This is the Fifth major playable release of the brand new and original game
for the Apollo Vampire V4 Stand Alone, FIREBIRD V4 for A500, ICEDRAKE V4 for
A1200, and MANTICORE V4 for A600 systems.
Featuring 68080+AMMX acceleration, full SAGA integration, 16-bit graphics,
16-bit sound and music, USB gamepad support, and 60 FPS gameplay.
Thanks to all the feedback from users playing the previous releases - you
spoke and we listened! See below for an the extensive list of improvements
and additions.
For more information, please visit the game website:
http://www.jakeandpeppy.com
...We continue our journey on this game's development...
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Welcome to the Jake and Peppy alpha playable preview!
Please view the game manual in this archive (PDF file).
This has details on controls, requirements, etc. You can view the PDF on
the V4, A500 FIREBIRD, or A1200 ICEDRAKE with the appropriate software,
or on any other minor platform you wish to use.
NOTE: 10k core is highly recommended! The game runs silky smooth on this
core. Users on the old R5 core will only have keyboard support, as extra
USB functionality arrived with the R6 core.
All game graphics and sound for Jake and Peppy is original, except for
the few royalty-free or public domain assets below which have been
modified for the game:
dreamstime.com: Dinosaur bones
craftpix.net: Medieval block set
datafont.com: M04 Fatal Future font
Zapsplat.com: for a few extra sounds
Opengameart.org: crate graphic
QSEC Team.
CHANGELOG
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V0.90 26/05/2024
- NEW: Integration with the Ultimate Expansion Board! "Jake and Peppy"
shown on LCD screen. The glowing "V4" logo on the board lights up when your
ship takes a hit!
- NEW WEAPON added: The BFG!
- NEW ENEMY type: The red eye-blob
- NEW LEVEL added: The Red Menace
- NEW BACKGROUND (lava)
- IMPROVEMENT: Changed fire buttons on the gamepad: A is primary weapon; B is
secondary weapon.
- IMPROVED weapon balance.
- BUG FIX for some audio channel configuration.
- BUG FIX for enemy counters when using the HAMMER.
- The obligatory "more stability for improved user experience".
V0.85 31/12/2021
- NEW WEAPON added: The HAMMER.
- NEW FEATURE added: Rewriting of game engine object handler to allow for
compound objects.
- NEW BOSS added: Lazy Eye, with new sounds and graphics
- NEW SUBGAME function added: Gem puzzle.
- NEW FEATURE for subgame: added 'easy' and 'hard' modes.
- NEW FEATURE added: health bar to boss enemies.
- IMPROVEMENT: added sin tables for speed optimisation.
- NEW FEATURE: Screen shake implemented for large impacts.
- NEW AUDIO TRACK added from SampleMind: Math Max
- BUG FIX for player ressurection. Still a gremlin in here, but not critical.
- BUG FIX for collision detection on walls, to stop players getting 'stuck'.
- BUG FIX for collisition detection on players/enemies for a rare condition
which resulted in player health being continually drained.
- BUG FIX for the v0.70 level 2, which broke the warp gate (couldn't finished
the map).
- BUG FIX for some misplaced graphic tiles in levels.
- BUG FIX for player flashing upon multiple hits, resulting in a conitnual
white graphic.
- BUG FIX for crate explosion sounds.
- BUG FIX for a font offset error for one character.
- IMPROVEMENT to HUD layout. Added level goals, and rearranged positioning.
- IMPROVEMENT: Added code for ensuring sequential levels play different music
tracks.
- NEW LEVEL 1 for v0.85 created (Lazy Eye boss)
- NEW LEVEL 2 for v0.85 created (Gem puzzle)
- NEW LEVEL 3 for v0.85 created (Large Eule level, with hammer weapon)
- Multiple other fixes and improvements ("General game stability improvements
to enhance the user's experience", or "This software update improves system
performance", if you prefer to use the modern terms!)
V0.80B 13/08/2021
- NEW ENEMY Fire turrets added.
- NEW ENEMY flames added using AMMX accelerated transparency.
- NEW FEATURE added: Spot-light mode, accelerated using AMMX.
- NEW high-resolution ship rotations added! This was the most requested
feature from feedback.
- IMPROVEMENT to ship flame gfx: fully antialiased now using AMMX.
- IMPROVEMENT to game engine: Optimisations has resulted in a 30-40% framerate
increase!
- NEW explosions added to hit enemies using AMMX accelerated transparency.
- IMPROVEMENT to bullet graphics; tidied up.
- CHANGE to default ship loadout; tweaked graphics and parameters for better
'Arcade' style gameplay.
- NEW Critical hit Changes and Critical Hit damage implemented.
- IMPROVEMENT Some further optimisation to the asm graphics code.
- IMPROVEMENT to management of WARPS and addition of further level editor
options.
- IMPROVEMENT to animation management.
- NEW LEVEL 1 for 0.80 created.
- NEW LEVEL 2 for 0.80 created.
- NEW tileset colour variation added
- BUGFIX to start of level bug where the previous thrust direction was
undefined/not reset.
- NEW FEATURE added: hit-stats added to enemies when hit.
- NEW FEATURE added: small explosions when player bullets hit walls and other
objects that are not enemies.
- CHANGE to control system: ship now moves with direction (no thrust button-
press required)
- NEW FEATURE added: press 'M' in game to start/stop music playback. Also,
this feature is available in the in-game menu (ESC).
- Many, many, small BUGFIXES, core IMPROVEMENTS, and tweaks.
V0.75B 29/05/2021
- BUG FIX in controller input management (couldn't select items with gamepad
properly when changing build). A new button press is required when hovering
over items now when in the hub.
- BUG FIX in Level 3 map, which had an invisible enemy on the map which
caused damage when hovering over it.
- BUG FIXES to the game engine and memory management.
- IMPROVEMENT to tile graphics. Cleaned up discontinuities.
- IMPROVEMENT of various graphical elements, such as little explosions when
bullets hit walls.
- IMPROVEMENT to multi-shot scatter to maximise area coverage with 8-way
directional play. This is now the base loadout for the ship.
- IMPROVEMENT to map editing/loading for setting of properties of all in-game
objects.
- NEW FEATURE added: mini-map, with fog-of-war and transparent overlay.
- NEW FEATURE added to graphic functionality: 24-way directional sprite
handling added.
- NEW ENEMY added: fireball wall turrets.
- NEW WEAPON added: homing missiles.
V0.7E: Minor improvements
- Default to 'KID MODE' on, for new players who struggle with the default
difficulty.
- Tweaked audio playback, to accomodate changes in audio for the upcoming
core R6.
- Fixed some typos in the game text.
V0.7D: First public release 09/04/2021
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