Flatspace IIk News

A new SFXEngine Bundle containing all of the Bolt-on DLC at a 25% discount is now live. The new 'Bolt-on Full Set Bundle' contains all ten 'Bolt-on' Engine Sets: Sample, Analogue, Amplitude, Pitch, Pan, Filter, Delay, Reverb, Distortion, and Special.

This full set of over 50 powerful plug-ins transforms your sound making ability! From the sample-bending Proteus, though the unique Nitroverb and Oxyverb reverbs, to Oscillator Synchronisation, this ultimate kit of audio effects transforms the vanilla SFXEngine into an insanely powerful professional sound creation tool.

As with all Steam Bundles, you pay only for what you don't already own. The bundle has 25% off from today:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38164/SFXEngine_Bolton_Full_Set/

Not tried SFXEngine yet? Find the full app and the free demo, here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2438590/SFXEngine/

Enjoy creating,

Mark

Greetings Starpilots!

A busy month here working on my up-and-coming game Gunstorm. As a result, the Flatspace game engine has been upgraded, and Flatspace IIk has been updated to v1.09 today.

This is primarily an engine update, so there are no gameplay changes, but a lot has changed in the background, such as:
-Controls now support a full keyboard and (for future games!) 4 or more game controllers.
-A full 167 character-set in the fonts means that just about every European language is supported.

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. Game settings are reset which means your first play will reset the Tutorial. Sorry about that, this is necessary because of the control code and filename changes.
3. Engine settings for expert users are now in Options.txt rather than Config.txt. There are two new options there: robustinit and fixaspect. See the Readme.txt for details.
4. Persistent settings and the graveyard are now backed up the Steam Cloud. Save games aren't at the moment because it can be useful to restore a back-up save, but it's easy to add at any point if desired.
5. Better aspect-ratio support. The old 4:3 game is now transformed and looks largely the same at the 16:9 game (although some text can be larger than some icons). 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.
6. New starfield, new mouse pointer, new lens flares.

Finally, if you have the We Robot Music Pack, you'll find some new in-game music tracks there from We Robot.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/585430/Flatspace_IIk/

Mark

In preparation for the up-and-coming Gunstorm Soundtrack release, the Flatspace Soundtrack and the Flatspace II Soundtrack albums here on Steam have been updated. Both albums now include fully tagged mp3 files, and all tracks in high-quality wav format. The complete 300dpi album artwork is supplied too.

The Flatspace Soundtrack Store page now includes the 2019 HD video to Snow, and both albums include the full track list and durations in the description.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235660/Flatspace_The_Official_Soundtrack/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235670/Flatspace_II_The_Official_Soundtrack/

Happy listening.

Mark

Here it is! Here is the first look at the 2024 Gunstorm remaster. This is our biggest upgrade to date, and existing games will, at some point, be updated to the latest engine too. Wishlist Gunstorm here, and prepare for the new Gunstorm II remaster hot on its heels:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2787740/Gunstorm/

Here is a first development screenshot of the 2024 remaster of Gunstorm. Gunstorm 1 and 2 will be coming in 2024, and will feature more gameplay updates than previous remasters. Time to make these games the best they can be.



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Thankyou!

Mark