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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...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine 2023.3 / RetroAnimator (update) (25. Aug. 2023)
The "Scorpion Engine" 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 imported as PNG files, for level creation the ed...

Platform game: Boxx 3 remake v0.2 (17. Aug. 2023)
After the release of Boxx 4 and the remake of Boxx, the developer 'Lemming880' has also started to remake the third part of the Boxx series, which he originally released in 2017, with the Scorpion Engine and improve the graphics (YouTube video of the edit...

Platform game: Demo version of "Gothic Vania" (Amiten Games) (30. Jul. 2023)
After Matteo 'Toolkitman' Trevisan had already taken on the Scorpion Engine demo Gothic Vania and released his own demo version (amiga-news.de reported), Amiten Games is now making the same attempt (YouTube video) as a contribution to AmiGameJam 2022....

Platform game: "Boxx"-Remake v1.0 (15. Jul. 2023)
The developer 'Lemming880' is currently working on the fourth part of his "Boxx" series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). At the same time he is also porting the first part of the series, originally written with Backbone, to the...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine 2023.2 (05. Jul. 2023)
The "Scorpion Engine" 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 imported as PNG files, for level creation the ed...

Platform game: Demo version of "Gothic Vania" (29. Jun. 2023)
Matteo 'Toolkitman' Trevisan is a about writing his first platform game using the Scorpion Engine. He has released a first, early demo version of "Gothic Vania" for AGA Amigas: ...

Preview video: Rastan port in development (24. May. 2023)
Rastan was released in 1987 by Taito for arcade machines. Now a port for the Amiga 500 is in development, using the Scorpion engine....

Preview video: Forest of Illusion (22. May. 2023)
The programmer 'DomKid' has published a first preview video of his platformer "Forest of Illusion" developed with the Scorpion Engine....

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2023.1 (30. Apr. 2023)
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: Boxx 4, version 1.03 (update) (19. Apr. 2023)
At this year's revision demo party, the developer 'Lemming880' in cooperation with "Retroguru" had released the fourth part of his 'Boxx' series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The update to version 1.02 fixes bugs in version ...

Jump'n Run: Boxx 4, version 1.01 (15. Apr. 2023)
About a week ago, the developer 'Lemming880' in co-operation with "Retroguru" had released the fourth part of his "Boxx" series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Now an update to version 1.01 is available. Changes: Fixed a ...