BOH, original retro-flavoured game released

[saimo]

To who likes secrets

Easter is coming and - guess what - there are two Easter eggs hidden in BOH, but nobody found them yet... who will be the first?
(If nobody manages to discover them and anybody is interested, I'll reveal them on Easter.)

[saimo]

Hello,

tomorrow is Easter... and also BOH's birthday! To celebrate such a happy day, I thought it would be nice to let more people get hold of its sexy package at a cheaper cost: so, starting April 4, 2010, worldwide shipping is free for orders of 2 up to 6 copies!* This means that two or more friends can place a single order and receive their copies comfortably at home at the same price they would have paid if they had picked them directly from the shelf of a store! Moreover, the offer extends also to customers of the digital copy, who, as usual, just have to pay the price difference with the physical copy.

Happy Easter to all!

*The offer is not valid for companies. All the copies are sent in the same parcel to a single destination.

[saimo]

Hello,

since more free time is coming with the summer, I thought I'd provide BOH players with some additional fun - and, while at it, I also made it a little bit easier to beginners

So, I have just released the update11, which:
* adds the aiming device (a tool that shows the shooting trajectory);
* allows to restart from the last phase played when difficulty is set to "easy";
* adds 2 new missions;
* refines light casting;
* enriches and extends the menu music of the theme "underground";
* retouches the menu music of the theme "default";
* adds the Danish translation;
* improves the translations;
* fixes the "mood" of the ending;
* updates and improves the manuals;
* applies various other changes.



The update can be downloaded for free from the DOWNLOADS page of the official website.
The demos have been updated to reflect the changes.

[saimo]

Hellooo,

for both those who are having a great gaming time now and those who will back at their computers after the summer, here is one more massive update that takes BOH to yet another level



More specifically, this update:
* adds world standings: the game can send automatically the local records to a global server that keeps the real-time standings of all the players in the world who make use of this new feature;
* adds a new tile kind: the message point, i.e. a location that reveals a message (a hint, a riddle, a part of story, etc.);
* uses the messages points to make many missions more intriguing and to improve the tutorial missions (which have also been slightly modified for greater effectiveness);
* adds the theme "pyramid";
* adds 5 new missions;
* adds the possibility of specifying a success epilogue and a failure epilogue for each phase;
* reworks automappers: the more powerful one now covers the same area of the other one, but provides also an alternative rendering mode whereby the map reflects faithfully the actual colors of the tiles;
* makes movements of enemies clearer;
* allows the RM to open locked passages and exits only when facing them;
* removes sidestepping;
* makes [SPACE] the default automapper key;
* makes the alignment of menu texts definable by the theme designer;
* improves a few strings in some translations;
* improves and updates the manuals;
* applies various other changes.

The update can be downloaded for free from the DOWNLOADS page of the official website.
The demos have been updated to reflect the changes.

As always, enjoy

[saimo]

Little notice to all

Unfortunately, yesterday, not long after the announcement of update13, the provider did some maintenance and this made BOH's website unreachable for some hours. Sorry for the inconvenience. The website now can be accessed without problems (hopefully).

[c0ldb33r]

any chance of getting this as a xbla / psn title?

[saimo]

Hello people,

of course, you wouldn't expect me to let the year end without giving BOH players one freebie, would you? The 14th update is now out! It ups the total number of missions to a whopping 50 (for many tens of hours of play), brings a few enhancements and makes life easier to who enjoys creating his own missions!



More specifically, this update:
* reworks the advanced automapper (the realistic mode has been replaced with the fullscreen view, which allows to see more; the controls have been made more comfortable);
* improves the video modes suggestions;
* allows terminating map lines with CR+LF;
* improves error logging;
* improves the graphics of blocks in theme "C64";
* adds 5 new missions;
* retouches slightly a few missions;
* retouches slightly the Spanish translation;
* updates the manuals;
* applies various other changes.

The update can be downloaded for free from the DOWNLOADS page of the official website.
The demos have been updated to reflect the changes.

Enjoy!

[Jorpho]

I suspect people will be much more interested to know that it is on sale on Impulse again this weekend.

[saimo]

I suspect people will be much more interested to know that it is on sale on Impulse again this weekend.

Actually, this is something I didn't know myself
Thanks for pointing it out.

[saimo]

I suspect people will be much more interested to know that it is on sale on Impulse again this weekend.

Well, your remark gives me the occasion to inform them about another special opportunity, as the update released a few days ago was not the only surprise in store for Christmas

Starting today, BOH comes at ridiculously low price!
In fact, who fancies the idea of receiving a nice boxed copy of BOH comfortably at home, only needs EUR 8.99, for Italy, or EUR 14.99, for any other place in the world! - and that's including taxes and shipping!
And, of course, there's a surprise also for who is perfectly happy with a digital copy: downloading the full game costs only EUR 4.99!
You'll never ever get so much for so little, so, if you're looking forward to lots of gaming fun during the upcoming holidays, don't let this extraordinary opportunity pass you by!

(Please note that this offer supercedes any previous offer and pricing scheme.)

Cheers!

[saimo]

Hi,

since the previous update brought to surface a couple of nasty bugs (as reported by a few users, whom I wholeheartedly thank), I fixed them and seized the occasion to raise the number of missions to 40 and to add a new translation!



More specifically, this update:
* fixes 2 bugs that could cause crashes;
* adds 2 new secret missions;
* adds the Polish translation;
* applies various other changes.

The update can be downloaded for free from the DOWNLOADS page of the official website at http://www.bohthegame.com.
The demos have been updated to reflect the changes.

Finally, a couple of addresses for who wants to follow BOH directly:
* Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BOH/99598418583
* Twitter: http://twitter.com/bohthegame

As always, enjoy!