SFXEngine News

With the first Gunstorm update currently in the pipeline, we first present the full 6-track Gunstorm EP!

Featuring the full and extended versions of the main theme, the other songs in 80s electro-pop style make for the perfect accompaniment to Xodar blasting.

With amazing (single take!) vocals by the wonderful Tor James Faulkner.

Mark

Greetings Starpilots!

Flatspace has had an upgrade and overhaul to match the capabilities of Flatspace IIk, and other new games like Gunstorm.

This is primarily an engine update, so there are no gameplay changes, but a lot has changed in the background, such as:
-New fonts, new lens flares, new starfield, and much better screen aspect support and improved graphics set-up.
-New separation of expert user options in Options.txt and game settings. Graveyard and settings are now stored in the Steam Cloud.
-Controls now support a full keyboard and (for future games!) 4 or more game controllers.

You'll notice a few things:
1. New fonts. The heading is less blurry and smaller on 16:9 screens, and the main font is better spaced.
2. New settings for expert users in Options.txt. There are two new options there: robustinit and fixaspect, plus fixes and upgrades to basic settings like screen resolution and timers.
3. Persistent settings and the graveyard are now backed up the Steam Cloud.
4. Better aspect-ratio support. The old 4:3 game is now transformed and looks largely the same at the 16:9 game. For other screens, the aspect can be fixed to stretch it if needed so that Flatspace should be playable on any shape or size of screen.
5. New starfield, new mouse pointer, new lens flares.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1210780/Flatspace/

Mark

The Bolt-On plugins are a key part of SFXEngine, transforming the vanilla program into a hugely powerful sound-effect creation tool.

This week all 10 items of Bolt-On DLC are on sale, with an additional discount for the Bolt-On full set bundle too.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38164/SFXEngine_Bolton_Full_Set/

Offer ends March 5th.

Thunderstorms are rising! Our latest game, the space shooter Gunstorm is released today.

Gunstorm is a rotary, arena space-shooter that (by default) uses mouse left/right movements to rotate your ship, giving your craft huge manoeuvrability. You can also play with a 'follow the cursor' mouse mode, or using an X-Box 360 style game controller, or the keyboard if you prefer.

The plot is simple. Xodar of Gorn, in his vast battle-station, challenges you to 100 levels of alien craft. Each level has more enemies which appear faster. Each enemy reacts and moves in a different way. There are different level types too, from a level like arcade classic Asteroids where rocks are blasted into smaller and smaller chunks, to levels with static gun turrets, motherships and end-of-level guardians, and more surprises to discover.

You can choose a fixed or random level layout, and set the game speed, to make it as easy or as hard as you want. As well as the normal game you can choose to play stand-alone Asteroids, or the 'Onslaught' game featuring one huge level of different enemies. Gunstorm features games continues, automatically saves progress and settings in Steam Cloud, and awards a Steam Achievement if you defeat Xodar.

Gunstorm includes the classic theme music 'Deflexion', plus an optional remix of the 2007 Gunstorm song sung by Tor James Faulker. The Gunstorm EP (published by Cornutopia Music) includes several 1980s-style electronic pop tunes, and will be released on Steam as DLC in due course.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2787740/Gunstorm/

Enjoy battling Xodar!

Mark

Future Pool and Future Snooker have been updated, just in time for the Steam Remote Play Together Sale which is active now.

In both games you'll discover:
-A new hi-res font and pointer.
-Better zoom handling, the screen now fixes height on different screens creating a much bigger display.
-A new control to centre the camera on the bat (Return or D-pad down on your controller).
-An extra rules page which lists mouse and camera keyboard controls.
-Steam Cloud support to keep settings between sessions.
-And lots more behind the scenes...

For expert users, the Options.txt file includes a few settings for custom display set-ups, such as setting a specific screen resolution. A new flag 'robustinit' can fix display freeze issues when using the desktop resolution on some systems; and 'fixaspect' which will stretch the screen rather than zoom, if you wanted to do that.

Future Pool, Future Snooker and Radioactive are all part of the Steam Remote Play Together Sale, and have 33% off for the next 7 days.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177310/Future_Pool/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177390/Future_Snooker/

Mark