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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.8 (18. Jan. 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: new demo version V1.4 of "Creeping Me Out Hex Night" (16. Jan. 2023)
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 new playable demo version provides "a few little changes here and ...

Aracade-Spiel: "Green Beret" update (02. Jan. 2023)
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 (amiga-news.de reported). With this update, the developer wishes all a happy new year. Changes: ...

Action game: Elf Spirit Hunters released (02. Jan. 2023)
For the TOY BOX JAM 4, the developer Erik 'earok' Hogan has written the action game "Elf Spirit Hunters" using his Scorpion Engine and released it today. It is inspired by David Crane's Ghostbusters game. The player's task is to rid the world of the ...

Advent Calendar: Door 14 - Erik Hogan (14. Dec. 2022)
Today's Advent calendar door belongs to the game developer Erik 'earok' Hogan. Of course, the game construction kit "Scorpion Engine", which we first reported on in April 2020 and which he developed and continues to develop, immediately comes to mind...

Platform game: Remake of "Boxx" using Scorpion Engine (30. Nov. 2022)
The developer 'Lemming880' is currently working on the fourth part of his "Boxx" series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). He also tried to port the first part of the series, originally written with Backbone, to the Scorpion Engi...

Arcade port: Wonderboy released (17. Nov. 2022)
Wonderboy is an Amiga port of the first part of the Wonder Boy saga, of which only the sequel Wonderboy in Monsterland was available for the Amiga so far. The Amiga version was created with the help of the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Now 'ac...

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...