What are you doing this lunchtime? My new game, Gone Fission, has been released. I'd love you to play it. rhyswynne.itch.io/gone-fission #gamedev #pico8 - ThreadSky

rhys.wales • 3 days ago

What are you doing this lunchtime? My new game, Gone Fission, has been released. I'd love you to play it.

https://rhyswynne.itch.io/gone-fission

#gamedev #pico8

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spiroharvey.com•3 days ago

Nice work! And love the name. 🤣
I remember a PD game on the Amiga called Atoms. Loved it so much and always sad that it's so rare on modern systems, so thanks for doing this.

rhys.wales•3 days ago

Glad you like it :) - yeah the name is popular!

I've loved hearing every comment like this today. It was a coverdisk filler of a game and folks have been sharing what they played in their younger days. Been giving me more room to explore these.

Thanks also for the generous tip ❤️

rhys.wales•3 days ago

One of the other comments - John Girvin - tracked down the suspected originator of the game for an interview: https://web.archive.org/web/20150507092227/http://girv.net/blog/2014/fundamental-atoms.html

spiroharvey.com•3 days ago

Ah that’s brilliant. Thanks for sharing that.

wordcampcanada.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is awesome. Nice 8-bit audio! Maybe some Frankie Goes to Hollywood for a higher level? :-)

rhys.wales•3 days ago

Funny you say that, the start of the title screen music was originally supposed to be Diana Ross' "Chain Reaction" but it sounded too good and I didn't want a legal fight with the Queen of Motown 😆

rhys.wales•3 days ago

The object of this board game is to try and eliminate all other players by creating chain reactions. It's simple to play, but with 3 difficulty levels and local multiplayer, it can be tough.

rhys.wales•3 days ago

It's based on a PD game for the Atari ST (and a bunch of other machines), and it is a tribute to the Public Domain scene of the early microcomputers.

I've put a post about it on my site here.

https://www.rhyswynne.co.uk/gone-fission-released/

rhys.wales•3 days ago

Thanks to @rosswintle.uk , @chris-green.net & @mxfee.bsky.social for the testing ❤️

gazchap.com•3 days ago

Congrats on the release!

rhys.wales•3 days ago

Thank you :)

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