What a great collection! You should definitely try this for yourself, but if you're curious what it looks like recorded on VHS, I've got you covered (spoiler: it looks great).
This is a really cool idea and I'm glad you made this. I checked out Ode to the Moon which you can see here and I definitely plan on playing the other games. Great game and I'm looking forward to what the other games are like! Thank you!
great concept but now due to the aestetic it's making me want to make it into a eboot and run via adrenaline on my vita which I know is impossible ><; excellent work on these games.
I had to make a 3 scary games video for the demo disk. This is the first of multiple as all the games look EPIC.
Thank you so much for showing us your creation, I had an absolute blast playing the three games in this video. Cant wait to make more episodes covering the work.
Would 7zip make the archive any smaller ? It can sometimes make a big difference and give a smaller download size for the end-user. Zip files usually have the worst compression. Use 7zip or Peazip with 7zip settings on ultra compression. You can get even smaller compression if you add your own compression commands before starting.
This is a quote from a friend who compresses archives using 7zip with very good size results:
"The parameters I generally use are -mx -myx -ms=15g -mqs=on -mmt=8 -md=1024m -mfb=273 which in GUI terms is LZMA2 Ultra preset with 1024 MB dictionary size, 273 word size, 15 GB solid block size, and 8 threads. The qs (sorting by type) and yx (analysis of all files) parameters aren't available in the GUI but can be added manually.
For this game I used 512MB dictionary since I was doing other things in parallel, and the difference would be only around 100MB at most. I adjust it depending on how long I want it to run, since I usually do it in the background while working."
You don't need to go that far ,probably a basic 7zip archive on ultra settings would be much smaller.
You NEEEEEED to get this published by Limited Run! I can't believe I'm reading "we don't have the time or resources to organise the can of worms that is monetization and physical production. We would need some sort of publisher to handle the money split and production if we were to sell a physical copy" -- this is a no-brainer. LimitedRunGames.com PLEASE
I really like this style , sadly if i Start heartworm from the launcher the launcher didnt close by there self , ingame ( heartworm ) you can hear the launcher background music :S maybe there will be a bugfix?
TBH, I'm seeing coverage of this demo disk EVERYWHERE! If you guys went to some kind of publisher and pitched this, showing them the numbers I bet you could get some kind of monthly subscription thing going shipping physical discs. I would definitely subscribe if it existed
I love the idea, it has solid content, definitely brought back memories of old CDROMs full of demos from late 90s-early 2000s. Played Dead Heat, Sauna2000, Snowy Castle, Filthbreed and In Somnia so far, and they're all good in their own way. I'm also surprised that some of them are more complicated and feel like actual demos of work-in-progress. Great job, can't wait for the full release ;)
Hi! i want to ask you how did you make that demo graphics? that main menu looks so good that seems ripped off from a 90's demo.
Also great job, i've been enjoy the demo so far. i really hope that you guys do more demos (maybe with other themes instead horror, like sports, action, etc...)
I think this is a good idea to promote indie games, even if they aren't ps1 horror aesthethic related. Imagine a monthly demo disc with some indie demos. it would be amazing.
whoever made the game with the pistol and the enemies have shotguns and halberds if ur reading this u can get out of bounds in the second level and then fall down a hole you can't get out of i thought id find a secret down there but i just got stuck and couldn't reset the level
I adore this project! I grew up playing PS1 UK demo discs and I've always dreamed of making something with that aesthetic. More than happy to have been beaten to the punch! All these games rule.
Wow this looks amazing, this is the kind of stuff i'd want to see more of! Silly question, is it possible to play these games with a PS classic controller? (Assuming these games are playable with controllers, i haven't played any yet!)
I played Sauna2000 over on my channel and I had a lot of fun playing it! Trying to get all of the endings and can't wait to play more of the games on the disc!
So i started Playing some of this games, and Good Job guys, you brought me back at the days where after playing horror games on Ps1 i struggled for sleeping.
Played a few of the games, I love the concept of a haunted demo disc. Playing through the games gave me flashbacks to playing through PS1 demo discs as a kid. Thanks to the organizers and the devs for putting this together. <3
Haven't had time to give this a go yet but just from the look of it I'm excited and really impressed. You've really nailed the PS1 era aesthetic! Will re-comment in the future once I've given them a play. P.S. I really, really like this idea, it's like a mix-tape but for indie gaming.
Oh? I'm one of the organisers so I would love to hear what issues you have with it. Not much help to just say something's bad without explaining yourself.
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I still have all the old disks too. There are tons of them!
What a great collection! You should definitely try this for yourself, but if you're curious what it looks like recorded on VHS, I've got you covered (spoiler: it looks great).
VERY DOPE collection of games so far. I've played 2 games so far. I was stuck in Fatum Batula, but filth breed was SCARY!!!
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I played the Ramen game! It was a lot of fun as it was a very creative game. You can see my reaction here!
Next year -- and I hope there is one next year! -- I'd like the games to all have controller support, so that I can play with a real ps1 controller.
As for other operating system support... perhaps just test to make sure the games run under WINE? Unity games usually do...
This is a really cool idea and I'm glad you made this. I checked out Ode to the Moon which you can see here and I definitely plan on playing the other games. Great game and I'm looking forward to what the other games are like! Thank you!
great concept but now due to the aestetic it's making me want to make it into a eboot and run via adrenaline on my vita which I know is impossible ><; excellent work on these games.
Welcome back Spectators and Development team,
I had to make a 3 scary games video for the demo disk. This is the first of multiple as all the games look EPIC.
Thank you so much for showing us your creation, I had an absolute blast playing the three games in this video. Cant wait to make more episodes covering the work.
- L
Would 7zip make the archive any smaller ? It can sometimes make a big difference and give a smaller download size for the end-user. Zip files usually have the worst compression. Use 7zip or Peazip with 7zip settings on ultra compression. You can get even smaller compression if you add your own compression commands before starting.
This is a quote from a friend who compresses archives using 7zip with very good size results:
"The parameters I generally use are -mx -myx -ms=15g -mqs=on -mmt=8 -md=1024m -mfb=273 which in GUI terms is LZMA2 Ultra preset with 1024 MB dictionary size, 273 word size, 15 GB solid block size, and 8 threads.
The qs (sorting by type) and yx (analysis of all files) parameters aren't available in the GUI but can be added manually.
For this game I used 512MB dictionary since I was doing other things in parallel, and the difference would be only around 100MB at most.
I adjust it depending on how long I want it to run, since I usually do it in the background while working."
You don't need to go that far ,probably a basic 7zip archive on ultra settings would be much smaller.
I took a quick look at the 5 games using the proper 4:3 aspect ratio. None of this widescreen crap in the 90s!
Is there any chance for a controller support it would add more feels like you are playing on PSX with a dualshock controller
The only downside is that it makes me want to play a full game especially Until Biglight
Is it Possible to learn this power?
Fellas, I must know. How did you achieve these Ps1-like graphics!?
You NEEEEEED to get this published by Limited Run! I can't believe I'm reading "we don't have the time or resources to organise the can of worms that is monetization and physical production. We would need some sort of publisher to handle the money split and production if we were to sell a physical copy" -- this is a no-brainer. LimitedRunGames.com PLEASE
I really like this style , sadly if i Start heartworm from the launcher the launcher didnt close by there self , ingame ( heartworm ) you can hear the launcher background music :S maybe there will be a bugfix?
The audio in the launcher should automatically mute when you are active on a different window. Were you tabbed into the Heartworm window?
direct from the launcher it doesnt mute :S
TBH, I'm seeing coverage of this demo disk EVERYWHERE! If you guys went to some kind of publisher and pitched this, showing them the numbers I bet you could get some kind of monthly subscription thing going shipping physical discs. I would definitely subscribe if it existed
same !
What an awesome collection of demos! Looking forward to future demo disks you guys put together.
Cool idea making a "Demo Disk" of a bunch of indie games.
Downloading this I was expecting a loose .zip of games. The front end of this is amazing and the games suck you in!
I love the idea, it has solid content, definitely brought back memories of old CDROMs full of demos from late 90s-early 2000s. Played Dead Heat, Sauna2000, Snowy Castle, Filthbreed and In Somnia so far, and they're all good in their own way. I'm also surprised that some of them are more complicated and feel like actual demos of work-in-progress. Great job, can't wait for the full release ;)
Hi! i want to ask you how did you make that demo graphics? that main menu looks so good that seems ripped off from a 90's demo.
Also great job, i've been enjoy the demo so far. i really hope that you guys do more demos (maybe with other themes instead horror, like sports, action, etc...)
I think this is a good idea to promote indie games, even if they aren't ps1 horror aesthethic related. Imagine a monthly demo disc with some indie demos. it would be amazing.
Keep it up!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! The menu was put together in unity using pre-rendered 3D animations/objects that were constructed in Blender.
-Bryce B
whoever made the game with the pistol and the enemies have shotguns and halberds if ur reading this u can get out of bounds in the second level and then fall down a hole you can't get out of i thought id find a secret down there but i just got stuck and couldn't reset the level
I love tasty ramen so much fun!!!
Can you play using a controller!?
The controller compatibility varies from game to game.
I adore this project! I grew up playing PS1 UK demo discs and I've always dreamed of making something with that aesthetic. More than happy to have been beaten to the punch! All these games rule.
Wow this looks amazing, this is the kind of stuff i'd want to see more of! Silly question, is it possible to play these games with a PS classic controller? (Assuming these games are playable with controllers, i haven't played any yet!)
The controller compatibility of each game varies, as they were all developed separately.
I played Sauna2000 over on my channel and I had a lot of fun playing it! Trying to get all of the endings and can't wait to play more of the games on the disc!
Yooo... this games are amazing. "Geat Job" to the devs.
Thank you to everyone involved in this project! I had a fun time trying out your games.
Very nostalgic of old demo disc I used to get with magazines, great idea to bundle all these awesome games together!
There's some really weird games on here too and I love it.
So i started Playing some of this games, and Good Job guys, you brought me back at the days where after playing horror games on Ps1 i struggled for sleeping.
Played a few of the games, I love the concept of a haunted demo disc. Playing through the games gave me flashbacks to playing through PS1 demo discs as a kid. Thanks to the organizers and the devs for putting this together. <3
Haven't had time to give this a go yet but just from the look of it I'm excited and really impressed. You've really nailed the PS1 era aesthetic! Will re-comment in the future once I've given them a play. P.S. I really, really like this idea, it's like a mix-tape but for indie gaming.
bad game
Oh? I'm one of the organisers so I would love to hear what issues you have with it. Not much help to just say something's bad without explaining yourself.