Cursed Castle

[Andre Leao]

New game released...





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

[DVDfever]

Great fun! Got some gameplay, here

[lexi]

Sweet - only had time now for a quick 5 minute play but will definitely come back later - first impressions: good use of sound, cute + clean gfx, good collision detection and responsive controls, and an interesting combination of puzzles and enemies so far

[Andre Leao]

and it's a new engine

[Ralf]

Nice game with obvious inspirations coming from Ghosts'n'Goblins.

Some things to be fixed:
- Kempston control is messed up
- game crashes on 128kB Spectrum

[Fransouls]

Hello, with which emulator did you have problems loading the 128?

[cmal]

Fun game this one. The controls feel good and the difficulty level feels just right, at least for me.

Like Ralf, I also couldn't get the kempston option to work. It responds, but your character hops around randomly and the controls move him around unpredictably. This was using SpecEmu emulator.

I tried 128k mode in SpecEmu and it worked fine. It also worked fine in 128k mode using Spectaculator and RVM emulator. However, on Spectaculator in 128k mode, when you select Kempston, it crashes as soon as the first screen is displayed.

Otherwise, a perfectly decent game. Thanks!!

[Fransouls]

Thanks for your comment, I will talk to the author of the ZX GM engine, he should correct the problem, greetings!

[Ralf]

And I was using Spectaculator as well.

With exactly the same scenario - in 128kB mode game
crashed immediately after selecting Kempston, exiting the menu, entering the gameplay and pressing left or right on emulated Kempston.

As long as you don't press anything, it works.

[Jbizzel]

interesting to see what this new engine can do. Sort of like this in terms of arcade polish....

zx basic<-------->Boriel<----------->this engine<------------>ADG<----------->ASM

But this engine is probably a lot more flexible that ADG.

[Ralf]

Yep. it looks like we have a new engine.
Seems like there is yet another game called Crazy Christmas made with this engine:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10714

And it has the same bugs as Cursed Castle.

[Fransouls]

Thanks for your comment, I will talk to the author of the ZX GM engine, he should correct the problem, greetings!

https://fransouls.itch.io/cursed-castle

[Fransouls]

[Fransouls]

Thanks for your comment, I will talk to the author of the ZX GM engine, he should correct the problem, greetings!

Here you have the complete game in case you have problems finishing it and need help, spoiler alert!!

[Fransouls]

FINAL UPDATE CURSED 1.0

Corrected kempston controller bug.

Graphic improvements and new background in some levels.

attack change in some enemies.
Increased difficulty

Final version for physical edition.
Vote for my game if you like it, thank you!!