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New Game: DreamWalker (Alter Ego 2)

DenisGrachevDenisGrachev
edited July 2014 in Brand new software
"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"


I will tell you a tale about a little boy. A little boy which was not like the other children, a boy who seemed to belong to another world…
He had no apparent friends, and it looked like he was not ever going to have any. However, he had a special friend, a friend he met only in dreams. In strange dreams like a beautiful book, full of dangerous adventures. In a magical world, where strawberry jelly grows like flowers.In a world where you can also fly. In a world where everything is so easy and simple. The boy lived only in a dream ...

Such people are called the "DreamWalkers".

This is a story about one of them.

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DOWNLOAD: http://www.retrosouls.net/zx/dreamwalker.zip



PS: Thanks to everybody for your support!
Seem's like it's a first released game with wide-screen multicolor ;)
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  • jpjp
    edited February 2014
    Absolutely stunning! :grin: Well done to all those involved!
    jp nz | TZXs updated with new loading screens | youtube bits and bobs
  • Crash NickerCrash Nicker
    edited February 2014
    Oh, and depending on the version, it either contains AY music by MmcM or beeper music by yours truly (without the multicolor effects, though).
  • DenisGrachevDenisGrachev
    edited February 2014
    Crash Nicker wrote: »
    beeper music by yours truly (without the multicolor effects, though).

    Why? MultiColor works well with 48KB, did you select Spectrum48KB in emulator ? :grin:
  • climacusclimacus
    edited February 2014
    Very, very good job!!!!

    I love it!
  • Crash NickerCrash Nicker
    edited February 2014
    DenisGrachev wrote: »
    Why? MultiColor works well with 48KB, did you select Spectrum48KB in emulator ? :grin:

    Either I'm stupid enough or the multicolor thingy really doesn't work on ALL versions when I use Unreal with Pentagon 1024K. %)

    Fine, gonna try a different emul for that. And the 48K mode, too.
  • DenisGrachevDenisGrachev
    edited February 2014
    Crash Nicker wrote: »
    Either I'm stupid enough or the multicolor thingy really doesn't work on ALL versions when I use Unreal with Pentagon 1024K. %)

    Fine, gonna try a different emul for that. And the 48K mode, too.

    For Spectrum 48KB use Spectrum48 folder.
    For 128, +2,+3 use Spectrum 128 folder.
    That's all folks :)

    For machines with Pentagon timings use TRD from pentagon folder.
    Other clones not supported!!!
  • gabriele amoregabriele amore
    edited February 2014
    this is the work of a real Artist
    it is novel, elegant ...in one word truly BEAUTIFUL


    there is no much more to say about this

    (although i could add much more to this..)
    Find my (mostly unfinished) games here
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1694367894143130/
  • morcarmorcar
    edited February 2014
    A simple but very effective game that brings the Spectrum to the forefront of modern gaming.

    Damn I sound like a Codemasters slogan on an inlay card.
  • 4throck4throck
    edited February 2014
    Brilliant! Plays like a modern game, and has a new concept!
    Great work! :-D
  • Crash NickerCrash Nicker
    edited February 2014
    4throck wrote: »
    Brilliant! Plays like a modern game, and has a new concept!
    Great work! :-D

    I will kinda disappoint you - the concept ain't new at all, but it's only because it was previously used only in the prequel. :D
  • na_th_anna_th_an
    edited February 2014
    Wow - Marvelous. Simply marvelous.
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited March 2014
    DenisGrachev wrote: »
    Seem's like it's a first released game with wide-screen multicolor ;)

    Yes, it is.

    And it's awesome!!!
    Creator of ZXDB, BIFROST/NIRVANA, ZX7/RCS, etc. I don't frequent this forum anymore, please look for me elsewhere.
  • sect0rsect0r
    edited March 2014
    Where is donnate button ? Someone must get a beer
  • DenisGrachevDenisGrachev
    edited March 2014
    Thanks to all! I'm not so good with English, so my posts are short.
    But i'm realy happy :-)

    Joefish and Einar show us a doors, give us a keys. But nobody used Bifrost or Nirvana. When i see Nirvana first time i decide to support Einar!
    It was sooooo hard for me, since i'm not so genius asmcoder as Einar or Joefish.
    But i was trying hard, optimizing every routen, calculating Tstates...
    And here is result.
    Enjoy the show!

    Every new game,tool or engine motivate me. Thanks, dudes!
    Long live speccy!
    sect0r wrote: »
    Where is donnate button ? Someone must get a beer

    Oh, there is some spiders on ot, since nobody not use it :D:D:D

    http://www.retrosouls.net


    Sing it with beatiful song by Sergey Kosov (Mmcm):

    Dreamwalker, Dreamwalker...
    Where did you go?
    There is no way,
    There is only snow.

    Dreamwalker, Dreamwalker...
    It's just a dream.
    Wake up, Dreamwalker,
    Become real.
  • smogitsmogit
    edited March 2014
    Has anybody got the 128k tap working? It seems to be broken (probably the fancy speed loader)
  • sect0rsect0r
    edited March 2014
    @Denis: I hope that your PayPal works good ;-)
  • DenisGrachevDenisGrachev
    edited March 2014
    smogit wrote: »
    Has anybody got the 128k tap working? It seems to be broken (probably the fancy speed loader)

    Hmm. It should work. It uses ROMbased loading code. No any speedups. Where did you test it?
    I hope that your PayPal works good
    Yep, it's ok. And i have 2 donations, wow :D Surprise!
    Thank you, mates!
  • wilsone73wilsone73
    edited March 2014
    Is this going to be taken up by any of the companies that make the games into physical tapes?
    it really deserves a proper tape version, amazing stuff!
  • smogitsmogit
    edited March 2014
    Both on DIVide connected to a +3 and in Fuse and ZXSP emulators on OSX.

    It seems to load the first block and then hang. In Fuse if fast tape loading is enabled, it loads something and then crashes.

    The TZX file works fine in ZXSP and I snapshotted that and loaded it on the +3 without problem, so I don't think it is a machine fault.
  • IvanzxIvanzx
    edited March 2014
    wilsone73 wrote: »
    Is this going to be taken up by any of the companies that make the games into physical tapes?
    it really deserves a proper tape version, amazing stuff!

    Actually, the first part was out in physical tape too:



    http://storebonus.net/index.php?id_product=27&controller=product&id_lang=1

    although right now is sold out :/
    <a href="http://rincondelspectrum.blogspot.de/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://rincondelspectrum.blogspot.de/</a>;
  • DenisGrachevDenisGrachev
    edited March 2014
    smogit wrote: »
    Both on DIVide connected to a +3 and in Fuse and ZXSP emulators on OSX.

    It seems to load the first block and then hang. In Fuse if fast tape loading is enabled, it loads something and then crashes.

    The TZX file works fine in ZXSP and I snapshotted that and loaded it on the +3 without problem, so I don't think it is a machine fault.

    Oh, it's a fastloading and DivIDE stuff :)
    Please redownload, i'm just add DreamWalkerSimpleLoader.tap in 128KB folder.

    Same link:

    http://www.retrosouls.net/zx/dreamwalker.zip

    Enjoy!
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited March 2014
    DenisGrachev wrote: »
    When i see Nirvana first time i decide to support Einar!

    Thanks a lot! This game is even better than I expected!
    Creator of ZXDB, BIFROST/NIRVANA, ZX7/RCS, etc. I don't frequent this forum anymore, please look for me elsewhere.
  • wilsone73wilsone73
    edited March 2014
    Ivanzx wrote: »
    Actually, the first part was out in physical tape too:



    http://storebonus.net/index.php?id_product=27&controller=product&id_lang=1

    although right now is sold out :/
    Thankyou! have just registered to be told when it is back in stock, looks amazing!
    :-D
  • smogitsmogit
    edited March 2014
    Thanks, the new simple tap files work great.
  • gabriele amoregabriele amore
    edited March 2014
    I keep getting trapped in the top middle part of the first screen with vertical switch (cannot remember what number it is) ...and then I have to reload the game again ...is there a way to escape (like pressing x or q to quit)?
    Find my (mostly unfinished) games here
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1694367894143130/
  • DenisGrachevDenisGrachev
    edited March 2014
    gabriele amore wrote: »
    I keep getting trapped in the top middle part of the first screen with vertical switch (cannot remember what number it is) ...and then I have to reload the game again ...is there a way to escape (like pressing x or q to quit)?

    Oh, how i missed Restrat button? :-) Thanks, my friend!
    I'll fix it in next version with in-game AY music :wink:
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited March 2014
    Just got round to playing this today! Awesome work! :)

    Loved the first Alter Ego, and this is even better! :D
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • MorkinMorkin
    edited March 2014
    Wow, I enjoyed the version without the rainbows but it looks stunning now..!

    I wonder what reaction this would have received, if you could build a Tardis, travel back to the late 80s, and slipped the game through the letterbox of one of the major magazines...
  • joefishjoefish
    edited March 2014
    They would probably be more interested in your fully-operational time machine than any clever Spectrum colour effects.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • Alessandro GrussuAlessandro Grussu
    edited March 2014
    I quite liked Alter Ego, now Dream Walker is a lovely sequel. Well done Denis :)
    Personal website, including the Spectrumpedia, fixes for +2A/+3 incompatibilities and SetoLOAD turbo loader
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