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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...

Shoot'em up: Fifth demo version of Jackal (05. Feb. 2022)
NeesoGames has released the fifth demo version (YouTube video) of its game a href="https://neesogames.itch.io/jackal-amiga-port">Jackal, created with the Scorpion Engine. The shoot 'em up was also submitted as an entry for AmiGameJam 2021. Changes since f...

Aracade game: Green Beret released (update) (31. Jan. 2022)
Green Beret is a conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga, written using the Scorpion Engine. Basically, the game is not meant to be a 1:1 port. The player is much more "agile", as he can stab from ladders, for exampl). It ...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.1 (26. Jan. 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 ...

Platformer: Status update on 'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' (24. Jan. 2022)
Michael 'Mixel' Dawes continues to work on his jump'n run Creeping Me Out: Hex Night, created with the Game Construction Kit Scorpion Engine. Following his Winter update, the developer reports in today's entry on how he's improving much of the current pro...

Shoot'em up: Fourht demo version of Jackal (20. Jan. 2022)
NeesoGames has released the fourth demo version of its game Jackal, created with the Scorpion Engine. The shoot 'em up was also submitted as an entry for AmiGameJam 2021. Changes since third demo version: No loading times between the menu and briefin...

Arcade ports: Demo version of 'Wonderboy', preview video of 'Final Fight' (17. Jan. 2022)
Wonderboy is to be an Amiga conversion of Sega's arcade classic of the same name. The Amiga version is created with the help of the Scorpion Engine. A now available first demo version, which is called alpha by the developer, runs smoothly from an Amiga 12...

New preview video: 'Creeping Me Out Hex Night' winter update (17. Dec. 2021)
With another preview video, Michael 'Mixel' Dawes presents the current state of development of his Scorpion Engine created platformer 'Creeping Me Out Hex Night'. Making a demo out of the winter stage was his initial plan, but there wasn't enough time ...

Preview video: Remake of Rick Dangerous (17. Nov. 2021)
'Z-Team' has announced a remake of the game Rick Dangeous with enhanced graphics for the Amiga 1200 or CD32 as their entry for this year's AmiGameJam. Now a first preview video of the game developed with the Scorpion Engine has been released....

Shoot'em up: Third demo version of Jackal (04. Nov. 2021)
NeesoGames had recently announced an amiga version of the game Jackal originally published by Konami in 1986 and had already released two demo versions. Now a third demo version of the game created with the Scorpion Engine is available. The changes: ...

Tech-Demo: Update for 'Street Fighter 2' game with Scorpion Engine (23. Oct. 2021)
'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...

Jackal: Second demo version available (19. Sep. 2021)
Recently NeesoGames had announced an Amiga port of Jackal, originally released in 1986 by Konami (amiga-news.de reported) and also released a first demo version. Since yesterday a second demo version of the game is available which is developed with the Sc...

Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2021.6.0 (11. Sep. 2021)
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 ...

Jackal: First demo version available (29. Aug. 2021)
Recently NeesoGames had announced an Amiga port of Jackal, originally released in 1986 by Konami (amiga-news.de reported), which is supposed to provide "some graphical improvements on the Amiga (OCS-ECS)" and to become the entry for the AmiGameJam 2021. ...