Mushroom Soup
A downloadable game
Mushroom Soup is a short game made for the ZX Spectrum 128
"A platformer that stands above the crowd due to nice visuals, chirpy music and neat level design"
"Cute, bouncy and fun!"
- Crash micro action 80%
"Mushroom Soup on ZX Spectrum is really special!"
- Retro Arcadia retroarcadia.blog
"Play it and enjoy it. I know you will"
- Simon Butler crashradio.org
"A rather cool platformer this. Very well designed indeed."
- Nick Jenkin @Njenkin Youtube
Story:
A little goblin lives alone in a tree in a faraway forest.
They are very hungry and want to make mushroom soup. Their favourite.
Unfortunately, mushrooms only grow deep in the nearby caves filled with all manner of nasties and baddies. The entrance being a hole in the ground.
Cautiously the little goblin jumps down the hole with dreams of soup guiding their path.
Gameplay:
Guide the goblin through 10 levels, collecting all of the mushrooms to open the exit door.
Being so small and with such a heavy mushroom basket, the little goblin can't jump and so must rely on timing, hiding and crouching to avoid hazards.
Thank you
For looking at my first game.
I made this mostly as a learning exercise.
I certainly learnt a lot and will apply the knowledge gained to future games going forward.
I hope you find some enjoyment from it.
Credits:
Music,Graphics,Code
©2024 Ottersoft
Extra special thanks to the following people:
- Jonathan Cauldwell, Kees van Oss and all of the people involved with the MPAGD engine used to make this game.
- Damien Guard for the Bubblegum font
- Ramon for the MPAGD sound mod
- Minilop for fantastic guides online (& great games)
- Rossy for the amazing goblin drawing
Download
Install instructions
.tap file to be used with a ZX Spectrum Emulator (in 128k mode) or real ZX Spectrum 128 computer for example via DIVMCC or a real cassette.
Development log
- Invisible FixMar 10, 2024
- FUSE Emulator Bug on MacMar 09, 2024
- Bright Colour FixFeb 04, 2024
- Slight UpdateFeb 03, 2024
Comments
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A real gem, just love it🤩 Perfect difficulty level, nice graphics and wonderful sound effects. Thanks for giving us a great gaming experience!
Thank you very much for the kind words 😄 I'm glad you had fun! 😁🦦
I really had a lot of fun with your game although it was short and left me wanting more. I look forward to your next work, I leave you the video of the game. greetings!
Thanks for playing! I'm glad you liked it, I like the video 😄
I will make more games, hopefully a bit longer 😁🦦
I think there’s too many similar platform games for ZX from last few years but this one looks more interesting than most of them. Maybe some new tricks are the key here, like hiding. I like it!
Thanks for the kind words 🙂 Hope you enjoyed it. 🦦
yes, I did! :)
😄 Fantastic! Have a good rest of the week ✌️🦦
Crisp graphics, sweet animations, great controls and mechanics for hiding. Also very cool concept for main character and his quest for mushrooms. Top notch game.
Such kind words! Thank you so much ☺️
I'm glad you had fun! 🦦
I recently bought a Spectrum 128k computer and saw this game on IndieGamer's youtube channel! This is a very good game! I love it! Thanks!
Thanks very much, I'm glad you liked it 😁 I hope to finish more games.
Enjoy the 128! Great machine 🦦
great mini game!!
love the technic for the hide
congratulations!!!!
Thank you very much. 😁 I'm happy you liked it 🦦
Love it. One small issue - when you die, you get told to "press fire to continue" or summats like that but when you're using a kempston stick... fire don't do it.
Other than that, it's great. Hate the falling stalactites.
Oh dear! Thanks for letting me know! I'll have a look into that. I'm guessing fire on keyboard worked instead?
I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise 🙂🦦
Yep, keyboard was fine :)
Great thank you. I'll get on it! 👍🦦
Good game and fun to play, thank you. I also added that to my New Games On ZX Spectrum from February 2024 -video too.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Will definitely check the video out for other games 😁🦦
Such a great little game. Really cute name and story and I love the hiding mechanic. Top work!
Thanks very much 😄 Glad you liked it 🦦
Very nice reaction game with quicky increasing difficulty. Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 02:41:25. Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
Thank you for featuring the game 🙂 I hope you enjoyed it for what it is. 🦦
You can hide behind the rocks with the fire button to avoid the knights 😉
thank you for your creation. A beatiful and amazing game. i´m waiting for more games like this.
Thank you for the kind words 🙂🦦
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you! A very beautiful and interesting game, but very short!
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it 🦦
The next game will be longer, I promise 😉
I'm already waiting! :)
WOW! Nice new game. Looking forward to more games. Maybe there could be a sequel. The goblin ate the wrong mushrooms and...then it's up to the imagination how it goes from there ;DD
https://retro.flashback.cz/novinky/mushroom-soup-cesta-hladoveho-skritka/
Thank you so much for the kind words and review (You have a really fun, amazing writing style 😁)
If people really wanted another I suppose I could. I did have lots of unused sprites and levels. 🦦
Love your game !
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it! 🦦
Awesome game!
Thank you very much! 🦦
Awesome game, great work !! <3
Thank you very much. Glad you had fun. 🙂🦦
I really enjoyed this, and since it's just a short ten levels, I had to finish it :)
Great! Glad you liked it. 😁 Thanks for the walkthrough. 🦦
You're very welcome, and thanks for making the game :)
Wow! This is really a cool game!
Thank you very much! Plenty to improve on with the next game! 🦦
<3
👍🦦
Excellent! Thank you!
Hope you like it! 🦦