Notices by ScummVM (scummvm@corteximplant.com)

Lets Do the Time Warp Again, Or Burger Chow Awaits!

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce full support for Orion Burger, the classic game by Sanctuary Woods.

The engine also adds a few niceties that the original didn't have, such as mouse wheel handling.

Now, luck be with you. And remember, with the aliens cheating on the tests they set up for you, this will be no easy task.

https://www.scummvm.org/news/20240113/

Happy #caturday!

Let's collect the Cats of ScummVM, shall we? Starting with Simba, @felsqualle's companion!

M4 engine lands ScummVM master.

This engine is used by two games, Orion Burger and Riddle of Master Lu. So far, only Orion Burger is completable. It is our second attempt to bring the engine, the first one started in 2008, and in 2011, we removed the engine because it hit a dead end in its development.

The engine has all of its logic hard-coded, e.g., every aspect, every actor, and every object has relevant code in C++. This is why it took so much effort from DreamMaster. And the resulting engine is almost 75k lines of code, supporting only one game so far.

Come to the Dark Side, we have jetpacks!

Dark Side, the exciting sequel of the groundbreaking Driller, is ready for public testing!

Dark Side like its predecessor, was released by Incentive Software Limited in 1988, shortly after Driller. The updated gameplay features a jetpack that allows you to leave the ground, providing a new and fresh perspective that emphasizes the excitement and challenges of exploring Tricuspid, the second alien moon of planet Evath.

Our reimplementation of the Freescape engine features graphics using software (TinyGL) or hardware mode (OpenGL) at arbitrary resolution.

There are two playable demos (https://downloads.scummvm.org/frs/demos/freescape/) if you want to test the game.

Grab the latest daily build from our website - and have fun!

The day has come.

We are super happy to announce public beta testing for the iOS port of ScummVM in the store.

Yes, you read it right! Since Lars Sundström, aka lman, joined our team as the iOS porter, we have made significant progress. Thus, you no longer need to compile ScummVM yourself in order to add it to your iOS or iPadOS device.

If you want to help by testing this version, just follow https://testflight.apple.com/join/h9OfDrEQ and enroll yourself in the test program. This may require installing Apple’s Testflight app. You can find instructions on how to install games and how to play them on our documentation portal.

A New World of Discoveries!

Adibou, the first game in the beloved children's series, is now ready for public testing! Also known as Adi Jr.'s World of Discoveries, this 1991 Coktel Vision title began the educational Adibou collection aimed at children of age 4 to 7 years.

Many of the iconic activities and mechanisms of the series were already part of this first opus: planting flowers, playing the game Breakout, and being rewarded with sweets upon completing Read/Count exercises. And of course, this was Adibou's first appearance!

Dust off your disks, get the current daily build from https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/#daily and have fun!

Imagine having the complete scripts (game code) of all Sierra On-Line games that use the SCI engine published between 1988 and 1996 fully decompiled, human-readable and annotated.

Yes. 100% of the scripts. 100% of the games. 100% made public.

Our SCI mastermind sluicebox did it again!

If you want to learn about the full story, ranging from a deep-dive into the code and tales about the history of Sierra's script language and previous reverse engineering efforts, check out

https://www.benshoof.org/blog/sci-scripts

Hey, Hawkins, nice to see you again!

Muppet Treasure Island, the second mTropolis #game playable in #ScummVM, is ready for public testing!

Read the full announcement here:

https://www.scummvm.org/news/20230614/

#retrogaming

Attention!

An unknown attacker is sending out forged emails with malicious attachments, impersonating team members.

The ScummVM team will never send unsolicited mails or ask you to download any files without prior conversion.

When in doubt, get in touch with us.

Be vigilant.

ScummVM now supports online multiplayer in Backyard Sports games by Humongous Entertainment! ⚾

We are proud to announce that network-enabled Humongous Entertainment titles are now playable online! Anyone who has a copy of Backyard Football, Backyard Baseball 2001, and even Backyard Football 2002 (which was originally a LAN-only title) can download the latest daily build of ScummVM and play online games against real people!

This all became possible because the three developers from the Backyard Sports Online fork had joined the team and brought their services with them to the ScummVM. These are LittleToonCat, Jim “jibbodahibbo” Westerkamp and Sam “QuestionMonkey” Kupfer.

https://scummvm.org/news/20230406/