Ash es un nuevo juego de plataformas que el desarrollador Thomas Mayer Foss está creando para el Commodore Amiga, y su protagonista sale directamente del folclore noruego. Las primeras imágenes pintan muy bien, y los objetivos técnicos que hay detrás son tan interesantes como su planteamiento de cuento de hadas.
El proyecto lo descubrió Indie Retro News, que se hizo eco de él a través de la comunidad AMIGA 4EVER y de Walter Mamo. Todavía está en desarrollo, pero ya hay mucho de lo que hablar.
Un héroe popular tiene su oportunidad
Askeladden es un personaje recurrente de los cuentos populares noruegos, normalmente el menor de tres hermanos. Nadie espera gran cosa de él y, aun así, suele salirse con la suya. En inglés su nombre se traduce a menudo como "the Ash Lad", lo que explica el escueto título del juego.
Ash is a new platformer being built for the Commodore Amiga by developer Thomas Mayer Foss, and it borrows its hero from Norwegian folklore. The early footage looks great, and the technical goals behind it are just as interesting as the fairy tale setup.
The project was spotted by Indie Retro News, which picked it up via the AMIGA 4EVER community and Walter Mamo. It's still a work in progress, but there's already plenty to talk about.
A Folk Hero Gets His Shot
Askeladden is a stock character from traditional Norwegian folk tales, usually the youngest of three brothers. Nobody expects much from him, and he tends to succeed anyway. His English name is often given as "the Ash Lad," which explains the game's short title.
Robots coming for human jobs was already a worry. Now the cats want in too. Cat Secretary puts you on the payroll of an office as a four-legged new hire, and the result is a mix of chores, sneaking around and gentle office drama.
Indie Games Plus got hands-on time with a demo of Cat Secretary at Gamescom, the big annual games trade fair in Cologne, Germany. Based on that preview, this one looks like a strange little gem worth keeping an eye on.
First Day on the Job
Here's the setup. You start a new job at an office, and you're never quite sure what the company actually does. People talk business all around you, but you're a cat, so reading isn't really your thing. That's fine, because nobody needs you for the paperwork.
Capcom's 1985 Wild West shooter Gun.Smoke has a new home. Modern Vintage Gamer has released a port of the arcade classic for the Commodore Amiga AGA, the enhanced chipset used by machines like the A1200 and the CD32. If you had a soft spot for dusty frontier towns and outlaws popping out of saloon windows, this one is for you.
This is not the developer's first arcade trip to the Amiga. Modern Vintage Gamer was also behind the recent Amiga version of Zippy Race. That port quickly won over readers at IndieRetroNews, which first reported on this release.
Mini-golf has always been a fairly polite pastime. You line up a putt, nudge the ball past a windmill and hope it drops. Binary Golf, a sci-fi take on the format, has very little interest in polite. Beta sign-ups are now open, and the pitch involves helicopter hats, tornadoes, UFOs and bosses that shoot fireballs at your golf ball.
It sounds chaotic. It also sounds like a lot of fun.
The Hole Moves Where You Want It
The core twist is easy to explain and a little harder to wrap your head around. Each course starts without a fixed hole. Instead, it is dotted with targets that you need to hit and clear away. Once you reach the final target, it turns into the hole itself.
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