The latest tech demo of Space Cavern Blaster by Dotmos may be worth giving a try. This a highly challenging tech demo entered into the Retro Platform Jam #6. The game will be available on the Amiga 500, C64, DOS, and Sega Megadrive.
Space Cavern Blaster is a Cool 8-bit Retro Platformer for C64, Amiga and Sega MegaDrive by dotmos and samvieten
Space Cavern Blaster: Game Controls
Controls
Use Arrows keys / WASD / Joystick for moving.
Press Down / S to use a switch.
Press Space / Button 1 to shoot.
Press STRG / Button 2 / Up to jump.
Space Cavern Blaster: Technical details
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Game mechanics and boilerplate code is programmed in C and is the same codebase for all platforms.
Each platform has custom implementations for rendering/drawing, music, sound, input, asset loading and gametime. The codebase is then cross compiled using VBCC (Amiga, Atari ST, C64), DJGPP (DOS) or SGDK (Megadrive). All art assets are created as .png and are then converted to the target platform using a custom exporter. All music is created as .mid and is then either converted by using a custom converter, OpenMPT or mid2vgm. All sounds are created as .wav and are then either converted by using a custom converter or “sox”.
A cross-platform platformer for
– Amiga 500
– Atari ST
– C64
– DOS
– Sega Megadrive / Genesis
( HTML5 and Windows versions will be uploaded at a later time. )
Space Cavern Blaster: Information & Credits
TITLE: Space Cavern Blaster
GENRE:Â Action, Platformer & Runner, Adventure, Indie
Tags: (see tags list below)
Languages: English
AUTHOR:Â Â dotmos | Web
AUTHOR: samvieten | Twitter
PUBLISHER:Â Â dotmos
RELEASE STATUS:Â Prototype
Space Cavern Blaster: Play the Game
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Space Cavern Blaster: Images
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