Batty Junior - Demo 1

Now that Christmas is over and the new year is nearly upon us, 'tis time to release a non-seasonal demo of Batty Junior.

"What is different from the last version?" I hear you ask. Quite a bit. Most of the power-ups are now in place, in fact only two things are missing from the single-player game - the gun power-up and the gravity distort.



I should be uploading this later on today (once I get home in fact). The Windows (DirectX and OpenGL) and MacOSX versions are ready to go, so I'll just have to get the Linux one ready.

Free Game: Batty Junior - Christmas Special Edition

As it's going to be a while before Batty Junior is finished (another couple of months at the current rate of progress I'd guess) but the game is at a reasonable stage I've decided to have a bit of fun with the code so far and release a special Christmas themed mini-game - Batty Christmas!



Downloads for Linux and Windows (OpenGL and DirectX binaries) are available from the front page at http://dans-remakes.sytes.net.

The game will be removed after Christmas, so if you fancy a bit of seasonal fun you'd better get your skates on!

Batty Junior - Video Preview

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I wonder what a video is worth?



This is a short clip from the first level. The game itself is far from finished, but this gives a general idea of the current state of play.

(Remember kids - games seen on YouTube may appear crapper than they actually are)

Batty Junior - Status Update

Has it really been a week since the last post? My word doesn't time fly when you're having fun?

So how is Batty Junior coming along I pretend to hear you ask?

Not bad is the answer. Slow progress, but not bad.



As you can see, the game is starting to come together. There is still a lot of work to do, but some important milestones have been reached.

• Lives work (so you can loose).
• Level transitions work.
• Scoring (and the high score) works.
• The first few bonus items are working including "bonus lives", "slow mode" and "smash ball".

So what's next? In order of priority:

• Finishing off the bonus items.
• Adding the extra game features (such as indestructable walls, regenerating walls, gravity changer).
• Adding new features (not telling what though)
  
• Adding the enemies.
• Completing the levels.

So as you can see there is plenty to do. I'll be releasing a "beta" release at some point when things are further along.

Announcing: Batty Junior

Well, I've had a bit of a play and have decided on the next game from Dan's Remakes.

It is sort of a remake of Batty, an Arkanoid clone that appeared on quite a few 8 bit systems such as the Sinclair Spectrum.


Batty - Sinclair Spectrum

I'm going to simplify the game a bit so as to appeal to younger players, which is why I'm calling the game "Batty Junior" rather than just "Batty".


Batty Junior - Coming Soon

I've no firm date set for when the game will be released - I'll have to see how it develops.