This is the latest demo that probably won't crash in some catastrophic way. I won't claim it's fully debugged but I'm not aware of a way to break it.

The "final" 1.0 version should be released on Black Friday 2019 at the latest, or at least that's the plan at the moment.

Story Demo (July 2019)

The complete story is now playable with three possible endings. I won't claim this is fun. This is pretty close to the final version. An entire playthrough should take about an hour.

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Story Demo (July 2019): Release build - will run on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators.

Story Demo (July 2019): Debug build - will run on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators. This plays at a faster speed than the release build and contains a debug menu to start at different points in the story.

Story Demo (July 2019): Build specifically for AtGames Genesis clones - will not run on actual Genesis hardware, it is also buggy on some emulators (Genesis Plus and derivatives at least)

This is the latest work in-progress demo that might crash in some catastrophic way. This is usually a checkpoint build where I finished some big new thing but haven't debugged it or made any attempts at optimization. These often crash on actual Genesis hardware.

Story Demo - All Days (June 2019)

The story is now playable up through the "bad" ending. The July release, which will hopefully be a stable release, should include the "good" ending too.

There are a huge number of changes in this version including saving & loading. It would not surprise me if there is a game-breaking bug somewhere in it. I've only minimally verified that the main story can be played to completion, straying off the main story might break something.

It still isn't especially fun, I'm not sure that was ever my point in starting this project.

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Story Demo - All Days (June 2019): Release build - will run or possibly crash on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators.

Story Demo - All Days (June 2019): Debug build - will run or possibly crash on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators.

Story Demo - All Days (June 2019): Build for AtGames Genesis clones - will not run on actual Genesis hardware, it is also buggy on some emulators (Genesis Plus at least).

** You should expect catastrophic bugs in all of these **

Previous Semi-Stable Demos

Mall Walker Demo (June 2018): Release build

One Room Demo (August 2017)

Previous Unstable Demos

Story Demo - Days 1-7 (May 2019): Release build - will run on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators

Story Demo - Days 1-7 (May 2019): Debug build - will run on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators

Story Demo - Days 1-7 (May 2019): Build for AtGames Genesis clones - will not run on actual Genesis hardware

Story Demo - Days 1-6 (April 2019): Release build - will run on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators

Story Demo - Days 1-6 (April 2019): Debug build - will run on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators

Story Demo - Days 1-6 (April 2019): Build for AtGames Genesis clones - will not run on actual Genesis hardware

Story Demo - Days 1-5 (February 2019): Release build - will run on actual Genesis hardware and most emulators

Story Demo - Days 1-5 (February 2019): Build for AtGames Genesis clones - will not run on actual Genesis hardware

Story Demo - Days 1-5 (February 2019): Debug build

Story Demo - Days 1-3 (January 2019)

Mall Walker Demo with Day 1 script (November 2018)

Mall Walker WIP Demo (May 2018)

Empty Mall Demo (February 2018)