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[saimo]

This game looks really good!

Thanks

I'm wondering how you're doing text in game. Did you have to make that font yourself or is the effect in game largely post-processed?

I've simply drawn it like that. The only bit of post-processing regards colors, as texts appears also in red and yellow (in the menu).

[saimo]

What a pleasure when you get competent and insightful reviews
The game isn't out yet (lots of work needs to be done on the website, manual, package art and trailer, and I have also to decide whether to wait for when I'll have a working AmigaOS machine again so that I can release that version at the same time as well), but, as already announced, it's complete, so I gladly let RGCD's boss have a look at it. If you want to learn more about the game, just head over to his nice review at http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2013/03/huenison-pc.html

[deathtotheweird]

nice review, and the game looks great.

[saimo]

nice review,

Indeed. I must say I was very pleased with how he caught some indirect but key aspects of the gameplay.

and the game looks great.

[saimo]

Hi people,

as the game approaches the release, I thought I'd share a bunch of new screenshots...













... and the pictures the first package prepress proofing...

[saimo]

Hi all, I'm back... this time I have some more juicy stuff to show - here's a little trailer:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=358957510891810

(accessible to everybody, also to who doesn't use Facebook)

I'm also very happy to announce that the game will be published by RGCD (www.rgcd.co.uk), a truly passionate retro game publisher!

[saimo]

Hi all,

if this sort of post is not welcome, please let me know and I'll delete it immediately.

Huenison has just been nominated for the Indies Crash E3 competition, so now it needs votes!
It's late, as the competition started a while ago and will end on May 15th, but it's still possible to make it to the top of the chart with just 500 votes.
If you think Huenison deserves it, please vote and share
Thank you!

http://indiescrashe3.com/nomination/10A663A6-B83A-F2D3-35AC-FDBD33298FE0

[saimo]

Although the game is in its final testing phase, lately I've had this idea and yesterday I couldn't resist anymore
So, I've added a couple of pseudo-CRT modes:



On another note, initially the trailer was not uploaded to YouTube because YouTube's downscaling (800->720) and compression had too a negative effect - look at this:



original is the source 800x800 lossless RGB video
Facebook is the 800x800 video on Facebook
YouTube is the 720x720 (HQ) video on YouTube

Anyway, now the trailer is publicly accessible on YouTube as well:

[saimo]

Hey people,

so, after reading lots of my blabbering, listening to bits of music, looking at countless screenshots, watching frantic videos... it's time to try Huenison yourself

Surf to http://www.retream.com/Huenison, download the demo and have fun!

Of course, I'll be glad to hear from you

[pluckyporcupine]

No Mac version? Hope it works in Wine! It looks great.

EDIT: Woo! Works in Wineskin engine CX11.2.0 with no extra configuration.

[saimo]

Hey johnki!

EDIT: Woo! Works in Wineskin engine CX11.2.0 with no extra configuration.

Great to hear - thanks for trying it out and for reporting! I'm glad that you liked it to the point of trying it on Wine
I personally tested the entire game successfully with Wine on Linux and a betatester had a shot at it on MacOS, so it should indeed work fine.

[saimo]

OK people, some more information now that the publisher's pages are up...

RGCD announced the release of the demo in style here, including also an interview (pruned of the excessive blabbering) with me. Those who are really curious can read the full version at https://www.facebook.com/notes/huenison/rgcd-interview/384266271694267
I guess you also would like to know when the game will be released and how much it will be: it should be out in a couple of weeks and, as the shop page indicates, it will be ridiculously inexpensive: just 2.99 GBP

[pluckyporcupine]

Great to hear - thanks for trying it out and for reporting! I'm glad that you liked it to the point of trying it on Wine

No problem! The only issue now is that I finished the demo in like five minutes, much to my dismay.

Other than that, I'm really liking it. It took me a while to realize that the colors cycled in the opposite direction that I thought they did and I still hit the wrong button occasionally but otherwise it's pretty great.

[AD1337]

Huenison sounds like a joke brazilian name. Huahue, you know?

[saimo]

@johnki

No problem! The only issue now is that I finished the demo in like five minutes, much to my dismay.

Hehe... yes, it's just a little appetizer which includes only some of the introductory levels
Anyway, one thing is completing the 5 levels, another is mastering the game: unless you've already done so, play it again trying to discover all the tricks and to make a every time a higher score. To discover as much as possible, I recommend reading the instructions, either from the menu scrolltext (use LEFT/RIGHT to halt/accelerate) or, even better, in the included manual.
Knowing all the possibilities pushes the player to make strategic choices, to achieve sub-targets, to face the challenge with a different mindset (f.ex., knowing that the untouched ground gives points every second invites the player to never let any brick land on it; or, knowing how the QUICKSHOT bonus works, invites the player to hit bricks in a different way; etc.). Of course, the experience is not only useful for making points, but it's also crucial to pass the "real" levels.

Other than that, I'm really liking it. It took me a while to realize that the colors cycled in the opposite direction that I thought they did and I still hit the wrong button occasionally but otherwise it's pretty great.

Oh, no problem then: just reconfigure the controls the way you prefer
BTW: the options also allow to reconfigure the video mode and the dots mode (i.e. pixel shader): fiddle a bit with those settings to find the combination you like the most. By default, the game uses the same resolution of the desktop and the biggest "square" dots possible, but one might prefer something else.


@AD1337

Huenison sounds like a joke brazilian name. Huahue, you know?

Nope, never heard of that. I hope it doesn't sound bad, though!

[saimo]

Hi all, just making a final post to inform those who are following the thread that the game has finally been released (yesterday). I posted the announcement in the appropriate forum.
Thanks for the feedback and, if you get the game, enjoy!

[saimo]

For the record, since the release, the game enjoyed the following 6 free updates.

November 16, 2019
* Simplified and optimized CRT pixel modes.
* Made 4x LCD pixel mode slightly brighter.
* Added 6x pixel modes.
* Added hardware-accelerated zooming for solid pixel modes to AmigaOS version.

May 1, 2018
* Fixed handling of %TMP% on Windows.
* Improved documentation.

March 11, 2017
* Improved joypad handling.
* Reworked controls reconfiguration.
* Made other minor internal improvements.

January 13, 2017
* Excluded from the options the resolutions bigger than the desktop's (the system might report wrong resolutions, for example due to a KVM switch).
* Replaced the star icon with a thumbs-up icon to mark the best resolutions.
* Made a few other minor internal improvements.
* Revised documentation slightly.

December 12, 2016
* Touched up the logo.
* Colorized and reformatted the scrolltext.
* Changed Huenison's face colors.
* Changed the screenshot hotkey from [PRINT] to [F1].
* Made the pause breakable with any key.
* Compensated system delays so that the video refresh is as close to 50 fps as possible.
* Changed the log file location to T: (AmigaOS) / %TMP% (Windows).
* Added multiple icon sizes (AmigaOS).
* Improved the manual.
* Improved the installers.

Februry 26, 2016
* Added ALL LEVELS bonus.
* Added 5x CRT dots mode.
* Added screenshot feature (press [PRINT] to take screenshots).
* Gave Huenison's face a different color at each interlude.
* Reworked video initialization:
   * allowed running in window on 16-bit screens;
   * worked around libSDL 1.2.13 bugs on AmigaOS;
   * handled case of no resolutions returned by SDL_ListModes().
* Worked on disturbances upon level completion:
   * fixed disappearing of BADLINES;
   * ensured that disturbances are never generated again after being disabled.
* Activated BADLINES sound effect in FACE-OFF level.
* Added fixed channel for speech to avoid it being interrupted.
* Fixed surface leak in wiper cleanup.
* Changed timing check of intro, so that, even if auto-pause kicks in, still the menu becomes active as soon as the speech ends.
* Moved RESTORE bonus notification to when it is achieved.
* Moved hiscores saving to after player name is entered for more robustness.
* Re-rendered final speech sample with two additional laughs.
* Made audio halt immediately when pause is entered.
* Redesigned icons.
* Updated/improved notices/instructions/manual.
* Made a minor optimization in menu.
* Made other minor changes.