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Taskforce Store Now Live
I'm happy to say that the Taskforce store is now live. So excited about this game, have been working on it constantly for several weeks now and it's playing really well. Here is a look at the store and some clips of the game in action:
Taskforce: The Mutants of October Morgane:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291150/Taskforce_The_Mutants_of_October_Morgane/
Taskforce will also be my first game with a published book, the printed manual will be sold on Amazon, a 60+ page guide filled with how to play the game, with all of the game details you'll need to enjoy the game, point lists, controls, weapons list and tactical hints.
Mark
Flatspace Music Pack 3 Released Soon
The third Flatspace IIk Music Pack will be released in one week! Like any in-game music for Flatspace, these will trigger at random when you enter a new sector. This will probably be the final music pack. Collect all three to own the ultimate version of Flatspace.
The original Music Pack 3 for Flatspace II was released in 2013. Some of these pieces of music are included here too, but I also wanted to include some recent music to evoke feelings of space at the end of time; feelings of awe and coldness, silver, and darkness.
The music in this pack includes:
-Adrift In Flat Space.
An original track for this Music Pack, this track is an essentially solo-piano improvisation on the Flatspace theme
-Jellyfish.
A tune full of energy and melody.
-Paragon
Paragon is one of the final tracks from one of my earliest albums, Animalia. The music was inspired by Darwinian genetics, the ladder of species.
-Race The Sky
A supremely happy track was inspired by console racing games.
-Requiem For A Million Skin Cells
Composed in 2017 for the album Cycles & Shadows, this
brooding piano track originally began with a droned speech
about the ageing process
-The Dying Of The Stars
A new track for this music pack, I wanted to include music that had a naturalistic feeling, that could evoke the beauty and mystery of outer space.
-The Race
A fast and happy electronic tune, inspired by both console
game music and J.S. Bach!
-Tiny Moon
A simple piece of music.
-Waiting For The Rain To End
A brooding and slightly melancholic piece of music
composed in 2009 for my album The Twelve Seasons.
Flatspace Music Pack 3:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020380/Flatspace_IIk_Music_Pack_3/
Mark
Our Next Game: Taskforce
I'm happy to announce that our next release will be Taskforce: The Mutants of October Morgane. Taskforce is a turn-based squad-level strategy game; think of games like X-COM or the WarHammer turn-based games. I developed Taskforce originally in 2004, and unlike Flatspace, this is a genre I've been working on for many years.
Taskforce is the 4th game of this type I've created since 1994, the first Taskforce game was on Amiga back then, then came Hilt II, then Arcangel in 1999.
Keep in touch for news on this release, which will probably be in late summer. Meanwhile, here is an image of the game in development; team TF1 ready for equipment in Taskforce H.Q.
Mark
Flatspace Soundtrack Albums Released
The two Official Soundtrack albums for Flatspace were released today!
Flatspace (The Official Soundtrack) is the original soundtrack album sold on CD back in the early days of Flatspace. Two bonus tracks that didn't make it into the final release of the game are included here, as well as the full 4th and 5th movements from the 2002 version of The Spiral Staircase.
Most of the tracks here on Flatspace II (The Official Soundtrack) are either new releases or new versions: the original intro to the game appears here, a re-recording of Mariner and the 7th Bell, as well as the vocal version of Ultramarine sung by Tor James Faulkner. New tracks include Black Hole, Flatrunner and Waiting For C-Major.
See the store pages for a full track list:
Flatspace (The Official Soundtrack):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235660/Flatspace_The_Official_Soundtrack/
Flatspace II (The Official Soundtrack):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235670/Flatspace_II_The_Official_Soundtrack/
Enjoy listening.
Mark
Flatspace Soundtrack Albums Coming Soon
The two Official Soundtrack albums for Flatspace are coming soon to Steam.
Flatspace (The Official Soundtrack) is the original soundtrack album sold on CD back in the early days of Flatspace. Only a handful of CD-R copies were ever sold, these are valuable if you have one.
Flatspace II (The Official Soundtrack) was originally released in 2012 and includes alternative mixes of the music in the game, plus extra tracks including the 6 minute version of Journey Through Fractional Space; which was commissioned by a Flatspace fan.
Both albums will be released on March 27th. See the store pages for a full track list:
Flatspace (The Official Soundtrack):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235660/Flatspace_The_Official_Soundtrack/
Flatspace II (The Official Soundtrack):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235670/Flatspace_II_The_Official_Soundtrack/
Enjoy listening.
Mark
Classic Flatspace Released
Flatspace, the classic first game, has been released today for free.
Like my other Steam releases, the game engine has been updated, and features some new high-resolution graphics for modern computers plus the same controller support as in Flatspace IIk.
Get a copy here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1210780/Flatspace/
The original Flatspace game lacks some of the finesse and gameplay balancing of Flatspace IIk (what, no Machine Gun Ammo??!), but it will allow people, particularly new players, to explore and try the Flatspace universe.
Enjoy playing.
Mark
Future Pool Released
The latest Cornutopia game, Future Pool has been released today.
The new remaster features new high-resolution graphics, full controller support, a new soundtrack, and lots of gameplay enhancements. If you haven't yet tried Future Snooker or Future Pool, please take a look:
Future Pool:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177310/Future_Pool/
Radioactive, Future Snooker and Future Pool are perfect for the new "Remote Play Together" in Steam, which enables two or more players to enjoy local multiplayer games over the internet. Only one player needs to own the game to play against a friend in this way.
The game is available now for $8.99 USD with a 10% launch discount.
Mark
Flatspace IIk v1.05 Now Live
Flatspace IIk v1.05 is now live.
Here's a complete list of the changes:
-New game icon.
-New heading font.
-Slight adjustment to Flatspace IIk title image (and new image for Flatspace II - if that ever gets used).
-Removal of GUI Mouse Sensitivity to match the behaviour in Future Snooker and other contemporary games, pointer now naturally moves more slowly on larger screens.
-New credits text.
-Fix to accented character conversion in text files.
-Intro tunnel ending now synchronised with music as in classic Flatspace.
-The 'Press F1' message appears at the start of each game.
-Players of the same class now start in the same sector (in a fixed or seeded universe).
Some of these changes are in preparation for the free release of the first Flatspace game at the end of January 2020. More details to come.
Mark
FlatspaceIIk v1.05 Beta Available
As with previous updates, this changes are largely small engine updates so won't affect gameplay, and will preserve save game integrity.
-New game icon.
-New heading font.
-Intro tunnel ending now synchronised with music as in classic Flatspace.
-Slight change to 'Flatspace IIk' image.
-Removal of GUI Mouse Sensitivity to match the behaviour in Future Snooker and other contemporary games, pointer now moves more slowly on larger screens automatically.
-New text & red background on the Credits screen.
-Fix to foreign character conversion in text files.
-The 'Press F1' message appears at the start of each game.
If everything works, the new update will go public in a few days.
Mark
Future Snooker Coming On November 15
Future Snooker is all set for release in two weeks on Friday November 15.
This is one of my finest games of my 20 years of game development, Future Snooker has been remastered for 2020 with new hires graphics, a new 12-track soundtrack, plus all of the latest updates to my game engine, full controller support, and more.
Future Snooker is a snooker game played on a circular table that has all of the tactical play and skill of real snooker. A perfect game for Steam's Remote Play Together feature, the game supports up to six players, any of which can be human or computer opponents, as well as a solo player tournament, and lots of customisable rules. A perfect couch multiplayer game.
Here is the Steam store page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177390/Future_Snooker/
Available from November 15th for $8.99 with a 10% launch discount. Wishlist your copy today.
Mark