New game for the Retro Remakes 2008 contest. This game fits in the category 'We Like It Retro' where you create a new game in a retro style so this is very much the Amstrad CPC from 1984, which was my first computer and still a great influence on my pixel work. Game screen and status bar use 16 colors each chosen from 27 total palette, and the 16 color mode on CPC uses wide pixels which I'm enjoying cos they're appealingly chunky :)
Contest started 1st September and I've already got this far despite having a busy week with other things so this won't be too time consuming especially since I have til 6th December to complete it. The name stands for Cosmic Platoon Commando (the words may change by time game is complete but the initials will be the same) is a double reference to the CPC computer, and the game Astro Marine Corps of which is the main influence along with Turrican II, Gryzor and other platform shoot 'em ups that were great on the CPC.
scanlines make everything better :3
the guy with the gun looks squished :3
looks nice.
and scanlines DO make everything betterI second _Player_. Everything else looks good, though.
I don't think he looks squished at all. He's the right height for the proportions and he's squatting a bit. The wide pixels might make him look 'squished' for those eyes not used to this resolution but he is correct.
You know how pinstripes are slimming? Well guess what horizontal stripes do. :P
Edit: But great-looking game. I'm not sure if I'm such a fan of the scanlines, but the detail's very nice.I'm sorry Jack, but apparently scanlines don't flatter your figure much.
Looking awesome.