[CaptainD says... this is one seriously weird looking game!!]
Melbourne, Victoria, AU - September 06th 2010 - Independent studio Pixelpickle Games uploaded a teaser video, for the first episode of their game Lylian today. Get a hint of the protagonist's quick mood swings as she flicks her sidekick around like a plush doll, which he happens to be.
First Lylian Trailer:
Lylian Screenshots:
The Product
In development by Pixelpickle Games, Lylian is an episodic 2D side scroller action game initially for the PC. The player controls Lylian's imagination which can change the world and its inhabitants. With unique attack abilities, humorous enemies and original bosses, the game is a mix of fast action set by a storyline with great pacing in stylised rendered environments - It brings something fresh to the genre. An Arcade style of play will also be available, with a cooperative mode of up to 4 players planned for later episodes.
About Pixelpickle Games
Pixelpickle Games is an independent company focused on creating small yet fun and unusual games initially for the PC with an outlook to develop for multiple platforms including consoles and handheld devices.
In development by Pixelpickle Games, Lylian is an episodic 2D side scroller action game initially for the PC. The player controls Lylian's imagination which can change the world and its inhabitants. With unique attack abilities, humorous enemies and original bosses, the game is a mix of fast action set by a storyline with great pacing in stylised rendered environments - It brings something fresh to the genre. An Arcade style of play will also be available, with a cooperative mode of up to 4 players planned for later episodes.
About Pixelpickle Games
Pixelpickle Games is an independent company focused on creating small yet fun and unusual games initially for the PC with an outlook to develop for multiple platforms including consoles and handheld devices.
Pixelpickle Games' focus includes creating unique titles focused on fun game-play using simple mechanics, that everyone can grasp while still giving the more seasoned player a challenge.
For more information, please visit http://www.pixelpickle.com
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My Game Company is pleased to announce the release of Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent! v1.2 for Windows! This release includes a significant update to the game engine to support more modern versions of Windows. Changes include:
- Replaced Dirk's jump sound so it isn't so annoying to some players
- Added support for Windows Vista and Windows 7
- Fixed issues some players had when switching between fullscreen and windowed mode
- Upgraded to SDL 1.2.14 and SDL_mixer 1.2.1, to fix miscellaneous bugs
All of the updates are part of the trial version, which contains the game executable. You can download it from here:
You should be able to install the new trial version over top of the old one.
Note: on Windows XP, Vista, and 7, the location where the game looks for the game settings, high scores, saved games, etc is now different. So when you first run the game after you install the update, it will not find your existing data.
To preserve your data, you will need to copy it to the new location:
1. Go to the Dirk Dashing install directory (the default is C:\Program Files\Dirk Dashing).
2. Select the following files and copy them to the clipboard:
config.dat
save_index.txt
save*.dat
scores.dat
3. Go to the new directory, depending on your operating system:
On XP: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\MyGameCompany\dirkdashing
On Vista/7: C:\Users\Username\AppData\
Note: if you don't see the Application Data directory on XP or the AppData directory on Vista/7, go to Tools->Folder Options, click on the View tab, and click the "Show hidden files and folders" button. Then click OK.
Note: if the MyGameCompany and dirkdashing directories don't exist, you must create them.
4. Paste the files.
My Game Company is pleased to announce the release of Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent! v1.2 for Linux! This release includes a significant update to the game engine to support more modern Linux distributions. Changes include:
- Replaced Dirk's jump sound so it isn't so annoying to some players
- Fixed no sound on distributions that use PulseAudio
- Fixed issues some players had when switching between fullscreen and windowed mode
- Upgraded to SDL 1.2.14 and SDL_mixer 1.2.11, to fix miscellaneous bugs
All of the updates are part of the trial version, which contains the game executable. You can download it from here:
You should be able to install the new trial version over top of the old one.
If you have trouble running the game, refer to the README.txt file in the game's install directory. In it, you'll find a list of known issues and workarounds, plus a good set of troubleshooting tips for common video and audio problems.
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version update
With the US Open in full swing, it seemed a good time to review Tennis Elbow Manager, where you can train one or more young tennis players to become grand slam champions (well, that's the hope anyway...)
I've previously reviewed the excellent Tennis Elbow 2011, also made by Mana Games, creators of the tennis management game already mentioned. For more of a full-blown tennis simulation game, Full Ace Tennis by Galactic Gaming Guild might fit the bill. If you're looking more for a game that balances playing the games with controlling other aspects of an individual player's life, then New Star Tennis may just offer the challenge you're looking for. You may be unsurprised to know that New Star Software are behind that one.
All in all this goes to show that the indie gaming sector has some terrific tennis games available for your computer. In fact if you're a tennis fan, you're a little spoilt for choice (though I don't expect you'll be complaining about that...) There must be quite a few tennis fans among the indie games community, judging by the response of a poll on Mana Games' forums - over half the respondents wanted them to concentrate exclusively on their tennis games rather than make more games in other genres.
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