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[cyberheater]

I'll try this later on tonight after getting home from work.

http://www.minotaurproject.co.uk/Minotaur/lsvr.php


Looks crazy.

Youtube vid here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3EvrYXJ67o

 

[robotrock]

Sold.

 

[LewieP]

I played a VR game of his at an event like two years ago. Was obviously kind of early, but it showed promise.

 

[Gen X]

Tempest VR?

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

I love Minter's games, but... pointing at enemies moving my head? No thanks.

 

[Danneee]

I'm feeling extremely ambivalent to these news.

 

[Wrestlemania]

I loved the original iOS version. Did he take it down from the App Store? I can't find it.

 

[ScientificPizza]

Tempest VR?

this is not tempest

it's vrempest

 

[kyser73]

I dont care what he calls it, I want TempestVR yesterday.

 

[AbandonedTrolley]

Tempest VR?

Nope! Unless he gets commissioned for the job by Atari, he doesn't own the licence for the game even though he is very much associated with it, he couldn't release TkX on PS4 for those reasons.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1012651

 

[Roshin]

Day 1.

Ox power!

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Gave it a try on non-VR, control takes a little getting used to with a mouse but it is buttery smooth... just make sure you dial down the mouse sensitivity first or you'll be in for one heck of a headache!

 

[NoFaceNico]

Looks crazy.

I could swear he's worn a knitted sweater that looked just like it.

 

[Boogalogist]

Wonder if there'll be any llamas in it....

 

[SomTervo]

I love Minter's games, but... pointing at enemies moving my head? No thanks.

I could imagine it get painful quickly.

Playing the Vive for more than about 30 minutes already gives me compression aches around my eyes/temples.

 

[hesido]

The screenshot alone can cause an epileptic seizure, let alone in motion and in VR; so I'm probably going to pass on this.

 

[butzopower]

I loved the original iOS version. Did he take it down from the App Store? I can't find it.

Me either. Pretty sure I paid for it too?

 

[Dremark]

I'm waiting for legal threats from Atari get him to not release it.

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

Fantastic news.
Think I'm going to boot up Space Giraffe to celebrate.

 

[Wrestlemania]

Me either. Pretty sure I paid for it too?

Yeah, seems like he took all his iOS games down. I know that he's said mobile games hadn't been successful for him, but making sure nobody even has the option to buy them is really disappointing.

http://minotaurproject.co.uk/blog/?p=376

Although having read that now, I can empathise with him.

 

[Cheat Code]

Minter is gonna kill people with his games in VR.

 

[Krejlooc]

this has been out for 2 years now.

 

[Krejlooc]

Tempest VR?

Atari killed that. It was in the works, and Minter even released a world 1 demo.

 

[Schrödinger's cat]

There's only two things I need for me to buy into VR:

- Jeff Minter trippy neon sensory overload
- Excel

Ball's in your court, MS.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Atari killed that. It was in the works, and Minter even released a world 1 demo.

There were some hints about a deal with Whatever Passes For Atari These Days, but it seems to have gone quiet.

 

[Tain]

I mean, there's little reason for him to be making traditional games, lol.

 

[EvB]

So yet another variant of tempest incoming?

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Atari killed that. It was in the works, and Minter even released a world 1 demo.

ahahaha, the dude literally cannot stop making tempest

 

[Muskieratboi]

Jeff does some amazing work. oh, and he feeds his sheep twice a day live on periscope.

ahahaha, the dude literally cannot stop making tempest

This isn't a tempest variant. sure it has the same trippy stylings, but the gameplay's closer to Asteroids and Defender.

 

[stuminus3]

The demo isn't Tempest guys, it's a new version of Minotaur Rescue. It's right there in the OP...

 

[blahness]

Love Minters games and I am glad to see Minotaur Rescue getting some new life. His iOS games are the reason I keep an old ipad around.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

I was checking his Twitter for news and found out one of his sheep died on Sunday

 

[Piston Hyundai]

This isn't a tempest variant. sure it has the same trippy stylings, but the gameplay's closer to Asteroids and Defender.

I know, but the post I quoted makes it seem like this is only being made because he can't make Tempest.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

Should I plan on needing to use ReVive to get this working on Vive? I don't mind using ReVive, I'd just like to know in advance so I can waste as little time as possible when I get home from work today. Website only mentions Oculus.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Nope! Unless he gets commissioned for the job by Atari, he doesn't own the licence for the game even though he is very much associated with it, he couldn't release TkX on PS4 for those reasons.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1012651

The dumb thing about TxK was calling it TxK and releasing it on a platform owned by a mega conglomerate.

Space Giraffe didn't have any trouble.

 

[Krejlooc]

ahahaha, the dude literally cannot stop making tempest

Because he's the father of modern tempest. There is nothing wrong with perfecting your craft. TxK is to Tempest what Pacman CE is to Pacman.

Space Giraffe didn't have any trouble.

Because Space Giraffe is quite different from Tempest.

I know, but the post I quoted makes it seem like this is only being made because he can't make Tempest.

He made this before he made TxK VR. This is 2 years old.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Because Space Giraffe is quite different from Tempest.

The point is that it's a tube shooter with similar graphics. But not so fucking similar as to clone the exact look of the flippers and tanks and shit.

TxK could have been called something else and used changed designs and names for the claw and the enemies and played exactly the same and it would have been left alone.

"Supertapper" instead of "Superzapper"? That's legal suicide.

 

[Vanillalite]

Still waiting on Unity

#Believe #GC

 

[spunodi]

Actually managed to try a version of this 2 years ago (and listen to a Jeff Minter talk on how he got started in game dev. And about his sheep.)

Psychedelic as all hell but surprisingly intuitive.

 

[HyGogg]

The point is that it's a tube shooter with similar graphics. But not so fucking similar as to clone the exact look of the flippers and tanks and shit.

TxK could have been called something else and used changed designs and names for the claw and the enemies and played exactly the same and it would have been left alone.

"Supertapper" instead of "Superzapper"? That's legal suicide.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of classic arcade game clones at least this blatant. Including Minter's own Llamatron, for example. It would be unprecedented for any of these to actually lose a legal battle if they don't use characters or trademarked names.

But it's a legal battle that isn't worth it for him to fight. Even if he won, he'd lose more money than the game could make him. They win just by being bigger and having deeper pockets.

 

[stuminus3]

Listen

Guys

Buy a Vita

Buy TxK

Fuck scab Atari

And move on with your lives.

Jeff has!

 

[Glix]

FUCK YES.

They legal BS they pulled with TxK is a fucking crime.

 

[Sapiens]

very yaktastic news.

 

[Tain]

Listen

Guys

Buy a Vita

Buy TxK

Fuck scab Atari

And move on with your lives.

Jeff has!

If you've played the TxK VR demo it's hard to not get mad every time you boot up TxK on a PSTV/Vita.

 

[neopokekun]

The PS4/PC version of TxK is Playstation VR, Oculus Rift and 3D TV compatible. To bad he can't release it due to Atari.

The new game (not this old demo) he's been working on hasn't been announced yet but Rafael from Sony third party relations played it the other day.

 

[Krejlooc]

The point is that it's a tube shooter with similar graphics.

But it's NOT tempest. TxK, however, unabashedly is a successor to T2000 and T3000. Space Giraffe isn't, and it's not because of cosmetic differences. The games work differently.

 

[Beer Monkey]

But it's NOT tempest. TxK, however, unabashedly is a successor to T2000 and T3000. Space Giraffe isn't, and it's not because of cosmetic differences. The games work differently.

It doesn't matter.

As stated before people clone Atari gameplay all the time, there are clones everywhere. Calling it TxK on a platform as visible as Playstation was trolling them, big mistake. T2K, T3K, oh, wait, here's TxK wink wink nudge nudge. Superzapper more like Supertapper AMIRITE HEE HEE. Big mistake.

If Minter had created the exact same gameplay but without a yellow claw and a trademark infringing title and crap like "Supertapper" he'd have been fine.

 

[magnetic]

Yeah, seems like he took all his iOS games down. I know that he's said mobile games hadn't been successful for him, but making sure nobody even has the option to buy them is really disappointing.

http://minotaurproject.co.uk/blog/?p=376

Although having read that now, I can empathise with him.

Those were the days when I was still in love with mobile games. I was heartbroken when I recently found my old iPod Touch and couldn't download the games anymore.

 

[Krejlooc]

It doesn't matter.

As stated before people clone Atari gameplay all the time, there are clones everywhere. Calling it TxK on a platform as visible as Playstation was trolling them, big mistake. T2K, T3K, oh, wait, here's TxK wink wink nudge nudge. Superzapper more like Supertapper AMIRITE HEE HEE. Big mistake.

If Minter had created the exact same gameplay but without a yellow claw and a trademark infringing title and crap like "Supertapper" he'd have been fine.

Have you even read the letter Atari sent Jeff Minter? Because they claim TxK infringes on the underlying game mechanics that they claim they own. It directly compares TxK to Space Giraffe and notes how they play differently.

The functionality of the game, the gameplay, rules, and principles underlying the game.

The problem isn't "Superzapper = Super Tapper," the problem is Atari believes they outright own the Tempest ruleset.

 

[8bit]

Listen

Guys

Buy a Vita

Buy TxK

Fuck scab Atari

And move on with your lives.

Jeff has!

TxK plays well on a PSTV fwiw.