Squaresliding 1.1 And Blix2x


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Squaresliding 1.1

Squaresliding is a strategic puzzle game where you must pass over a certain number of squares on the board in order to complete a level. It also comes with an enhanced mode, where the board is peppered with all kinds of fun bonus items that will greatly affect play.

Download Squaresliding from the archive

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What's new in 1.1?
- speed improvement: tested at 100Mhz, maybe lower too (set it with Gmenu2x)
- added F200 touchscreen controls (game, menus)
- fixed graphical stutter after getting a hiscore
- erasing hiscores only erases the current mode's hiscores

Squaresliding is inspired by Nick Kouvaris's Spy game, and I expect the F200 will capture the experience quite well thanks to its touchscreen (by the way, for those of you with MK1s, the action buttons can act as a joypad replacement). Background music is by Chaozz and Tall B from their freeware pack.



Blix2x

Blix2x is a remake of Nick Kouvaris's flash game Blix. The goal is to form columns of same-coloured tiles by scrolling the three rows. Each scroll costs 2 moves, and each cleared column wins you 1 move. The game ends when you run out of moves. Like Squaresliding, Blix2x has touchscreen controls throughout in addition to regular ones.

Download Blix2x from the archive

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This game is obviously simpler and less polished than Squaresliding, but I think it's pretty fun nonetheless. You can safely underclock it (with Gmenu2x) to 55Mhz, anything below that makes the sound stutter.



Many thanks go to Paeryn for his excellent work on SDL, and to the F200 beta testers: eric, morrissey2k7, and Sphinxter.

As always, all feedback is greatly appreciated :)
 
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Very nice! And I've now realized I used the same music in my TileWorld2X game (it was a good song that chaozz put out, no?)... OOPS Ok since you used it first, I'll try to get a replacement menu song for my game.

Anyways can't wait to try these out.
 
nice going Alex! I always enjoy your games dude. Is there any chance of a new sqdef release soon? little christmas present ;-)
 
morrissey2k7 said:
Congrats on the official releases! These games are great! :D
linoleum13 said:
These look really fun and polished. Great job Alex!
Thanks!

Senor Quack said:
Very nice! And I've now realized I used the same music in my TileWorld2X game (it was a good song that chaozz put out, no?)... OOPS Ok since you used it first, I'll try to get a replacement menu song for my game.

Anyways can't wait to try these out.
No, please don't replace it! It's a great song, and the more it gets out there the better, isn't it? This isn't a competitive market, it's a fun homebrew community :) So please don't change it, it would make me feel awkward.

xnopasaranx said:
nice going Alex! I always enjoy your games dude. Is there any chance of a new sqdef release soon? little christmas present ;-)
You bet, that's what I'm working on now :)
 
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Very very nice! Both great releases.. way to go!

(If you release more puzzle/tile games for the gp2x, I may never get it back from my wife...)
 
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