Hey folks!
So this is a slightly niche but exciting update, hope you find it interesting!
MORSE now has key binding support
Which means (in theory) folks should be able to connect up their telegraphs easier via third party software. It's still a work in progress feature but wanted to get it out there to see how people got on with it. I'd love to hear from you and how you got on (and would LOVE to see videos of people playing it with their telegraphs), feel free to post feedback/suggestions/experiences in here: Rebind keys to use commercially available USB interface for morse keys / iambic paddles :: MORSE General Discussions
MORSE now on itch.io!
So MORSE has had a website on itch for years now, but I wasn't quite sure what to do with it till now. Hosting a web version of the game should hopefully lower the barrier to folks accessing the game and hopefully mean more people who don't necessarily have Steam might be willing to give it a go! The game is nice and small in size so loads quick and because it's built in Stencyl runs pretty smoothly in browser. I've also built a pretty nice site for the game, give it a look: MORSE by Alex Johansson
Classic Web 1.0 Banner Ad
As a fun experiment, I recently took out a banner advert on popular ham radio website QRZ to reach folks in the ham radio community. The catch? the ad had to be less than 48kb. It was really fun designing something to fit within that constraint, definitely helped by MORSE having a very limited palette. Definitely has a Web 1.0 feel to the design and squeaked in at 44.6kb, I'll be curious to see how it does! Here's what it looks like:
MORSE @ Megacon!
Finally, MORSE is going to be exhibited at Manchester Megacon Live at the end of the month! I'll be taking my full setup along to the conference on the 26th-27th of July. I'll be bringing different key types for the event and letting people try out expert mode if they fancy the challenge! For a reminder of what the MORSE expo setup looks like, check it out below!
That's all for now, give the new demo a try and let me know how you get on with the new key binding setup. Thanks again and stay tuned!