Announcing Box Stacker, a physics-based puzzle game, new on Smolpxl!

Play now at https://box-stacker.artificialworlds.net/game and join the forum to share and discuss new levels at https://box-stacker.artificialworlds.net

See you there!

We have a new Santa-themed game for you.

It's a classic side-on bike racer, that you play with exactly one button.

We've found it surprisingly addictive, and with a high-score table for each level you can compete against everyone else!

Play the game at https://santabike.artificialworlds.net/ and find similar games at https://smolpxl.artificialworlds.net/

Another retro recreation for you - Tron, a game of tangling lines, and staying alive longer than anyone else.

This version allows many players (up to 16 if you can manage it), and is quite pure in its implementation.

There are bots to play against, and you can gather your friends around a keyboard to play together.

Part of the motivation for writing this game was to test my new smolpxl-remote remote-play system, but this is not enabled yet, so watch this space...

The new lightcycle game, Tron, is fairly close to a first release.

Previously I tried setting up a couple of chat systems to be a community for Smolpxl games, but since we are a very small site at the moment, there has been little activity.

I think Lemmy will provide a much more useful community because as soon as you arrive here you'll see interesting posts about what is going on, and you can choose where to comment.

So, from today, [email protected] is the official community page for Smolpxl!

Today I released a new game on Smolpxl - Rightwaves.

Play it here: https://smolpxl.gitlab.io/rightwaves/

Rightwaves is a sideways-scrolling shooter with pixel-art graphics, modelled on the classic game R-Type.

It is fiendishly difficult, but a lot of fun. If you do manage to complete it, you can take on the additional challenge of firing as few shots as possible to achieve the maximum score.

Rightwaves is, of course, Free/Open Source software and you can contribute to the source code at https://gitlab.com/smolpxl/rightwaves

Enjoy!

Rightwaves is coming along nicely.

I plan to release it when one whole level is ready, which is going to be fairly soon. Given that it seems pretty hard, that should keep some people happy for a while...

Other than finishing off the boss, I also need to work on details like lives, restarts etc.

I am thinking the replay feature will be used to pretty up the title screen for now, and later I may allow uploading and sharing replays with other people.

An interesting challenge in this game will be to complete the level while firing the fewest possible shots.

I'm cleaning audio and reposting (with permission) these amazing videos on Category Theory for Programmers by Bartosz Milewski.

Rightwaves, my tribute to R-Type, is coming on nicely.

It's a sideways-scrolling shoot-em up with pixel graphics and pixel-perfect collision detection.

It's somewhat playable at the moment, but I tend to mess about with start positions from time to time.

Recent features include a diagonal lasers upgrade, and alien guns stuck to the top and bottom of the scenery.

In order to fix a bug recently, I introduced a secret "action replay" mode, which I hope to turn into a real feature in future releases. For now, pressing Z toggles a freeze-frame modes which you can navigate using the left and right arrow keys.

Still to do: the rest of the level (including the famous red tailed alien at the end), and game mechanics like lives and restarts.

Help out here: https://gitlab.com/smolpxl/rightwaves

Add a comment here to encourage us to work on what you would like to see in Smolpxl. Here's a selection of our TODO list, but feel free to suggest other things:

• New games (just completed Rightwaves)
• Multiplayer games
• More levels for Spring or other games
• ~~Make most of the games work on mobile (touch buttons)~~ (done)
• Global high score table support for Spring and Eat Apples Quick (and others?)

What would you like to see next?