KAIKO

Official account of KAIKO GmbH, game developers from germany.

Creating games since good old 8-bit times.

[THQ Nordic Mobile @thqnordicmobile]

📢 #Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure opens its gates to Early Access on #Steam and the #EpicGames Store! 🥳🎉🎊

Unleash your creativity as they design, decorate, build, and automate workshops alongside your peculiar companions, the Sparks. ✨

Developed by @MassiveMiniteam, play Oddsparks on:
💙 @Steam: https://t.co/bMpLVRH8QY
💜 @EpicGames: https://t.co/Xp9ZB1GVRZ

📺 Watch the release trailer on YouTube: https://t.co/BXvsKcJNVZ

#automationgame #adventure #IndieGames #factory #RPG #multiplayer #pcgaming #indiedevs

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@UridiumAuthor @Madcyril2001 @t2_steve If only one thread writes, you can use a variable as a lock. Must be volatile in c++, to prevent the compiler from caching. Is this a good idea ? Well, depends ;)
Waiting for a variable to be 1 - that is a spin lock, if you are stuck in there for a while its quite wasteful.

[Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning @ReckoningGame]

Many fantastic tales have been spun about Alyn Shir… now it is up to you to unravel one of them.

Looking for challenges, not riddles? Prepare to put your battle skills to the test in the Arena.

A new patch is now available for console players.

#KingdomsOfAmalur #ReReckoning

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@Zepht We are working on a project right now and will so for some time - no idea yet what comes after that.

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

In case you someone to forward this one to - we are hiring.
https://t.co/Kgnp1hq7cn
https://t.co/VSSuAYwRc2

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

Manage a small team of highly motivated professionals and steer them through the production of a new Action Adventure in a beloved THQN Franchise ?
Apply now via our website https://t.co/AJv8y9Q0pt
@THQNordic

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

You want to join us as a game designer to work on a new Action Adventure in a beloved THQN Franchise? Apply now via our retro-website https://t.co/VSSuAYwRc2 @THQNordic

[Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning @ReckoningGame]

Fatesworn, the latest expansion for Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, is OUT NOW!

Telogrus, God of Chaos, has emerged to claim his mortal kingdom and only you can challenge this risen god, Fateless One.

#KingdomsOfAmalur #ReReckoning

[THQ Nordic @THQNordic]

We've heard it's Cas' 344th birthday THIS YEAR ALONE? Happy Birthday, we hope you enjoy the game!

If you want to see some #ReReckoning Fatesworn gameplay, tune in here: https://t.co/FUZqnXi12O

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@retrotechtive @SarahJaneAvory You should keep color palettes in mind. Sprites have their own colors. Very useful for player characters for example.

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@edge_h8 @ReckoningGame @THQNordic Yes, it does.

[Reinhard Pollice @ElMegalomator]

very excited to welcome @yvesgrolet and @KAIKOgames in our slate of awesome game devs @THQNordic

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@UridiumAuthor There is a Saved games folder that windows has special treament for.

const GUID FOLDERID_SavedGames = {0x4C5C32FF, 0xBB9D, 0x43b0, {0xB5, 0xB4, 0x2D, 0x72, 0xE5, 0x4E, 0xAA, 0xA4}};

It is created in users but has a proper icon even.

[Microids @Microids_off]

You wouldn’t pass on some magic potion would you? 💥

Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All! will launch in Fall 2021 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One Consoles, Nintendo Switch and PC. The game will be backward compatible on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@UridiumAuthor I actually forgot why but we resorted to importing that function from shell32.dll instead of directly using the include files and linking statically. There must've been a good reason...

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@UridiumAuthor @KevEdwardsRetro Did my first assembly coding in a monitor program. I padded my code into pages of nops so I could extend it.
Those times...
Then the assembler I had couldn't do macros so the 8 bit signed jump offset bit once in a while. Couldn't do local labels as well ;)

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@UridiumAuthor Stylish solution would be an analogue tape delay.

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@RaistlinGP @UridiumAuthor I think this is not a generally good advice. Compilers auto-vectorize code and using doubles will run half speed in such cases. As always - it depends on what you want to do.
Also memory speed can be the dominant factor in your code in which case doubles also run half speed.

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@slaine_ @MOS_8502 You can open it up and refill it yourself. There is just a long ribbon curled up inside that is meant to be full of ink. Did that all the time in the old days.

[KAIKO @KAIKOgames]

@Y0pps @r_a_salvatore We can't share any details about the Expansion at this point in time but all your questions will be answered.
We also will continue to take care about the base game, however right now there is no patch scheduled.