I was never much for Flash games, but I was extremely pleased to stumble upon Gamma Bros on Newgrounds a few years back. Fast-paced action, charming graphics and an 8-bit soundtrack all contribute to a rather excellent gaming experience, reminiscent of Space Invaders, Asteroids and 1942.

You take on the role of the titular Gamma Bros Buzz and Zap, who work diligently upon a space station near Jupiter. Every day they must commute back to planet Earth in their spaceships, fending off waves of alien invaders along the way. It is up to you to guide the brothers safely home through the most dangerous regions of our galaxy!

You can play Gamma Brothers in your browser on the PixelJam website, along with a cavalcade of other Flash games. There is also an option to download the game to your desktop, and a store where you can by Gamma Bros merchandise.

I have finished most of the tile-set ending for the Boding Sea Spires, and have moved onto map editing! This is a tricky process due to the somewhat limiting nature of the original Dalaam tile-set, but I imagine it will be fully complete within the next week or so.

The image below is a glance as what the area [...]

So, last week I ran into an issue with one of the maps for Unearthed. Well, actually TWO of the maps, but who’s keeping track? It turns out that one of the tile-sets that I intended to use for a large dungeon area (the Boding Sea Spires) simply will not do the things I want it to.

This is going to delay the next update a bit since I have to edit a palette and tile-set on top of the normal map editing that goes into creating a zone. On the upside,[...]