The Ancient Art of Staying Alive

Devlog

• Steam version released! Claimable soon for Itch owners.
  January 19, 2022 by CaptainD

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  #retro, #survival, #arcade, #steam, #new release

  Now available on Steam - 40% off during release week. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285960/The_Ancient_Art_of_Staying_Alive/ *If you already bought the game on Itch, you will be able to claim yo... Continue reading
• er... v1.85 now
  December 01, 2021 by CaptainD

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  Updated quickly again because someone found a couple of bugs which, while the circumstances necessary for them to occur are probably unlikely, would be annoying if they did happen... Continue reading
• V1.84 released for Windows - MAJOR UPDATE
  December 01, 2021 by CaptainD

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  #retro, #arcade, #survival

  At long last, the game has bosses ! Every 5th Challenge Mode level will give you just one enemy to avoid, but it's bigger than your normal enemy, and will grow bigger - and get faster - as time moves... Continue reading

  
• Planned updates
  July 09, 2021 by CaptainD#arcade, #retro, #survival

  Just to keep you posted on some updates for The Ancient Art of Staying Alive: - Credits and High Score table to be displayed more attractively - One, or possibly two, extra game modes to appear as eve... Continue reading
• AGS Awards
  March 04, 2021 by CaptainD

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  I'm happy to announce that this game has been nominated for two categories of the AGS Awards 2020 : - Best Non-Adventure Game Created With AGS - Best Programming categories. Now I'm certain that if pe... Continue reading
• Steam page is up
  June 01, 2020 by CaptainD

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  If you want to wishlist the game on Steam you now can: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285960/The_Ancient_Art_of_Staying_Alive/ Obviously when the game is released on Steam, people who bought the... Continue reading
• v1.54 released for Linux!
  May 09, 2020 by CaptainD

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  With a little help from my friend Dennis (incidentally if you haven't already, check out his game - https://probdenis.itch.io/master-pyrox-wizard-smackdown ) the latest build is now available for Lin... Continue reading

  
• Updated!
  May 08, 2020 by CaptainD

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  #retro, #minimalist, #arcade, #survival

  Updated to v1.54 (Windows version - Linux update to follow soon) - Optional 8-bit loading screen complete with horrible screechy sounds :-) - High score table for Challenge Mode as well as normal - An... Continue reading

  
• Updates coming soon
  May 08, 2020 by CaptainD

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  Got a few nice updates coming soon, including: - Optional 8-bit loading screen - High score table for Challenge Mode as well as normal - Animated characters! (Simple animations admittedly, but they a... Continue reading
• The Ancient Art of Staying Alive - updated to v1.41 (Windows version)
  April 07, 2020 by CaptainD#retro, #minimalist, #survival, #arcade

  For left-handed players (or those who may merely prefer it!) I have added WASD as a control mechanism. Part of the reason for this was trying the game on my laptop and realising how impossible it is... Continue reading

  
• v1.4 released!
  April 01, 2020 by CaptainD#retro, #minimalist, #survival, #arcade

  v1.4 for Windows has just been released! New features in v1.4: - Sythesized speech for each level start - High score table added... Continue reading
• Currently working on...
  March 31, 2020 by CaptainD

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  #retro, #arcade, #minimalist, #survival

  Currently adding to the game: - High Score system - Old school digitised speech for the level intros - Linux version - Hopefully, Mac Version... Continue reading
• Free this weekend!
  March 21, 2020 by CaptainD

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  #retro, #minimalist, #arcade, #survival

  I have made this game free as part of my "Isolation Helper Giveaway" https://itch.io/s/28988/isolation-helper-giveawayy If you do pick it up and enjoy it, please consider leaving a comment / review /... Continue reading
• The Ancient Art of Staying Alive v1.2 released!
  March 17, 2020 by CaptainD#retro, #arcade, #surfvival, #minimalist

  The Ancient Art of Staying Alive – v1.2 released! New features: You can now change the background colour, some truly horrific colours available for true retroheads (some nice ones too of course!) Yo... Continue reading

  
• Planned updates
  March 16, 2020 by CaptainD#arcade, #survival, #retro, #minimalist

  Following feedback from players and a few of my own ideas, I plan to update the game soon with the following: - Choose how many times you can Teleport in a level - Add a Bomb which destroys nearby ene... Continue reading

  
• NEW RELEASE - The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
  March 14, 2020 by CaptainD

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  #retro, #arcade, #survival, #daleks

  I know this is a bit out of the blue but I've been working on a little retro arcade project for a while and, well, here it is! Don't expect anything fancy in the way of graphics, it's actually just re... Continue reading