Yopaz IceStar : Puzzle game GEM compatible

[Orion_]

I made a nice puzzle game some years ago and I decided to port it to Atari GEM.

You play as a little character named Yopaz and you must collect all the stars in the universe, but the vacuum of space forces you to slide indefinitely when you run in one direction.
Only an ice wall will stop you in your tracks! With this unusual constraint, you will need to collect all stars on each level.

The world "Advanced" provides additional features for hardcore players.
You will be able to change your color and collect stars of the corresponding color! Your color will also allow you to go through teleporters, direction changers, or even protect you from enemies!

The game contains a Level Editor which allow you to unleash your imagination and creates dozens of custom levels !

This Atari GEM compatible version works in Monochrome or 16 colors (and higher: 256 Colors, True color 16/32bits) and as been tested on ST, STe, Falcon, and it should also work on Firebee.

Compared to the PC version, this version have a reduced playfield to fit the ST Low resolution, and only 20 levels in 2 worlds, But you still have the HighScore table and the Level Editor !

The game needs 3Mbytes of RAM to run with musics, or 1Mbytes without musics. Music & Sfx will play only on STe and above.

You can download a free demo (with 2 levels) of the Atari GEM version, so you can test on your system to check first if it works !

The package is available for $4 including the PC/Windows + Atari GEM version !
Enjoy ! http://orionsoft.itch.io/yopaz-icestar

Atari ST version:


Video of the PC/Windows version

[Rick Dangerous]

Very cool Cedric. Will pick up a copy as soon as I get my ST setup. Still enjoying it on the Jag CD

[ataricrypt]

Just bought it

...even though I struggled with level 1 and will just choose to ignore that advanced level lol

Brilliant game!

[Orion_]

Just bought it

...even though I struggled with level 1 and will just choose to ignore that advanced level lol

Brilliant game!

Thank you for the tip

The first advanced levels are easy I just put a more difficult one in the demo so you can have a better preview of the advanced possibilities.

[ataricrypt]

Made me forget about being ill. Brilliant game - and the ambient musics sound superb through my stereo speakers!!

Ace game

Edited November 14, 2015 by ataricrypt

[Orion_]

I made an update: the game window can now be moved, and is correctly redrawn (compatible with multitask environment such as MiNT)

the game has now a special version for Firebee computer, with doubled playfield resolution, works in true color 16/32 bits, and the sound now works !

The free downloadable demo have now sound fx (but not music) so you can also test if the sound is working correctly on your computer.

 

And here is a Video of the Atari Version ! (courtesy of AtariCrypt)

[walter_J64bit]

Dose it have JagPad support for the STE and Falcon?

Edited November 26, 2015 by walter_J64bit

[Orion_]

no it's keyboard only, GEM isn't allowing joystick.

[ataricrypt]

Almost missed that posting Thanks for sharing it. Fantastic game that deserves to sell bucket loads!!!

And thanks for the recent support and update also.

Steve

 

I made an update: the game window can now be moved, and is correctly redrawn (compatible with multitask environment such as MiNT)

the game has now a special version for Firebee computer, with doubled playfield resolution, works in true color 16/32 bits, and the sound now works !

The free downloadable demo have now sound fx (but not music) so you can also test if the sound is working correctly on your computer.

 

And here is a Video of the Atari Version ! (courtesy of AtariCrypt)