Sergio's Games

#heartBEATbox 5: Heart of the City (2013)

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:13:00 +1300

#heartBEATbox 5: Heart of the City was made for Global Game Jam 2013 in collaboration with Lianne Booton, Gerard Paapu and Joshua Smyth. It is comprised of a brief rap battle simulator bookended by elaborate cutscenes (which merely hint at the game’s extensive backstory) and a needlessly long high-score tallying sequence which I provided the narration for.

To play this game, you will need XNA, a microphone, and Windows speech recognition.

Download (24.9 MB)

Knytt Underground (2012)

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 07:24:00 +1300

Knytt Underground is the latest game by Nicklas ‘Nifflas’ Nygren. I was only involved in this game’s development in a small capacity (contributing graphics, testing and ideas) but I like this game a lot so I’m taking all the credit I can!

For those keeping track, this is the third Knytt title I’ve helped out on. I also provided tilesets and testing for Knytt Stories, and made the area ‘A Strange Dark Place’ in Knytt Experiment.

Buy Knytt Underground (US$14.99)

Endless Winter (2012)

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:13:00 +1300

Another Knytt Stories collaboration, this time by myself and other members of Nifflas’ Support Forum. Unlike Rainy Day Adventure, which was made in just a few weeks, Endless Winter took over two years to see completion. This level offers a choice between scenic and challenging paths, placing difficulty more or less in the hands of the player. Nonetheless, a large amount of backtracking and exploration is required, so I wouldn’t recommend this level to Knytt Stories newcomers.

You will need Knytt Stories to play this level.

Download (22.7 MB)

You Have To Put The Stake In The Dracula (2012)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:07:00 +1300

I started making this halfway through Kackling Korpse of the Monster Klaw #64. Unsurprisingly, I didn’t finish it by the event deadline, but I decided to polish it up and release it for Halloween. The title is inspired by Healy’s similarly named series of games, while music is derived from the Castlevania franchise (primarily the surprisingly good cellphone port of Dawn of Sorrow).

Download (2.0 MB)

Snowflake (2012) | Juni Jones: Ace Attorney (2012)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:48:00 +1200

Snowflake was planned as an entry for caevstroy and dave.germain’s infamous No Solid Objects competition, but extreme dissatisfaction with the level design (or lack thereof) caused me to abandon it. Prompted by Healy, I put some finishing touches on Snowflake and released it, but the level design is essentially as I left it in 2010. The best aspects of this level are the amazing music by Fearofdark and the background art (viewable here, level spoilers) which I drew with a ballpoint pen.

Juni Jones: Ace Attorney was made for Peppyhare4000’s Bad Level competition. As a result of this, playing it is likely to annoy you. The endings are especially subpar. It features music I made (or at least assume responsibility for), including a song originally created for Snowflake to fulfil caevstroy’s assessment criterion of “bizzare custom music with samples of barnyard creatures”.

You will need Knytt Stories to play these levels.

stanley melberg: accursed accountant (2012)

Fri, 11 May 2012 02:21:00 +1200

My second game for Klik of the Month Klub #57 (though one that took well over two hours) was a fan sequel to hugs’ excellent Klik of the Month Klub #53 submission, stanley melberg: enchanted accountant. The music used is the appropriately-titled Inferno from La-Mulana, but edited by me to include more orchestra hits. The downloadable version of this game is, in my opinion, slightly superior.

Download (2.9 MB) or play it online (HTML5)

Oh Man Go Time Gaiden: Gaiden (2012) | OH MAN GO TIIIM3 (2012)

Fri, 11 May 2012 02:00:00 +1200

More Oh Man Go Time sequels. Oh Man Go Time Gaiden: Gaiden is a spin-off of a spin-off; specifically, it builds on Healy’s unfinished tribute to the series, Oh Man Go Time Gaiden. It was initially made for Klik of the Month Klub #57, but later transplanted into Pirate Kart V, where it went on to confuse anyone who encountered it without being intimately familiar with the Knytt Stories engine.

OH MAN GO TIIIM3 was made in response to Healy’s challenge to release a Knytt Stories level within a week. It was conceived mostly as a tech demo to test some of my ideas for unintended usage of the Knytt Stories engine, but the results didn’t end up being all that impressive. You never know until you try!

You will need Knytt Stories to play these levels.

Rainy Day Adventure (2012)

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:46:00 +1200

A Knytt Stories collaboration for Pirate Kart V featuring areas designed by me, Healy, EffBee, dotdot, Fabien Porée, Zecks, Draknek and TheCube. There’s also custom music by feeblethemighty, Kanar and Shnabubula. Download the level for even more credits!

You will need Knytt Stories to play this level.

Download (12.7 MB)

Passagebalt (2012)

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:22:00 +1200

Passagebalt is a Pirate Kart V submission that fuses Passage and Canabalt. Of all my games so far, Passagebalt has spread the furthest, being featured on FreeIndieGam.es, Rock Paper Shotgun, IndieGames.com, Kotaku, Edge and many other places. Virtually every asset in the game was appropriated, see the game’s page on Glorious Trainwrecks for an extensive list of credits.

Download Passagebalt (1.8 MB) or play it online (HTML5)

Barbara Kwest (2005) | Barbara Kwest 2012 (2012)

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:53:00 +1200

One weekend when I was around 12, I installed a copy of AGS on a computer belonging to my grandmother, Barbara. I started making an adventure game starring her, then forgot about it for two years. In 2005, I discovered that the source files were still there, added an ending and showed Barbara, who unsurprisingly appreciated it. In 2012, I discovered that the source files had somehow still survived despite a couple of computer changes and decided to release Barbara Kwest via Pirate Kart V: The 2012-in-one Glorious Developers Konference Kollection.

I also took the opportunity to make a sequel to the game, this time with Barbara’s assistance. The original was an adventure game because that was the genre Barbara enjoyed most at the time, but now she’s more into hidden object games (hence the radical new direction taken by Barabara Kwest 2012). We used Klik & Play, because I missed it and Barbara’s computer is capable of running it natively. The version posted here will run on 64-bit Windows, though.

Miscellaneous Pirate Kart V Submissions (2012)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:50:00 +1300

Four Pirate Kart V submissions too questionable for solo posts. The first, Stop Using Your Gut: How to Efficiently Measure ROI was yet another Kickstarter reward based on the suggestion “make a game based on the title of any talk scheduled for GDC”. This time, inspiration was provided by Curtis Onuczko of BioWare Edmonton. The second, Coolmann, is a Choose Your Own Adventure game built in Twine. It was a collaboration with two friends of mine (who may or may not have been inebriated at the time) which was released under the pseudonym ‘Von Lemaggio’.

The third, Pixel Perfect Gaiden, is a fangame of toaster’s Pixel Perfect also inspired by Jory Griffis’ Pixel Perfect 3.5: Fan Mix. It was my first foray into GameMaker HTML5. The fourth, The Negging Wife: Gaiden: The Rhinoceros Poop Adventures is a sprite edit of markp0rter’s The Nagging Wife: The Dog Poop Adventures.

Keys to the Asian Market (2012)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:52:00 +1300

My first contribution to Pirate Kart V: The 2012-in-one Glorious Developers Konference Kollection. This Pirate Kart was displayed at GDC thanks to Kickstarter funding, with project backers able to choose from a variety of rewards. A popular reward was the creation of a game based on the backer’s specifications, with one such request being “make a game based on the title of any talk scheduled for GDC”.

This level was based on a talk by Dennis Ryan of Popcap Games. The music used is The Wise Tortoise by Shnabubula, from his magnificent album Free Play. Kudos to Noyb for building a special Knytt Stories player for the Pirate Kart V launcher.

You will need Knytt Stories to play this level.

Download (6.6 MB)

Dandelion Game (2012)

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:46:00 +1300

Made frantically in the 5 hours before the deadline to the Experimental Gameplay Project 5 Buttons Competition. It was made with the swimming pool / art gallery setting firmly in mind, but feel free to play it at home with the 1-5 keys on your keyboard.

Download (3.9 MB)

AAAAAmaze (2012)

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:01:00 +1300

AAAAAmaze was my main project of Global Game Jam 2012. Our team had three amazing artists (Lianne Booton, Anthony Lau and Regan Music) and a great Java programmer (Paul Catling) so I opted to mostly do odd jobs like sound effects, glitch graphics and tedious sprite recolouring. Due to the excessive quantity of artists there are several neat graphics that never made it into the Windows version, though they have been implemented in the iPad port.

Download for Windows (16.7 MB) or iPad (7.1 MB)

You Have To Eat Yourself (2012)

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:34:00 +1300

For Global Game Jam 2012 I took an hour out of my team project to interpret the theme as literally as possible. Geez, this was my first game of 2012? Oh well.

Download (1.8 MB)

Water Walk (2011)

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:09:00 +1300

A short Knytt Stories level in which your ability to jump is taken away from you.

You will need Knytt Stories to play this level.

Download (870 KB)

TIME WORM!!! (2011)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:53:00 +1300

My third and final Klik of the Month Klub #53 submission, and the only one made within the traditional two hour time limit. A one button love letter to Animation Library, the unofficial theme of the event as suggested by madamluna. The music is a combination of two short Casio SK-1 recordings from SynthMania which I used based on advice from SpindleyQ.

Download (1.5 MB)

thurs day part ii (2011)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:32:00 +1300

My second contribution to Klik of the Month Klub #53. I received a wide range of feedback on thurs day after including it in the 2012 IGF Pirate Kart, so I felt compelled to make a sequel. thurs day part ii attempts to compile several notable art games into a singular experience. The graphics are original this time, as is the audio, with the exception of a few samples from Moondust and Passage.

Download (3.2 MB)

Worker & Parasite: The Game (2011)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:01:00 +1300

Worker & Parasite is the first of three games I submitted to Klik of the Month Klub #53. It is an adaptation of the skit of the same name from The Simpsons, inspired by the Museum of Soviet Arcade Games and rhetoricstu’s Silly Family. I created the graphics in June and then sent them to rhetoricstu, who implemented the appropriately glitchy gameplay. The music used is Goto80’s Jonkvrouwe, remixed by Mark Gobbin.

Download (3.7 MB)

Eliza Edith Escapes Expiration (2011)

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:49:00 +1300

A pseudo-sequel to Sergio Cornaga, Procrastinator made for both Klik of the Month Klub #52 and the 2012 IGF Pirate Kart. This game began its life as a proposed sprite swap of Sergio Cornaga, Procrastinator that arose in conversation with my friends Eliza and Michael. The next day I thought it would be cool to actually make it, so I enlisted the help of the finest skull artist I know, Ethan Worley, who promptly drew the vast majority of the game’s many skulls. The music featured is Dock Boggs’ rendition of Oh, Death.

Download (4.4 MB) or play it online (HTML5)