New game: SOPHIA

[alessandro]

Hi everyone!

I am glad to introduce you Sophia, the master wizard girl on a mission to save the Empire from destruction and humanity from enslavement!



A brand new game for the ZX Spectrum inspired by such classic titles as Cybernoid, Equinox and Druid, with the following features:
- 4 levels
- 85 screens
- 20 different enemy sprites
- 5 tunes
- Final boss fight
- Successful end of game sequence

Game and printer-friendly documentation available in six languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

Designed for models with 128K RAM but can run (without AY sound) on 48K/+ ZX Spectrums equipped with Beta Disk/Plus D/DivIDE/DivMMC interfaces.

Controls: Keyboard (fully redefinable), Kempston, Sinclair.

File formats: TZX (accelerated with SetoLOAD), TAP, TRD, SCL and MGT.

Freely downloadable from: www.alessandrogrussu.it/Sophia.html

Have fun!

[alchemist]

Very nice graphics
Well done, i'll try it

[alessandro]

And now, thanks to Bedazzle, Sophia also speaks Russian!

I modified the disk image files as well, in order to make the loading screen stay there some more time, otherwise it would have been almost invisible

Go get it!

[alessandro]

And now, thanks to Ersh - who was the first to complete the game - Sophia is also available in Swedish!

I also corrected some typos in the manual and in the Russian end-of-game screens.

Download link as usual!

[alessandro]

Hi folks,

today, Sophia has been updated to version 1.1a.

What's new:
- Added an alternative sprite and objects colouring code by Allan Turvey.
- The movement script for Sophia has been revised.

Go get it at the usual address, and have fun!

[alessandro]

Hi everyone!

There is a new update, to version 1.2.

What's new:
- Spiky balls are easier to avoid.
- Background music for levels 1, 2 and 3 has been slightly modified.
- Various fixes and optimizations in the management program.

[Packobilly]

Just downloaded!
Now is time to play!

[Packobilly]

Beautiful game with my old friend Sophia.
The enemys are driving me crazy!
A bit dificult, but not so much.
The game is full of great details. I wonder how do you do it!
Cheers from south Spain.

[alessandro]

Gracias Packobilly!

I hope you will like my other games as well, like Sophia II, Doom Pit, Seto Taisho etc.

[Packobilly]

Got them!
And they have their own folder in disk!!

[dvader]

Looks really nice! Gonna have to try this out when I get chance! 85 screens sounds daunting though

[alessandro]

Thank you dvader, but don't worry, you don't have to tackle all of them at once

[dvader]

That's good. I never got far in Jet Set Willy, way to difficult.

Actually it's odd to see such good games these days on the Speccy. Back in the day they would have sold really well I'm doubting the devs commitment to games these days, lol. Back then it was oh, the machine can't handle it. Truth was the devs couldn't handle it At least in the timescales they were given.