Dodgy Rocks released!

girv · 16 September 2020, 10:43

DODGY ROCKS released for Amiga Classic (OCS/ECS 1Mb)

Update: v1.1 NOW AVAILABLE!

Adds a High Score validation code
Fixes glitches on some accelerated systems

Dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge and ... uh ... dodge!

Crazy high-speed endless arcade thing-dodging. You'll just have to have one more try!

Dodge the rocks and other projectiles coming your way for as long as possible. Dodge, dash, kick and smash your way out of tight spots to survive just one more wave. Discover and master advanced moves to rack up your bonus and climb the online leaderboards, before testing yourself against the next difficulty level. Are you ready for NIGHTMARE? We don't think you are.

After a smash-hit debut at Amiga Ireland 2020, and exactly one year after the modern versions, Dodgy Rocks Amiga is now available for immediate download.

All the Dodgy Rocks features and special moves you love and love to hate have made it across. It's the same game, only on Amiga! Check out this [ Show youtube player ] to see it in action.

Thanks to EAB/Daedalus for the great work on the Amiga version

Download Dodgy Rocks now from Aminet or itch.io - FREE.

EAB members using the above itch.io link can get the PC/Mac/Linux version for 50% off

iOS and Android versions are also available as free downloads (with one-time IAP upgrade to unlock all features) from the relevant app stores.

Dodgy Rocks. How dodgy can you get?

"A compellingly addictive slice of fun"

"got that just-a-fun-5-minutes-oh-crap-it's-been-half-an-hour thing that flappy bird had"

"real 'play again' X-Factor!"

"looks deceptively simple but you will be replaying and replaying"

walkero · 16 September 2020, 15:22

That looks awesome. I wait to finish work today to play it with the kids.
Added at https://amiga.gr/2020/09/1031/dodgy-rocks for the Greek community as well.

Great work John.

girv · 16 September 2020, 15:25

All credit for the Amiga version goes to the mad Blitz conversion skillz of Daedelus

girv · 16 September 2020, 15:46

Post your high scores too!

Amiga1992 · 16 September 2020, 16:20

Great job girv and Daedalus! looks like a fun little game.

Daedalus · 16 September 2020, 16:23

Cheers!

Superman · 16 September 2020, 16:45

Nice game. Shame it won't run on an A500 with kickstart 1.3 though, at least it doesn't in WinUAE

Daedalus · 16 September 2020, 16:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superman

Nice game. Shame it won't run on an A500 with kickstart 1.3 though, at least it doesn't in WinUAE

It'll run fine on Kickstart 1.3, but it's very tight on RAM in a basic configuration and won't run if you only have 512K chip RAM and 512K fast RAM.

To run it on a 1MB chip 1.3 machine, you need to create a boot floppy (involves copying over a couple of libraries from Workbench 1.3) and disable any other floppy drives or peripherals. If you have more than 1MB of RAM, it should work with pretty much any config.

Superman · 16 September 2020, 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daedalus

It'll run fine on Kickstart 1.3, but it's very tight on RAM in a basic configuration and won't run if you only have 512K chip RAM and 512K fast RAM.

To run it on a 1MB chip 1.3 machine, you need to create a boot floppy (involves copying over a couple of libraries from Workbench 1.3) and disable any other floppy drives or peripherals. If you have more than 1MB of RAM, it should work with pretty much any config.

Ah yes I do only have 512 chip 512 fast so it can’t find the icon from WB.

Daedalus · 16 September 2020, 17:59

Ah, that's actually not the lack of RAM, but it appears the wrong format was accidentally used for the disk image (FFS instead of OFS). Sorry about that! It'll read fine on Kickstart 2 - we'll sort that out now. In the meantime, if you can use Kickstart 2 to copy the files over to an OFS-formatted ADF, it'll read it fine.

girv · 16 September 2020, 21:11

The ADF on the itch.io page has been replaced with a OFS formatted disk that should work on KS 1.3

zzbylu · 16 September 2020, 21:19

and my little gameplay...

[ Show youtube player ]

Predseda · 16 September 2020, 21:24

Please Daedalus, can you post a photo of your note book from Amiga Ireland event, where you wrote all those notes regarding the game? I remember it being pretty thick

Lemon Amiga entry here.

Daedalus · 16 September 2020, 22:54

Ha, there were a few pages of fixes after Amiga Ireland alright

Not the whole notepad though! I'll see if I can dig it out

girv · 16 September 2020, 23:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Predseda

Lemon Amiga entry here.

Thanks! Though ... that link is asking for a password, and so is the link on the Lemon Amiga news article

Gzegzolka · 16 September 2020, 23:29

Nice little game

Predseda · 16 September 2020, 23:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by girv

Thanks! Though ... that link is asking for a password, and so is the link on the Lemon Amiga news article

Thats normal, because I am idiot. Now fixed, thank you for spotting.

Dragster · 17 September 2020, 22:38

Nice, this looks pretty cool. Will try it asap.

Thanks!

girv · 19 September 2020, 16:10

AmigaBill will be playing Dodgy Rocks live on his stream on Sunday September 20th at 2pm EDT/6pm UTC

"Commodore Amiga Variety Stream - New Games, Classics Games & Unreleased Games & More"

twitch.tv/amigabill

Predseda · 21 September 2020, 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by girv

Post your high scores too!

on easy mode so far

16 September 2020, 10:43	#1
girv Mostly Harmless Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,109	Dodgy Rocks released! DODGY ROCKS released for Amiga Classic (OCS/ECS 1Mb) Update: v1.1 NOW AVAILABLE! Adds a High Score validation code Fixes glitches on some accelerated systems Dodge, dodge, dodge, dodge and ... uh ... dodge! Crazy high-speed endless arcade thing-dodging. You'll just have to have one more try! Dodge the rocks and other projectiles coming your way for as long as possible. Dodge, dash, kick and smash your way out of tight spots to survive just one more wave. Discover and master advanced moves to rack up your bonus and climb the online leaderboards, before testing yourself against the next difficulty level. Are you ready for NIGHTMARE? We don't think you are. After a smash-hit debut at Amiga Ireland 2020, and exactly one year after the modern versions, Dodgy Rocks Amiga is now available for immediate download. All the Dodgy Rocks features and special moves you love and love to hate have made it across. It's the same game, only on Amiga! Check out this [ Show youtube player ] to see it in action. Thanks to EAB/Daedalus for the great work on the Amiga version Download Dodgy Rocks now from Aminet or itch.io - FREE. EAB members using the above itch.io link can get the PC/Mac/Linux version for 50% off iOS and Android versions are also available as free downloads (with one-time IAP upgrade to unlock all features) from the relevant app stores. Dodgy Rocks. How dodgy can you get? "A compellingly addictive slice of fun" "got that just-a-fun-5-minutes-oh-crap-it's-been-half-an-hour thing that flappy bird had" "real 'play again' X-Factor!" "looks deceptively simple but you will be replaying and replaying" Last edited by girv; 09 October 2020 at 15:35.

16 September 2020, 16:45	#7
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 48 Posts: 1,334	Nice game. Shame it won't run on an A500 with kickstart 1.3 though, at least it doesn't in WinUAE Last edited by Superman; 16 September 2020 at 16:51.

16 September 2020, 21:24	#13
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539	Please Daedalus, can you post a photo of your note book from Amiga Ireland event, where you wrote all those notes regarding the game? I remember it being pretty thick Lemon Amiga entry here. Last edited by Predseda; 16 September 2020 at 23:53.

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16 September 2020, 15:22	#2
walkero Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Dublin/Ireland Posts: 358	That looks awesome. I wait to finish work today to play it with the kids. Added at https://amiga.gr/2020/09/1031/dodgy-rocks for the Greek community as well. Great work John.

16 September 2020, 15:25	#3
girv Mostly Harmless Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,109	All credit for the Amiga version goes to the mad Blitz conversion skillz of Daedelus

16 September 2020, 15:46	#4
girv Mostly Harmless Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,109	Post your high scores too!

16 September 2020, 16:20	#5
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Great job girv and Daedalus! looks like a fun little game.

16 September 2020, 16:23	#6
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	Cheers!

16 September 2020, 17:59	#10
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	Ah, that's actually not the lack of RAM, but it appears the wrong format was accidentally used for the disk image (FFS instead of OFS). Sorry about that! It'll read fine on Kickstart 2 - we'll sort that out now. In the meantime, if you can use Kickstart 2 to copy the files over to an OFS-formatted ADF, it'll read it fine.

16 September 2020, 21:11	#11
girv Mostly Harmless Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,109	The ADF on the itch.io page has been replaced with a OFS formatted disk that should work on KS 1.3

16 September 2020, 21:19	#12
zzbylu Saberman Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Kielce/Poland Posts: 327	and my little gameplay... [ Show youtube player ]

16 September 2020, 22:54	#14
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	Ha, there were a few pages of fixes after Amiga Ireland alright Not the whole notepad though! I'll see if I can dig it out

16 September 2020, 23:29	#16
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	Nice little game

17 September 2020, 22:38	#18
Dragster Amiga rulez! Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Mexico City/Mexico Posts: 14	Nice, this looks pretty cool. Will try it asap. Thanks!

19 September 2020, 16:10	#19
girv Mostly Harmless Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,109	AmigaBill will be playing Dodgy Rocks live on his stream on Sunday September 20th at 2pm EDT/6pm UTC "Commodore Amiga Variety Stream - New Games, Classics Games & Unreleased Games & More" twitch.tv/amigabill

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