That demo is stunning. Some of the optical effects are superb.
New Software 2019
Re: New Software 2019
[mention]Cebrian[/mention] I did it! See you in Egypt. I feel like Michael Jordan, Fred Astaire and the Lawnmower man trying to escape
Re: New Software 2019
Ooh this is good. Nice, eerie early 1980's look, and it feels 'unAGD'. Great action puzzle idea. The inlay is cool too - very 16 bit!
The author is another WASD loony though.
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Re: New Software 2019
I know. I suggest we . . .
Stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him,
Stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him,
Stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him,
Early in the morning.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: New Software 2019
for programmers(read task into file_id.diz):
FizzBuzz
FizzBuzz
Re: New Software 2019
New beta 4 for Lovecraft Mythos and awesome level editor! at ancientbytes.com
the beta 2 was great and addictive, imho it only needed some more introductory levels.. what do you think about the new changes?
the beta 2 was great and addictive, imho it only needed some more introductory levels.. what do you think about the new changes?
Re: New Software 2019
Just had a play and 'found' 4 levels. It takes a bit of getting used to but it's fun to run rings around these creatures of the underworld, apart from the Chthonian—that scares me and gets me into a right lather. What has changed since the first version? I can't see any differences.
[mention]Cebrian[/mention], was this made with MK2, La Churrera, or neither?
Re: New Software 2019
this is far better imho https://yadi.sk/d/6EA8gK4Iscqj8w
Re: New Software 2019
Thanks for playing! There are quite a few changes in the new beta. Here is a short list:R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 4:59 pm
Just had a play and 'found' 4 levels. It takes a bit of getting used to but it's fun to run rings around these creatures of the underworld, apart from the Chthonian—that scares me and gets me into a right lather. What has changed since the first version? I can't see any differences.
@Cebrian, was this made with MK2, La Churrera, or neither?
- A difficulty selector. In easy mode bullets give you three times more ammo, and pickups are more frequent.
- Health pickups, which should only appear under dire circumstances.
- Night Gaunts are now slower and have some limited ability to circumvent obstacles.
- An intermission screen (to retry a level). Now starting the game from the main menu always starts in the first screen.
- A new ending screen for easy mode
- The three last screens are now different as they were too unfair.
The game was written directly in assembler, using Pasmo, and uses no library or engine. I plan to release the source alongside the final version (it's clumsy and uninteresting, but I love open source and full Spectrum game sources seem to be rare, so why not).
By the way, the Cthonian will almost always spawn behind you and is not fast enough to get you if you run in a straight line without delay. It's only dangerous in late levels when there is no space to get away. It can also be killed with a bullet if you turn around and are fast enough.
Re: New Software 2019
Oh well I already told the author that I disliked the new Night Gaunt and changes on level design
there you have a RZX walkthough that I recorded half-drunk https://yadi.sk/d/dsxpg9ADgk0LfA
I am not a good player but wanted to keep pushing. The latest beta does not get to push me the same way
there you have a RZX walkthough that I recorded half-drunk https://yadi.sk/d/dsxpg9ADgk0LfA
I am not a good player but wanted to keep pushing. The latest beta does not get to push me the same way
Re: New Software 2019
Have you tried hard mode? Or calling JESUS in the Gods menu? The resulting challenge should be closer to the original beta.hikoki wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:26 pm Oh well I already told the author that I disliked the new Night Gaunt and changes on level design
there you have a RZX walkthough that I recorded half-drunk https://yadi.sk/d/dsxpg9ADgk0LfA
I am not a good player but wanted to keep pushing. The latest beta does not get to push me the same way
Re: New Software 2019
I know FizzBuzz as a spoken word game, but didn't realise it was a common software developer question.Fizz Buzz is a very simple programming task, asked in software developer job interviews.
A typical round of Fizz Buzz can be:
Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to 100 and for multiples of '3' print "Fizz" instead of the number and for the multiples of '5' print "Buzz".
Has anyone here ever been asked to do this at a job interview?
Re: New Software 2019
Actually no only some SQL questions & tasks during interview.
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Me personally not. But I've heard that yes, it's actually asked quite often on interviews.Has anyone here ever been asked to do this at a job interview?
And here's some really weird interview story about it
http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Fiz ... uter-Space
Re: New Software 2019
Looks like this thread is not up to date.
So, what I quickly noticed:
The Amethyst Dagger:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1236
Mike, the Guitar - The Shooter:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1253
Resistance:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1240
So, what I quickly noticed:
The Amethyst Dagger:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1236
Mike, the Guitar - The Shooter:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1253
Resistance:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1240
Re: New Software 2019
Also new this year...
Eight Feet Under
by Stefan Vogt
published by Pond Software (2019)
Text adventure
Produced using DAAD https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=30013
Spectrum 48K - two parts
language - English
(Only available as a bonus with the physical release of Hibernated 1 from PolyPlay
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34312 )
On the same subject... the current version of...
Hibernated 1: This Place is Death https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34312
was also produced with DAAD
and will be published as a physical edition by Polyplay in 2019
Hibernated 1: This Place is Death - Collector's Edition - CPC/Spectrum cassette @ 20 Euros
Hibernated 1: This Place is Death - Collector's Edition - Spectrum 3"-Diskette @ 25 Euros
I don't know if you'd make a separate entry for the DAAD version of Hibernated 1, compared to the PAW version. There are examples, I think, of both instances where Quilled & PAWed entries are combined and also listed as separate games.
Eight Feet Under
by Stefan Vogt
published by Pond Software (2019)
Text adventure
Produced using DAAD https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=30013
Spectrum 48K - two parts
language - English
(Only available as a bonus with the physical release of Hibernated 1 from PolyPlay
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34312 )
On the same subject... the current version of...
Hibernated 1: This Place is Death https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34312
was also produced with DAAD
and will be published as a physical edition by Polyplay in 2019
Hibernated 1: This Place is Death - Collector's Edition - CPC/Spectrum cassette @ 20 Euros
Hibernated 1: This Place is Death - Collector's Edition - Spectrum 3"-Diskette @ 25 Euros
I don't know if you'd make a separate entry for the DAAD version of Hibernated 1, compared to the PAW version. There are examples, I think, of both instances where Quilled & PAWed entries are combined and also listed as separate games.
Re: New Software 2019
This one is 2018, and the same author also has two others that are missing: Mini Explorer and Elon M. with Jetpack. All very good AGD games that many wouldn't guess were AGD. They'll have entries in the next update, hopefully file permission too.
Re: New Software 2019
R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:58 pmI know FizzBuzz as a spoken word game, but didn't realise it was a common software developer question.Fizz Buzz is a very simple programming task, asked in software developer job interviews.
A typical round of Fizz Buzz can be:
Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to 100 and for multiples of '3' print "Fizz" instead of the number and for the multiples of '5' print "Buzz".
Has anyone here ever been asked to do this at a job interview?
We used to play this as a drinking game, but, it was called Sh1t B0110x. We’d sit round a table and we’d count up from one onwards going from person to person and anytime a multiple of 3 landed on you you said sh1t and multiples of 5 you’d say b0110x. If you got it wrong you had to neck your drink. You can imagine the states we used to get i after a few rounds !!!!
Re: New Software 2019
Here is the loading screen & running screen...8BitAG wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:33 pm Also new this year...
Eight Feet Under
by Stefan Vogt
published by Pond Software (2019)
Text adventure
Produced using DAAD https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=30013
Spectrum 48K - two parts
language - English
(Only available as a bonus with the physical release of Hibernated 1 from PolyPlay
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34312 )
http://8bitag.com/temp/EFU1.scr
http://8bitag.com/temp/EFU2.scr
Re: New Software 2019
The viewer
(an universal browser to browse images, including multicolor ones, listen to music, read texts etc)
https://kpacku.gitbook.io/the-viewer]
(an universal browser to browse images, including multicolor ones, listen to music, read texts etc)
https://kpacku.gitbook.io/the-viewer]
Re: New Software 2019
My first impression is that this is really cool. The multicolour viewer will be most up my street.
Who is the target audience? Mainly demo coders? It certainly seems to do more in one place than a PC based utility. I can't decide if it's a fancy multi-functioning (though unused) kitchen gadget, or a real utility with an edge over what is already available.
Either way—it's an impressive piece of zx-software.
Re: New Software 2019
"The Viewer will only work properly on Pentagon-based machines. Minimum configuration: Pentagon 128k.Ralf wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:58 pm The viewer
(an universal browser to browse images, including multicolor ones, listen to music, read texts etc)
https://kpacku.gitbook.io/the-viewer]
If you have ZX Evo with TS-Conf then The Viewer will use all 14 Mhz."
I will try this later on,so is it not compatible with zx next?