Welcome to Parallel Realities. Within this site you will find a host of different projects that we
have worked on over the years. These are mainly games, but also include GUI frontends for MAME and
other little Java products.
| 11th March 2010 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.52.
This release fixes a bug with the Basement Boss |
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| 7th March 2010 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.51.
This release adds the missing Basement Boss. The final medal update (1.17) for
Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid has also been released. |
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| 28th February 2010 |
| A second release of Slackware 32-bit and 64-bit packages for
Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid
1.16 have been added, to ensure generation against the correct kernel version. |
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| 23rd February 2010 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.50.
This release adds a new map and features Medal support |
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| 22nd February 2010 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid
1.16 is now available for Slackware (32-bit and 64-bit binary packages). |
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| 17th February 2010 |
| Another experimental 1.16 version of
Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid has been released.
This version contains some update Medals and will likely be merged with the Sourceforge project.
Additionally, the Medals server has been updated with new Blob Wars and Virus Killer medals. |
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| 12th February 2010 |
| An experimental 1.15 version of
Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid has been released.
This version allows players to earn in-game medals, by performing certain tasks. You will need to sign up for
Medals in order to make use of this feature. |
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| 8th February 2010 |
| Project: Starfighter is now available for AROS. |
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| 31st January 2010 |
| We've added the ability to subscribe to project comments via email. This is a little
bit work-in-progress, and might be a bit flakey, so please bear with us. Email addresses are encrypted and not
passed on to 3rd parties. Oh, and we've also blocked access to web browsers identifying themselves as Internet
Explorer 5 or 6. Please upgrade! |
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| 30th January 2010 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.46.
This release fixes numerous bugs and crashes. |
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| 22nd January 2010 |
| Blob Wars : Blob and Conquer has been
nominated for Reloaded's first
Game Of The Year Awards 2009!
Voting stage for these awards is now open and you can post in many topics as a guest. However,
the voting process requires registration at Reloaded. This will allow you to take part in the voting
as well as gaining access to boards not available to guests.
So, please show your support for Blob And Conquer by heading over to Reloaded and voting for it! |
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| 2nd January 2010 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.45.
This release updates the Library map and fixes numerous bugs. |
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| 21st December 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid and
Blob Wars : Blob and Conquer now have
Sourceforge pages and accounts for future maintenance. If you're interested in helping out,
then you can find them
here
and
here, respectively. |
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| 15th December 2009 |
| The site's feedback form hasn't been working for some time. Apologies to those who
have attempted to contact us recently. Please send queries, etc. through again. |
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| 28th November 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.41.
This is a minor update to fix a bug in the Golem Boss. |
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| 22nd November 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.40.
This release adds a new map and fixes numerous bugs. |
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| 16th November 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer v1.11
is now available. This release fixes a bug in the save game system, as well as making a change so that
all cutscenes are always played before a boss battle. Some typos were also fixed. This is the final release of
this game. |
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| 6th November 2009 |
| New Slackware 32-bit and 64-bit versions of
Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid v1.14 are now
available, as well as 64-bit packages for Project: Starfighter. |
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| 5th November 2009 |
| Binary packages for Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer
are now available. |
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| 4th November 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer has been updated to version 1.10.
This release fixes a bug with setting the sound volume, as
well as adding in a new font to allow for localisation of the level banner messages. It also fixes a bug
with cheat options, where Tekka's weapon select could become corrupt. Note that the Windows version hasn't been updated due to build
issues with cross compiling. Note: there are only sources right now,
because rpmbuild in [K]ubuntu 9.10 doesn't behave as it did in previous versions and is now refusing to
create the binary packages. As soon as this is fixed, binary packages will be uploaded. |
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| 19th October 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer has been updated to version 1.09.
This release adds in some new Polish translations, as well as
allowing players better control over optional motion blur. The motion blur settings will be automatically disabled when outside
of the actual game.
It also corrects some bugs where the environment and ambient volume
settings didn't do anything(!) |
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| 6th October 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.33.
This minor release fixes the polish translation and makes the game function correctly in different locales. |
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| 3rd October 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.32.
This is an interim release to fix a number of issues and allow easier translating. Additonally,
Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer has been updated to version
1.08, featuring additional Polish translations. |
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| 25th September 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.31.
This update fixes a problem when updating from a previous release. |
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| 22nd September 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.30.
This release adds another map and proper joypad support. |
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| 4th September 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer has been updated to version 1.07.
This release marks the start of the Polish translation of the game. |
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| 3rd September 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.26.
This update fixes a crash during a boss battle. |
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| 17th August 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.25.
This update adds a tutorial map and the next part of the game. |
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| 25th July 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.22.
This is a minor update to fix a problem with sprite priorities. |
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| 21st July 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.20.
This update release adds new levels and works on 64 bit CPUs. |
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| 19th July 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid has been updated to version 1.14.
This update fixes some issues with the random number generation and keyboard controls on the map screen. |
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| 11th July 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid has been updated to version 1.13.
This update should fix the remaining alpha blending issues. |
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| 4th July 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid has been updated to version 1.12.
This update attempts to fix some issues with corrupt graphics whilst using alpha blending. |
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| 28th June 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer has been updated to version 1.06.
This release fixes some issues when loading or changing levels. |
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| 20th June 2009 |
| The Legend of Edgar has been updated to version 0.11. This
release fixes a crash when entering the mines. |
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| 13th June 2009 |
| A new project, The Legend of Edgar, has been added. Additionally,
an RSS feed of comments can be found at http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/rss.xml |
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| 11th June 2009 |
| Online versions of the manuals for Starfighter, Metal Blob Solid, Blob And Conquer, and Virus Killer
have been uploaded. This should help those who have problems locating the gameplay instructions after having installed the game. |
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| 21st March 2009 |
| A Windows version of Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer v1.05
is now available. It has not been extensively tested, so it may not run as intended on all (or any) systems. |
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| 28th February 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid v1.11 is now available.
This update fixes a bug with the up control always being mapped to the Up Arrow Key, as well as fixes a few other misc.
bugs to do with font rendering and locale. |
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| 9th February 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid v1.10 has been updated
to release 3. This should fix the issue with the license agreement being reported as missing. |
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| 1st February 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid v1.10 is now available.
This update adds in some Polish translations for picking up items that were missing. |
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| 4th January 2009 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer v1.05 is now available.
This release fixes a bug with the boss battle vs Blaze and Frost, and permits the player to more easily enter the cheat code.
In game event cutscenes are also no longer skippable. |
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| 23rd November 2008 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer v1.04 is now available.
This update fixes a bug where the game will open a window of 1900 x 1200 when it is first run.
Tutorial #15 - Advanced Animation
is also now available. |
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| 26th October 2008 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer v1.03 is now available.
This update fixes a bug which would cause games to crash upon reload when transitioning from a level
which featured a unique, non-transferable weapon (e.g. - flamethrower) |
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| 20th October 2008 |
| Tutorials
#13 and #14
are now available. These tutorials deal with editing and collision detection for tile based maps. |
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| 15th October 2008 |
| Tutorial #12 - Scrolling a Tile
Based Map is now available. This tutorial will demonstrate how to scroll the map around. |
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| 13th October 2008 |
| Tutorial #11 - Displaying
a Tile Based Map has been added. This marks the first of the intermediate series of tutorials
where we will learn how to make a platform game, amongst other things. |
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| 12th October 2008 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer
has been updated to v1.02. This update fixes an issue where it was not possible to control Bob
when restarting some missions. |
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| 11th October 2008 |
| Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer
has been updated to v1.01.
This release allows players with a joystick to swap the motion of the second stick. Save
games are also no longer compressed. This should help to debug some crashes. |
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| 9th October 2008 |
| Tutorials #9
and #10
have now been added. This marks the end of the Basic series of tutorials. More
advanced tutorials will be added in the coming weeks. |
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| 7th October 2008 |
| Tutorial #8, Sprites
and Animation, has been added. |
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| 6th October 2008 |
| Tutorials #5,
#6 and
#7 have been added. |
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| 5th October 2008 |
| We're giving away a Beta key for Little Big Planet on the PS3! All you
have to do to 'win' it is tell us the funniest joke you know.
Click here to go to the competition page.
Entries have to be in by 5pm! Good luck! |
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| 4th October 2008 |
| Tutorial #4 has been added. |
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| 27th September 2008 |
| Several basic tutorials (
#1,
#2 and
#3) have been added. |
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| 21st September 2008 |
| The website has been overhauled, slightly. We've also started,
due to numerous requests, to write tutorials for writing games and dealing with SDL in general.
These tutorials will be added to the website as and when they are done, so check back often.
We've also added the ability for people to write comments under a number of the project
pages... |
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| 17th August 2008 |
| Due to requests we now only supply tar balls for our Linux games
and no binaries for anything else. This is due to concerns over copyright and licenses for
our games' assets. If you have any questions, please use the feedback forms on the
relevant projects pages. Linux Package Maintainers: Please note that our games are Free at
a source level only (ie - only the source code is GPL), and should not be included
as part of Linux distributions, unless all the assets can be provided Free. |
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