#Darkula reboot/remake WIP I've slightly modified the bezel system to adapt it to a number of specific cases. Unfortunately, I've had to remove the fancy decorative borders and rounded corners. However, I've added the option to display the inner plastic frame.

It looks like this on a 16:9 ratio

Eureka! I've recalculated everything, and this design should work for 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, and 21:9 aspect ratios, cropping it to fit the available space.

I could also just stick with the classic solution and use a 4:3 aspect ratio (game only) and a 16:9 aspect ratio (4:3 game + side decoration)

Me: I'm so tired I give up... Next day me: Redesigning the bezels using proportional as the base reference instead of pixel perfect will make things more consistent and if I can...

I'm part of that 5% I used GameMaker for 15+ titles already -> locomalito.com It's been a long journey, but there's more to come :}

I usually dress in nothing-to-see-here black, but sometimes I give a little signal :}

Today marks the 14th anniversary of (our version of) Endless Forms Most Beautiful #EFMB. It's a rarity in our collection. A reboot of a game from around the same time, created by Dave Hughes for the ZX Spectrum. The gameplay is simple but brain crashing (Aka: things don't work as expected)

Tenía curiosidad por probar a fotografiar, vectorizar y suavizar un dibujo de este tipo a ver si el resultado era medio digno. Y bueno, no está fino como si fuese nativo digital pero tampoco va mal encaminado. Me gusta que queda suavizado, pero mantiene los errores propios de la mano alzada.

Hacía mucho que no dibujaba en papel. Veo que me quedé en el nivel que tenía en el instituto, aunque ahora con peor vista y pulso. Eso me pasa por liarme con los píxeles y dejar de dibujar :}

Mucho mejor ahora. Aunque la diferencia no se ve en una captura de pantalla, porque es sobre todo en lo jugable.

Reordenando este mapa porque la acción me parece plana y aburrida. #MutantsFromTheDeep

Today marks the 6th anniversary of #SolarGladiators, a tiny MSX-styled game I made during the 2020 lockdown. I couldn't even sleep, so once again, I took the nights to my advantage and turned my anxiety into fuel for game development. Get it at locomalito.com There's an upcoming update!

Another screenshot. There is plenty of room for improvement, but tbf this was 16 years ago. Awww... I wish I had the time to make this version too. But I'm already overwhelmed.

I dug up a 2010 backup of The Curse of Issyos, from back when it was styled like an arcade game. The project began as an 8-bit game, then evolved into this, and eventually split into two projects: the arcade-style Maldita Castilla (2012) and the 8-bit Issyos that was released later (2015).

#MutantsFromTheDeep update/remake WIP

Marila the mermaid vs Shark rider. WIP #MutantsFromTheDeep update/remake.

Y si de paso tienes en cuenta la luminosidad, puedes mezclar colores muy distintos para hacer sombreados que parecen muy ricos en colores. Como estos ladrillos que tienen celeste, gris, morado y dos azules.

It's looking like this. #MutantsFromTheDeep update/remake

Fonts and portraits done. WIP #MutantsFromTheDeep update/remake.

I've been so busy that I forgot to mention it, but yesterday marked the 16th anniversary of #Hydorah. Gryzor87 and I poured a lot of ideas into this project—ideas we'd had in our heads since we were kids, long before we even met. It's available at locomalito.com among other games #shmup #freeware

Remaking routines for the second boss

[Complete the outfit]

#MutansFromTheDeep work in progress

I think I have it.

I'm trying out the same approach I used with #ToxicTomb for the potential update to #MutantsFromTheDeep: limiting myself to 16 colors taken from the Master System palette. I know that SMS can display more than 32 colors, but a limited palette gives each game its own mood.

Mermaid with a gun is the actual hard mode

#MutantsFromTheDeep was released 5 years ago today :) An MSX1-style underwater shooter for PC that was eventually ported to the MSX1. It's free—you can download it from locomalito.com

Pillé una evercade hace un tiempo y no había tenido tiempo para ella hasta ahora. No soy de coleccionar ni de acumular hardware, pero tengo que valorar lo que se ha hecho aquí: un estandar cuidado que presenta clásicos, homebrew y neo-retro por igual.

Experimentando con las reglas para la nueva versión de #Darkula: En lugar una única bombilla brillante que se enciende cerca de la anterior, estoy probando con tres a la vez, pero que aparecen en lugares más dispares. Así hay más opciones, aunque siga existiendo una ruta óptima (a descubrir)