PapyCPC released a picture for the Castellum Secretum 3 compo. And that's also the only stuff released for this compo.

Carnivac (aka Hiro), a pixel-artist, is working on a CPC-like game on PC for a retro-remake competition. When the contest is over and the game is complete, if a capable CPC coder wants to make a real version for the CPC then he'll provide all the graphic files, the music, maps and notes as to how the game plays and works to build the game-engine for use on the real CPC and also make any necessary modifications needed to run.

Here is a little slide-show (it will run on 64Kb machine) with the screenshots of the game directly transfered to the CPC so you can take a closer look at the awesome quality of the graphics. And if you want to play this game on your CPC, then it's not too late to learn Z80 assembly first :)

Edit: Eh! SuperSylvère is yelling that he also transfered these screenshots! Damn! You can grab them here as OCP Art Studio files (.SCR & .PAL).

PulkoMandy just released an improved and updated version of GrafX2, a pixel-art drawing software for modern computer. Sourcecode is available and should compile on Linux, Mac and windoh. A Win32 binary version is available at the moment (Linux and Mac binaries will come later I guess).

This software is actively supported, you can help by providing bug-reports, features requests or just fan-mail :)

Check the project homepage at http://code.google.com/p/grafx2/ for more details (and Pouët for the Glöps).

Krusty, Cloudstrife and PulkoMandy started a new project called cpcsdk.

The goal is to provide easy-to-use cross development tools for the Amstrad under Linux, to speed up development of your demos and games.

Most of the tools are designed to be used from a makefile and are only useable from the command line. Amongst other things, you will find an image converter, an image viewer, the first tool for reading and writting floppies from an usb drive (limited to romdos d1 disks), a new version of Caprice with some improvements, and a port of ramlaid's cpctools to linux.
Most of them should also compile under Windows, or wathever OS you are using, if you're lucky enough.

CPC-SDK homepage

Wtf?! 2 months after his come back demo on the Amstrad Plus, Norecess strike again with Phat 2 on CPC!

The demo is entirely based on a fullscreen animation playback routine (narrow-minded... erm... well, technically inclined people might not enjoy this very much, hello BDCIron! :). Moreover, the demo is not programmed in C but with good old Z80 assembly (back to roots?). Require 128Kb RAM to run.

Wanna see a glimpse of the Mortel underworld? I started digging out the graphics I still have on floppies and... there's much more unreleased stuff than I though.

If you wanna have a look, I put almost all of them on this webpage and I may update it from time to time (when I will discover more gfx).

Pornophonique is a german music band. Their latest release, 8-Bit Lagerfeuer, is... well, simply awesome! :)

Their music style is some sort of electro/pop/rock and they are using LSDJ (on Gameboy) in most of their tracks. Feel free to support these guys and buy the album as a real CD.

Guess who's back with a new demo?

PHAT is a demo for Amstrad Plus (128kb RAM required), it's coming from overseas and will show you some nice effects but also that demo can be done using C language (with Z88dk in this case).
If you want to know more about how to use C on CPC/Plus, you can go there to get started.

Roudoudou released his stop motion video of the CrocoChanel4. It's short, but it's good :)

What's better than ASIC Inside? Yeah! It's Delirium Tremens by Hard'OS! Since this demo won't be finished any time soon (read: never :), here is a preview of the mainpart which many people may have seen in meetings since... ermm... a few years now :)

OFE is back ! Again ! With his OFEtro 7, this mysterious scener seems to be the most productive these days. Press the spacebar to switch the CRTC 0 compatibility mode ON (that's an amazing feature :).

Roudoudou is back in business with a small Amstrad Plus intro and a great effect! (Press Space or S to switch the scroller and music ON/OFF)
Download ASM Intro 1.

Hermol from CPCRulez released a huge compilation of ZX Spectrum music named Music is Awesome.

That's it! The latest Synergy demo from Impact is finally released! This time it is an Amstrad CPC demo (not Plus). You will need 128Kb RAM to run it.

After a very, very long time away from the CPC, CMP is back in business! Enjoy this come-back release! You can leave him a comment somewhere here or on the Impact-Forum.

Few weeks after the meeting, Eliot/Benediction released all the prods of the Meuuuhting compo! (But we are still waiting for a Revival of the CPC@Work releases...). On the menu-screen, press space to see the part of the guy whose name is bouncing on the screen.

Ca y est, tout est désormais ficelé !

Un nouveau Meeting CPC aura lieu à Coutances (50) au Foyer des Jeunes Travailleurs, du 11 au 13 Avril : début des hositilités le vendredi après-midi et clotûre le dimanche en fin de journée.

Des hébergements seront mis à disposition et "Les repas sont servis à 12 et 19 h... " ;)
Comptez 8 Euros par jour et par personne.

Un concours primé de créations sera organisé. Le thème sera dévoilé prochainement !

Pour ceux qui souhaitent venir par le train, on peut venir vous chercher à la gare :

• Ligne Paris Montparnasse-Granville, arrêt à Villedieu, environ 2h40 de trajet (plus rapide que la voiture, surtout si vous venez avec Candy !!!)
• Ligne Paris-Caen-Rennes, arrêt à Coutances (ou plus loin si vous aimez faire du stop)

IMPORTANT!
Communiquez-moi le nombre de personnes, le matériel apporté et les heures prévues d'arrivée et de départ ! Merci.

email: eliot (le "a" tout chelou) cpcscene (un point) com

English translation: Hello World!

AY-UP! It's The AY-3-8912 Show! Yep, the one man known as Kenz is back at his trusty mic to host an hour-long show devoted to the awesome chip-music from the mighty Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128 and Amstrad CPC computers. This show features classic game themes from 8-bit music legends including David Whittaker, Tim Follin, Ben Daglish, Jonathan Dunn and Rob Hubbard! As well as music from Speccy & Amstrad games the show also contains music from the new Pimp My Chips music disk along with a corking track from the brilliant AY-Riders + much more retro gaming fun!

Website - Download (82Mb MP3)

Another OCP Art Studio hacked version is available. The hack, done by Longshot, provide a very practical hotkey to "View" your picture at any time by pressing the COPY key.
There's a disc and ROM version of this hack. Check the README.TXT for further details.

Supersly just published 4 news articles about CPC graphics made in the CPC demoscene. Quite interresting to read, but it's all written in french (it should be ok with a good online translator).

Shinra released two 256bytes intro lately, both written in BASIC.
TWiSTeR.PaS.CHeR (grab it here CPCScene or here Pouët), a twister experiment and COStimus(CPCScene / Pouët) for some scrollersindots.

ndGrim: If I do a 256bytes intro in BASIC, will you do another 256bytes in assembly next time? :)

To all those living in their own world and are not following what's going on in the demoscene, a funny twister contest appeared in the C64 scene and is spreading to others platforms.
The rules? Just do a twister (or rubber bar, as you wish) in 256bytes.
The price? As usual: pride, glory and a free beer at the next party! :)

This is a screenshot of some of these twisters :
Twisting Sister (C64)
Twisting Twistor Is Twisting 3 by Camelot (C64)
ZXwister by Ate Bit (ZX Spectrum) (I love this one! :)
Twistiminus by Arkos (CPC)
You will find more of them at Pouët.net.

CPC coders out there (hello Optimus ;), if you wanna code something but are too busy with work, wife, etc, just try to do a 256bytes demo while your coffee-break and join the twist!