New Game from Arguru: PSP Turrican

Best known for games like SMM (Super Mini Mario) and L.A.S.T 0.01 (Shoot’em Up Test Demo), Arguru is stepping up his game by testing his 2D engine with Turrican graphics.

Screens from L.A.S.T

An extension of the shoot ’em up engine used for L.A.S.T, but with the addition of non-linear scroll-maps, some 2d basic physics (body), and some map/tiling AI so map-text files can be edited easier (the engine will fill corners, shadows, etc). For those thinking that this is the same as the SMM engine, Arguru assures us that it’s a new rewritten one. Despite all software rendering, it’s running nicely at 60FPS with background parallax scrolling, etc.,

Screens from PSP Turrican

Sadly, we still have to wait for a couple more agonizing weeks before we get our hands on this new game. Oh the agony! So for the meantime let us content ourselves with L.A.S.T first. It’ll be a good way to gauge how much we should expect from Arguru. And boy I tell you, after trying it out for a couple of times, I can’t wait for the release of the next one.

Download: [L.A.S.T 0.01]

Best known for games like SMM (Super Mini Mario) and L.A.S.T 0.01 (Shoot’em Up Test Demo), Arguru is stepping up his game by testing his 2D engine with Turrican graphics.

Screens from L.A.S.T

An extension of the shoot ’em up engine used for L.A.S.T, but with the addition of non-linear scroll-maps, some 2d basic physics (body), and some map/tiling AI so map-text files can be edited easier (the engine will fill corners, shadows, etc). For those thinking that this is the same as the SMM engine, Arguru assures us that it’s a new rewritten one. Despite all software rendering, it’s running nicely at 60FPS with background parallax scrolling, etc.,

Screens from PSP Turrican

Sadly, we still have to wait for a couple more agonizing weeks before we get our hands on this new game. Oh the agony! So for the meantime let us content ourselves with L.A.S.T first. It’ll be a good way to gauge how much we should expect from Arguru. And boy I tell you, after trying it out for a couple of times, I can’t wait for the release of the next one.

Download: [L.A.S.T 0.01]