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Platformer: Playable demo of "Silhouette Threat" for AGA Amigas (14. Feb. 2024)
Three weeks ago, we introduced the platformer "Silhouette Threat", which 'psquaredish' is developing together with his daughter for AGA computers with the Scorpion Engine. Now he has released a playable demo version of the first level (YouTube video)....

Preview video: "Trojan" for AGA-Amigas (25. Jan. 2024)
During our advent calendar campaign, especially in the article about Erik 'earok' Hogan, we already reported on a first preview video by 'Retro Passion' about his realisation of the game Trojan for AGA-Amigas with the game construction kit "Scorpion Engin...

Preview video: Platform game "Silhouette Threat" for AGA-Amigas (23. Jan. 2024)
A girl falls into a mysterious world armed with only her raincoat and umbrella while enduring constant attacks by strange, silhouetted creatures. The only way to return to her world is by collecting pieces to eventually assemble the raindrop portal... ...

Multiplayer arcade game: "WiZONK!" v0.1 (19. Jan. 2024)
On the occasion of this weekend's Amiga Ireland 2024, Michael 'Mixel' Dawes is making available a first playable version of his multiplayer arcade game "WiZONK!", which he is developing with the game construction kit "Scorpion Engine". In...

Game Construction Kit: Video tutorials for the Scorpion Engine (15. Jan. 2024)
The Scorpion Engine is not only intended for developers, but - as Erik 'earok' Hogan, author of the Game Construction Kit, emphasises - for anyone who wants to create a game for the Amiga. With the Scorpion Engine, he is trying to realise a project that s...

Flappy Bird clone: Amiga Flappy Ace v1.02 (update) (11. Jan. 2024)
After Amiga conversions of the game Flappy Bird using RedPill (Happy Bat), the Scorpion Engine (Flighty Fox) and AmiBlitz3 (Börd), Jose has now written "Amiga Flappy Ace" using the Amiga C Engine (ACE), which should also run quickly on an A500. The game s...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine 2023.5 (09. Jan. 2024)
The "Scorpion Engine" (video of development of vertical scroll demos) by Erik 'earok' Hogan enables the development of games. The engine itself is not open source, but all included demos and demo games are. The editor itself runs on Windows. Graphics are ...

Christmas game: Merry Xmas (beta version 0.2) (25. Dec. 2023)
Scorpion Engine developer Erik 'earok' Hogan has released a first beta version of a fast-paced puzzle platformer game that he created almost entirely in a 16-hour period on Christmas Eve 2023. The graphics are from the Holiday Expansion Set....

Preview video: Shadow Dancer, demo version available (07. Dec. 2023)
Mohammed Malik is about to implement one of his favourite games on the Amiga with the Scorpion Engine: Sega's Shadow Dancer (amiga-news.de reported). He has now published another preview video as well as a demo version....

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine 2023.4 (27. Nov. 2023)
The "Scorpion Engine" (video of development of vertical scroll demos) by Erik 'earok' Hogan enables the development of games. The engine itself is not open source, but all included demos and demo games are. The editor itself runs on Windows. Graphics are ...

Preview video: Shadow Dancer (22. Nov. 2023)
Mohammed Malik is about to implement one of his favourite games on the Amiga with the Scorpion Engine: Sega's Shadow Dancer. He has now published another preview video. The game is to run on an A500, and a project page has also been set up on GitHub....

Platform game: Demo version of Abbey(s) of the Dead (17. Nov. 2023)
The developer 'UltraNarwhal' has published a demo version of his extended port of "Abbey(s) of the Dead", which is currently under development (amiga-news.de reported) and which he is realising with the Scorpion Engine. The full version is due to be relea...

Tool: AssetBundleManager V0.3 (14. Nov. 2023)
Asset bundles are content such as textures, scripts or scenes that are saved separately from a main game or application and loaded when required. This minimises the number of resources to be loaded at startup. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has written "AssetBu...

APC&TCP: Boxed version of Boxx 4 released (07. Nov. 2023)
Press release: APC&TCP is pleased to announce that the boxed version of Boxx 4 online shop is available today. About Boxx 4: Once upon a time, in a distant land, there lived a little box-like creature named Cubo. Cubo was a happy-go-lucky creatur...

Tool: SpriteSplitter V0.4 (02. Nov. 2023)
The basic idea of a spritesheet is to pack a series of images together into a single image. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen's "SpriteSplitter" reverses this: it is a simple tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images that can be used in the Scorp...

Tool: SpriteSplitter v0.2 (update) (22. Oct. 2023)
The basic idea of a spritesheet is to pack a series of images together into a single image. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen's "SpriteSplitter" reverses this: it is a simple tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images that can be used in the Scorp...

Platform games: Updates for all four parts of Boxx series (18. Sep. 2023)
The developer 'Lemming880' has released updates for the three parts of his Boxx remake series as well as for the fourth part. All four parts now use the same Scorpion engine version. The changes in the overview: Version 1.01 of Boxx 1 remake: Menu...

AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 11 of "WhatIFF?" published (15. Sep. 2023)
"WhatIFF?" is an English language Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format which in his eleventh issue again offers a demo version of a game: "Aeon Legends" from BitBeam Cannon. The other topics: Reviews: ImageFX 4.5 OmniPort A1200 AmigaKit RED LEDs ...

Platform game: Boxx 2 Remake 0.1 (13. Sep. 2023)
As with parts 1 and 3 already, the developer of this platform game series, 'Lemming880', has now switched "Boxx 2" from Backbone to the Scorpion Engine, while 'Koyot1222' improved the graphics....

Video tutorial: Creating a vertical scrolling demo with Scorpion Engine (30. Aug. 2023)
Erik 'earok' Hogan has posted on YouTube a recording of a Twich stream showing how to create a vertically scrolling demo from scratch on the Amiga (and Sega Mega Drive) using the Scorpion Engine. As the developer explains, the Amiga has no native suppo...