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Kenta Cho is someone I admire a lot. I have to admit that of the 50 browser games, I didn't actually find a lot that I really liked. However his Windows games

Kenta Cho is someone I admire a lot. I have to admit that of the 50 browser games, I didn't actually find a lot that I really liked. However his Windows games (most if not all have been ported to X) are incredible. Each one is a gem. They aren't always polished, but the ideas in them are really, really good. Of course you have to like retro style shooters ;-) Thanks for posting this. I keep meaning to read his blog, but I always forget :-)

tgb 10y ago
Oh, wow, I hadn't realized these were Kenta Cho's work but playing them had me explicitly thinking about his earlier works! I always really liked Gunroar [1] [1] http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html
gavanwoolery 10y ago
His Windows game "Torus Trooper" (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html) inspired one that I made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1zyE7ny5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1zyE7ny5A
- david-given 10y ago
  Torus Trooper has been ported to Linux --- it's even in Debian! And it's written in D. It's worth having a look at if you're interested in this sort of thing; a lot of his shoot-em-ups use a markup language, BulletML, which describes enemy behaviours in XML... A job or two back I spent a lot of time buried deep inside noiz2sa (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/noiz2sa_e.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/noiz2sa_e.html), another of his BulletML games, porting it to a mobile game platform as a demo. (This one's in C.) I'm not really a fan of that sort of game but it's a lot more subtle than it looks at first glance. The overall game design and level layout is very carefully done; the way the end-of-level bosses work is particularly clever (they're just ordinary enemies with lots of hit points!). And the whole thing's only 3kloc. Noiz2sa works well on small screens, but Torus Troopers looks fantastic on a big screen. And both games sound fantastic. Anyone know who writes his music?
i336_ 10y ago
Where can I find all the X ports?
- mikekchar 10y ago
  They are in debian if I remember correctly. Arch has then in aur too. I don't actually know where they are hosted outside of distributions, though (if they are).

tgb 10y ago

Oh, wow, I hadn't realized these were Kenta Cho's work but playing them had me explicitly thinking about his earlier works! I always really liked Gunroar [1] [1] http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html

gavanwoolery 10y ago

His Windows game "Torus Trooper" (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html) inspired one that I made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1zyE7ny5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1zyE7ny5A

david-given 10y ago
Torus Trooper has been ported to Linux --- it's even in Debian! And it's written in D. It's worth having a look at if you're interested in this sort of thing; a lot of his shoot-em-ups use a markup language, BulletML, which describes enemy behaviours in XML... A job or two back I spent a lot of time buried deep inside noiz2sa (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/noiz2sa_e.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/noiz2sa_e.html), another of his BulletML games, porting it to a mobile game platform as a demo. (This one's in C.) I'm not really a fan of that sort of game but it's a lot more subtle than it looks at first glance. The overall game design and level layout is very carefully done; the way the end-of-level bosses work is particularly clever (they're just ordinary enemies with lots of hit points!). And the whole thing's only 3kloc. Noiz2sa works well on small screens, but Torus Troopers looks fantastic on a big screen. And both games sound fantastic. Anyone know who writes his music?

i336_ 10y ago

Where can I find all the X ports?

mikekchar 10y ago
They are in debian if I remember correctly. Arch has then in aur too. I don't actually know where they are hosted outside of distributions, though (if they are).