh! another TAP not in the archive yet. We'll get around to it Ralf!
*argh! another TAP not in the archive yet. We'll get around to it Ralf!
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
That threw me too. Turns out if you click anywhere inside the search result it takes you to a linkable page:
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Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
Ah, I didn't understand joe's original question, I think I do now.
- when you do a search it bring up a list, even if it's just one entry, you then click on that link and it takes you to a full page - screenshots, gamedownloads*, instructions, manuals, support material.
Every piece of software has its own page, based on the ZXDB ID number. Is that a surprise to most? Perhaps we need to make that clearer somehow.
The original list is a bit like screenshot browsing.
* (a growing list of)
- when you do a search it bring up a list, even if it's just one entry, you then click on that link and it takes you to a full page - screenshots, gamedownloads*, instructions, manuals, support material.
Every piece of software has its own page, based on the ZXDB ID number. Is that a surprise to most? Perhaps we need to make that clearer somehow.
The original list is a bit like screenshot browsing.
* (a growing list of)
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
I think it's only because the search result summary is so detailed it almost looks like it could be the full info!
Maybe just having a "more..." or "details..." link that also takes you to the linked entity would be enough to finesse it (so for title results it would take you to the title's page, etc).
Robin Verhagen-Guest
SevenFFF / Threetwosevensixseven / colonel32
NXtel • NXTP • ESP Update • ESP Reset • CSpect Plugins
SevenFFF / Threetwosevensixseven / colonel32
NXtel • NXTP • ESP Update • ESP Reset • CSpect Plugins
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
No, I meant the search results page just has a generic URL. You can't cut and paste the URL into the forums to link people to the same search results.
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Ah I see what you mean, if you search 'Year 2015' it would be nice to be able to copy the link to display the same listing.
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I played mostly Castlevania, Dead Flesh Boy, Rescue Lander, Bubble Monkey Bros, Chrimblast, Rabbit in Wonderland, Pnoid, Ice Slider Z, Uroboros, Christmas Gift Hunt, Hop N Frog, Super 48K Box, The Return of Traxtor.
Shame on me! There are quite a few good ones that I have barely played.
Shame on me! There are quite a few good ones that I have barely played.
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
I"ve gone with Stormfinch. Castlevania seems the obvious star game, but I really enjoyed Stormfinch. I think I'm a sucker for shoot-'em- ups and rainbow graphics. It still feels like it's breaking the laws of physics to have more than two colours per square.
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Doh! Soz
Yes, a search URL that takes search terms in the query string would be awesome.
Robin Verhagen-Guest
SevenFFF / Threetwosevensixseven / colonel32
NXtel • NXTP • ESP Update • ESP Reset • CSpect Plugins
SevenFFF / Threetwosevensixseven / colonel32
NXtel • NXTP • ESP Update • ESP Reset • CSpect Plugins
Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
Stormfinch is great. The random attack waves keep the game fresh and add a lot of replay value. The enemy-direction-radar allows for more dynamic attack waves without being unfair to the player. The autofire spares your wrist and let you focus on the charge shot. Great bosses. Just a lot of polish. Then there's the graphics; great looking and inspired all in glorious multicolour. One of the best of 2015 for sure.
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Re: Best (Homebrew) game from 2015
Strange Kitchen shouldn't really be on this list, it was released in 2016. I did release a "Beta" version in 2015 to show what I'd done with Charade though, but it wasn't responsive enough to play properly and I didn't "officially" release it as such.
And what's wrong with Word Blaster eh?! That's a game I did release in 2015. OK, it's not a classic, & not really a contender for best homebrew game but I enjoyed making it !
And what's wrong with Word Blaster eh?! That's a game I did release in 2015. OK, it's not a classic, & not really a contender for best homebrew game but I enjoyed making it !
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Ah I can relax now. It wouldn't be a game of the year poll without one or two things left outtextvoyage wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:09 pm Strange Kitchen shouldn't really be on this list, it was released in 2016. I did release a "Beta" version in 2015 to show what I'd done with Charade though, but it wasn't responsive enough to play properly and I didn't "officially" release it as such.
And what's wrong with Word Blaster eh?! That's a game I did release in 2015. OK, it's not a classic, & not really a contender for best homebrew game but I enjoyed making it !
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Robin Verhagen-Guest
SevenFFF / Threetwosevensixseven / colonel32
NXtel • NXTP • ESP Update • ESP Reset • CSpect Plugins
SevenFFF / Threetwosevensixseven / colonel32
NXtel • NXTP • ESP Update • ESP Reset • CSpect Plugins
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I think Castlevania is the only thing that doesn't apply to here!
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I've realised my top vote isn't the game I thought it was, I had Knightmare 1 in mind. Oops.
#2 was impressive but didn't float my boat in the same way.
So these would be my top 3 now:
1 - The Tales of Grupp
2 - Stormfinch
3 - Rescue Lander
#2 was impressive but didn't float my boat in the same way.
So these would be my top 3 now:
1 - The Tales of Grupp
2 - Stormfinch
3 - Rescue Lander