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The Adventures of Rick Rocket and Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent
Posted by gatti in Independent game dev, Mac, Windows on March 16th, 2009
©2009 My Game Company
I’ve recently played two games released by a company called “My Game Company.”
The first one I played was Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent. Dirk Dashing has a nice old-school game play approach. Explore, collect, fend off enemies and make your way to the end. The game is for those young or young at heart. Instead of the secret agent wielding a gun, he is only armed with sleeping gas grenades and must dispatch his enemies using non violent methods. It’s rare to find non violent games like this. I suggest giving it a go.
The second game I played was The Adventures of Rick Rocket. This game takes the 2D space shooting game play dynamic and really explores it.
©2009 My Game Company
The player must fend off asteroids from hitting earth, deflect alien attacks, rescue stranded ships, and many more objectives as the player progresses. The game uses a nice mix of cartoon 2D, semi realistic visuals, and great soundtrack to recreate a lively and fun environment. The controls are simple to pickup and go. Once again, another recommendation to download and have some fun with.
Both games are available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Retooled retro classics released by Puppy Games
Posted by gatti in Independent game dev, Mac, Windows on March 10th, 2009
©2009 Puppy Games
©2009 Puppy Games
Now here’s a game company that truly embodies the retro gaming genre: Puppy Games. Their games: Titan Attacks!, Ultratron, and Droid Assault are highly retooled classics with stunning retro 2D visual design and significantly expanded gameplay. To say that their games are addictive, doesn’t do the company justice. These games are highly addictive!
Retro game development is in this company’s veins. Don’t think of passing these gems up. Most of their games are playable for Mac, Windows and Linux.
I also plan on doing a full Q&A developer profile on this company soon. Keep an eye open for it.
Cortex Command – Independent Games Festival 2009 finalist
Posted by gatti in Independent game dev, Mac, Windows on March 7th, 2009
©2009 Data Realms
If you haven’t seen or played Cortex Command (developed by Data Realms), you definitely need to do yourself a favor and give it a go. Just look at the animation on the right to get a sense of what you’re in for… awesome physics-based 2d sprite animation/destruction.
This retro 2d game is strategy/action-orientated. (Think Team 17 Worms, but real-time.) The developer’s site does note that the game is still under development, but early purchasers can get it at a lower than final retail price.
Cortex Command was recently nominated as Finalist in the Independent Games Festival 2009 and is available for both Mac and Windows.
By the way, check out the gameplay in the video below.
Zombie Holiday Prologue released for Mac
Posted by gatti in Independent game dev, Mac on March 5th, 2009
©2009 Michael Dawes
Zombie Holiday Prologue is quite entertaining and definitely embroils the core of what retro 2D games are all about: limited lives!
Seriously though, the artwork, animation and level design are very good in this action platformer. The game is set in a moody and creepy (yet colorful) environment. The scope and range of the game grows as you progress, as well as your arsenal of weaponry.
Zombie Holiday Prologue is enjoyable, challenging, and oh, did I mention, free. This Mac-exclusive game can be downloaded from the developer’s website.
This game was made using Sawblade Software’s Power Game Factory game development application.
Sawblade Software releases update to Power Game Factory
Posted by gatti in Game industry, Independent game dev, Mac on March 5th, 2009
©2009 Sawblade Software
After a long wait, that dedicated developer out in Connecticut, USA (Sawblade Software) has released an update to their software (Power Game Factory) for creating retro 2D scrolling action games on the Apple platform! Not only that, but they also released a pixel editing application for artists.
At long last, Sawblade Software is thrilled to announce the availability of Power Game Factory 1.1. With dozens of new features and hundreds of improvements, Power Game Factory was definitely worth the three year wait! Today Sawblade Software is also announcing the release of Bristles, a fun and easy to use painting program.
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