Snappy Snörg and the Seven Silver Stones - the demo

During the last weeks of development on 4lex Kidd in Nightmare World, I had to delete a few screens in some levels. Not because I didn't like them, but because they felt too different from the rest of the game. They had a kind of "puzzle game" aspect to them, and I would have had to create some kind of tutorial to help the player cross them, which I couldn't afford by lack of available text boxes.

So I discarded them, but I felt like they were kind of interesting, so I did not put them to the trash, but rather kept them in a corner of my mind.

And that is how a few months later, Snappy Snörg was born. Well, not exactly, because the first file I have for this game was called "Grumpy Granny and the Gemini Gemstones". I knew I wanted a slow-paced game, thus the granny for main character, that was also a puzzle game, thus the gemstones (Columns, Tetris, ...).

The demo was ready for the 2023 SMSPower Competition, so I submitted it, and it won the first place. And I'm really glad it did, because it was the first time I created my own characters and worlds. To this day, among my many projects, it is the closest to be ready for release. All the assets are ready, I am only waiting for a few patches to continue working on it.

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An ad page - Papi Commando in CPP Land

While writing the Ultimate Guide to the Nightmare World, for the magazine to look more "authentic", I had the idea of placing some fake ads (for real hacks though) here and there, to show my support to other game creators.

Among them Shining, from Studio Vetea, whose work on Papi Commando, a character he created, I wanted to put under the spotlights.

Of course I used screenshots from the latest version of the game, as well as a background image corresponding to one of the first levels of the game. I added that "Apocalypse Now / Rambo II / Full Metal Jacket" fiery background and that badass slogan to emphasize on the parodic aspect of the game. Among my various sources of inspiration were the early ads for the Metal Slug games.

To finish the job, I created this artwork of Papi Commando in full-on war-machine mode, trying to recreate the style of SEGA's 1980s and 1990S ads.

Does this make you want to play the game too ?!

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Rayman Retro Rumble - Demo

Snappy Snörg and the Seven Silver Stones - Demo

Rayman Retro Rumble - the demo

After I started working on 4lex Kidd in Nightmare World, I began planning on another hack that would feature my favourite video game character, Rayman.

The project won the first place in the 2022 SMSPower competition, in the Hacks section.

I've put it on hold for a while, because it was quite demanding in terms of graphics, but I plan on working on it again very soon.

The overall plot is ready, the assets of zones 3 and 4 have been created, so I should soon be able to take the project to the next step.

Still, you can download the demo and try the first levels.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Nightmare World

Stuck in 4lex Kidd in Nightmare World? Curious about how the game was made? Want to support the author's work? The Ultimate Guide to the Nightmare World is what you're looking for!

100 pages, a complete walkthrough, interviews, games, and even a secret demo for a new hack! All that illustrated thanks to dozens of exclusive artworks and hundreds of screenshots!

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4lex Kidd in Nightmare World - The Release!

 

Some of you have already played the game, thanks to the early cartridge release, but now the time has come! Here it is, you can now download the game rom and play it, for free!

Of course, this is still my work, you're absolutely not allowed to sell it. What you are allowed to do though, is to click the "donate" button on the left and show me how grateful you are to finally be able to play the game ^^ Another way to do it is to purchase the Ultimate Guide to the Nightmare World, which is an amazing old school magazine revealing all the secrets of the game, with interviews, tips, games, and much more!

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