bundle for racial justice and equality on ITCH.io: search and destroy

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Author: koogy <git✧✧✧@ko✧✧✧.cl✧✧✧.c✧.u✧>
Date:   Mon Jan 18 18:35:52 2021 +0000
    Added ants (for Tom)

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I wouldn't say the ants were the problem, much rather the janky hand-grenade throwing mechanism you had to wrestle with.

currently writing a map editor because having to convert binary representation of column to decimal and then pick that tile from the relevant page of tiles is a chore. it's ok when they are all 1, 3, 7, 15, 31s but anything else...

the ants mentioned above are only the ant graphics, there are no actual ants. i'm going to add an ant statue in the middle, for variety.

i fixed the tearing that happens when you run in certain directions. problem was me being an idiot, updating player position exactly halfway through a frame.

i love it koogs! i got 9 of 11, and i think i figured out how to get to the last 2

ok, stopped working on that for the moment to do a willy clone for a friend's birthday. here's a sample level (2 screens from 16). get the candle. warning: difficult.

http://www.koogy.clara.co.uk/wally.html
keys are left and right cursors and c to jump

graphics are taken from one of the icon packs from the bundle (which was handy).

it's got proper x-acceleration and gravity, unlike manic miner / willy, which means the jumps are more variable - willy had one arch he followed, this depends on how fast you are going when you jump. it's really annoying!

ha, brutal. I think my neighbours heard me when I missed the jump over that second star.

but i got that fkng candle

too hard?

i've just added a count of lives and done an end-to-end run-through of all 16 levels and it took about 10 minutes and 22 attempts. (manic miner gave you 3 for 20 levels, and had you collecting more things, but, as noted, was more controllable. also, it's harder because the sprites are fatter so the margins are tighter)

one bug i want to squash before it's done and that's the way you can walk over a two-space gap at speed - the velocity thing means it's using fractional positions but the grid is strictly 8x8 and sometimes you're over it, by a fraction of a pixel, before it realises. (same problem means you can stand on a collapsing block and it doesn't collapse)

new itch bundle

https://itch.io/b/902/indie-bundle-for-palestinian-aid

For $5 to charity, I'll jump in, but there's so much stuff in there. Is any of it worth actually playing?

i scrolled through the Linux compatible games and the things that jumped out were all repeats of things in the earlier bundle - minit, all cats are liquid, pikuniku. but minit is worth the $5 alone

Cosmic Express is really good. It's kind of like the "Tracks" pencil & paper game but with an ordering element.

cityglitch is a decently fun single-screen puzzler. bout to hit that point where i'm too dumb to solve the levels

good stuff!

thanks for the reminder that I own this bundle, need to dip into again.

not the bundle itself, but a twitter account that highlights indie games with a similar feel to a lot of things in the bundle

https://twitter.com/PursuingPixels

(mostly likns to his youtube channel)

he's recently, ahead of creator day on itch.io, done a rundown of 100 picks

he seems to favour retro puzzle platformers, but i have no problem with that

looks interesting. thanks.

i like that account and wish I still had the energy/drive/time to dive into that stuff

https://itch.io/t/1964844/bundle-for-ukraine-call-for-submissions

one to watch

In the meantime: https://itch.io/b/1308/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-texas

another banger

The https://t.co/vTbmDLvWUP bundle for Ukraine is live!! ~1,000 games worth over $6,500, $10 minimum donation, all proceeds donated to charity. Let's do what we can! https://t.co/oSgXio6UkJ pic.twitter.com/6oTPoo2g57

— brandon sheffield (@necrosofty) March 8, 2022

the handy web page has been updated to include this

bundle for racial justice and equality on ITCH.io: search and destroy

You mean https://randombundlegame.com/ ?

yep

Humble Stand With Ukraine Bundle

https://itch.io/b/1472/indie-bundle-for-abortion-funds

smaller games by the looks and little, if any, overlap. (i dont think i've actually downloaded anything from the ukraine bundle yet)

https://randombundlegame.com/ is already updated

(having said there's no overlap, the first thing i clicked on i already owned and the second thing i clicked on i already owned twice!)

There's a second abortion bundle too right?
I laud the effort here but there's so much junk in these, they need to lead with the more popular titles in there so there's some attraction

VERY highly recommend checking out Hypnospace Outlaw!

Fans of Hypnospace Outlaw should check out steam right now.

https://kotaku.com/unavowed-humble-bundle-wadjet-eye-games-shardlight-1849992868

Any thoughts on this one?

Looks great. I own all but 2 of them and I still bought it. The only ones I think I've completed are the blackwell games and shivah, and they were very well done.

Similar boat; I've bought most of them in bundles, only played The Shivah though. That was good enough to give me years of faith in the developer.

Booted up Gemini Rue and I'm pretty sure I've finished that one too. I remember a late gate twist but not much else.