The aim of this competition is to create your very own shoot 'em up using Jon Well's adapted SEUCK - Sideways Shoot Em Up Construction kit (LEFT). (Visit the official Sideways scrolling SEUCK web site for the Sideways SEUCK and download it. The tool is FREE to download and build your own games with it. Restrictions apply.

Disclaimer:
The SEUCK Sideways Left can only by downloaded from the Sideways SEUCK web site, and is NOT allowed to be uploaded elsewhere without Jon's permission. 

To enter this competition. All you need to do is design and create your own good quality looking game, using the Sideways Scrolling Left version of SEUCK (Since there is no version of SEUCK that will scroll a map from the right of the screen to the left.. Your game doesn't always have to be a shoot 'em up, as other types of games as well as just a shoot 'em up are possible. Your game can be anything, as long as it is created using the tool. Mods/POKEs added to the game are valid in the competition this year also. It is however pointless to write a new front end and add extra power up routines, as that would have been the main prize :o)

RICHARD'S SEUCK TIPS / TRICKS

A brand new section has been added to the TND web site, in which reveals various tips and tricks on how to enhance your own SEUCK titles. WARNING: Serious programming is required in order to achieve that goal of SEUCK enhancements. You'll need an assembler or M/C monitor to do these tricks (Or if you just want to POKE things around, you may want to consider the POKES section.

Come to the SEUCK School

The winner of the Sideways SEUCK compo 2015 will receive an enhanced version of their SEUCK game, which will feature various enhancements. Such as music, new front end, high score table/detection (memory space limited if imported into REDUX), power ups / smart bombs (make sure you make collectable objects if you want power ups), and a loading picture drawn by a selected C64 artist.The WINNER will get his/her game enhanced. The other entrants will have a new front end bolted on to their game, with a possibility of high score detection.

Past winners

Recent winner of the 2015 SEUCK Compo was Anthony Stiller with 'Abyssonaut', a great horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up construction kit game written for the mixed SEUCK compo.



Winner of the last Sideways SEUCK Compo was 'Forgotten Forest' by Alf Yngve.

Real spooky arcade action, in which you have to shoot spooky characters, with your flame-thrower. Increasing your progress (and killing boss enemies) boosted your fire-power even more.

 
NO DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE

Although this entry won the 2013 Sideways SEUCK Compo. The enhanced version of this spooky shooter was released on the 2nd SHOOT EM UP DESTRUCTION SEUCK by Psytronik Software as a bonus with 'Super Tau Zeta' 'Blood Wheels', ' 2000 Kung Fu Maniacs', 'Trojahn'. Therefore no inlay cover, or loading picture was designed. If Alf gives the OKAY for free release, the game will be uploaded for you to enjoy.

Another winner of the compo was: Sheer Earth Attack by Gaetano Chiummo

The winner of the 2013 SEUCK Compo was 'Sheer Earth Attack', which the name was inspired by a Queen track (Sheer Heart Attack). You guide a space ship through three tough sectors, zapping the deadly aliens, and boss ships. You were also able to pick up power ups to upgrade your weapons. The game had a nice 'gradius' feeling to some part of it. Aliens had really great formations.



DOWNLOAD: SHEER EARTH ATTACK


We also cannot forget the winner of the first ever Sideways SEUCK Compo. 'Pour Le Merite' by Sonny 'BAMSE' Top. A great classic WW2 shoot 'em up, in which you signed a document in order to pilot a plane. Then you had to fly across enemy territory. In order to retrieve the Pour Le Merite (Blue Max) award.


DOWNLOAD: POUR LE MERITE

Although the competition is for  Sideways SEUCK. There are some general rules for this competition, which are as follows:

• Entries can only be on .D64, .T64, .TAP and .PRG images. Files may be zipped before sent. (.P0x is also allowed and will be converted). Try to avoid sending zip coded images (!1file, !2file, !3file, !4file)
  
• Entry formats are Commodore 64 version only. PAL is the expected format, but if you use a NTSC version of sideways SEUCK. You are still welcome to submit your entry. It can easily get PAL fixed for PAL users.
  
• Please include a short story and some game instructions for your game (Either in your email or as a .txt file or as a C64 note file done with any C64 Note Writer). Some people had submitted SEUCK games to TND with no instructions in the past, which made me make up the game instructions.
  
• Your game may be modified with enhancements, if you like, except for power ups, new front end, intro + ending sequence, hi-score tables, in game music, etc - as that is what the prize is. Avoid using SEUCK redux.
• Loading pictures are welcome, but not essential.
  
• Music is allowed to be added to your game, as long as it is ONLY the front end. The game must use only sound effects in game. You are welcome to choose a demo tune or one of my tunes for the front end of your SEUCK game. High Voltage SID collection is a great source for C64 music - but please avoid commercial game tunes.
  
• Your old games are welcome as an entry to the competition - but must not have been previously released in the compo or on-line before.
  
• Please include your original work file (Save ALL Data) it could be useful for the future. If you have no work file (i.e. lost it), then I can easily fix that for you after the competition.
  
• Your entries MUST be exclusive to this compo page. Please don't upload it elsewhere, i.e. CSDB, POUET, etc. until after it appears on to this page.
Please don't USE other people's work and call it your own. We have had some issues where some other people's work was ripped from older games and used into a SEUCK game and author declared it as their own game.

• Do not use graphics from previously released commercial games. All work must be your own or with friends. You are welcome to use existing graphics from your previous games if you want to.
  
• Obscene content (Nudity, sex, etc) is not allowed.
• Use of bad language or swear words are not permitted. 
  
• Maximum number of entries = as many as you like
  
• Do not use your game to attack another individual, groups, etc if it can harm anyone.
• Do not use names or sources from copyrighted themed material, i.e. Licensed TV programs, video games, movies, books, etc. Remakes of classic arcade games are welcome, as long as the names are different and the graphics are your own work. Inspiration to them are also accepted.
  
• Entries are E-mail based only. Sorry, no snail mail entries.
  
• Compressing SEUCK games to a runnable file is preferred, but not essential. You can compress the game any way you like.
  
• Try to vary the enemy attack waves in a pattern form, to make things more interesting if you can. 
• Do not add too many enemies to one part of the screen. This will cause a slow down with SEUCK, and could result to lower votes.
• Avoid using the top left part of the border when inserting enemies, if not using the POKE to fix sideways SEUCK. This will cause problems should the entry be added to SEUCK redux.
  
• Please avoid submitting your entries after the deadline, which is 30th November 2015
  
• DO NOT use the pre-developed demo game SFX or assets (Breakthrough), try making your own SFX.
• Should any compo entries use 2 players at the same time, I'll be very happy to add a shared score routine and sync deaths - please ask first. - Remember to make sure extra lives at every 10000 is disabled as that may cause some complications.

To submit your entry, please email with an attached .D64 / . T64 / .TAP (Or Zipped version) it to

ENTRY#1:  [3rd Place - 2nd Runner Up]
Edge of Time
Game design + graphics: Alf Yngve
Music: Richard Bayliss
No of players: 1 only
Mods/Enhancements: Huge sprites and linked players, sprites behind background




Alf Yngve brings a sequel to Double or Nothing, which takes you further into the future. Now you are battling in two worlds against ferocious enemy forces. This game consists of huge sprites. The game uses a clever concept in which makes the SEUCK game feel more unique. Both players are limited to the ground, and cannot climb or jump (SEUCK doesn't support the jump function). There are plenty of huge robots in which you must fight and destroy - should you wish to progress any further into the game. 

Instructions:

SCENARIO:
The invention of the Time-Warp Generator triggered a radically different kind of war.
Time-warp weapons allowed energy to strike targets in the past and the future.
Cause and effect began to waver.
Time itself began to ripple and shift.
If the use of time-warp weapons went on, the fabric of reality might collapse...

Joe Rubicon fought as a mech trooper inside a massive walking war mech, three stories high.
In the year 2022, the war had just begun.
In the year 2050, Joe was a tired old veteran, still fighting in his rusted old mech.
He had lost everything but his determination to survive and win.
Then he felt the effect of the temporal ripples -- he experienced a direct mental link with his past self in 2022.
Joe was in two places at once, fighting in both times.
He could anticipate what would happen, and remember what had already happened.
He could even recall alternate pasts and futures where he had failed and died...
This gave him an advantage that just might help him wreck the time-warp generators... and stop the world from coming apart.
Joe Rubicon had the edge of time...

CONTROLS:
Using Joystick or Keyboard, you simultaneously control two parallel game scenarios.
The UPPER screen shows the scenario in 2022 -- with a fast player, a long range of fire, and limited agility.
The LOWER screen shows the scenario in 2050 -- with a slower, more agile player, a shorter range of fire, and a higher firing rate.

The UPPER player can fire left, right and up. It cannot duck and has to rely on speed.
The LOWER player can fire left, right, up and down. It can duck some enemy fire, but has to rely on agility.

GAMEPLAY:
Move leftward across the terrain, locate all enemy bases and destroy all time-warp generators.
IMPORTANT: When you come across a time-warp device, you will notice green energy rings which emerge in the opposite scenario.
Blast the time-warp device with forward or upward fire, before it can damage the other player.
You earn a bonus life for every 10,000 points.
If you make it to the final enemy base, you will enter the Time-Warp Continuum, where the enemy has its last automated stronghold.
Destroy this, and the game is won.

HINTS & TIPS:
- Flying enemies can be shot down in mid-air.
- Very small ground enemies are vulnerable to downward fire.
- Both players need to defend each other from time-warp attacks.
- The game rewards skill. The final level will be easier if you have played well in previous stages.
- In some tight spots, ducking may be crucial.
- There is more than one way to play! Choose the strategy you prefer.
- Remember, you have the edge of time...


ENTRY#2: [1st Place - Winner]
Retro Reto Pan (Spanish)
Game design + graphics: Errazking
Music: Baron Ashler
No of players: 1 only
Mods/Enhancements: Huge sprites and title music
Extras: Intro/Promo demo with loading picture




Errazking launches a new entry for the 2015 Sideways SEUCK Compo, by the way of 'PAN'. A Spanish cartoon game. Features nice graphics and presentation. Lovely title music, and a comical, but good concept. 

Instructions:

The evil Moriarty has created an infernal machine that feeds food to bring another dimension taken from enemies. You as the hero of this adventure will have to stop their evil plans. The world depends on you ...

Controls:

Joystick port 2.

Left/Right/ - Move left/Right, Up/Down, face up or down, Fire - PUNCH
Run/Stop - Pause game
Q (While paused) - Abort game


ENTRY#3: [2nd Place - Runner Up]
U-91306 Eidothea - The Daughter of Protheus
Game design + graphics: Errazking
Music: Richard Bayliss
No of players: 1 only
Mods/Enhancements: Sprites behind background chars
Extras: Loading picture (linked to game).




DNA warrior meets SEUCK :)  Okay, maybe not. However this game is a pretty smart idea. Errazking's third entry sends a sub into the body of a human. The concept is pretty simple, like any horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up. The innovation to this game is clever as well. While you battle through various levels inside the game. You'll find the player actually going behind the scenery at some stages. 4 stages, and an end boss to encounter. 

Instructions:

Eidothea is the codename of U91036 small submersible. This quest requires you to navigate through the bloodstream to reach the brain. Once there you have to destroy the tumor that affects the patient zero. 

Try not to destroy anything other than the indicated tumor.

In turn tries to get information from the previous mission team

Controls:

Joystick port 2.

Left/Right/ - Move left/Right, Up/Down, face up or down, Fire - PUNCH
Run/Stop - Pause game
Q (While paused) - Abort game