One other Scorpion Engine sport has appeared, as wanting by the Commodore Amiga Fb group, I’ve come throughout a brand new demo replace for the arcade shooter referred to as ‘Rex and the Galactic Plague’ by Hoyster Video games, with music by Matt McGuire. A sport during which the developer says” Only for the enjoyable of it, I’ve been creating my very own Amiga sport in Scorpion Engine, and this based mostly on a sport I wished to make in SEUCK manner again in 1992!” Whereas he does state he is having enjoyable with it nonetheless, supplied beneath is the most recent footage from a demo, as the total sport is not due till later 2025.
This is the most recent from the description. “REX, a distant exo-containment unit repurposed for a closing, vital mission. Armed and tailored for survival, Rex has been tasked with recovering an important and life-saving vaccine from the shattered stays of the Thoros Basis. However the Amorni are closing in because the virus spreads, and the nearer Rex will get to tougher they combat…”
- Battle by a number of totally different zones, from crumbling amenities to asteroid fields
- Survive floor and space-based missions with nothing however your wits and the best House Corps {hardware}
- Combat your strategy to two totally different endings and alternate routes
- Uncover the key of the Amorni plan to destroy all life
“Can Rex full the mission in time earlier than all life is extinguished?”
DEMO UPDATE  : The developer has launched the final demo for the sport and here is the total particulars “Reminiscence points precipitated Rex to hold on booting on sure configurations. I’ve made some fixes to appropriate this, so so long as you’ve gotten 1mb it needs to be working! It has been some time however hopefully will likely be well worth the wait! As Rex and the Galactic Plague enters its closing phases of improvement, I’m releasing one final replace to the demo, bringing collectively all the main modifications and enhancements made because the earlier launch”.
What’s new on this closing demo?
- The 2 earlier demo variations have been mixed: this closing model consists of the primary three full ranges of the sport
- The weapons system has been fully overhauled, changing the unique two upgradable weapons with 9 distinct weapons (a collection of which can be found within the demo)
- New defensive gadgets give Rex additional possibilities to outlive the Amorni assault—although they’re rarer now, so use them properly
- The HUD has been refined to forestall sport pauses when loading and unloading boss well being bars
- All story and presentation screens have been reworked to higher inform Rex’s story and create a extra cohesive world
- A excessive rating desk now tracks your greatest rating—or quite, your discipline rank (as House Corps would have it!)
Moreover he goes on to say, with a hyperlink to the demo beneath “There’s nonetheless lots left to do. The second half of the sport wants extra in depth playtesting, and additional work is required to make sure the total sport runs reliably on an A500+ (mine is from the great Cartoon Classics bundle, if you happen to’re curious). Optimistically, this would be the closing demo—my focus now shifts to making ready a full launch later in 2025”
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