Sumash

Devlog

• Controller support added
  August 31, 2024 by Chaslinux

  I've added basic controller support to the Windows and Linux (AppImage) versions of Sumash, my Shamus-inspired runner. Keyboard controls still work, but this version adds basic support for controllers... Continue reading

  
• Sumash is finally done!
  February 09, 2024 by Chaslinux

  Not much more to say. The game is now winnable. The Shadow can be killed on the final level, in the final room. As with Shamus, the Shadow sometimes randomly spawns and cannot be killed, only stunned... Continue reading
• HTML working again
  February 08, 2024 by Chaslinux

  Just a quick note that the web/html version of SUMASH is working again. Tonight I hope to compile and release a new Windows version of Sumash as well... Continue reading
• HTML is (temporarily) down, new 1.8 Linux AppImage, no new Windows version yet
  February 06, 2024 by Chaslinux

  The HTML version of Sumash temporarily doesn't work. I've been using the beta version of GameMaker under Xubuntu to do all the development of Sumash. Recently there was a new beta. That beta changed t... Continue reading
• New HUD, enemy death animations, and more enemies and perks
  October 26, 2023 by Chaslinux

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  Note: These changes currently only apply to the Linux and HTML version. They'll be coming to Windows in the next day or so. This release of Sumash has a revamped Head's Up Display (HUD) where Lives, k... Continue reading

  
• Web and Linux version enhancements
  October 18, 2023 by Chaslinux#Shamus, #Sumash, #Droids, #Drones, #Linux, #HTML, #Maze

  Both the itch.io/html ( https://chaslinux.itch.io/sumash ) and the Linux versions of Sumash have several changes. The size of the display has doubled (1024 x 576 from 512 x 288). This makes everything... Continue reading

  
• Keys and locks now working, the game is now winnable
  October 15, 2023 by Chaslinux#Retro, #SHAMUS, #Linux

  Sumash is a (1982) SHAMUS-inspired fan game. This release makes the game now winnable. It's now possible to pick up each coloured key and unlock the associated lock. Doing so will bring down a matchin... Continue reading

  
• Enemy movement, start of key/lock/door combination, sound effects
  October 13, 2023 by Chaslinux#movement, #enemies, #shooting, #droids, #dones, #shamus, #sumash

  Updated now. Enemies now have some basic movement. I've intentionally set up the enemies so that only the spiral drone fires. Robo-droids and snap jumpers do not fire. The behaviour of snap jumpers is... Continue reading

  
• Walk through, sprite changes, enemy fire, HUD, and more rooms
  October 10, 2023 by Chaslinux

  A lot has changed since October 1st. On the 1st you could walk around the first level, pick up the mystery prize, shoot the spiral drone, and walk into the second level... but not much more. On Octobe... Continue reading

  
• Sumash (the one level alpha) - SHAMUS fan game
  October 03, 2023 by Chaslinux#SHAMUS, #SUMASH, #SHMUP, #RETRO, #LINUX, #HTML, #INDIE, #ACTION, #ALPHA

  I adore my 64, my Commodore 64... Back in the early to mid 1980's our family had a Commodore 64. I played a lot of games on the C64 (and made a few very small non-commercial games). Games like Jumpman... Continue reading