Jilly's Farm Volume 1... SokoBAArn
A downloadable game
48K ZX Spectrum - 2017
Farmer Jack has retired, leaving the family farm to his daughter Jilly. Jilly wants to keep livestock - pigs, sheep, and ducks - but there's still the gathering of the hay crop to be done... Maybe the new sheep can help?
Last year I decide the one thing that I still wanted to write for the ZX Spectrum was an isometric game. Having been a teenage in the 80's I witnessed with amazement what Ultimate had done with Knight Lore, and what Costa Panayi and Ritman & Drummond (amongst others) subsequently did, and the look of those games has always stayed with me
So I started working on an engine, which turned into a test of a player object pushing other objects around, which looked a lot like Sokoban... The player has since become a sheep, the objects bales of hay, and so SokoBAArn was born. Isometric is perhaps not the best viewpoint for such a game, but I like it, and watching that sheep walking around sure is fun :)
Two of my previous games - W*H*B and X=Y=Z - have both featured levels created by other people, and so I thought I'd take that a step further with this game and provide a full-working level editor within the game, which produces a 25-character code which anybody can then type into the game in order to play that level. This, along with the 30 levels built into the game, should at least provide a brief distraction to the woes of the world
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Development log
- New build for 'Reverse' bugJan 30, 2018
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Hi, I’m contacting you because I want to make a homebrew tribute USB. I’m collecting as many content creators as possible. I also want to include a profile for each one, with a few details, such as their logo, avatar, name, work completed, projects, etc., so you can see who’s behind their creations.
That profile, along with any material you allow me to upload, will be placed on a USB drive. This will act as a database of creators and their creations, and will be updated as I connect with new people.
The USB I’m thinking of creating will be one of those rubber-type USBs, shaped like a Spectrum computer, something that looks really nice. The idea is that those who contribute material, and if they want to buy one or more, will get it at cost price, and those who just want to buy one, it will cost a little more.
The idea is that if enough are sold, enough to recover the initial investment, the profits that the rest of the USBs could generate will be distributed among the people who have contributed material to the project, via transfer, PayPal, or however possible, even if possible, that the USB will be free. Obviously, you can buy more than one, but only one of them can be free.
It’s not necessary or mandatory to buy the USB, only if you like it or want it.
If you’re interested in this project, you can contact me at this email, flopping@gmail.com. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know and I’ll answer them. Do you think the idea is a good one? Would you like to participate in the project? Let me know. Best regards.
Juan.
Un gameplay de este juego y de otros:
Only tzx, is there a tap?
Dear Bob, may I please re-share your games (not just this one:) on my github project page? More details about the project in my profile --> https://retrobrews.itch.io/. Thank you in advance! Retro Fan
Sorry, but no. They are hosted here so people are directly given the opportunity to support me via a donation, should they wish to and enjoy the games. If they are hosted elsewhere then I immediately lose any chance of that happening.
Hi Bob, understand, thank you.