SEUCK Compo 2021 contest for the best game for Commodore 64 has started

March 17, 2021, 10:43 Mikhail Sudakov ред.

A few months ago the competition The Official C64 SEUCK Compo 2021 started, which is traditionally held on The New Dimension by its owner Richard Bayliss.

The rules are the same as in previous years - the games should be made on the SEUCK engine, using copyrighted material is prohibited, no more than three submissions are allowed from one person or studio, the games should be free, work normally on the basic C64, and so on and so forth.

The contest will run until April 30, 2021, and then there will be a popular vote. Again no cash or in-kind prizes, but with the winning games Richard will work on improvements - try to transfer to an improved SEUCK Redux engine, draw a splash screen (if needed), write music, add a scoreboard and do a full intro.

At the moment we have exactly four games, and we'll tell you a little bit about them.

Their Machine (Raul Gubert)

A Commando-style action game with terrible graphics and even more crappy controls. You fight the machines that have taken over the entire planet and are planting their wacky propaganda.

Download the game.

Bee Insect Attacking (Roberto Ricioppo)

A smooth and potentially fun scroll-shooter in which you play as an unknowing (maybe honey?) shooting bee. Alas, it's really spoiled by the monstrously bad collision counting, too-simple enemy patterns, and general slowness.

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Ray Fish (TND Games, Richard Bayliss)

The first game this year from Richard Bayliss himself, a scrolling shooter about Ray Fish, who saves his world from an alien invasion. The game looks good and plays well, although the difficulty level is above average, and the lack of sound is a bit annoying. But playing music during the passage of places reminiscent of the famous "Song" from "Hands Up.

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RoboformX 2 (Pinov Vox, Richard Bayliss)

A relatively nice, though somewhat monotonous, sequel to the action Roboform X entry from the year before last. The protagonist is a droid who needs to clear the Form X system of all sorts of electronic contamination, defeat all the bosses, and save the system from destruction. The music, by the way, is also good, because Richard Bayliss wrote it.

Download the game.