BOH, original retro-flavoured game released

[digitalpress]

A new game for Amiga!

I totally couldn't figure out what kind of game this was until I watched the trailer video. About 1:30 in you finally get to see the game in action and now I understand why the screen shots didn't "explain" the game. There's an interesting "line of sight" effect going on, so the area you can see in each dungeon is limited to the amount of light or sight you've got at any given time.

Definitely reminds me of Alien Breed, or the more commercially-accessible Gauntlet (without the multi-player).

I'd like to see some kind of multi-player online feature added in the future, but the game looks like fun on its own, best of luck with it!

[saimo]

A new game for Amiga!

Yes, but it's for modern Amigas, those with AmigaOS 4.
Let me stress that it's also for Windows and that both versions are included in the CD-ROM.

I totally couldn't figure out what kind of game this was until I watched the trailer video. About 1:30 in you finally get to see the game in action and now I understand why the screen shots didn't "explain" the game. There's an interesting "line of sight" effect going on, so the area you can see in each dungeon is limited to the amount of light or sight you've got at any given time.

Here is some information about how it all works.
The player normally has a field of vision of 180° (90° to the left and 90° to the right); if he picks up a power-up called "360° visor", the field of vision expands to 360°. However, he will only see what is illuminated by:
* the light he is carrying - there are 3 types of light: faint light (90° cone), mid light (180°) and big light (360°); range and hue also depend on the kind of light;
* ambient light;
* external lights;
* explosions.

BTW: make sure you do not miss the game session video, whose quality is better and shows a whole mission being carried out.

Definitely reminds me of Alien Breed, or the more commercially-accessible Gauntlet (without the multi-player).

Lots of people mention Alien Breed
I have never seen Gauntlet (but I know Gauntlet it is famous), however BOH was definitely inspired also by Alien Breed. Indeed, here is what you can find in the "TRIVIA" section of the user's manual: "As regards the gameplay, BOH was inspired by these C64 titles: Wizard of Wor, The Amazing Spider-Man and Impossible Mission I and II; from a technical point of view, inspiration came from the MS-DOS version of Shadowlands and a coin-op Formula 1 game (maybe Tail to Nose); other games that may have had an influence are Alien Breed II and The Chaos Engine, both for the Amiga computer".

I'd like to see some kind of multi-player online feature added in the future, but the game looks like fun on its own, best of luck with it!

I have plans for a sequel, and indeed the main change would be the addition of a one-on-one online mode. The only problem is that before I even start working at BOH 2, this version must have enough success - and, unfortunately, it's still very, very far from it.

saimo

[robotriot]

As was mentioned on Amiga-News.de, it looks very similar to Left 4k Dead, a free online Java game: http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/

[saimo]

As was mentioned on Amiga-News.de, it looks very similar to Left 4k Dead, a free online Java game: http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/

Yet another game I did not know

saimo