Apr 19
As I should have expected, as soon as I released GearHead Caramel v0.500 last week a whole lot of bugs that had been hiding for months suddenly made themselves known. So this week I present to you v0.510, a release with far fewer bugs but one extra crab mecha. You can download it from the …
Apr 13
I’ve just made the first public non-demo release of GearHead Caramel. Character creation is working. Mecha engineering and design is working. There is a lengthy playable campaign with an endpoint. You can import your characters from GearHead1. Obviously there’s still a lot of work to do, but the next game in the GearHead series is …
Feb 07
I’ve just uploaded GearHead-1 v1.310. There are some bug fixes, some UI tweaks, and some new graphics. Also, I have updated the release-packing script so that it automatically sets the version number. How fancy is that? You can get v1.310 from itch.io or GitHub. If you enjoy the game and can afford it, a small …
Jun 17
I’ve just uploaded a new release of GearHead Caramel. This release finishes off Winter Mocha, at least for now, so I can move on to creating the first real scenario. Six months after the Typhon Incident, you are invited to a charity mecha tournament at the newly built Mauna Arena. It should only take ten …
Mar 09
I’m happy to announce a new release of GearHead Caramel: Winter Mocha. The enemies are now smarter. The repair skills work. Module attacks have been added, so if you run out of ammo you can at least go down kicking. Configuration can be edited in-game, and there’s an option to disable the music (which was …
Feb 15
I’ve just uploaded a new release of GearHead Caramel to GitHub. The Winter Mocha mission scenario has been expanded with a full random plot generator; play time should now be 15 to 20 minutes, moving this into the category of genuine coffeebreaklikes. You can import characters from GearHead1, and there’s another possible lancemate in Mauna. …
Dec 23
Happy Tip’s Eve, everyone! I just uploaded the first release of GearHead Caramel, a short scenario called Winter Mocha. Try it out and let me know what you think.
Dec 03
Turns out there were some problems with GearHead2 version 0.700, uploaded yesterday. It crashes on Windows, contains a spelling error, and I even forgot to update the version number on the title screen again. A new release that fixes all of these problems has been uploaded to GitHub. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Dec 02
I’ve just uploaded a new version of GearHead2 that catches development up to the current state of GearHead1 and fixes a number of bugs that have been hanging around since the switch back to SDL. You can download the source code and binaries for Windows or Linux from this link.
Jun 30
I’ve just uploaded GearHead2 v0.630 to GitHub. This completes the move away from the old repository, and sets the baseline for future development. It’s not a very exciting release, but it does fix some longstanding bugs and add a couple of interface improvements. Check below the fold for the full list of changes.
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