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ccovell · Regular Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 100 Location: Japan

Hi, folks. Just a quick message cause I'm short on time. I've been working on a puzzle game since about October, and I'm finally ready to release a demo. Enjoy!

Download available here

More info on my page HERE: http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/TMLogic.html
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fragmare · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 59

The title screen looks craaaaaaaaaazy awesome! I've said it before, and I'll say it again here... Chris Covell is the pioneering master of special graphic effects on the PC-Engine in our little community. Really addictive gameplay on this thing too. The whole package is very polished and smoothly presented. Excellently done, Chris. Make sure you follow through and finish this up. Something this slick should never just be left as a demo. Wink

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Kaminari · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject:

I call them the Yu-no Puzzles -- great stuff :D

Amazing piece of code too. Chris is indeed a talented PCE developper. Oh, how I wish we had a decent PSG soundtracker to play with... Something like FamiTracker...
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Keranu · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:01 am Post subject:

WOW!

This is a masterpiece! Seriously Very Happy

! When you said it was a puzzle game, I was expecting something unoriginal and boring, but your game really blew me away after I learned how to play it. This is one of the most original puzzle games I have ever played, I would consider it a mix between Minesweeper and Pictionary Smile

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The graphical effects are extremely well done as usual of course and I even manage to find a color count of 109 when you complete a level. I don't know how you create such effects (I'm not a programmer), but they're amazing.

I was playing this game for maybe like an hour straight just now on my first time loading it, it's incredibly addicting. I can't wait until it's completely finished with a PSG soundtrack as Kaminari said Smile

. Well done man, and I dig the peace opening.
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Tomaitheous · Elder Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 306 Location: Tucson

Cooool!

I got to try this out when I get home. I was just thinking recently about a 'project/game' you mentioned in a post - a few months back.
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Paranoia Dragon · Elder Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 366 Location: New Iacon

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Tomaitheous · Elder Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 306 Location: Tucson

Nice! I always wondered how they did that rotating title in Gunstar Heroes, watching your demo I undestand now Very Happy

Very fun and addictive puzzle game Very Happy

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stevek666 · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

Wow

. Thank you Smile

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nodtveidt · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:49 am Post subject:

The only thing I'd be worried about is the extremely tiny text...other than that, looks prime. Very Happy

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Keranu · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:55 am Post subject:

Oh yeah, I was meaning to post about the text problem, it's pretty hard to read.
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turbofan1 · Member Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 33

A masterpiece,I dont no about that.It defenitly is a cool game game.The effects are pretty cool.
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jammaniaclord · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject:

"We're not worthy!!!! We're not worthy!!!!!!!!!

I cannot......CANNOT WAIT to buy this game as well as Mindrec's and Frozen Utopia's titles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Covell, Mindrec, and Frozen Utopia TOTALLY FREAKING SHRED!!!!!!!!
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Odonadon · Member Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 68 Location: Turbo2k

jammaniaclord · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:19 am Post subject:

Any updates for us Chris? This game looks incredible(and IS!), so now we all just WANT TO BUY IT!

Let us know. Thanks! Very Happy

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ccovell · Regular Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 100 Location: Japan

Sorry, but I have nothing special to release right now. The game is coming along. I'm adding more puzzles, fixing bugs, and over the last few months I've prettied up the puzzle selection screen:

I'll get BRAM saving working, and then I need to cram in more puzzles, etc etc.

One big problem that I am still facing is a lack of sound/music in my game. So far a couple of musicians have come forward, offering to add some songs into my game, but they both are using HuSIC, which is not optimal for games. For one, the size of a HuSIC file is about 50-100K for one song, and multiple songs plus sound effects in one file can't be made with HuSIC. (sigh)... I wish there were a better music tool for the PC-Engine. Something compact and useful for games.
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