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No One’s Space

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Short description

A commercial high quality space shooter by game developer Turtle-Games.

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  • Project name: No One’s Space
  • Author: Turtle Games
  • Latest version: Pre-alpha Version
  • First release date: Steam Early Access Release in 2016 (TBA)
  • Compiler: Free Pascal (via Lazarus)
  • SDL Version: 2.0
  • Further libraries: OpenGL, OpenAL, Ogg Vorbis
  • License: Commercial
  • Open source: no
  • Official website: http://www.NoOnesSpace.com

Interview with Klaus Vor der Landwehr from Turtle-Games

Could you please give a short description of No One’s Space for those who have never heard of it?

Klaus Vor der Landwehr: No One’s Space (NOS) is a single-player Retro 2D-Science-Fiction-Shooter with modern physics. It was created as a cross-breed of the classic games Wing Commander I and Star Control II. In NOS, the player experiences a cosmic conflict between four powerful races, taking the role of different heroes. In 54 challenging missions, reaching from manageable duels to large combats, the player controls a variety of vessels and has to go all out to improve his skills to master them all.

Why did you decide to choose Pascal as a programming language and SDL/SDL2 as a library for this project?

Klaus Vor der Landwehr: It wasn’t really a choice. I’m used to Pascal since my school days. I’m a self-taught. I like it.

What do you think is the most interesting Pascal/SDL/SDL2 project out there (besides your own, of course :-D)?

Klaus Vor der Landwehr: Hm, as far as it concerns the programming language, games are rarely tagged. But I’ve seen some impressive stuff right here: Projekt “W” – Phase 2 http://www.saschawillems.de/?page_id=829 (Although I can only assume that it uses SDL).

Are there any further steps for No One’s Space and/or are any new projects planned? What will they be?

Klaus Vor der Landwehr: If the game gets Greenlit, we want to release it on Steam this year (early access) and work further on it.

 

Colorful

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Short description

A 2d shooter whose source code is free to study.

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  • Project name: Colorful
  • Author: suve
  • Latest version: 1.2
  • First release date: 2012-12-16
  • Compiler: FPC 2.6.2
  • SDL Version: 1.2
  • Further libraries: Originally BASS for audio handling, later replaced with SDL_mixer as to move away from proprietary library; SDL_image; Sour could probably count, too; OpenGL
  • License: zlib w/acknowledgement
  • Open source: Yep. Under zlib, as stated above.
  • Official website: http://svgames.pl

Interview with suve

Could you please give a short description of Colorful for those who have never heard of it?

suve: Colorful is a simple game where the player moves freely around a 2D world, fighting multiple enemies and trying to retrieve colourful artefacts. Originally created in 48h for Ludum Dare, the game is heavily inspired by Hero Core, featuring simplistic graphics and sounds, and a no-game-over approach balancing the overall difficulty level.

Why did you decide to choose Pascal as a programming language and SDL/SDL2 as a library for your projects?

suve: I chose Pascal mostly as it’s the language I’m most proficient and comfortable with. As for SDL, after working with a few different libraries in the past, I’ve found SDL easy to use, but nonetheless really versatile and fitting my needs. The library itself doesn’t really enforce anything on you, so you don’t have to change your habits (much), and the seemingly simplistic API is greatly extended by the supplementary SDL_XYZ libraries.

What do you think is the most interesting Pascal/SDL/SDL2 project out there (besides of your own, of course :-D)?

suve: Supraleiter seems the most awesome of them all, I think. Shame that quite probably I won’t be able to play sit, seeing as I only have an integrated GPU.

Are there any further steps for your projects or any new projects planned? What will they be?

suve: I have two projects underway right now, but one is too early in development and I don’t want to disclose it for fear of not delivering… and the other, for a change, is written in C instead of Pascal. 🙂

 

Alexland

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Short description

Alexland is a 2d shooter in a classical style.

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  • Project name: Alexland
  • Author: suve & ZbiXs
  • Latest version: 1.3
  • First release date: 2010-01-31
  • Compiler: Free Pascal 2.4.0 (for the 1.3 release)
  • SDL Version: 1.2
  • Further libraries: BASS for audio handling, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, SDL_net
  • License: Back then we didn’t really think about licensing, and seeing how the game contains assets ripped from plenty of places without even keeping track of source… I say it’d be hard for us to claim copyright to anything apart from code and some original graphics (+edits) we created.
  • Open source: Nope. Maybe if there’s a remake one day.
  • Official website: http://svgames.pl

Interview with suve

Could you please give a short description of Alexland for those who have never heard of it?

suve: Born of RPG Maker nostalgia and the hatred for its default graphics set, Alexland is a 2D shooter where the player controls a lone hero in a fight against never-ending hordes of monsters. Featuring 12 weapons to kick ass with, 11 bonuses to enhance the gameplay, 10 monster types to kill, and 60 achievements to unlock, Alexland can provide long hours of mindless, merciless fun. Available in English, Polish, French, German and Russian.

Why did you decide to choose Pascal as a programming language and SDL/SDL2 as a library for your projects?

suve: I chose Pascal mostly as it’s the language I’m most proficient and comfortable with. As for SDL, after working with a few different libraries in the past, I’ve found SDL easy to use, but nonetheless really versatile and fitting my needs. The library itself doesn’t really enforce anything on you, so you don’t have to change your habits (much), and the seemingly simplistic API is greatly extended by the supplementary SDL_XYZ libraries.

What do you think is the most interesting Pascal/SDL/SDL2 project out there (besides of your own, of course :-D)?

suve: Supraleiter seems the most awesome of them all, I think. Shame that quite probably I won’t be able to play sit, seeing as I only have an integrated GPU.

Are there any further steps for your projects or any new projects planned? What will they be?

suve: I have two projects underway right now, but one is too early in development and I don’t want to disclose it for fear of not delivering… and the other, for a change, is written in C instead of Pascal. 🙂

 

 

 

EGSL and Pulsar2D

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EGSL and Pulsar2D are LUA script interpreters to develop games in an easy, quick and convenient way.

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  • Project name: Easy Game Scripting with LUA
  • Author: Cybermonkey
  • Latest version: 1.6.0
  • Release date: 30/12/2012
  • Compiler: >= FPC 2.6.0
  • SDL Version: SDL 1.2
  • Further libraries: Vampyre Imaging Library / Lua 5.1 / Lua 5.2
  • License: zlib
  • Open source: yes
  • Official website: http://www.egsl.retrogamecoding.org

Pulsar2D: Showcase and Basic Data

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  • Project name: Pulsar2d
  • Author: Cybermonkey
  • Latest version: 0.6.2
  • Release date: 31/12/2015
  • Compiler: FPC 3.0.0
  • SDL Version: SDL2
  • Further libraries: Lua 5.2
  • License: zlib
  • Open source: yes
  • Official website: http://pulsar2d.org

Interview with Cybermonkey

Could you please give a short description of EGSL and Pulsard2D for those who have never heard of it?

Cybermonkey: EGSL (Easy Game Scripting with Lua) is a Lua interpreter which allows one to code 2D games in a simple way. I could say in a “classical way” because EGSL is inspired by old BASIC dialects. The main difference between EGSL and Pulsar2D is that Pulsar2D uses now the newer SDL2 libraries (which gives us the possibility to use multiple windows). It’s as easy as that: write 10 lines of Lua code and start the script and you’ll have already a small sprite moving example. Of course it is possible to use the framework with FreePascal. Apart from that I recently ported the Pulsar2D framework to FreeBASIC. So one can code Pulsar2D games/demos whatsoever in Lua, FreePascal or FreeBASIC.

Why did you decide to choose Pascal as a programming language and SDL/SDL2 as a library for these projects?

Cybermonkey: I started programming back in the 1980s with the Commodore 64 and BASIC. I learned Turbo Pascal in school and started programming with FreePascal a few years ago. It’s the language I have the most experience with. Not to mention that the FreePascal compiler is well maintained. I chose SDL/SDL2 because of its cross platform capabilities.

What do you think is the most interesting Pascal/SDL/SDL2 project out there (besides of your own, of course :-D)?

Cybermonkey: Actually I don’t know of any other … But of course the most impressive Pascal project is Lazarus for me.

Are there any further steps for EGSL and/or Pulsar2D or any new projects planned? What will they be?

Cybermonkey: EGSL will not be developed any further. Pulsar2D wil be improved from time to time. My plans are to implement Box2D physics and easy handling of tiled based maps made with the Tiled editor. But this has no priority so it can take a long time…

At the moment I am developing a little BASIC interpreter called “AllegroBASIC”. It’s a C project, though. (The editor, however, is made with Lazarus…) Since I am using Allegro4 libs which are obsolete now, I am porting at the same time the project to SDL2 which will be named “RETROBASIC”. If there are people interested in AllegroBASIC, have a look at allegrobasic.pulsar2d.org.