Guard The Castle
A downloadable game
Description
You are on call tonight, it seems like an ordinary night, but... Lord Farquaad is trying to storm the castle by sending his monsters. You only count on your sword and your strength. Swing your sword and throw the waves of force to finish them off. Will you be able to stop them?
How to play
Controls
You can use joystick or keyboard to play
- Q: Move Up
- A: Move Down
- Space: Shoot
Authors and materials used
Guard The Castle was made by Insane Games (@InsaneG49589):
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Noelia Luna Barahona
- Github: nlb27-ua
- Email: nlb27@gcloud.ua.es
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Alejandro López García
- Github: alg166-ua
- Email: alg166@gcloud.ua.es
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Fermín Martínez García
- Github: fmg44
- Email: fmg44@gcloud.ua.es
Programs and libraries used
- CPCtlera assembly library
- Sublime and Visual Studio Code for coding
- Pixilart for drawing sprites
- Arkos Tracker 1 for converting the music
Music used
- Scarborough Fail - title screen
- El cant dels ocells (sped up) - levels
- Greensleeves - end screen
Gesture
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the end of Amstrad CPC distribution, when you win the game you will see an Amstrad CPC happy for you.
On the other hand, if you lose you will end cooked in a cauldron by your enemies, which is meant as a reference to Titus' Super Cauldron!
Status | Released |
Rating | Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars (7 total ratings) |
Author | Insane_Games |
Genre | Shooter |
Tags | Amstrad CPC, cpcretrodev-2023, Pixel Art, Retro |
Average session | A few seconds |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Joystick |
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Install instructions
This game is meant to be played in an Amstrad CPC 464. If you want to play it in a modern computer you can do so by running it in an Amstrad emulator, such as Winape or Retro Virtual Machine.
Development log
- Documents translated to englishNov 03, 2023
- Final contest entry!Nov 03, 2023
- Added extra documentationNov 03, 2023
- New intermediate levels!Nov 03, 2023
Comments
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Good game, thank you. I also added it to my new Amstrad CPC gameplay video.
Cool game! ;-)
Funny game, charismatic characters
Thank you for your comment! And for the attached picture, too - we are really excited to see our game being played in a real AMSTRAD machine!
Hard but fun!! Nice music
fun one , well done
Nice game!