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):

  • Noelia Luna Barahona
    • Github: nlb27-ua
    • Email: nlb27@gcloud.ua.es
  • Alejandro López García
    • Github: alg166-ua
    • Email: alg166@gcloud.ua.es
  • 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!

StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorInsane_Games
GenreShooter
TagsAmstrad CPC, cpcretrodev-2023, Pixel Art, Retro
Average sessionA few seconds
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Joystick

Download

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GuardTheCastle.cdt 39 kB
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GuardTheCastle.dsk 199 kB
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GuardTheCastle.sna 64 kB
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Memoria_de_desarrollo_ES.pdf 769 kB
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Manual_de_usuario_ES.pdf 1 MB
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GuardTheCastle.zip 311 kB
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Development_memory_EN.pdf 765 kB
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User_manual_EN.pdf 1 MB

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

Comments

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Good game, thank you. I also added it to my new Amstrad CPC gameplay video.

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Cool game! ;-)

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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!

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Hard but fun!! Nice music

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fun one , well done 

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Nice game!