New demo can be downloaded too.

Tiles were exported from Sproxel development version by my Python plug-in.

I’m going to make a tech demo of Arcane Worlds now, so you can download it and test how it runs on your hardware. Non-interactive probably.

I’ve been working mostly on Sproxel this week.
Changes so far:

• Python bindings for Sproxel palettes, layers and sprites.
• New project format that can store multiple sprites and palettes.
• Palette widget and improved color editing.
• Creating and editing 8-bit indexed (256 color) sprites.

Still to go:

• Reworking undo/redo system to support multiple sprites and palette editing.
• Sprite list widget.
• Initial python plug-ins framework.
• An example plug-in: LEVEL UP! level blocks exporter.

Here’s a video:

Also, you can buy LEVEL UP! now for just $5 and get free updates up to the release version.

I’m now improving Sproxel so I can make all those numerous voxel blocks for LEVEL UP! levels, and more enemies too.

LEVEL UP! now runs smooth both with vsync and without it, while updating game logic only 20 times per second. I was afraid of input lag issues, but it looks like they aren’t really noticeable.
And the new game loop will allow me to parallelize both game logic updates and rendering when I’ll get to it, so multi-core processors will get a boost.

Otherwise, the game still looks the same, so there’s nothing new to show for now.

Now I’m going to design plug-in system for Sproxel. I’ll need good tools to make enemies (especially bosses) for LEVEL UP!

LEVEL UP! is a crazy mix of side-scrolling platformer/shooter and some role-playing elements.

I’m going with “new retro” style for it, for several reasons. So, I decided to try voxels (3D pixels), and it turned out quite well.

Special thanks to Sproxel – it’s in early development, but already very useful.

Coming soon: character control and shooting, resulting in a video of violent voxel destruction!