Due to exams I had been quite busy during January and February and only now came back to look at all the newly created SFML games. However since I don’t really feel like summarizing discussions or important things going on in the community, I didn’t want to make this another SFML News post and thus named it SFML Games.

New Games

In this section I’ll only feature games for which binary files have been provided, so I could actually try them out.

Slimey Carnage

I love platformers, so this fits directly into my category. While it’s marked as alpha release the visuals are quite polished, the game menu is very well done – especially the settings screen – and the music and sound effects fit very nice. The only downside is, that after a few level the game gets nearly impossible (for me). My guess is that the game was created while using a controller and has not really been tested with a keyboard, or the developer is just a huge platform player. If the controls get adjusted this could easily turn out to be my favorite game of the month. Check it out on the forum.

SF-SpaceG

Next up is SF-SpaceG a small game that reminds me of Asteroids, but goal here is to fly around and get all the checkpoints while avoiding the asteroids. It is kind of strange that the deceleration is a lot slower than the acceleration, plus when you destroy an asteroid it doesn’t go away, but only stops moving and turns red. Additionally it can be quite tricky to figure out whether you’re moving or now since all the asteroids around you are movie as well. The game can be quite fun, but it needs quite a bit of work to get there, especially with the visual feedback. Check it out on the forum.

Fury3D

Not exactly a game, but I guess it’s a start to some game. Fury3D is a simple 3D rendering engine written in C++11 and modern OpenGL. It uses quite a few various libraries, but the demo runs and looks quite nice. Check it out on the forum.

Game Showcases

Some games are not yet playable but have some interesting screenshots or videos which I’ll provide here.

Our Dear Paper Fighters

Unfortunately at the time of writing this the link for the download was unavailable so I didn’t get to try it out. The video looks very nice and little narrative popups are quite funny. It feels a bit bullet-hellish which I usually don’t like, but it think this could be quite enjoyable after all. Looking forward to being able to play it. Check it out on the forum.

Unnamed turn based strategy game

The goal here is to fight win two consecutive battles in a row against another army. From the provided screenshots it seems like quite a bit of the mechanic is already implemented. Check it out on the forum and if you want to see more screenshots and vote for a name, check out this thread.

The Dare

There isn’t a whole lot of information on the project, but it should end up as a top-down horror game set in a psychiatric ward where other patients will try to kill you, while you explore the unknown parts of the facility. Check it out on the forum.

15 Puzzle

A simple puzzle game where you have to bring the scrambled pieces back in order again. Check it out on the forum.

Honorable Mentions

While not published exactly in January, I’ve picked out a few games that I just felt deserved a mention here.

Cinnamon Warfare

It’s a two player game created by Nexus and few other people during the overnight contest at Devmania. The snowmen’s labor union is attacking you and you need to coordinate the building of a defense wall made out of gingerbread. Unfortunately I didn’t have a second player to really test it, but it looks nice and has some fun elements to it. Check it out on the forum.

Re:creation

This game has been in development for quite a while now, but it’s so great and Elias Daler, the developer behind it, is very open with all the tech he’s using. It’s a top-down RPG like game with an interesting mechanic called recreation. Checkout the forum thread for more information, it also contains among nice screenshots a lot of very interesting C++ discussions.