Indie outfit Atomic Windmill is pushing towards the completion of a model new ZX Spectrum sport that takes the hazardous and hyper-punctual world of meals supply and transposes it to the outer areas of the galaxy.
Space Pizza places gamers within the unenviable position of “the galaxy’s quickest, presumably solely, interstellar pizza courier”, who’s tasked with delivering a mammoth order of stuffed crust specials to a clandestine authorities advanced, constructed deep inside the recesses of a far-flung asteroid. The miners, technicians, and sinister fits – engaged on a scheme so secret that even they could be uncertain of its true function – require meals, and you might be about to take a life-changing, presumably life-ending, order.
As you possibly can see in these work-in-progress gameplay snippets, House Pizza takes inspiration from the momentum/gravity-based house adventures of yore – akin to Gravitar (1982), Thrust (1986), and Asteroids (1979).
Piloting a tiny supply vessel via treacherous and awkward caverns, full of pizza-ruining hazards, gamers might want to stability the ship’s thrusters exactly in keeping with anti-gravity’s pull with a view to negotiate the twisty, labyrinthine advanced and ship a tacky feast to its staff.
House Pizza is the primary launch from writer Atomic Windmill: a homegrown mission harking back to the bed room programming scene of the Eighties. The code, together with its vibrant pixel artwork, is dealt with by programmer Gary Pinkett, with sound results by Tim Drew and a beat-heavy rating by DJ Hoffman. Constructed with help from EMOOK’s NextBuild Studio, House Pizza is primarily designed for the ZX Spectrum Subsequent platform.
Atomic Windmill’s debut title already seems to be like will probably be scratching that compulsive ‘yet one more strive’ itch for followers of easy however extremely difficult video games. I feel it’s going to be an absolute blast for anybody who does not have the blundering, blunt-force gameplay strategy of Yours Really. (In addition to, I am allergic to cheese.)
House Pizza is predicted to launch on ZX Spectrum Subsequent this 12 months. Atomic Windmill hopes to port to different platforms, together with the Amiga, Atari ST, and Sega Mega Drive later in 2027. You may try extra data over on the sport’s carb-tastic website.