A little dive into the tech to brute force translate games into HTML5 web versions runnable in “any” browser
Orangepascal
Full time Independent game developer since 2004 at Orangepixel, playing games since 1984.
A fast turn-based game! Use your weapon’s or the shockwaves they create to tactically navigate your way around the procedurally generated space stations. But after a first set of turn are done – TAKE COVER for what’s about to happen in the space station…
As seen in the game’s intro, this whole mess was because of Ooze slipping through a space time Hypergate. Weirdly we have never found that exact location of the Hypergate until now! Grab the new version of Gauntlet of Power and jump through that Hypergate!
A new realm entrance is introduced to the Gauntlet of Power, taking you into the Temple of the Quest monks! On top of that a new unlockable character is added, some friendlies, and some not so friendlies!
A fresh new publicly available demo for Regulator City allows you to sample local COOP mode, and dive into the fun box full of new features, gameplay goodies, missions, and monsters that come with all the work done in recent couple of months.
A tactical action game where you are backed up by an AI controlled recruit shooting mutated villains. Complete missions, operate tasks, and unlock new weapons and items and skills and put a stop to the Ooze Mutations taking over the city
A new alternate realm can be now be visited to defeat King Stout, find the crown of the Fairies, and make new friends! Gauntlet of Power version 1.3 is now available
The next big update for Gauntlet of Power is now available in Beta on Steam. Adding the Black smith, the first realm: Dark woods, and the first Friendlies who will help you on your adventures!
Get your hands on the early games that shaped Orangepixel (2004-2007). Fun little games released in an era BEFORE iOS and Android, when phones were still mostly used to call people!
New difficulty modes are added to Gauntlet of Power, alongside a host of balancing improvements, new room layouts and a Doctor Pill!? Come check it out!
Get access to the upcoming v1.2.0 which brings difficulty settings and some major balancing all over the dungeon. And of course also adding a few new twists and changes here and there!
First Quality of Life and major content update for Gauntlet of Power comes within the first week. Bringing new creatures, items, and of course Gauntlet weapons!
Let’s talk about what’s been going on behind the scenes the last few weeks!
What if Binding of Isaac and Vampire Survivors had a Zelda like love baby, with a kick-ass weapon system?
Title: Gauntlet of Power Developer: Orangepixel Publisher: Orangepixel Date of release: June 17th on Steam Price: $13.99 (15% launch discount first week) (Also coming to
About the game Heroes of Loot : Gauntlet of Power is all about the weapons! As you hold the mythical Gauntlet of Power you gain
Residual sees a v1.3.1 release on PC with new Freeplay mode and a much improved Planet scanner
Space Grunts 2 receives a new beta version on Steam as it gains a Quality of Life update, some graphical clean up, and perhaps a tiny new feature left and right.
The Snake Core army continues it’s fight against the Alien Ooze as they now prepare to defend the planet on the Atari VCS!
It’s that time of the year, the FIRST Orangepixel sale is happening platform-wide from Android and iOS all the way to Steam, Itch and Nintendo Switch. Best time to complete your collection of the Orangepixel universe!
The final stretch for Gauntlet of Power release version 1.0 has arrived, so we add some last minute features like an intro animation, additional codex information and a silly feature or two!
Sir Questionnaire, a game of choice and chance, brings dungeon crawling fun to the Nintendo Switch on January 16th 2024
The dungeons have never looked cleaner! As we polish up the Gauntlet of Power game and getting it ready for release. This week we added character unlock tokens, Rune’s and an unexpected visit in the new intro animation!
With over 14 000 games released on Steam in just 2023, and over 10000 layoffs in the business, being a game developer comes with it’s challenges. So let’s RAMBLE about it!
Work on Space Grunts 3 continued some more in the first week of January 2024, so space got more animated with characters, enemy intelligence, and an inventory system!
First week of the year, juggling a bunch of projects, but I decided to focus on the new prototype and get it up and running before the next few weeks will be all about the main projects again.
With Gauntlet of Power and Regulator City going towards release states, it was time to start thinking about the next thing. And then over the holidays tinker with it a bit, resulting in Space Grunts 3 !
A, long overdue, post-mortem on Residual, the game that had a Kickstarter, had a publisher, and was the Orangepixel game that took the longest to develop (before Regulator City which is currently still in development!)
A fun little video with the most asked gamedev business questions answered
New demo comes with many weapon upgrades and combo’s and a host of new enemies and Quality Of Life upgrades to the game’s demo
Heroes of Loot was originally released on mobile in 2013, followed by versions on PC, PS Vita, Switch, Ouya, and many other platforms. It was one of the fastest selling Orangepixel games, becoming profitable in a few days. So was it worth it doing a sequel?
What started as a cool idea, turned into an interesting amount of code and learning how to make AI controlled squad members for single player games!
