New A1200 game Pleiades 3D released

[TCD]

Video of the game: [ Show youtube player ]
You can buy the game here: https://mikketx.itch.io/pleiades-3d

[zzbylu]

Pleiades 3D - gameplay:
[ Show youtube player ]

[DisasterIncarna]

not bad at all tbh, certainly wasnt expecting a f.o.f.t./elite type of game to appear

[utri007]

Nice! Bought it, though not yet downloaded. I wait whdloaded version.

[CodyJarrett]

I've added a HOL entry and shared news about it:

https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/pleiades-3d
https://twitter.com/AmigaAbime/statu...94474615337464
https://mastodon.social/@AmigaAbime/110974381606772145

[copse]

Originally Posted by DisasterIncarna

not bad at all tbh, certainly wasnt expecting a f.o.f.t./elite type of game to appear

I remember playing FOFT and giving up, but thinking it had a lot of potential. I hope someday someone with more fortitude than me does a longplay video.

Great job by the developer on Pleades. This is on my own development bucket-list. Write a Elite clone and see where I can take it. But actually doing it is where the real stones are.

[grond]

I have to say that, while the engine is impressive, the gameplay looks a bit repetitive. Also there isn't the feeling of vastness that Frontier has. Perhaps the difference here is that Frontier uses a static starmap that rotates with the ship's movements while Pleiades only has the dust particle effect (and too much of it). In any case I love space exploration games and appreciate the effort of creating a new one!

[Tigerskunk]

Originally Posted by grond

I have to say that, while the engine is impressive, the gameplay looks a bit repetitive. Also there isn't the feeling of vastness that Frontier has. Perhaps the difference here is that Frontier uses a static starmap that rotates with the ship's movements while Pleiades only has the dust particle effect (and too much of it). In any case I love space exploration games and appreciate the effort of creating a new one!

Nice that somebody is doing 3D stuff now for the Amiga.

Hope this will lead up to even more impressive games.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Tigerskunk

Nice that somebody is doing 3D stuff now for the Amiga.

Hope this will lead up to even more impressive games.

It's really impressive that this was done in AMOS. I'm also hoping that games like this will inspire people to try out different styles of games.

[S. Campbell]

What's it got to do with Pleiades?

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[Minuous]

Yes, I was about to ask the same thing, it's nothing like the coin-op nor the Arcadia conversion so I don't know why that name was used.

[Karlos]

It's the name of a well known deep sky star cluster (AKA The. Seven Sisters) and it's set in space. So maybe there's zero connection to the other game.

The star map shown in the game trading and the names of the various bases are a match for the actual star cluster too.

[copse]

You get this in every internet product release in every forum. Someone chimes up, "Harumph, something else has the same name, don't you know"

[saimon69]

Originally Posted by Karlos

It's the name of a well known deep sky star cluster (AKA The. Seven Sisters) and it's set in space. So maybe there's zero connection to the other game.

The star map shown in the game trading and the names of the various bases are a match for the actual star cluster too.

Not to forget there was someone (a swiss guy if i remember clearly) that said had frequent contact with some visitors from that cluster in the past

[Minuous]

Originally Posted by copse

You get this in every internet product release in every forum. Someone chimes up, "Harumph, something else has the same name, don't you know"

Well, it doesn't take long to do a quick search first before naming your program to make sure the name isn't already used...and saves much anguish and confusion for the users. There are various other "Worm Wars"es, "ReportPlus"es etc. since mine because this step was missed by later developers.

[khph_re]

Nice to see a new 3D game on the Amiga.

[grond]

Well, the name is "Pleiades 3D", not "Pleiades". Anyone familiar with the old game would know it is not a 3D game.

[Dunny]

Besides, that arcade version advertises itself as "Pleiads" and not "Pleiades".

[A500]

Whatever the name, it's good to see a new 3D game for the Amiga

[Snoopy1234]

Along with Chaos Strikes Back and Willow, Pleiades 3D is hardcoded for df0: access so a generic WHDLoad install isn't working. WHDLoad install would be nice.
BTW, anyone checked the Subaru badge recently???....