Spectre SoftwareSpectre Software is an independent games development web site, featuring playable demos, beta tests and a discussion forum. Spectre Software specialise in fantasy and science fiction, strategy and roleplay, games.Horror Squad 1.38 ... bug fixes- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Ive fixed a couple of niggly bugs with Horror Squad that people had experienced (for example, a dreaded script error that sometimes occured during combat was linked to levelling up which is really legacy code from the Magefire Online engine - both games share a common code base).Ive updated the demos and complete version files, and everyone who has purchased the full version has been sent a patch. Id recommend everybody to download the new version. Note - if your version says Build 138 on the...http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=80 Horror Squad page eaten by undead....- (Found June 24, 2008 ) ...and replaced with a tidier, less cluttered, and all round superior mini site! Check it out... it even includes a strategy guide to take the carnage to the enemy. Finally, you can lay those ghosts to rest.I hope you like the new look on the front page too, the addition of the logos to accompany the category of each news item should help your eye filter out the news for the game you are interested in more easily. Also, if you click the logo, it will take you to the relevent bit on the site...http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=79 What happened to Necrotech Warfare- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Necrotech Warfare was never completed, but it has been succeeded with its spiritual successor, Horror Squad. You will find many of the same themes running through both games, the most obvious one is soldiers fighting the undead. Horror Squad is a more traditional squad based strategy game and the engine is better suited for controlling lots of units. I hope that if you enjoyed Necrotech Warfare that you will also enjoy Horror Squad.For anyone that is wondering what Necrotech Warfare was, it was.http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=78 Announcing... Horror Squad- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Pit modern and high tech weaponry against the supernatural in this squad-based tactical game!Face off against the terrifying Wolfman, mighty Frankenstein and the ancient Mummy using pistols, automatic rifles, bazookas, swords and shotguns! Send these legendary beasts back to hell!Only the Horror Squad can stand against this rising darkness...Download my newest release now, you can find the demo for both PC and Mac from the Horror Squad link on the menu!http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=77 New recipe- (Found June 24, 2008 ) What do you get when you put the Apparition engine into a pot with the Necrotech engine and mix them up a bitBlood Rune, a new RPG that Im working on (see screenshot!).This is an RPG in the same sort of style of the old Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master RPG's, that is, the whole game is played out in first person view. This is unlike Necrotech which switched to a battle engine for every fight. In Blood Rune, the fights take place using the same engine. Another key difference is that in...http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=90 Character attributes in Blood Rune.- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Blood Rune is a new roleplaying game that I am working on. In it, you play a barbarian from a small village in a land that is about to be plunged into war. See the attached screenshot to see the work in progress to get an idea of where I am with its development. Like all roleplaying games, the character you play is partly defined by his or her attributes, and this post is about those attributes.The main character attributes in Blood Rune are strength, hand to hand fighting, dodge, constitution,.http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=91 Radar added and bug fixed- (Found June 24, 2008 ) I've been ill the past few days and spent them away from work recovering and so spent some time doing more development on the Freeform Space project in Flash. I've created a new blog here (which you may already be reading, but I'm echoing all Freeform Space information on Spectre Software too so there are two ways of getting to it). The upshot of this is the development of the radar system, firing and playing of sound files from within the engine.The radar system wasn't half as tricky to...http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=104 Online Freeform Space project- (Found June 24, 2008 ) A while ago I had an idea to make a 2D version of Elite that ran in a web browser through Macromedia Flash. Elite as you may know is the basis of Freeform, one of our most successful projects and one I always wished to create a sequel to (called Freeform Space).Recent discussions with work colleagues about procedural generation led me to explain how David Braben had managed to store eight galaxies, each with hundreds of star systems in them, in only 32k of RAM on a Sinclair Spectrum. A few days.http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=103 Retrofit- (Found June 24, 2008 ) The updates on here are getting less and less frequent and I really must do something about that! So here is my first post in a long time and Im going to talk about another project idea of mine.Retrofit (working title) is an idea for a roleplay game where the player is trapped inside a virtual environment in the future. My influences for this idea are cyperpunk ones, I feel there hasnt really been a proper cyberpunk game for a long time and the forthcoming Shadowrun game isnt going to do this...http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=102 Wizard Craft- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Announcing Wizard Craft, an all new totally FREE strategy game from Spectre Software!Wizard Craft is a game of tactical magic. You play as a wizard (and whatever creatures you can summon) and must defeat the other players who are also wizards. There are always four wizards, either human or computer controlled. No two games are ever the same - the map is different every time and so is your spell book.The game is for both platforms (PC and Mac) and totally free. I've also created my first ever...http://www.spectresoftware.com/db/rss/item.asp?id=101 |