2022 - June - Blastaway Competition - Ended

@AmigaOldskooler

Yes, indeed -- It was my system! Here are some images:










I had awesome time over there and met so many great people, talked about Amiga mostly and just regular stuff. There were numerous systems and from the top of my head, ZX Spectrum +2, C64's, CPC 464, Coco, FPGA machines (MISTer), Amiga 500, Amiga 2000 amd AmigaOne X5000. I am sure there were more, but can't remember at the moment. Of course, as yuo can see from the 1st picture, I had issues setting up repeater which decided not to behave as I would like it. It was working perfectly at home when I tested it, but not on the show. A lot of people was interested in the X5000 and I was giving them quick tour, showing productivity tools, programs and games and everybody liked it. I am pretty sure if everything goes well, I will be visiting West Virginia and Boatfest next year as well.

Back to the topic, I was hoping to play Blastaway overthere, but it was impossible to concentrate, so I don't have anything to show. Still I have 2 more days to try!

Cheers!

@levellord

great setup ! so good to be back to 'real life' shows and get togethers after a few years of covid restrictions

And here is my best score.

@328gts

Thank you! It was my first ever computer gathering! I was really ecstatic about the whole thing and it was even better than I expected! Now I wish there are more (Amiga only) gatherings like this.

@AmigaOldSkooler

Here is my updated high-score:





@saimo

I almost finished the game, lost 5 lives at the 8th level of The Control Rooms, the one which is totally open, resembles of the arena. Super tough!

@levellord

man congrats now we're aiming for 700k We've got only 2 more days eh

Well played everyone! The scoreboard has now been updated and it is currently Levellord who is in the lead with a whopping 667,215 points! Still two days to go, so everything can happen.

@walkero

Welcome to the contest!

@levellord

Glad to hear you had a good time at Boatfest. Looked like a very nice event! I think the Amigos Podcast episode they recorded live there was super.

@328gts

Lol, I was lucky that I am on vaca, kids and wife are in Europe so had a lot of time to enjoy myself and play Blastaway if not working around the house or visiting another state. That 8th level (The Control Rooms) was brutal and will have to replay it again, just to see how to survive. I was so close to beat the game!

@levellord

vacation is definitely the best time to play Blastaway as you definitley need no distractions in the later stages..good luck in completing the game

Last update to my score prior vacation :)
http://www.amateursoftwaregroup.no/images/Blastaway-mcleppa.jpg

Update of my hischore - and I have few more hours left ;) :D

....another update,I finished the game, but no enough score :( I can not belive that I did not get any extra scores for finishing game...

@levellord @VooDoo

Those are some serious scores! Well done!


@levellord

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I really hope for you that it was actually the 9th, because, if not, then you're in for a surprise :evilgrin:
BTW, I did use "THE ARENA" layout for an area, but I can't remember which. It isn't the 8th or 9th, though.


@VooDoo

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Congratulations on the achievement!
Yeah, no extra score for that because finishing the game is just a matter a finishing all the areas one by one, without a "global quest"... But, now that I think of it, I might well add a bonus for who completes the game playing it from the very first arena! It's an idea for a future update (at the moment I'm too busy with another game).

way to go amazing scores guys for an amazing game

I've been stymied by no damn keys too many times BUT I'll try again tonight after work if the time zone permits

Scoreboard updated!

Current top 3:

1) Levellord - June 28th - 667,215 points
2) VooDoo - June 30th - 649,360 points
3) mcleppa - June 30th - 544,805 points

Very close at the top there!

@AmigaOldskooler

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Quite some fierce competition there!


@328gts @mcleppa

Your scores are remarkable, too!

Hi everyone,

The contest has now ended, so let us all congratulate Levellord with the victory! Also congrats to VooDoo (2nd) and mcleppa (3rd)!

Well played all! See you in the next contest.

@AmigaOldskooler

awesome first competition wow to go levellord and all participants

Big shout out to saimo from RETREAM for making such a fun and challenging shooter for AmigaOS4 ! Please consider sending a donation to show our support to saimo especially as Blastaway is free and we all know the many many hours it takes to create such a quality game for our favourite OS !

@328gts

Well said, 328gts! Cheers to Saimo for participating here in the thread and for making one of the best games on AmigaOS 4!

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Thanks for your unlimited support, but let's remember that there's a lot of people in the world who needs support more than me - so, if anyone feels like giving a reward for any of my games, instead of sending money my way, please do something for somebody who's victim of violence ;)

@AmigaOldskooler
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It's been a true pleasure to see you all enjoying the game and progressing so much!

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Thanks for the nice comment :)