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April 2021
19th April 2021
SEUCK Compo entry #7 (T.N.D Exclusive)
Space Eggs
While
you have been enjoying Ray Fish. TND Games is proud to present the
final TND SEUCK game for the SEUCK Compo 2021. This time it is a
Sideways Scrolling SEUCK game called "Space Eggs". The Space Eggs
approached Earth and stolen the birds. They are using the birds to lay
eggs. The Space Eggs' plan is world domination. Earth fights back by
sending a Mercenary out to put an end to their dirty deed. Can you help
Earth scramble the Space Eggs' plan for world domination or will you be
too late?
Space Eggs
March 2021
28th March 2021
SEUCK Compo entry #6
U.F.O Invasion by theReaperUK
TheReaperUK
brings to the Official C64 SEUCK Compo 2021 a fun little score attack
challenge, which is crammed with 22 single screen levels. U.F.O
Invasion is a 3D style shoot 'em up in which you control an aircraft
that has to shoot and destroy incoming Unidentified Flying Objects that
appear on screen. This game also features plenty of background
animation tricks.Why not check it out.

UFO Invasion
23rd March 2021
SEUCK Compo entry #5
Droid Rumble by Alf Yngve
Today's
entry for the Official C64 SEUCK Compo is "Droid Rumble" by Alf Yngve.
This is a cool futuristic game made in the Sideways Scrolling SEUCK.
This game is based in the future, where you play a SWAT poilice
officer, who is out to save the world from turmoil. Working droids in a
factory have malfunctioned, and a reactor is under threat of a melt
down. Your mission is to save the city from a Melt Down, by finding the
security key and deactivate the reactor with it. Can you fight the
killer droids and save the day?

Droid Rumble
17th March 2021
SEUCK School Tips updated
Saving SEUCK games using Vice with Exomizer
Today's
mini update on SEUCK School. A small set of handy tips related to using
VICE without a cartridge and Exomizer for saving and creating
executables of your own SEUCK games.

SEUCK School
11th March 2021
SEUCK Compo Entry #4
RoboformX2 by Pinov Vox
Just in today comes this brand new SEUCK game, written by Pinov Vox. This time it is a sequel
to the original RoboFormX game. Your robot comes to the rescue once
again in order to destroy a deadly virus inside the mainframe. Your
mission is to shut down all of the mainframe systems (The pulsating
circles) and fight against the rogue robots and droids. At the end of
each level you will encounter a boss enemy. Shoot it many times to
destroy it (or just wait). This game has some nice graphics, and some
90's style techno music I made in DMC to suit the game's theme. Enjoy :)

RoboFormX 2
2nd March 2021
Scene World late news
Scene World issue 30 released - a couple of months late
Issue 30 of Scene World was released back in January 2021 and I had forgotten to upload it on to the TND web site.
Then a few weeks later, disaster struck. Now finally here is issue 30
of Scene World disk mag, now available on TND. Like each issue of the
disk mag. There are some fun features, exclusive interviews and also
two special articles based on theC64 full size computer, the unboxing
of the machine, and also programming on it. There are another two
exclusive interviews, and a lot of games news to catch up with. Finally
there is a bonus extra of Storm Chase game source and data, and also
World Music. Sorry for the delay getting this one released :)

Scene World
1st March 2021
A new SEUCK Compo entry:
Ray Fish by TND Games
Here is my first game release for 2021.
Ray Fish is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up with colourful graphics
and powerful late 1980s style tunes (Which I made with Future Composer
V4.1) . Your world has been turned upside-down by aliens. A beacon has
been installed and has caused your planet, Atlantor to go berzerk. Your
mission is to save Atlantor from being infested by aliens. Guide your
Ray Fish through four different levels. Fight the aliens, rogue
security systems and locate the beacon and try to destroy it.
Collect orbs for bonus points. Now then I thought there was something fishy going on.

Ray Fish
Februrary 2021
A new SEUCK Compo entry:
Bee Insect Attacking by Roberto Ricioppo?
It is time to get buzzing with a cute little sideways SEUCK adventure with Bee Insect Attacking by Roberto Ricioppo.
You control a bee, which is under attack by various creatures and
enemies. Your task is to protect your own territory from the deadly
insects and other enemies. Shoot your stinger at the baddies, but don't
let them hit your bee, otherwise it won't be your bee that is
attacking. Have fun. :)

Bee Insect Attacking
January 2021
23rd January 2021
Bad News - but is it really all bad news?
Cruiser-X 79 news - What's happened?
I
had a disaster last Tuesday. The hard disk drive on
my old development system grinded to a major halt. I had to re-install
Win 10 on to my old system once again. I attempted a backup process
through the cloud drives. I re-installed Win 10 on to the HDD, which
unfortunately completely wiped out the HDD. I used recovery software in
attempt to find the missing project files. Nothing was recoverable. I
went to the backup clouds ro restore the files I I thought backed up.
The files were deleted from the cloud drives. I lost everything.
Including all of my game sources. My PC was well and truly borked up.
Now I am working on a new dev system, which I tried to restore the game
projects from the cloud drives. Still I had no luck. All the code and
data must have been deleted by the cloud systems or my HDD was
completely screwed up at the time during the backup process. This means
that for future C64 projects, including Cruiser-X 79, I am going to
have to start from scratch (Unless of course I find the project backed
up on a CD-ROM from last year or something like that). For future C64
development, I will be using GitHub as a backup process for my source
code and data - so this problem doesn't happen again. The ongoing
projects will be hidden from public eyes, but the complete project
source code will be available publicly :)
I would like to say sorry to Saul Cross and to you all, also
thank you for your patience. This game will happen, and hopefully at a
faster process than before hand.
16th January 2021
Official C64 SEUCK Compo 2021 gets a first entry and also SEUCK School Updates
Their Machine by Raul Gubert
The
very first entry to this year's official C64 SEUCK Compo starts with
Their Machine by Raul Gubert. It is a push scrolling Sci-Fi shoot 'em
up adventure. You play an agent who has to fight the machine before it
takes over the world. You will need to take a few precautions while on
your mission. Not everything appears to be what it seems. It's a
horrible world out there.
This way to: Their Machine
SEUCK School Updates
A few SEUCK school tutorial updates have popped by. Today's updates
were mainly discovered by Eleanor Burns. There is a trick on how to
change the sprite characters in the game status panel. Also there is a
brand new and clever trick which allows the player to use more than 2
frames of animation, when moving multi-directional. The trick will only
work on single player games. Finally, there are some Action Replay
backup tips for those who cannot code, but want to make their game
disks single-filed using the cartridge freezer.
Okay pupils, it is time for SEUCK School