Sloanysoft β“‚May 16
Rhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

What are you doing this lunchtime? My new game, Gone Fission, has been released. I'd love you to play it.

https://rhyswynne.itch.io/gone-fission

#gamedev #pico8

Gone Fission! by Rhys Wynne

Local multiplayer board game for people who like 8-bit explosions

itch.io
May 16 at 10:57amWeb
Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 16
The object of this board game is to try and eliminate all other players by creating chain reactions. It's simple to play, but with 3 difficulty levels and local multiplayer, it can be tough.
Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 16

It's based on a PD game for the Atari ST (and a bunch of other machines), and it is a tribute to the Public Domain scene of the early microcomputers.

I've put a post about it on my site here.

https://www.rhyswynne.co.uk/gone-fission-released/

Gone Fission! Released - Rhys Wynne

My latest game – Gone Fission! – has been released and is available to play on itch.io. Play Gone Fission! on itch.io How To Play The goal is to eliminate all other players from the game by causing chain reactions of 4 or more atoms. Probably the game is best explained in animated gif form. … Continue reading Gone Fission! Released

Rhys Wynne
Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 16
Thanks to @ross, Chris & Fee for testing :)
Show threadnivsMay 16

@rhyswynne Congrats :)

I actually tracked down the original developer aruond 2014! It was released first for the Sharp MZ in 1982 as Exploding Atoms by the owner of Knights Computers in Scotland, inspired by a board game they saw on a trip to the USA. Damned if I can find the article I wrote about it now though :/

Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 16
@nivrig bloody hell! That's amazing. Would love to read it if you do find it 🀞
Show threadnivsMay 16

@rhyswynne Hurrah for the Wayback Machine!

https://web.archive.org/web/20150507092227/http://girv.net/blog/2014/fundamental-atoms.html

Fundamental Atoms

Fundamental Atoms

John Girvin
Show threadSloanysoft β“‚May 16

@nivrig @rhyswynne

Fantastic! That was great reading. Shows the value of preservation of websites.

Show threadnivsMay 16
@Sloanysoft @rhyswynne Thanks chaps. I should really recover those posts and add them to my current blog ... for history!
Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 16

@nivrig I enjoyed that read, thank you (and past you for writing it!).

Just glad I wasn't alone in enjoying this game as a child!

Show threadSKC πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆMay 16
@rhyswynne That got really challenging, but I managed to win! Really cool concept!
Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 16
@skc glad you liked it!
Show threadStefanMay 16
@rhyswynne very fun!
Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 16
@stefan thanks Stefan. Glad you liked it. And congratulations on your win!
Show threadBen PickeringMay 17
@rhyswynne Very good, thank you!
Show threadRhys Wynne 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊMay 17
@benpickering glad you enjoyed it :)