mastodon 4.7.3Independent games designer | Writer for GB Studio Central | Making games for the Gameboy! | Neurodivergent | he/him 🇦🇺
https://www.gumpyfunction.com/
Surprise! #itd2 is not only a puzzle game, but also a #Shmup
We've spent a massive amount of time figuring out how to make a decent shmup in GBS. Performance tends to take a crippling hit to the nads when you use many projectiles, but our actor based system will get the job done!
This is Mission 1 of the side game. You play past mission simulations of Captain Ikalo Pann, the games protagonist. You can expect more ambitious boss rush shenanigans in later missions. PEW PEW!
Here is a look at another #shmup mission from #inthedark2
In each mission, you can challenge yourself to go for an S Rank, one of the many achievements in the game!
My new game 'Dicee!' is out now for #gameboy and #gameboycolor.
Your goal is to get the highest score by rolling 5 dice for scoring combinations (*cough* Yahtzee *cough*).
Play Dicee! for free in browser or pay $1 for the Game Boy ROM and .pocket file to play on whatever floats your boat.
Check it out here:
https://gumpyfunction.itch.io/dicee
Themes, themes, themes! Check out this clip of 7 different unlockable themes you can play in In The Dark 2.
Great to see content creators taking the time to review #gameboy and #gameboycolor homebrew titles.
This kind of thing needs to be encouraged to keep the micro industry healthy. Without reviews, people purchasing homebrew are doing so blind. And if you're blindly spending your cash on new homebrew titles and enough of them are subpar, then you are likely to look elsewhere for your gaming needs.
Reviews keep purchasers happy and help devs improve their craft.
Our primary goal for IN THE DARK 2 has been to squeeze as much out of the premise of switching lights on and off as possible.
In addition to expanding the grid size of puzzles from 3x3 (which was the limit in In The Dark) to 5x5 grids, I've also designed 40 puzzles in the Story Mode that feature irregular shaped grids. These aim to offer a different set of strategies to discover and master and will keep gameplay fresh over the course of Story Mode.
New update for Dicee!, a little story to tell and some important information for anyone looking to use RNG in their game.
You can read the devlog here:
https://gumpyfunction.itch.io/dicee/devlog/714512/random-update-dicee-v13
IN THE DARK 2 features a much larger grid size for puzzles compared to our first game of the series. Where the first only had a 3x3 sized grid, ITD2 features up to 5x5 grids to offer more complex and more interesting puzzles to solve.
The objective is to turn off all the lights, the catch is, flipping the state of one light will also flip the state of all adjacent lights.
I released a new update for Dicee! (v1.4)
The major addition to the game is the tracking of various statistics, including the following:
1p Games
2p Games
(Rage) Quits
Dicees!
Bonuses
Favorite Theme
Favorite Music
Worst Score
Changelog here:
https://gumpyfunction.itch.io/dicee/devlog/717219/statistics-update-dicee-v14
Here's a look at the 'Steampunk' theme from IN THE DARK 2. One of many unique unlockable themes to enjoy while playing Free Play and Challenge Mode.
IN THE DARK 2 is a sci-fi puzzle game for the #gameboy and #gameboycolor.
Coming out soon!
In the Dark 2's Free Play mode offers over 1000 puzzle combinations across multiple grid sizes. Here's a sample 4x4 puzzle using the theme "🍬 Land"
Dicee! now has multiplayer!
I've added a 2 Player Mode in the recent v1.2 update as well as some quality of life improvements.
Full changelog can be read here:
https://gumpyfunction.itch.io/dicee/devlog/711564/2-player-support-for-dicee
@mvu@peoplemaking.games Thank you!That's the fine work of @beatscribe@mastodon.gamedev.place he has done a fantastic job with the whole soundtrack and the SFX, too. 👏
@GamesMissed@mastodon.social Cheers. Nice score for the first game. 👏