WOOT 2021 IS HERE!

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WOOT 2021 IS HERE!

DOWNLOAD HERE.
Or here
DOWNLOAD HERE.




I'm afraid I left it too late to include in a ZXDB update, so I'm temporarily hosting the bundle from my own webspace (contributors - it will be added to this most venerable database in due course).

Massive thanks to:

@beyker for the Mag AY music
[mention]MatGubbins[/mention] for the swirly attrs on the intro (he cunningly hid the bytes under the black loading screen!)
[mention]davespicer[/mention] for the interview, and his XENON 2 DEMOS!!!!!
[mention]Dougie mcg[/mention] for the interview, and the Bearsden crew for the games.
[mention]RoseTintedSpectrum[/mention] for the interview, and for 12 hours of entertainment earlier this year
[mention]Joefish[/mention] for The Haunting of Waterbelle End (be sure to read the recovered "J. M. Raymes" story (.txt) that accompanies it.
[mention]bob_fossil[/mention] for FrumpyXmas
[mention]catmeows[/mention] for Greed
[mention]TMD2003[/mention] for the beeper, the demos, codewords and the game
[mention]djnzx48[/mention] for the AY music on ElementZX and Manic Miner For Mind. Splendid fellow.
[mention]chip-fork[/mention] for another creepy zxmas game
[mention]PROSM[/mention] for Rickrolling us
[mention]Ralf[/mention] for the screen and the game
[mention]Sol_HSA[/mention] for The Freak, (and MuCho, natch)
[mention]flatduckrecords[/mention] for his spectrum motherboard fondling emulator
thanks [mention]GreenCard[/mention] [mention]Mpk[/mention] [mention]PeteProdge[/mention] [mention]uglifruit[/mention] for crackergags

Enjoy! Thanks for reading.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS! NOW PARTY LIKE 2022 IS AROUND THE CORNER!

Also - I'd love to see The ElementZX on youtube (with Ay music included), so it can be shared with non-specchums. If you have a channel, or you know someone, please get them to make a video of it.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Woohoo!

*donwloading like there's no tomorrow*


... and happy Christmas!!!

[Ast A. Moore]

Sweet!

Ha, I see my two little tune-mods have made it into WOOT.

[PeterJ]

Fantastic!

[scoppack]

Excellent, that's my day sorted

[Andre Leao]

[mention]R-Tape[/mention] the review of one of your games...

https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... zxmas.html



And the whole mag...

https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... -2021.html

[RoseTintedSpectrum]

This is absolutely amazing, what a fantastic job you've done with it! Thanks very much for having me on, the wee animation beforehand cracked me up!

[WhatHoSnorkers]

What a fantastic magazine! Wonderful work!

[Mpk]

I helped!

This is great. Mariah has never looked so good. Looks like the interviews will keep me going through the day, too.

[TMD2003]

I just got the call yesterday to say that Christmas is, once again, cancelled.

I suppose I'll check out my work along with everyone else's on what, for me, will merely be Saturday.

Is anyone else going to be around?

[Morkin]

Woohoo..! <clicks download>

Once again I wasn't expecting there to be quite as much on the tape (must be a C1200 or something) so it'll probably take me happily until the end of the year to play everything...

Nice work and thanks for our Chrimbo pressie...

[Dougie mcg]

What a fantastic tape.
Brilliantly presented with so much care towards all of the content.
Thank you so much for making and sharing this!

[uglifruit]

So much fabulous. Utterly yes. Many good.

[Joefish]

Just realised, in the rush, I sent Dave the .TAP directly from the compiler, no time to add a loading screen, so here it is as it should be. At some point I'll try and do a proper release version of the game for the database - maybe tidy up a few other things too. The whole thing has been done in a rush in three weekends, plus an evening here and there on the graphics. Also grateful of any feedback as I've been so immersed in it I have no idea if the game, the graphics, or the (farty beeper) music are remotely any good! Do please take time to read the short story it's based on for the background!



But now I'm going to read the rest of WOOT like everyone else! Thanks tons for this!

[Andre Leao]

Reminds me some of Poe stories...

[R-Tape]

Do please take time to read the short story it's based on for the background!

Seconded. Time ran out on us to present it differently, but this is an example of a .txt file that definitely SHOULD be read!

[Joefish]

Wow, had no idea how many other people were contributing games!
Am I missing something in Frumpy Xmas though? Is it meant to be a gag? I can't get anywhere in either of the two levels I can see at all!

For mine, if it's not clear, the main aim is to escape the mansion, but also see if you can (a) find the pirate's treasure and (b) discover what became of the previous occupants. If you come across a ghost along the way, you have a split-second to hit FIRE and give it a flash of your Kodak 110 Instamatic Flash Bulb, which should see it off. (Other manufacturer's flash bulbs are available).

First, here's a straight-forward hint, if you're struggling to orient yourself...

Spoiler

You start in the bottom-left corner of the map, facing South. The house has double windows in all rooms facing South; single windows on the West and East facing sides. If you're trying to map it, the rooms are all single squares. Nothing too clever or warped. It's not Willy's mansion!

And here's a bigger hint, to help with finding your way around:

Spoiler

From the start position, turn right round so you're facing the door to the North. Now, knowing that, go North, East, East, South, East, North. You'll find a chest with something very useful inside...

[equinox]

Haven't looked at it yet. But am GENUINELY EXCITED. w00t is always great, it will never let you down. Thanks in advance for all who made this. If it's REALLY great or I get extra drunk, I will thank you again, but spelled worse.

WOOT ME

p.s. nag me next year about puzzles, i think i could do something for you.

[Ast A. Moore]

Oh, and I have just been Rickrolled!

[Ast A. Moore]

The Element ZX is simply brilliant!

[StanVanman]

Wow, had no idea how many other people were contributing games!
Am I missing something in Frumpy Xmas though? Is it meant to be a gag? I can't get anywhere in either of the two levels I can see at all!

You have to do wall jumps.

[R-Tape]

Yep as StanVan says, it's like Meatboy, except here you're a doughboy (I suppose).

[Bubu]

OOOOHHHHHH!!!! I didn't know anything about this!!! Amazing stuff, there's hours and more hours to read, to play, to listen...

Thank you to all of you

[MatGubbins]

Had a quick blast through everything this evening. Spent most of the time playing the excellent Greed, simple yet oh-so satisfying!
SumItUp was a maths intensive challenge that proved I couldn't add simple digits to total 9 grrr!
ElementZX had a few Speccy related comments in there that made me laugh!

Thank you to everyone involved for their time and effort putting everything together for Woot! 2021. Will have to sit down and go through it all during the next month or so.

[ANDREWRYALS]

Bit lare to the party but this looks excellent.