Arby and Friends (ZX Spectrum)

Arby and Friends

Arby and Friends is a puzzle game, now remade for Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K (or his bigger brothers)

Play on your Speccy, your preferred emulator or directly from the browser (you will need a keyboard).

Get Arby to the goal across 60 difficulty-increasing levels. He can't do it alone, and he will need a little help from his friends. Each friend has different movement patterns, you will have to discover and combine patterns to finish each level.

This game was designed by LukaszM and appeared first on Fancade.

How to play

You can play using the following methods:

• Keys: Q = up, A = down, O = left, P = right, Space = action
• Alternate* keys: Cursors [5678] to move, Enter = action
• Joystick/Gamepad at joystick port

*keys can be redefined, but alternate keys will be lost

With movement controls you move the cursor to select a character, and the action key starts moving the character.

Levels, skip, continue

There are 60 levels, and some of them can be quite demanding. If you get stuck, you can skip a level (up to a maximum of three).

In the bottom of the game screen there is a code for continuing in another session. You can enter the code from the in-game menu.

Development tools used

• Z88DK compiler suite and tools.
• Aseprite for pixel art in tiles and sprites.
• BeepFX by Shiru for sound effects.
• Godot Engine for prototyping levels.
• ZX0 compressor by Einar Saukas.

Thanks & Mentions

• Marta, for her support, level transcription and extensive testing.
• LukaszM for creating the original version of the game.
• Martin Magni for creating Fancade, a wonderful gaming ecosystem.
• Juan Carlos González Amestoy for RetroVirtualMachine and RVMPlayer.
• Conrado Badenas for giving me ideas for adapting to ZX from CPC.
• My uncle Pedro for introducing me to the ZX81 and the Spectrum.

Changelog

• Version 1.0: Initial release
• Version 1.1: Gracefully handled case where user assigns M or R when redefining keys. In that case, Menu or Restart still can be accessed by moving the cursor until reaching Menu or Restart and pressing action (thanks, @Eremus!)