Panic Springs - Atari 2600 Style by Gamesmold
gamesmold
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Hi there,
my first Game Center title has now been approved: Panic Springs!
http://itunes.apple.com/app/PanicSprings/id443800624?mt=8
It is an ultra-retro game with the looks of an Atari 2600 game. Sprites are 8 pixels wide, only one color per scanline, rainbow-gradients, oscillator sounds - even the tiny black bars on the left screen side are there (they appeared when the Atari still needed processing time before drawing the line, as it had no frame buffer).
Actually, I had created this game just to relax from the three large games that I'm working on at the moment, and then I found it really addictive.
The landscapes are generated procedurally and not randomly, so one can memorize tricky passages as well as high speed areas.
Scanlines can be turned on/off.
Hope you like it!
Cheers,
Thomas
my first Game Center title has now been approved: Panic Springs!
http://itunes.apple.com/app/PanicSprings/id443800624?mt=8
It is an ultra-retro game with the looks of an Atari 2600 game. Sprites are 8 pixels wide, only one color per scanline, rainbow-gradients, oscillator sounds - even the tiny black bars on the left screen side are there (they appeared when the Atari still needed processing time before drawing the line, as it had no frame buffer).
Actually, I had created this game just to relax from the three large games that I'm working on at the moment, and then I found it really addictive.
The landscapes are generated procedurally and not randomly, so one can memorize tricky passages as well as high speed areas.
Scanlines can be turned on/off.
Hope you like it!
Cheers,
Thomas
Comments
Still - I *will* be downloading this!
Wanted to do a game in this style myself, but it's been pushed back a bit (too many others to do first!)
Best of luck with it! Looks lovely!
QS
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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thank you all for the positive feedback!
Of course, I had the wrong title string in the URL.
The above link was working though, but just to make sure there's no confusion, the correct one is:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/PanicSprings/id443800624?mt=8
And thanks especially to Quantumsheep. Air Supply was a great inspiration for me to create a game like this!
Best,
Thomas
But man, after you designed the image for the box, didn't you just want to make the game FOR the Atari 2600?! Putting the game on an atari cart, with the box and instructions tangible... I think that would be all I thought about when making a retro game based on a specific console. Just a constant "Oh man.... how cool would that be"
Bang on!
****ing hell. This is awesome
There are a few games on iOS I've thought "I wish I'd made that" and this is one of them!
Also: Top of the leaderboards, baby!
Nicely done, Gamesmold - you've raised the ante for me!
Cheers,
QS
Edit: fixed your original link
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io
edit: bought.
Really simple to play, but just, a solid playable game.....love it!
And thanks @ QS for the quick edit!
@ Mrshoestore, yes, of course, an own *real* Atari 2600 game would indeed be awesome. Funny enough, I have already created some simple 2600 games using batari Basic (that actually produces real working machine code). I know some people still produce these modules and sell them. But I believe the target group would be quite small...
No worries - I hope you're pushing this on Touch Arcade - I think people there will love this game
Cheers,
QS
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=99875
Usually, I'd have to bump it on and on, but this topic seems to be of interest somehow...
And: Just found it in New and Noteworthy Action and Arcade in the US Store.
So here's hoping it'll also climb to the front pages, eventually...
(which kinda sucks, cause the game I'm making isn't. But I like it, so harumph.)
Hopefully this kind of people are also working at Apple...
http://itunes.apple.com/app/PanicSprings/id449486717?mt=12
Weird: I've submitted it on sunday, it went into review between monday and tuesday, and now, wednesday morning, it's already on the store.
Means this was a 3-day-approval... Wow... :-)
Cheers,
Thomas
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The last time I had this (with an iPhone version!) was with Puzzle Dozer... This is really getting exciting... :-)
I will pick it up later...
Will you be updating us on sales figures?
Congrats, you certainly have the golden touch with apple but quality shines through so your features are well deserved!
Darren.