Trs-80 CoCo: Downland - Tips and Tricks! Share Squid 2019-10-10 | Just a quick walk-through (on real equipment, using deluxe joystick), sharing some of the tips and tricks that I learned as a kid playing Downland for countless hours on the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo). Will resume playing scary Tandy games when I get a good chance this month.Thanks for watching!
Alpine Rescue FINAL update and purchase details! Share Squid 2024-12-05 | That's right, folks. This video explains how to get in line for the 2024 holiday digital release of Alpine Rescue! Watch the video for the final updates and then head right on over to www.RetroWorldChamps.com and save your spot in line. No obligation to buy. As always, thanks for your support this past year. Your patience is about to pay off! Enjoy!
Radical changes based on YOUR feedback! Share Squid 2023-11-22 | Some GREAT public/private feedback on my top secret reveal of the 4th (overhead) game mode in Alpine Rescue. While art is subjective, enough of you expressed (mostly privately) dismay at the prototype art/gameplay of stage 4 that I decided to go "back to the drawing board". Will the community feel more comfortable with this current version? Let's find out! Please leave your honest feedback in the comments, or if you're worried that your comments will come off too negative to the community, just send me a private email (sharesquids@gmail.com). I appreciate criticism, and won't be offended. Thanks to everyone who commented and/or privately messaged me after my last video! Now sit back and enjoy this quick update and big reveal of Stage 4 - Prototype #12, haha.
Sneak Peek of secret game mode in Alpine Rescue!! Share Squid 2023-11-06 | That's right! Some eagle-eyed viewers picked up on my hint of a 4th game mode in our last development video. Happy to say, YES!! You were right! As a reward, here's your sneak peek of my current progress on this Thunder-blade inspired 4th stage... delivering the injured hiker to the hospital (ultimately landing your copter on the roof). Exciting things to come, so stay tuned! We are definitely getting closer to digital release, I hope... just really focusing on gameplay, optimizations and adding variety and tweaking levels in the weeks ahead. Can't wait to release this game into the wild. Thanks everyone for your patience and encouragements!
Coworkers experience 1982 Vectrex for FIRST TIME + Alpine Rescue HUGE update!! Share Squid 2023-10-12 | You won't want to miss this HUGE October video update as we cover the following:- Retro game inspirations for the game-play and art-style of Alpine Rescue for the Vectrex- Complete play through of Alpine Rescue Mission 1 showcasing the completely overhauled snowmobile section and polaroid photo album modes- FINALLY, my coworkers get to experience the Vectrex for the first time when I bring it into our conference room for a testing Tuesday.All that and so much more in this month's update! Like, Comment and Subscribe to stay on top of the latest developments!
Vectrex Helicopters & Rappelling/Abseiling? Yes, please!! Alpine Rescue Developments - June, 2023 Share Squid 2023-07-16 | That's right! I've added Helicopter and Rappelling / Abseiling stages to my Alpine Rescue game! Plus, I talk about some secret projects that I started in Spring 2023, and will be moving forward once I finally finish developing Alpine Rescue. Bonus Content: Want to know more about that Holographic Vectrex display that I'm working on? Well... basically I modified the instructions on this site... instructables.com/SEGA-HoloseumTime-Traveler-Home-Recreation to allow for a larger concave black mirror to work with the Vectrex. To test this build, I ordered this 11" bowl amzn.to/3OfnjFp which works great for a cell-phone / tablet. Will have to use a slightly larger size bowl for a Vectrex and make some slight adjustments (details in the upcoming hologram video). I'm perfecting the effect with my 11" bowl using videos FROM the Vectrex playing on a small tablet, before going up to the next size and putting a real Vectrex in the box. Like I said, video coming up soon-ish... but need to finish developing Alpine Rescue before I do any more work on the hologram stuff.Thanks everyone for following, liking and commenting... doing your part and keeping retro alive!- ShareSquid
ShareSquids Retro Room Part One: Initial Setup Share Squid 2023-03-21 | Original 2019 footage of my Retro Console / PC Room initial layout. Things have changed dramatically since, and you'll get a sneak peak of my latest arcade cabinet at the end! Many of these TV's were rescues (or curb finds), but they sure cleaned up nice and have lots of life left in them! Stay tuned for my upcoming video showing the new retro room (once I finish setting it all up)Vectrex community, I'm still busy at work on my Centipede Deep Dive special and Vectrex Centipede-like game development. Learning TONS of assembly tricks that should help me when I dive back into Alpine Rescue. Thanks for sticking with me as my channel diversifies a bit. Guess that's it. Until next time, fellow retro enthusiasts! Thanks for the likes, shares and subs! Super encouraging and keeps me motivated!
Art vs. Real Pixels #2 - Contra NES Share Squid 2023-03-14 | Let's compare the hand-drawn illustrations of the Contra NES Instruction manual with actual in-game pixels as captured from my Samsung GX gaming CRT TV! Be sure to turn up the volume in this musical montage celebrating the explosive, jungle world of Bill (Mad Dog) Rizer and Lance Bean (Scorpion). Welcome to the 2nd episode of ShareSquid's new CRT Worlds series!This artwork / gameplay montage has been carefully timed to Jesse Jace Thomas' amazing "Long Live the Red Falcon" Contra remix from his "Space Pirates Collection 1" bandcamp album (used by permission) which you can find here jessejacethomas.bandcamp.com/album/space-pirate-collection-i All footage recorded from my Samsung GX gaming CRT tv in 4K using my Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras.Vectrex fans, rest assured I continue working hard on my Alpine Rescue game development for Vectrex along with a 3D version of Centipede which I'll reveal in my upcoming ShareSquid Deep Dive - Centipede video. I'm simply moving these videos over from my previous YT account to entertain you while you wait for my new content to arrive!Let me know in the comments if you would like to see more of these Instruction Manual Art vs. Real Pixel montage videos.. and which games you'd like to see remixed next!
Art vs. Real Pixels #1 - Castlevania II: Simons Quest Share Squid 2023-03-09 | Let's compare the hand-drawn illustrations of the Castlevania II Instruction manual with actual in-game pixels as captured from my Sony Trinitron CRT TV! Be sure to turn up the volume in this musical montage celebrating the eerie, medieval Transylvanian world of Simon Belmont. Welcome to the premiere episode of ShareSquid's new CRT Worlds series!This artwork / gameplay montage has been carefully timed to the Castlevania Town theme remix titled "Simon's Town" (used by permission from its creator Daniel Streeter - aka Digimatic) which you can find here ocremix.org/remix/OCR00817 and all footage recorded from an actual CRT in 4K using my Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras.Vectrex fans, rest assured I continue working hard on my Alpine Rescue game development for Vectrex along with a 3D version of Centipede which I'll reveal in my upcoming ShareSquid Deep Dive - Centipede video. I'm simply moving these videos over from my previous YT account to entertain you while you wait for my new content to arrive!Let me know in the comments if you would like to see more of these Instruction Manual Art vs. Real Pixel montage videos.. and which games you'd like to see remixed next!
4K Real Retro: Tandy 1000TX with TGA Color Monitor - Space Quest Musical Montage Share Squid 2023-03-03 | Actual Tandy 1000 gameplay on a Real Tandy TGA CRT monitor! All 4K footage of this retro goodness captured using my two 4K Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras. Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy developed Space Quest with the idea of making failure fun. After finishing up "The Black Cauldron" game, they felt adventure games had become too serious and wanted to make a game with entertaining deaths leading players to discover all the different ways to trigger these animations. It worked. I was inspired to seek out every possible way to meet my demise (all 37 ways to be exact) in my first 4K Real Retro episode. I have a sizeable catalog of original retro games/systems, so if you want to see more Tandy (or Color Computer) footage in glorious 4K, let me know by hitting that subscribe button and leaving a comment! Thanks all!
Code glitches put to music - #02 (Vectrex) Share Squid 2023-03-01 | Here's a cute code glitch that happened early in my Centipede 3D development for Vectrex. These two little centipede segments refuse to follow orders, marching to the beat of their own drum as they rush off at double speed.Seems a certain code condition caused their move cycle to be called multiple times more often than their slow-poke counterparts. Hey, at least we get to see how fast the game might go in the later levels, right?Listen, if you enjoy seeing my programming mis-steps, let me know in the comments! These videos are quick, easy to make...and I have plenty of broken code videos from the past that can be shared...while I continue wrapping up development of my full-length Centipede deep dive video and game demo.As always, thanks for your continued support of the @ShareSquid channel, your subs, likes and comments keep me going!
Code glitches put to music - #01 (Vectrex) Share Squid 2023-02-17 | Here's a cute code glitch that happened early in my Centipede 3D development for Vectrex. Hilarity ensues when centipede segment #10 gets stuck as centipede segment #8 wanders off course and finds himself lost in the back-rooms of the 8-bit matrix. Still not sure what bug caused that (thinking I forgot to put the '#' on a variable that I used for an LDX lookup function). Fixed the bug somehow and can't recreate it, but so glad I recorded it and found some appropriate janky piano music to accompany #8 on his bugged out journey!Listen, if you enjoy seeing my programming mis-steps, let me know in the comments! These videos are quick, easy to make...and I have plenty of broken code videos from the past that can be shared...while I continue wrapping up development of my full-length Centipede deep dive video and game demo.As always, thanks for your continued support of the ShareSquid channel, your subs, likes and comments keep me going!
Centipede: A ShareSquid Deep Dive (30 sec. trailer) Share Squid 2023-02-04 | Centipede on the Vectrex? What about 3D Centipede? Join ShareSquid as we dive deep into the incredible history and trivia of this beloved arcade game, explore the technological wizardry of the many console/computer ports, and then swim on over and see what possibilities the Vectrex provides! Don't be left out of the fun! Be sure to follow/subscribe now! And WOW! Can you believe we hit 200 subs on that last video? Special thanks to the Vec-Trekker, and CocoNut communities for your shout-outs and support! Here's to a great 2023!!
Drawing 3D on the Veccie and Cool Side Projects: Vectrex40th Anniversary Demo Development pt. 1 Share Squid 2023-01-20 | Can we get a 3D Vectrex ON a Vectrex?! Learn differences between Vectrex vs. TRS-80 CoCo line drawing! Dynamic LCD Color overlay tricks?! All that and more the first ShareSquid video for 2023! Shout out to Brandon Yates youtube.com/@bjy128 in this episode! Be sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel (AFTER you subscribe to mine, of course).
Music, Modes and Yeti! Vectrex Alpine Rescue Development pt. 5 Share Squid 2022-10-10 | Introducing lots of great new features in my latest development build of Alpine Rescue! Almost done with the snowmobile mode, just need to add some additional content variety and fine-tune the gameplay. After that we'll be tackling a new Rappelling mode and Helicopter flying mode. Oh, also... not mentioned in the video, but I'm adding snowflakes that increase as the blizzard rolls in and visibility gets limited and background layers disappear as the level progresses and the storm increases! Lots more to come, stay tuned and stay retro, Vectrekkers!
Secret trick unlocking 48-bit color vectors on a 1982 Vectrex! Share Squid 2022-02-22 | Is it possible that a console from the Atari era of 1982 could have more programmable colors than a 1990 Super Nintendo (SNES) and a 1994 Sony Playstation 1 (PS1) COMBINED? The answer appears to be, YES! (Based on my experiments in this video). By controlling the color values of six independent 8-bit intensity levels we are able to do the complex blending of Red, Green, Blue (RGB) colors required to deliver a true 48-Bit color palette on the amazing Vectrex!How does this compare to the 24-bit color palette of the PS1 and the 16-bit color palette of the SNES? Check out this video to find out! All 4K footage of this retro goodness captured using my two 4K Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras... hard to beat when attempting to capture 4K from an actual crt screen. I got them both here... amzn.to/3ynwMlpThanks as always to everyone in the Vectrex Fans Unite FaceBook group and the Vectrex programming forum. Several of you are mentioned in the video, but there's so so many more...without which, my video and the recent and upcoming 3D demos and game "Alpine Rescue" would not be possible! If you are still reading this, stay tuned for my upcoming ShareSquid blog (mostly for 6809 assembly programming tricks and lessons learned) and yes..please Subscribe/Like/and Share this video if you have any love for the Vectrex whatsoever!Let's enjoy the journey together!
Vectrex Development: Alpine Rescue pt. 4 Share Squid 2022-01-14 | Happy Friday, Vec-Trekkers! It's been a very busy week at work/home, but I somehow found some spare time to do a bit of programming. Updates since the last video include the following:- Acceleration / deceleration working again- Item hit detection working again- 4 levels of turbo speed boost available now- made some art/animations (cabin with animated smoke, snowmobile that has five different perspective angles with animated tread and a rotating line, cliff edge...which isn't shown in this vid)- made several random optimizations (tons more cleanup required, lots of code blocks need reshuffled to be closer together for faster branching, etc.)That's all I can remember doing at the moment. Stay tuned, my next video/s will be an awesome expose of my impressions and struggles with the 3D imager. Don't forget to subscribe, so you don't miss out when that vid launches! See you there, and stay retro, everyone!
Vectrex Development: Alpine Rescue pt. 3 Share Squid 2022-01-07 | Hooray loyal Vec-Trekkers! My new engine was able to finally incorporate Graham Toal's long time request that I get the scaling right. Still not perfect, but at least I'm starting to get it under control. Will continue to tweak the look of it before speeding everything back up! Thanks as always to my YouTube subscribers and to the wonderful community over at Vectrex Fans Unite Facebook group! your excitement for Alpine Rescue really encourages me to push on! Together we are getting closer to building a sweet 3D Outrun style engine in less than 8k on this amazing 1982 game console! Check it out and don't forget to give me your thoughts and feedback in the comments below! Do you love Vectrex too? Let me know!
Vectrex Development: Alpine Rescue pt. 2 Share Squid 2022-01-05 | Happy New Year, Vec-Trekkers! Recently incorporated some of the feedback received from the Vectrex Fans Unite Facebook group into my Alpine Rescue development. Getting closer to building a real 3D engine less than 8k on this amazing 1982 game console! Check it out and don't forget to give me your thoughts and feedback in the comments below! Do you love Vectrex too? Let me know!
Vectrex Development: Alpine Rescue v002e Share Squid 2021-12-07 | Just a rough update of my recent development on Alpine Rescue. Currently working on the first stage (Snow-mobile race up the mountain). Future stages may include a parallax scrolling rappel down the icy cliff with distant mountains in the background, downhill skiing and finally a helicopter rescue once you locate the lost hiker. Big request at the end of this video for anyone with a Vectrex 3D Imager living near Northern Virginia (U.S.) to get in touch with me, so I can test/develop a 3D version. Also, Fox Blox... lost all my source code due to pure stupidity on my part. I still plan to bring it back from the dead utilizing all the tips and tricks that I've been learning from the amazing Vectrex community..Thanks for watching!
TRS80 CoCo Tips and Tricks: Dungeons of Daggorath Share Squid 2019-10-12 | Tandy Halloween special #2 - The first game in memory that scared the pants off me as a kid. My older sister's friend let her borrow this over a weekend when I was about 10 years old. Played it, alone, in the dark basement of our turn-of-the-century farmhouse in rural WV. Smiling blobs began to haunt my dreams...as did the giant iron knights, which you get to see in this video!Thanks for watching!
TRS80 CoCo: Downland - Dumb Ways To Die Share Squid 2019-10-10 | Planning to do another 'Halloween special scary game for the Tandy' in October, but things are a bit crazy this week, so just wanted to unwind with a bit of Downland. We'll keep with the Halloween theme and focus on the many ways to die in the cleverly programmed Downland...one of my all-time favorite games for the CoCo. ALSO, so great to see new subscribers! Once I get 50...I'll spend some time, up the production quality and make a super special video in honor of all of you....maybe I'll make a vid that incorporates your names? Hmmm.... Wheels are turning in my head right this minute!Thanks for watching!
Tandy 1000: Halloween special #1 The Immortal Share Squid 2019-10-05 | Just received my cib copy of "Will Harvey's, The Immortal" from eBay. On my Tandy 1000, it looks actually pretty close to the Sega Genesis version, and the two or three voice music is also pretty similar to it's 16 bit counterpart. Kinda, but yeah...not really. Whole game fits on one 3.5 floppy. Crazy.
#OctoTandy - Falcon:F-16 on a Tandy 1000TX Share Squid 2019-10-03 | Can you believe this fully 3D flight sim from Spectrum Holobyte only required 256K?! Runs smooth as butter on the Tandy 1000TX, and I don't even mind the CGA colors. Thanks for watching, subscribing and commenting! I've got some great subscribers! Happy late #SepTandy or #OctoTandy and good night.Thanks for watching!
#SepTandy - Battle Chess on the Tandy1000TX Share Squid 2019-10-01 | Big thanks to Richard Kelly on the Facebook Tandy / TRS 80 group for helping me get sound working on this game again (issue in the config.sys file it seems). Other issue was probably the floppy disk drive needs cleaning again, since it crashed out mid game (watch to see the pretty bugged out colors). I hope to get this running smoothly in time for #OctTandy, or #OcTandy or #OctoTandy...maybe that last one sounds best. Stay tuned!Thanks for watching!
#SepTandy - Tandy 1000TX game: The Three Stooges Share Squid 2019-09-30 | Did you know the Tandy version of Three Stooges is the only one with the digitized voices? At least that's what I read on the internet. Listen for yourself in tonight's video!Thanks for watching!
#SepTandy - Tandy 1000TX Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Curse of the Azure Bonds attract-mode Share Squid 2019-09-28 | Thanks to all my subscribers for following along for #SepTandy! Tonight, I bring you the intro and demo 'attract-mode' for Advanced D&D: Curse of the Azure Bonds. I'm happy to have the complete in box set for this, and although it looks simpler than knights of Legend, I'm looking forward to doing a play-through once I get a hard-drive solution set up. Stay tuned...Battle Chess, Falcon, or Three Stooges next...which do you prefer? Comment below!Thanks for watching!
#SepTandy - Tandy1000TX: Kings Quest IV Intro animation in full TGA / EGA color! Share Squid 2019-09-27 | Fired up Kings Quest IV on an actual Tandy 1000TX and CM-11 TGA monitor for #SepTandy. Hopefully, once I get a hard-drive, I'll record a full play-through.Thanks for watching!
My original Apple IIe running Robo my childhood programming project Share Squid 2019-09-26 | Thanks to the cleaning disk that came with my Tandy 1000TX, I'm finally able to revisit some of the old programs that I wrote when I was a kid. Here's the first one I recorded back when I was sick with a cold.
Never before-seen Super 8mm film - official NASA footage - Apollo 11 - Man on the Moon Share Squid 2019-09-26 | I haven't seen this particular film on YouTube yet, titled 'Official NASA Footage: Apollo 11 - Man On The Moon'. Finally got my film projector semi-working. I had to manually wind the take up roll during filming, but it worked! Now here for your viewing pleasure!
#SepTandy - Quick tour of my 3D Remake of TRS-80 classic Temple of Rom Share Squid 2019-09-24 | Update on my current progress (9/24/19) on "Return to Rom" the 3D Remake of Rick Adams' "Temple of Rom" for the TRS-80 Color Computer. Enjoy this brief tour of 'Area E', and I apologize in advance as I'm working the kinks out of my screen-recording software. Let me know if you are excited about this, and that will help motivate me to keep moving this project forward in whatever little spare time I can find. Thanks for watching, and thanks for doing YOUR part to make #SepTandy a wonderful month!
#SepTandy - Tandy 1000TX KNIGHTS OF LEGEND in TGA graphics- Part 1! Share Squid 2019-09-24 | Welcome to Origin's "Knights of Legend" a surprisingly deep and strategic role playing game for the Tandy 1000. I introduce the title animation, character select screen (with a few characters created by the former owner) and fully functional pixel art character designer interface. Looks way better than the normal cga version! This is just the tip of the iceberg... we'll do a deep dive of the game soon enough, hopefully in time for #SepTandy 2019. Stay tuned!*Note* Since this video I have upgraded to filming with two 4K Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras. With a little manual adjustment, they are fantastic at capturing retro crt screens. I got them both here... amzn.to/3ynwMlp Click the link above, then shop for whatever you like on Amazon and a small portion of your purchase will support this channel and go towards my son's future education costs! Thanks for watching!
#SepTandy and Tandy TRS-80 CoCo2 Galactic Attack high score challenge! Share Squid 2019-09-18 | In honor of #SepTandy and as a shout-out to my newest subscriber Dave4Shmups...I decided to attempt a 15,000+ high score in the shootem-up Galactic Attack for the TRS-80 Color Computer. Although I failed tonight, I'll be back another day to bring some Earth justice to those annoying screechy alien butterflies.*Note* Since this video I have upgraded to filming with two 4K Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras. With a little manual adjustment, they are fantastic at capturing retro crt screens. I got them both here... amzn.to/3ynwMlp Click the link above, then shop for whatever you like on Amazon and a small portion of your purchase will support this channel and go towards my son's future education costs! Thanks for watching!
Insane Level TEN of Canyon Climber for the TRS-80 Color Computer #SepTandy Challenge! Share Squid 2019-09-17 | Celebrate #SepTandy by witnessing the INSANELY fast speed of CoCo's Canyon Climber level 10...the highest / fastest level ever recorded on YouTube (and my personal best run!) Recorded on my actual Color Computer model 2 using an original (badly calibrated) deluxe Tandy joystick. I challenge you to beat this score and share your video in the comments! What game will I challenge next for #SepTandy? Subscribe and Stay Tuned!*Note* Since this video I have upgraded to filming with two 4K Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras. With a little manual adjustment, they are fantastic at capturing retro crt screens. I got them both here... amzn.to/3ynwMlp Click the link above, then shop for whatever you like on Amazon and a small portion of your purchase will support this channel and go towards my son's future education costs! Thanks for watching!
Tandy 1000TX Down the Chute Pinball glitch for your #SepTandy viewing pleasure. Share Squid 2019-09-16 | Here's what happens when the score goes past 100 Million after the ball got stuck on a scoring item. Took about 20 minutes for it to cross the 100 million mark. Found this bug in September, thus it qualifies for #SepTandy, I think.*Note* Since this video I have upgraded to capturing retro gameplay with two 4K Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras. With a little manual adjustment, they are fantastic at capturing retro crt screens. I got them both here... amzn.to/3ynwMlp Click the link above, then shop for whatever you like on Amazon and a small portion of your purchase will support this channel and go towards my son's future education costs! Thanks for watching!
Tandy 1000TX - Prince of Persia TGA / EGA with TandySound for #SepTandy Share Squid 2019-09-14 | Experiment using my cellphone camera to capture hd video of a the pixels on an actual Tandy CM11 TGA monitor screen...getting ready to film some #SepTandy!*Note* Since this video I have upgraded to filming with two 4K Panasonic Lumix FZ80 cameras. With a little manual adjustment, they are fantastic at capturing retro crt screens. I got them both here... amzn.to/3ynwMlp Click the link above, then shop for whatever you like on Amazon and a small portion of your purchase will support this channel and go towards my son's future education costs! Thanks for watching!
Vectrex Fox Blox: Icy Blast! Dev #5. New creature, graphics and SOUND! Share Squid 2019-06-18 | For tonight's Fox Blox development video, we have not ONE but TWO versions for your evening entertainment. One with new creature and graphics, and the second more optimized with SOUND for things like the ocean waves, crunching ice and foxes falling into the water. Apologize in advance for both my unintelligible mumbling and for my repeatedly calling icebergs 'glaciers'. I blame severe lack of sleep. Regardless, thanks for watching and stay tuned for more!
Vectrex Fox Blox Dev #4...better waves & improved fox Share Squid 2019-06-12 | Wow...shout out to the FB group 'Vectrex Fans Unite!' (the exclamation mark is deserved). So glad I found the group and thankful for all your thoughts and advice regarding that last video. Had to rework some code to facilitate some of your suggestions, but I definitely think it was worth it. Code is more streamlined and adaptable now, allowing for easier future fiddling. I think I'll leave the waves for now and work on some game play mechanics, also I still need to learn more about sound. Stay tuned!
Vectrex Fox & Blox Dev #3...improved wave motion Share Squid 2019-06-11 | Continued fiddling with my fake sine wave generator. Let me know if you have any thoughts regarding the direction of this game, or ways to optimize it for the Veccy! Tomorrow I plan animate the fox, and possibly work on the jump mechanic?
Vectrex Development Fox & Blox #1 Share Squid 2019-06-04 | Introducing my upcoming Veccy game. Mostly just a motivation for me to learn 6809 Assembly programming. Need the community's help in deciding what direction this game should take.
Return to Rom Development #4 - Main characters rigged/textured/animated 3D models Share Squid 2018-06-16 | Introducing TWO characters to our game! Just finished rigging up the main female protagonist, currently nicknamed 'CoCo' and finishing up her partner, 'Radio'? What are your TRS-80 themed name suggestions? Subscribe, and then leave your name suggestions in the comments! OH, also introducing some of the 3D represented items (the 'plus' and the 'ring')...which are then quickly exploded. Because we has lasers.
100% Completion - Temple of ROM for TRS-80 Color Computer Share Squid 2018-03-11 | Temple of ROM. Complete play-through and beat at 17:00 minute mark. Had quite a few close-calls (thanks to the bat) and it got down to the wire at the end with just one life left (again, thanks to the bat). Blocking off the labyrinth into 9 clearly divided sections (A to I) helped me tremendously. Since there's no easy way to refer to a map while playing, mental tricks for keeping track of map coverage are critical. Even with that memory trick, I still ended up having to hunt for that last treasure.Of course, it also really helped that I've been deep into this game trying to recreate it in 3D for my "Return to ROM" indie game project. Check out my other videos, or simply subscribe to see up-to-date progress on that!Lastly, huge thanks to Rick Adams! With just 4kb of assembly code for a 1983 tape-drive TRS-80 computer, painstakingly debugged on a slow cassette tape, he created this smooth-scrolling immersive world captivating a 9-year old kid in rural West Virginia (me), inspiring me to learn programming and eventually start trying to make immersive worlds for my 9-year old kid to experience.
Return to Rom Dev. Video #3 - Plasma Blast Destruction Share Squid 2018-03-10 | Just a quick demo of the plasma ball being shot by a laser causing widespread destruction! (: Removed the camera-warping effect until I can figure out the best way to do that. Currently I'm thinking that you'll have to collect a lot of energy in order to power up this secondary weapon.
Return To Rom Mistakes Dev. Video #01 - Field of View Breakage Share Squid 2018-03-07 | What happens when a plasma ball drags the camera field of view beyond the natural limits of the universe. The results certainly surprised me tonight as you'll see in this quick blooper clip. Although my game development time is seriously limited every night (30 min. or less), and making these vids takes up some of that precious time... I still wanted to capture tonight's game breakage, so why not share some of these surprises with my loyal subscribers? Like this video if you'd like to see more of these mini-updates.
Return To Rom Dev. Video #02 - LASERS and EXPLOSIONS!! Share Squid 2018-03-06 | Current progress on "Return To Rom", my attempt to capture (in 3D) the experience of playing Rick Adams' 1983 classic "Temple of Rom" as a kid. Now I've added Lasers and Destructible Things! Planning lots more cool developments ahead! Thanks for watching, and don't forget to subscribe to stay on top of new developments! You are awesome people!
Original Temple of Rom Gameplay Analysis Share Squid 2018-02-23 | Introducing some of the key features of the original 1983 Temple of Rom game that I'm attempting to incorporate into my upcoming 3D indiegame game called "Return to Rom".
Return To Rom Dev. Video #01 - Intro and Gameplay for 3D TRS-80 Remake #SepTandy Share Squid 2018-02-22 | Current progress on "Return To Rom", my attempt to capture (in 3D) the experience of playing Rick Adams' 1983 classic "Temple of Rom" as a kid. Promise to improve the video capture quality before making the next video. Thanks for watching! Have lots of new story-lines and cool stuff planned for this game. Tell all your retro-gaming friends about this crazy new project that ShareSquid is going to release sometime this year!
4 min. of tonights Father/Son YouHaveToWinTheGame Twitch Stream Share Squid 2017-11-21 | For our very first Father / Son Twitch Stream we decided to tackle the short but amazing "You Have To Win The Game" free indie game on Steam! If you haven't downloaded this FREE pixel-perfect #retrogaming classic, what in the world are you waiting for? We've had some great father/son gaming moments solving puzzles and exploring this mysterious CGA/EGA styled world. What a magical game from MinorKeyGames http://minorkeygames.com
Downland - TRS-80 Commentary and 100% Completion Attempt #1 Share Squid 2017-11-19 | Here it is! Downland for the TRS-80 one of the two games scheduled for our next ShareSquid Retro podcast! And here I am playing this game, attempting to get 100% completion while providing running commentary on my thoughts regarding this innovative, impressive game!
Downland for TRS-80 Color Computer. 9 ways to die in under 3 min. Share Squid 2017-11-18 | Just a father and son inadvertently demonstrating practically ALL the ways you can die in DOWNLAND for the TRS-80 Color Computer. This was his FIRST night playing the FIRST game that I ever owned as a kid. Good times! Laughing in the face of death!
