Be witched or be dead
A downloadable game
< An Amstrad CPC game for two players >
Face your rival and cast the craziest spells to decrease their strength. Move around the platforms, go up and down the stairs sidestepping your opponent's spells. But be careful! Magic can have unexpected effects. Things won't always go as you'd wished... Be witched or be dead!
- 2 simultaneous player battle
- 4 direction fire
- 2 game modes available
- 5 stages
- 6 characters
- 4 items to collect
- Trap switch
HOW TO PLAY | CONTROLS |
- Use the numbers shown in the menu to navigate between screens
- You can redefine both player controls, because there's nothing more pleasant than redefining your own keys...
- Players can be controlled by joystick
Default keys:
PLAYER 1 | Movement | PLAYER 2 |
1 | UP | F7 |
Q | DOWN | F4 |
D | LEFT | F2 |
F | RIGHT | F3 |
Z | SPELL | F0 |
GESTURES |
According to the CPCRetroDev rules, we included a gesture to Larcena's Legacy, CPCRetroDev's first edition winner. We included a playable character from the game.
AUTHORS |
Developed by Hinaman (2022)
- Edu Hinarejos (Hinaman) | Code and graphics
- Pioj | Music and test
- Susana Tapia | Translations
- MHR | Load screen
GREETINGS |
Thanks to:
- LADDH | Testing and ideas
- José María Pardina | Testing and ideas
- Maribel Fuentes | Load screen's atrezzo
and also thanks to:
- Profesor Retroman | CPCTelera & tutorials
- Cárlos Pérezgrín | Great video tutorials on his channel
LICENSES |
This game has been released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3
The following software has been used:
- CPCTelera | Integrated development framework for creating Amstrad CPC games and content
- Visual Studio Code | Code editor
- Aseprite | Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool
- Tiled | Level editor
- Arkos Tracker | Tracker to compose music and sfx for the AY3-8912
- Schism Tracker | Tracker to compose music (and "move them" to Arkos Tracker)
- ConvImgCpc | Conversion of images to the CPC
- playTXZ | CDT player for testing the game on a real Amstrad CPC
- Retro Virtual Machine | Amstrad CPC emulator
- WinAPE | Windows Amstrad Plus Emulator
- OpenOffice | Text editor for documentation
- Henny Penny by Brownfox | "Witched" title font under the Open Font License
- Tape cover image by jcoope12 under Pixabay license
LOAD INSTRUCTIONS |
On a real Amstrad CPC:
- TAPE
Insert the tape into the cassette deck, reset your computer, type RUN" and press enter, press PLAY and then any key. The loading time is about 4 minutes.
- DISK
Insert the disk on the disk deck, reset yout computer, type RUN"disc and press enter.
On an emulator (Retro Virtual Machine recommended):
- TAPE (CDT file)
Run the CPC464 machine emulator, open the .CDT file, reset the machine, type RUN" and press enter, press PLAY and then any key. The loading time is about 4 minutes.
- DISK (DSK file)
Run the CPC6128 or CPC664 machine emulator, open the .DSK file on the emulator, reset the machine, type RUN"disc and press enter.
DOWNLOAD |
Send me a message if you want the source code and I'll be happy to send it to you
Status | Released |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | hinaman |
Genre | Action |
Made with | Aseprite, Tiled |
Tags | 8-Bit, Amstrad CPC, Indie, Pixel Art, Retro, Two Player |
Code license | GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL) |
Asset license | Creative Commons Attribution v4.0 International |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English, Spanish; Castilian |
Inputs | Keyboard, Joystick |
Accessibility | Configurable controls |
Links | Twitter/X |
Download
Click download now to get access to the following files:
Development log
- v1.2 update - Idioma españolDec 04, 2022
- Update 1.1 - ChangelogNov 16, 2022
Comments
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Hello Edu!
Thanks for your participation in the contest and good luck! It looks an amazing game for sure.
I tried reaching out to you by email in regards of the Award Ceremony, could you please take a look into your spam folder? I am afraid it may ended up there.
Thanks for all Carla :)
Truly, I got so impressed with your work Edu, you and your great team made ( for me and many others ) a new classic game for Amstrad CPC. A video in your honor. Cheers !
Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the game :)
Nice game! More information about our German-language review can be found here (switch on automatic subtitles, if necessary). Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome!
Interesting video, lots of games! Thanks for including mine, hope you enjoyed
Nice game!
Thanks for your words and for your video. Hope you enjoyed the game :)