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Tech-Demo: Last update for "Street Fighter 2" port (27. Oct. 2022)
"Street Fighter 2" is the attempt to recreate the well-known beat'm up on the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine in a better way. The author is not going to develop a full game but hopes to inspire other developers. Now he has released a last update. The sou...

Tech-Demo: Update for "Street Fighter 2" port (19. Oct. 2022)
"Street Fighter 2" is the attempt to recreate the well-known beat'm up on the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine in a better way. The author is not going to develop a full game but hopes to inspire other developers. The update for the playable demo version i...

Scorpion Engine: Introduction of the new positioning feature (15. Oct. 2022)
In a recent video, Erik Hogan, developer of the Scorpion Engine, introduces a new, innovative feature of the Scorpion Engine that allows exact X/Y positioning of actors in the map as well as overriding actor variables, events and control ports. The featu...

Preview video: Beat'em Up 'Metro Siege' (06. Oct. 2022)
In the latest preview video of the side-scrolling beat'em up Metro Siege (amiga-news.de reported) the developers show the latest changes and also give a first glimpse of an action platformer in development called "Scorpion Boy", which is written with the ...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.7 (19. Sep. 2022)
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using ...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.6 (21. Aug. 2022)
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using ...

Preview video 5: Jump'n Run "L'Abbaye des Morts" (19. Aug. 2022)
The developer 'UltraNarwhal', among others Duckstroma, has released another recent recording of its in development extended port of "Abbey(s) of the Dead" (amiga-news.de reported). Like Duckstroma, the Jump'n Run is written with the Scorpion Engine....

Preview video: Jump'n Run "L'Abbaye des Morts" (12. Aug. 2022)
The developer 'UltraNarwhal', among others Duckstroma, has released a current snapshot of its extended port of "Abbey(s) of the Dead", which is currently in development (amiga-news.de reported). Like Duckstroma, the Jump'n Run is developed with the Scorpi...

Scorpion Engine: Pre-versions of 'Spy Hunter', 'Wonder Boy' and 'GothicVania' (22. Jul. 2022)
Spy Hunter is an arcade classic from Midway that is currently being converted for the Amiga with the help of the Scorpion Engine (video). The pre-release version currently available for download does not yet contain any sound effects or background music. ...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.5 (08. Jul. 2022)
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using ...

Jump'n Run: Progress report on 'Creeping Me Out Hex Night' (13. Jun. 2022)
Michael 'Mixel' Dawes regularly informs on his Twitch channel about the latest progress and developments of his Jump'n Run 'Creeping Me Out Hex Night', which is developed with the Game Construction Kit Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Now the dev...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.4 (07. Jun. 2022)
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using ...

Aracade game: 'Green Beret' May update (16. May. 2022)
Green Beret is a conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga, written using the Scorpion Engine and won third place at AmiGameJam. In the May update, the "timeout jet" was also added to the Amiga port, which now no longer allo...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.3 (04. May. 2022)
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using ...

Jump'n Run: second playable demo of 'Creeping Me Out Hex Night' (16. Apr. 2022)
Michael 'Mixel' Dawes provides another demo version of his jump'n run 'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night', created with the game construction kit Scorpion Engine. According to the developer, this second preview "adds a lot of improvements since the last time (no...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.2, video series (06. Apr. 2022)
The "Scorpion Engine" by Erik 'earok' Hogan is supposed to allow the development of games. The engine itself is closed source, but all included demos and demo games are open source. The editor itself runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files,...

Shoot'em up: Sixth demo version of Jackal (31. Mar. 2022)
NeesoGames has released the sixth demo version (YouTube video) of its game Jackal, created with the Scorpion Engine. Changes: Level 1 boss has an indicator to show where the tanks will spawn New enemy in Level 2 (Jeep throwing 'nades) Level 3 previ...

Preview videos: Jump'n Run 'Maria Renard's Revenge', Beat'em Up 'Double Dragon' (25. Feb. 2022)
'Maria Renard's Revenge' (Video) is a Jump'n Run inspired by Castlevania, is developed using the Scorpion Engine. It comes from the same team that has announced a remake of 'Rick Dangerous' recently. The Beat'em Up 'Double Dragon' (Video) is also done ...

Playable prototype: Castlevania clone 'Akumajou Dracula' (AGA) (24. Feb. 2022)
'Akumajou Dracula' (Video) is going to be a port of Konami's NES action adventure Castlevania. The game is developed using the Scorpion Engine, a newly released prototype contains the entire first world right up to the end of level boss....

Aracade game: 'Green Beret' update (23. Feb. 2022)
Green Beret is a conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga, written using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The recent update provides the following changes: Added the missing songs (Stage clear cut scene, an...