Close!The main inspiration was the "XEXEX" logo:
Great choice !
Still it looks a good deal closer to Xevious' to me, though
I asked a quick question on the Kickstarter page, I'll repost it here just in case Mike could provide some insight
Cheers!
Also, adding just about any feature to the Mega Drive version in particular always has a knock-on effect, so we have to plan everything very carefully - unlike modern titles it's much harder / less practical for us to patch the game.Hey Felleg! Yes we're going to look into the possibility of allowing one character to be controlled with 2 pads, but I'm yet to be convinced that it's a particularly elegant way of playing - unlike Smash TV, Xeno Crisis has two extra actions available to the player (ie. roll and grenade), and performing these actions is essential to being able to complete the game. So controlling the movement and shooting with two d-pads and having to push two other buttons might be physically impossible! We're going to give it a go though, and will probably include a comprehensive setup option so that players can try out their own crazy control schemes.
As for 4-player, we can tell you now that it almost certainly won't happen on the Mega Drive version at least - we're already pushing the system to its limits with the 2-player co-op mode. Even Mercs couldn't squeeze that third player in there!
Suppose there is only one character on screen. P1 controls the position of the soldier with the d-pad and also the rolling button, and P2 controls the aim of the soldier, as well as the grenades. That's two players for 1 character. Extrapolating this, 4 players could play 2 characters on screen.
Hey there Mike! Thanks for the lightning quick reply!
I understand your concerns, and I think you're right. Maybe it is a bit too crazy.
However, I think I explained myself wrong when saying 4 players, let me try again to make sure we are on the same page.
Is this what you understood? If you think that's unrealistic with the Genesis architecture, then I completely understand. But if it's possible, it might be neat for parties lol
Haha some lucky people have itAh I see what you mean now! That would require the use of a multitap of course - I don't think I've ever come across one, so it would be interesting to know how many people out there have them.
The people who play the ROM from Kickstarter could play 4 players via emulator.
We've now added the first boss to Xeno Crisis - hope you all like the look of it! Also just been listening to a rough mockup of the boss track from Savaged Regime too, and it's already sounding superb.
Oh, and if anyone is interested in pre-ordering the game then you can now do so on our Backer Kit store:
https://xenocrisis.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
PS. Weird - the preview shows the GIF fine, but the post just shows a pic with a red cross over it - any ideas if I'm doing something wrong?
We've now added the first boss to Xeno Crisis - hope you all like the look of it! Also just been listening to a rough mockup of the boss track from Savaged Regime too, and it's already sounding superb.
Oh, and if anyone is interested in pre-ordering the game then you can now do so on our Backer Kit store:
https://xenocrisis.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
PS. Weird - the preview shows the GIF fine, but the post just shows a pic with a red cross over it - any ideas if I'm doing something wrong?
We've now added the first boss to Xeno Crisis - hope you all like the look of it! Also just been listening to a rough mockup of the boss track from Savaged Regime too, and it's already sounding superb.
Oh, and if anyone is interested in pre-ordering the game then you can now do so on our Backer Kit store:
https://xenocrisis.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
PS. Weird - the preview shows the GIF fine, but the post just shows a pic with a red cross over it - any ideas if I'm doing something wrong?
Edited : very impressive that you managed to animate such a big ass sprite on the console.We've now added the first boss to Xeno Crisis - hope you all like the look of it! Also just been listening to a rough mockup of the boss track from Savaged Regime too, and it's already sounding superb.
Oh, and if anyone is interested in pre-ordering the game then you can now do so on our Backer Kit store:
https://xenocrisis.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
PS. Weird - the preview shows the GIF fine, but the post just shows a pic with a red cross over it - any ideas if I'm doing something wrong?
As for the soundtrack, Savaged Regime has made a couple of examples available which you can listen to here:
So you are able to load all 3 animation steps at once and simply "scroll" from one to another ? The VRAM must be full if you add the background, the character sprites and other explosion sprites etc...The boss works on the tilemap layers.
There are two additional modes after the first playthrough.
Game ROM has been released to backers. MegaDrive cartridges are being shipped right now.
I played a few runs, managed to get to the boss of stage 6 (he was almost dead !). Great game so far, very impressive showcase for the console.
Even though I get the feeling that they really pushed the MegaDrive with this game, I still hope that they will come back to it for their next project. And so much stuff has been built already, it would be sad not to use it again
I feel like they could have done a bit more outside of the core gameplay which is pretty much perfect. More incentive to come back to the game, BUT I have not completed it yet, so maybe stuff is unlocked after a playthrough. There is no backup memory though.
Are you playing on MegaDrive ?
On PC - GOG version but I am planning to get an MD/Gen ROM.
1. Yes, their studio is in UK.