Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
In this thread I recommend you two great indie games and I hope you can do the same.
I recently asked for some good PC shooters and DemonStar Secret Missions popped up like out of nothing. Both episodes quickly grabbed my attention because of its flashy graphics, and downloaded the demos without knowing squat about the dev, some unknown house called Mountain King. Of course, I had no idea that Mountain King was Cygnus Studios, maker of the all kinds of awesome Raptor, so when I found it out I just marked them as "to buy." Unfortunately, I've been buried with job since then, so I forgot about them until I saw that XNA Express thread and Mountain King came back to my mind. Fearing my bad memory, I rushed to type my PayPal info and quickly grabbed both episodes.
Not a bad deal if you ask me.
As for the games, I've only tried DemonStar - Secret Missions 1 and I don't plan to start with the second part until I finish with it. The game is fairly awesome, and although it is not so different from many other vertical shooters, it trully rocks like few others. The music has an oldskool vibe which reminds me of Raptor, and a few sound effects and icons from the shareware classic have been thrown in for good measure. Check out the difficulty menu:
Looks familiar, doesn't it?
I can't compare it with other similar games because I still have to play it for a straight hour, but so far it's lots of fun. The graphics are pretty good, even if they are just 640x480 with 8-bit color, and the prerrendered ships move gracefully all over the screen. There are lots of pretty digitalized explosions and particles, and given the modest hardware requirements nobody should have issues with the frame rate playing it in full screen.
I've tried to take some screenshots with FRAPS, but the game is so hectic I could only capture my own death (if you miss a second you are dead), so here are some random pics posted by dacoco:
I only have one complaint: It is nearly impossible to play it on its native res (a 320x400 window) and for some bizarre reason the game turns really slow if I double the screen size. Full screen mode is just 640x480 with sidebars, which shouldn't be bad if it wasn't because I use a TFT screen and it looks a little blurry. I miss my CRT
Other than that it is a brilliant game and I'd like to recommend it to every shooter fan willing to support one of the oldest indie devs out there.
Post your picks now!
PS: Excuse any possible grammar mistakes, I am tired and it is quite late over here.
I recently asked for some good PC shooters and DemonStar Secret Missions popped up like out of nothing. Both episodes quickly grabbed my attention because of its flashy graphics, and downloaded the demos without knowing squat about the dev, some unknown house called Mountain King. Of course, I had no idea that Mountain King was Cygnus Studios, maker of the all kinds of awesome Raptor, so when I found it out I just marked them as "to buy." Unfortunately, I've been buried with job since then, so I forgot about them until I saw that XNA Express thread and Mountain King came back to my mind. Fearing my bad memory, I rushed to type my PayPal info and quickly grabbed both episodes.
Not a bad deal if you ask me.
As for the games, I've only tried DemonStar - Secret Missions 1 and I don't plan to start with the second part until I finish with it. The game is fairly awesome, and although it is not so different from many other vertical shooters, it trully rocks like few others. The music has an oldskool vibe which reminds me of Raptor, and a few sound effects and icons from the shareware classic have been thrown in for good measure. Check out the difficulty menu:
Looks familiar, doesn't it?
I can't compare it with other similar games because I still have to play it for a straight hour, but so far it's lots of fun. The graphics are pretty good, even if they are just 640x480 with 8-bit color, and the prerrendered ships move gracefully all over the screen. There are lots of pretty digitalized explosions and particles, and given the modest hardware requirements nobody should have issues with the frame rate playing it in full screen.
I've tried to take some screenshots with FRAPS, but the game is so hectic I could only capture my own death (if you miss a second you are dead), so here are some random pics posted by dacoco:
I only have one complaint: It is nearly impossible to play it on its native res (a 320x400 window) and for some bizarre reason the game turns really slow if I double the screen size. Full screen mode is just 640x480 with sidebars, which shouldn't be bad if it wasn't because I use a TFT screen and it looks a little blurry. I miss my CRT
Other than that it is a brilliant game and I'd like to recommend it to every shooter fan willing to support one of the oldest indie devs out there.Post your picks now!
PS: Excuse any possible grammar mistakes, I am tired and it is quite late over here.
