Creating games like it's 1988
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Traumatarium. The graphics are excellent. Is reminded me of the “choose your adventure” book I read when I was young. Judging by the title, I was expecting to plunge into a dark fantasy tale where the player is on the verge of going mad facing the horde of…
Glory Hunter is an action adventure RPG for Game Boy. It has lots of elements you would expect: you explore a huge map, you meet all sorts of original NPCs and you crawl through dungeons and fight bosses. The game is certainly fun, but it seems to be missing something. Let’s see. Glory Grinder The…
Hi folks, I finally launched my kickstarter campaign this weekend. It has been an intense experience. The game is 95% finished. I’ve been working on the game full time for the last two years. I cannot afford a third year without income so that’s why I launched my campaign at this time. I made a…
I recently received my copy of Kubo 3, a game about a gun slinging cowboy turtle made by a kid and published by Limited Run! Yes, a cowboy turtle game made by a kid! With the help of his father of course. When you are a young aspiring game developer and your father happens to…
I thought the game was 90% finished, but after months of working like crazy to optimize and save memory space, I just learn that, with the mapper I use, I can double the size I currently have! (I could even quadruple, but that would be too much). I always assumed the default memory configuration was…
Here it is folks, the box art for my arkanoidvania The Trial of Kharzoid. I asked a renowned artist from my hometown, and he gladly accepted to work on the project. The name is Felix Laflamme. I am really excited, this piece is so epic! Check it out: To know more about the artist: https://www.felixlaflamme.com/…
I didn’t know what to expect when I loaded Jim Power into my NES. My jaw dropped when I saw that intro cutscene. For a brief moment, I was that ’80s kid again, coming home from the rental store with Ninja Gaiden in hand, inserting it in the NES, being blown away by its cinematic…
Basse Def is an 8 bits adaptation of a comic book by Jibé (Jean-Baptiste Pollien) about two geeks getting sucked into a video game. It is a classic platformer, greatly influenced by Mega Man with a bit of Super Mario thrown in. I haven’t read the comics, so there are probably jokes and insides I…
The main engine for my arkanoidvania game is done. I’m now working on adding stuff. This is where the fun part begins, or so I thought! One day the compiler threw this error at me: “BANK1 overflows memory area ‘PRG1’ by 1byte.” Wait! What? Which byte should I delete? So I went on a journey…
Micro Mages is certainly a flagship title in the NES homebrew library. It ran one of the most successful Kickstarter campaign for a homebrew game, received a lot of praises and is still very actual. So, is the game worth all the craze?