Nick (ZX Spectrum)

Nick

Nick 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).

Help nick in his road connection project, across 50 difficulty-increasing levels. A hurricane has scrambled all the road pieces, and now Nick has to rearrange them to get all roads connected again.

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 50 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 right of the game screen there is a code for continuing in another session. You can enter the code from the in-game menu (long press action to open the menu).

Development tools used

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

Thanks & Mentions

• Marta, for her support, 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.
• My uncle Pedro for introducing me to the ZX81 and the Spectrum.

Changelog

• Version 1.0.0: Initial release