Spectrum Computing

Mmmmm... coming soon, maybe?

https://twitter.com/EricRetro/status/12 ... 84387?s=19

If so, sounds cool!

We had discussed it very very briefly last year and again this weekend where I said I’d pencil in a start for next year. You would get highly stylised isometric graphics - Spectrum palette no colour clash, of course - if we went down that route, though
Still, only after Melkhior’s Mansion is finished, released and I’ve had an extended break from pixels (as in, pretty much the rest of 2020!) will it ever get considered!

Feel like it would also suffer the Paperboy problem, where the actual game area ends up being very restrictive. I'd almost rather someone went the other way and made a top-down Paperboy.

The idea would be that you could switch the view to see more/get access to further parts of the play area.

A bit off-topic, but I think here it's the best plave to post it.

Awesome.

https://twitter.com/JuniorCorreia28/sta ... 93473?s=19

I know Bob is on here so I hope he doesn’t mind, but for those not on Twitter I really feel everybody should see Bob’s latest progress on the 128K version of Melkhior’s Mansion. Absolutely amazing! Stunning work!

https://twitter.com/bobsstuffgames/stat ... 95234?s=21

It seems it will be one of the greatest games of the year, definitely!

Off-topic: Now I'm wondering if we'd ever see isometric versions of other games: Back to Skool, Sim City...

[media]https://twitter.com/BobsStuffGames/stat ... 90914?s=20[/media]

Current mood:

For those not on Twitter, here's the latest on Melkhior's Mansion.

https://twitter.com/BitGlint/status/130 ... 73441?s=20

https://twitter.com/BitGlint/status/130 ... 08704?s=20

A playable demo of the PC version coming this October.
https://twitter.com/BitGlint/status/131 ... 20352?s=20

And a wee trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I3_3GA ... e=youtu.be

What format is it for?

vanpeebles wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:11 pm What format is it for?

Really?
The video is from the PC version, but there will also be a monochrome version for the Spectrum 128K

Sokurah wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:24 pm

vanpeebles wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:11 pm What format is it for?

Really?
The video is from the PC version, but there will also be a monochrome version for the Spectrum 128K

And a version for Spectrum NEXT.

Sokurah wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:24 pm

vanpeebles wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:11 pm What format is it for?

Really?
The video is from the PC version, but there will also be a monochrome version for the Spectrum 128K

I didn't know if it was for the Next etc.

vanpeebles wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:39 pm I didn't know if it was for the Next etc.

https://twitter.com/bitglint/status/131 ... 27968?s=21

Aaaaaand the playable demo of the PC version is now available!

If there will be colour version for ATM-Turbo 2/ZX Evo/Pentagon 2.666LE, it will certainly take the 1st prize at the Your Game 6. Do the authors know?

Alone Coder wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:34 pm If there will be colour version for ATM-Turbo 2/ZX Evo/Pentagon 2.666LE, it will certainly take the 1st prize at the Your Game 6. Do the authors know?

Well, this is the PC/Mac version, so that will never be on any other platforms. That question should really be directed at Bob Smith as he is the one doing the Spectrum 128K version ... or Kev who is doing the Spectrum Next version (which hasn't made any progress in over a year, but hopefully will soon, now that the main version (PC/Mac) is almost done).
... but I doubt any of those versions will appear on the platforms you mention.

Well, well. I've just had a little go on it, and it does indeed play as good as it looks. And it looks brilliant, especially with scanlines. The sfx is ace too.

To be honest, I 'm not the biggest fan of the Atic Atac style of gameplay - the respawning enemies trope is my old nemesis - and I kind of suggested myself it will be a Knight Lore-like, what with the 3D, sorry, isobliquetric gfx. Alas. But, will buy Spectrum version anyway, since this kind of AAA-quality development really needs supporting and cheering on.

Sokurah wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 2:38 pm this is the PC/Mac version . . .

Uh, I don’t think there’s a Mac version or that it is even planned.

Just played it. Great game!

Alone Coder wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:34 pm If there will be colour version for ATM-Turbo 2/ZX Evo/Pentagon 2.666LE, it will certainly take the 1st prize at the Your Game 6. Do the authors know?

Sadly, I’m afraid not. We’re just trying to get the PC version finished first. As Sokurah’s already mentioned, we’re not handling the Next and 128K versions, the closest to those machines you mentioned, and they can only wait on our version getting completed.

At the moment it’s PC, Spectrum Next and Bob’s remarkable Spectrum 128K version. Richard recently managed to get the framework running on Android, so that’s always a possibility I kitty in the future. As for a Mac version, well never say never but things are stacked against us on that. Of course, there’s always consoles...

akeley wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:01 pm Well, well. I've just had a little go on it, and it does indeed play as good as it looks. And it looks brilliant, especially with scanlines. The sfx is ace too.

To be honest, I 'm not the biggest fan of the Atic Atac style of gameplay - the respawning enemies trope is my old nemesis - and I kind of suggested myself it will be a Knight Lore-like, what with the 3D, sorry, isobliquetric gfx. Alas. But, will buy Spectrum version anyway, since this kind of AAA-quality development really needs supporting and cheering on.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:25 pm Just played it. Great game!

Ach, many thanks!! It’s aces hearing people enjoy it!
We’re nearly there! The demo is pretty much the version we originally set out to make until we decided to take the game further!