Hello! I know it's been a while.
I was browsing your games website and there I found listed a prototype for Venus Patrol. It looked very interesting so i went to download it, by clicking on the link provided but upon extracting the files i discovered that i had actually downloaded Clatter of Keys. Presumably the link was mistakenly copied from that earlier paragraph. Anyhow i was wondering if you still had a working download link for that prototype, I'd love to try it!
Thanks in advance!
That's a deep cut. I can't find it on my computer, but here is a link to a download, in fact of all the games from the Tigsource Cockpit Competition, 2009 (play Enviro-Bear 2000!): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wxdm2y1yylt
I remember the interesting thing about this version was there was a cloud of triangular flying aliens you could interact with, using some kind of flocking algorithm. Unfortunately, trying it now it's uncontrollable, as if something is weirdly wrong with the mouse. I am not 100% sure if this is a technical problem or some choice I made about control schemes at the time.
i've tried a few (along with Euro-Bear 2000, great fun that was! Loved the music.) and they worked fine, but most games i just can't seem to get working, including venus patrol. it opens the console, does something (haven't found a log.txt file or similar so i can't tell what exactly) and then immediately closes itself. i've tried copiying "avbin.dll" as indicated in the readme file but it doesen't seem to make any difference.
Fells like i'm missing something pretty straightfoward and obvious, so i'll keep trying a bit longer.
In the meantime, i can reccommend C'est La Vie (https://cameronmeyer.itch.io/cest-la-vie), it popped back into my mind while playing Euro-Bear 2000, it's quite fun to mess round in and has a nice tranquil(?) atmosphere.
