Briley Witch Chronicles (C64)

Devlog

• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.1.1 Released
  January 24, 2024 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Contains a crash fix that prevented the player entering Hadleigh's home in Chaeton (and thus blocking access to some optional locations)... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.1.0 Fixes
  December 21, 2023 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Title music was a bit messed up, so fixed that... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.1.0 Released... again
  December 20, 2023 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Fixed a crash bug in the hint system when starting a new game (oops, sorry about that)... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.1.0 Released
  December 20, 2023 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Upgraded the music player, plus updated some of the music with songs from Briley 2. Added ANALYSE combat spell - shows the LF and vulnerabilities of the selected target. There's now a magic chest in t... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles 2 is released!
  December 01, 2023 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Briley Witch Chronicles 2, continuing the story, has been released! Get it here: https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/briley-witch-chronicles-2-c64... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles 2
  November 09, 2023 by SarahJaneAvory

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  I'm proud to announce that Briley Witch Chronicles 2 is almost ready for release! Looking at a release date of 30th of November. The game continues Briley's story and will cover books 5 and 6 of the B... Continue reading

  
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.9 Released
  May 17, 2022 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Fixed a major bug in the cart save. Fixed a few typos in the text. Updated music player to my latest code. NB; if using cart save, best to save to SD2IEC device (or disk) first before updating, otherw... Continue reading
• OMG, over 1000 sold! BWC v1.0.8 Released
  January 19, 2022 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Briley Witch Chronicles has sold over 1000 copies! To celebrate, I've listened to some comments and updated the game: Random number generator has been changed to improve combat as there were at times... Continue reading
• Winner of Indie Retro News C64 Game of the Year!
  January 02, 2022 by SarahJaneAvory

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  I won! A big thank you to all who voted for me! I'm now hard at work on the sequel! indie-retro-news-amiga-c64-game-of-year... Continue reading

  
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.7 Released
  January 01, 2022 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Fixed a few minor text issues that had been accumulating (thanks to everyone who has reported them to me!) Changed Melodie Whitehead's sprites so she now has blonde hair... Continue reading
• Indie Retro News - Game of the Year
  December 26, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  If you've bought an enjoyed Briley Witch Chronicles, it's not too late to vote for it in the Indie Retro News Game of the Year poll! https://www.opinionstage.com/indieretronews/indie-retro-news-c64-ga... Continue reading

  
• Update for v1.0.6 - crash bug fix.
  November 23, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Not sure what happened, but v1.0.6 definitely had a crash bug in it when selecting the Magic/Skills menu. I've uploaded a new version of v1.0.6 and that seems good on my end... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.6 Released
  November 22, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Some people with NES/SNES joypad adapters have reporting having problems with the 2nd joystick button reader, so I've added [F3] key to disable the 2nd joystick button reader code. I've also updated t... Continue reading
• v1.0.5 fixed and re-released!
  November 16, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Last release 5 was a bit broken... That'll teach me to rush out a release! This new one should work fine. A few more bug fixes: Fixed an occasional sprite glitch - this time fixed properly. Fixed a po... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.5 Released
  November 16, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  A few more bug fixes: Fixed an occasional sprite glitch. Fixed a possible story flow issue after Sebastian shows Briley the forest glade. Added [Spacebar] as an additional [Back] button on the alterna... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.4 Released
  November 10, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  A few more bug fixes: Fixed a few errors in the dialogue text. Stops cats from being able to view the Barrow Grimoire. Tweaked the threshold for the 2nd joystick button detection. NB: if you're saving... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.3 Released
  November 02, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  A few little fixes: Fix for Save Cartridge option on Ultimate64 not saving the save games with the cartridge image. Few minor fixes to dialogue text. If player is out of magic when facing 1st dark spi... Continue reading
• Printer-Friendly Manual Added
  October 31, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Since some people asked for it, I've added a more printer-friendly manual... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.2 Released.
  October 31, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Fixed a few issues and make some tweaks: Improved a Remind dialogue on 1st section of game. Added a chest in nightmare world to help out a bit. Fixed a possible flow issue with a Balen encounter. Fixe... Continue reading
• Crash bug in V1.0.
  October 30, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Unfortunately there does appear to be a crash bug in v1.0, caused by an error in the final build I uploaded. Not sure how, but one bit in the whole cart image got set to a 1 instead of a 0... For thos... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles v1.0.1 Released.
  October 29, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Added WASD keys. Just press F1 to switch between default keys and WASD keys. The WASD set uses M for select, and N for back. Updated the sign at Calibor's house to tell you where to find Calibor's wor... Continue reading
• Saving Problems
  October 27, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  When using an Ultimate 64 or a 1541 Ultimate cartridge, please use Save To Disk instead of Save To Cart as although the game reports the Save To Cart as successful, it doesn't actually save anything a... Continue reading
• Briley Witch Chronicles is released!
  October 26, 2021 by SarahJaneAvory

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  Briley Witch Chronicles has finally been released!... Continue reading