erikrosenlund

Mega Mole in development!

Very excited to be able to share some gameplay footage from my new game Mega Mole. Programmed in C using the SGDK toolkit for Sega Megadrive/Genesis.

Gameplay mechanics have essentially been...

Slow Mole Jr released!

Now features autosaving so you can pick it up where you left off!

More info:
https://slowmolestudio.itch.io/...

16-bit idle animation...

Idle animations are the hardest, but here's a first go at one for Megadrive/Genesis.

Slow Mole featured on Nintendo Life! (again ;-)

How exciting! I noticed a spike in traffic on the new YouTube video and it turns out Nintendo Life mentioned it! I better get going assembling more cartridges I think...

Slow Mole – The Movie

Making an animated short film based on Slow Mole. Here's a clip with the first footage that sets up the story.

Slow Mole Jr browser version

You can now try playing Slow Mole Jr right in your browser:
http://slowmole.chiplife.art/

It's also up on Itch.io now...

Slow Mole Jr. Beta

Hopefully most of those who ordered the Famicom version of Slow Mole should have it by now. If anyone is still waiting this might be a good time to give Slow Mole Jr. a go!

There's still some...

More cartridges on the way

Most Famicom carts have now been sent out to patrons. We'll continue to make more so we are still taking orders.

A few Slow Mole carts for sale on Tindie

I just put up the first batch of Slow Mole Famicom carts for sale on the electronics site Tindie. We're making more as we speak, so if they're sold out just register your interest on the waitlist o...

Slow Mole Jr fans

I'm really enjoying coding in lua for the Pico8-version of Slow Mole Jr. It gives me a lot of freedom to create physical systems for gameplay mechanics such as the fans above. Highly dangerous for ...

Amazing runs

There's now a YouTube video of the Slow Mole race from last week, including a developer interview (hope I did alright, it was 2.30 in the morning). WR holder Skunky48 was the leading contender goin...

Slow Mole cover art progress and the RACE is tonight!

Some world class speedrunners will compete in Slow Mole tonight!  
Check out the Twitch broadcast, starts 8pm EST and race begins 9pm.  

2022-02-26 21:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Slow Mole speedrun event with exclusive awards!

A Slow Mole race on February 26th will determine who the lucky (and highly skilled) winners are. Some of the world's best speedrunners are taking part, including Skunky48, the current Slow Mole wor...

Slow Mole Jr. gameplay

The super fast conveyor belts offer a lot of interesting options for the level design. The momentum allows the mole to do long jumps briefly. 

Slow Mole Jr.

First glimpse of Slow Mole Jr for the Pico8 fantasy console. Pico8 felt like a good platform to really explore the game mechanics, as the coding is very fast, but all the mechanics still have to be...

Slow Mole review on Hackinformer

Not only did they love the game, but also the hardware design! Great to see. And fear not, when these go on sale shortly, they will contain the final version (of the vanilla version) of Slow Mole. ...

Slow Mole, NES version with custom hand-drawn label

It's still the Famicom version, but inside an NES cart cover using an adapter, much like the original Gyromite from Nintendo. I used to draw custom art for most of my Amiga disks back in the day (t...

Slow Mole - Tool assisted speedrun

Amazing to see this TAS of Slow Mole! Juef did a lot of moves that would be very hard to pull off in game to say the least.

2022-01-10 12:22:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Glimpse from Slow Mole short film.

A lot more to do, but this will give you some idea where the story is going. This is also a game trailer of sorts.

Links for sharing if anyone wants to help spread the hype:
2022-01-08 19:25:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Slow Mole short film in production

I'm making a short film featuring Slow Mole, using the new animation technique I've developed. It will feature some of the shots from the trailer, but that's really just the starting point of the s...

Slow Mole on Sega Dreamcast

I expect updates on the Famicom version shortly. Meanwhile, I've been testing out Slow Mole on another platform. If you're into Dreamcast, you can try the Slow Mole cdi-file below and let me know w...

New version! More music and secrets!

Sneak release for patrons of the new Slow Mole version.

We managed to cram one more chiptune into the game! (Took some creative memory management.) It's now featured on the challenge levels...

Slow Mole Claymation Trailer 2

I think a cartridge release deserves a new trailer as well!

We're making more review copies for the Famicom. (But not enough for everyone who wants one, sorry! But do get in touch if you feel...

Refined Slow Mole Famicom prototype

We have started sending a few of these out for review (let us know if you're interested in reviewing it). 

We hope to take orders for a cartridge based on this design soon. This is just ...

Slow Mole boards are here!

At last we've gotten hold of the first round of test PCBs for the upcoming Slow Mole Famicom release. There were some unexpected delays and then it got stuck in customs...

Chips yet to be mo...

Sharing some of my thoughts on checkpoint design.

I made a Reddit-post explaining how I came up with the checkpoint system for Slow Mole.

Slow Mole cartridge on the way, second prototype.

We've landed on a design for the upcoming Famicom cartridge and we're making a small test run based on this second prototype that will also serve as review copies. The final design might still see ...

Listen to the Slow Mole soundtrack

Several Slow Mole OST videos now up on YouTube, with more coming. Including this bonus clip of the composer Linus playing piano to the Night Theme.

Hell Theme: 2021-07-31 20:47:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Slow Mole review on RetroRGB

Fantastic first review for Slow Mole this week! Let's hope more reviewers take note of the game...

Cartridge artwork

Imagine this in gold on a black PCB.