Working on pickups

Aside from trying to squash a bug with the new 'hunter' enemy type, we're currently working on some pick up designs. Earlier in development we had wanted to implement a smart bomb which would affect all enemies on screen. We're still investigating how this could work on the Spectrum ( as ideally we'd like each character to 'wiggle' when the bomb is set off ) but trying to come up with a method of moving all the enemies has proven a bit problematic.

If we move them on screen then there's a chance they'll overlap some of the background graphics and so over-write what was there. We're thinking about some ideas of swapping to a smaller 'stunned' graphic ( similar to the glooped animation ) so we'll see how that goes.

Next up we have a stop watch - this will pause all enemies on screen for a few seconds ( and stop the timer from ticking down ). This should help give the players enough time to get through a screen :-) One thing we're not sure on is whether enemies should still be deadly to touch when they are stunned?

The other pickup is a weapon upgrade. The regular shot will have a much smaller range in Gloop Troops 2 than it did in the original game. This means you won't be able to find a safe spot on screen and hide from enemies!

Still lots to do! Hopefully some more screens will be uploaded soon :-)

Gloop Troops 2 - Loading Screen

I thought it was time I uploaded some more artwork for GT2.
I`ve started the new year with the loading screen artwork.
It took, on and off, three days to complete.

Gloop Troops: The Lost Crown is now available on World of Spectrum!

Gloop Troops: The Lost Crown is now available to download and play on the World of Spectrum archive. We hope you enjoy our game!

Gloop Troops: The Lost Crown in nominations for 2011

Our Gloop Troops: The Lost Crown ( distributed on the iOS The ZX Spectaculator emulator is in the list of nominations for the 2011 best Spectrum game! Please vote if you've enjoyed playing our game!

Happy New Year!

Happy new year all! We've been working away on Gloop Troops 2 the last few months ( with a bit of a break for some festive fun ) and are hoping to not be too far off from releasing the game. Gloop Troops 2 has now been in development for quite a while! We never anticipated the game would have taken this long, but we've all been busy at one time or another, and re-writing the game to take full advantage of the 128k Spectrum has been quite a challenge.

State of play:

We have the main game structure for Gloop Troops 2 in place. You can start a new game, view the opening cinematic, then move around the world map to pick a level. Once you've chosen a level you'll be whisked off to that level to try and collect all the ingredients for Princess Amelia's cure. Once you've beaten all the levels in a world you'll unlock a boss level. Only after finishing the boss level will you be transported to the next world. Between worlds you'll have additional cinematic screens with a final cinematic when you finish the game!


To do:


- More enemy types! We have a few more enemy behaviours to go in.


- New feature!  We have an unannounced feature to go into the game. It shouldn't take very long to do and will add a lot to the level design.


- Keyboard support.


- Support for better sprite masking.


- Refine levels, pick the best ones and make them final.


- Music! There will be many more tracks of music in Gloop Troops 2 compared to Crimbo.