I think it is a failing that the game did not include a single joystick option. I honestly don't think the game is a less of an experience playing it as a single stick shooter. I don't think the game will be adapted in this way.

Is there a demo version? If the controls could be mapped to keyboard and mouse more people would be able to play.

No, in the end I had to play it on FS UAE emulator running on a mac.

@@RetroGamerNation oh ok..

Granted, it fails to take advantage of the Amiga's colour palette, the partical effect does look really good.

There are a lot of conservatives in retro gaming but that is not good, since if you keep the old ways you cannot know what your machine is REALLY capable of - not only technically but also audiovisually and stilistically

@@JMDAmigaMusic i don't need triple AAA shiny stuff...

I was thinking the same thing. The dev streams from a couple of years back were looking good but the project does seem to have stalled all together. Would have been interesting how the controls would have been implememted.

While it required an experienced programmer, Amiga hardware is well designed for such graphics. Keep in mind that 1-bit graphics allows to use single bitplane, so you have 5 different layers to work with: 1. Background layer with all static objects. 2. Sprite layer with moving objects. 3. White particles layer. 4. Red pixels. 5. Green pixels or other stuff. Amiga has framebuffer graphics, not tile based like 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. While drawing particles is pretty much impossible on consoles (using small sprites or CPU drawn tiles in memory?), Amiga, Atari ST, PC DOS etc. can handle particle effects way easier than multiple sprites.

I was really surprised that Breadbox required such high spec machines to run smoothly. I am equally surprised that the dev decided to pursue Breadbox considering that it probably holds the record for one of the worst performing Indiegogo crowd funding campaigns (it only achieved 1% of its target).

Nice to hear, I am hoping by new you actually mean new game and not a port of something already released. Keep us informed of your progress.

@@RetroGamerNation it's a complete new game for the Amiga 500

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Cheers, the game was too good to not to show to a wider audience. I am more likely to do more of these pop in videos to help sustain the channel during quieter c64 activity periods.

Thanks so much for sharing your views. I am always keen to hear of each person's own perspective on these releases.

I think many who follow the scene do get weary of constant re-promotion of upcoming titles. I think devs think this is a good thing to do mainly because it appears that it works for Sarah Jane Avory and her C64 titles, but this is more to do with her having a super loyal fan base rather than something we all want.

Yes it is. It is from the title screen.

The Amiga isn't dead, over 50 new games for it last year alone

And at least 5% is original IP 🙂

@@merman1974 Well, technically it died back in 1992/3, when the 386 PC was churning out silky smooth 256 colour titles like Alone In The Dark, UFO : Enemy Unknown, Wolfenstein 3D etc. As a retro machine it's still interesting. I've had WinUAE installed for 20 years now I guess.

Oh, no I guess I wouldn't have. Only had a 500 with 1MG chip ram... I think it was ECS tho.

Hey thanks for your support and optimism. Growth for the channel has more or less flatlined and while getting 10k subscribers across 7 years has been a slow effort, I know that based on recurring viewers I have one of the most loyal 10k subscribers - so thank you everyone.

The platform. Here the Amiga. Becomes like a music instrument! Especially the c64. It is almost organic. Like an organ. You know? The game developers are organists. They love their instruments which they know so well :)

Yes it is. I am impressed that the Badger Punch guys spent so much effort to make it more than an Amiga port

Now think of it - these are OCS graphics!

What's that got to do with this isometric game?

@@Izzanbaad I believe that is exactly what he is referring to. I see his point, but it all comes down to the control scheme. It doesn't matter all that much if you keep strictly to the isometric view, but many games, including this one, do not. You will notice that the minimap is _not_ isometric, meaning that the isometric view of the playing field doesn't line up with the map. As such it means that up-left on the playing field is west (left) on the map, while up-right is north (up). This is where the control scheme comes in. Some isometric games align the controls with the map, meaning moving left will actually move your character up-left on the playing field, while moving up will move your character up-right. This is quite unintuitive, and can lead to unfortunate situations like walking into an enemy unintentionally. Other games may align the controls with the playing field (and/or have the map isometric as well), so that you need to move up-left to have your character move up-left. This is much more intuitive, but can get annoying on digital joysticks. If you can only move in the cardinal directions between the tiles of the playing field, this means you have to always move the joystick diagonally, which takes more strength. Basically, the spring holding the stick gets harder to move the further away from center you go, and moving diagonally to activate for instance both the left and top microswitches requires you to move the stick quite a bit further off-center than simply going left. As such, your hand is likely to get tired much more quickly playing such a game. All that being said, it's not something that bothers me a lot, but I understand that some people might have a problem with it. Of course there are isometric games where this never comes into play. Populous 1&2 are isometric but they are mouse driven and you don't control any characters directly, so the issue never comes up.

You are 100% correct with your analysis. I had to position my joystick diagonally in order to avoid what you described. This would be the only 'weak' point with the game, otherwise its very well produced

@@RetroGamerNation I take it that the control scheme is aligned with the map then?

Yes, controls are aligned with the map.

Indeed. 🙁 Great channel.

You are a champ for saying so. No idea why the algorithm gods have not given any of my content a boost but I am so grateful to have a loyal viewer base. My consistent ratio of viewers vs subs is very high compared to my peers. I am so lucky to have solid base that appreciate the content.

I tend to agree with you here. I can’t say that I have been tempted to play around with it any further since the recording of the video.

@@RetroGamerNation reminds me of a tech demo than a useable program. Still interesting though, not sure if id want to pay for it.