michaelius
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Now that is indie game I like - not another pseudo artistic 2d platformer.
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Now that is indie game I like - not another pseudo artistic 2d platformer.
reptilescorpio
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Also Apple will totally sue you for that abbreviation Paz!
LiquidMetal14
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I hope this is a first half of next year game.
November on PC, early 2014 for Vita/PS4, Definitely first half by more likely first quarter
I could honestly see something like that working. Perhaps not an *actual* Sackboy being in it, but a Sackboy-styled/themed android (like how there are no actual cameo characters in LBP, just tribute costume things).
I love Sony for letting games like these make it through to their platform. I only bought a Vita for Lumines and Wipeout, but TxK is due out soon and this probably isn't far behind it, PLUS everything else being made for PS4 that'll likely have cross-buy... I'm almost lost for words. I forget the guy's name, but it keeps popping up in some of the Twitter feeds I follow, often liaising directly with developers themselves.
That's how you do it, MS. You don't push platforms, you push games.
LiquidMetal14
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$15 on PC through Humble Store & some other distribution platforms we're locking down, Windows/OS X/Linux versions. We'll be detailing pre-orders & alpha access next week, and the game will be playable at the Intel booth at PAX Prime if you're going.
$15 as a cross-buy game on PS4/Vita, #YOPO.
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Omnistalgic
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Day one out of interest but mostly out of support! I hope it soars bro..We don't have an adversarial mode in the game so yeah it's more co-op focussed if you're in multiplayer, we tried for a few weeks to get versus modes to work but the gameplay just wasn't suited to it. Instead we've opted for a sort of competitive co-op system where the player in the team with the highest score contribution will have a crown above their head, and if another player breaks ahead of that score the crown will fly over to their head and the character will call out a light hearted jab like "Don't make it easy for me!". While the overall team score is used for determining your rank & total level store we also do a breakdown of each players kills/chains/deaths/score so you can really see who was doing what in the match
Avatars are currently not customisable, we're treating them more like characters in a Cave style arcade shooter where they have a unique set of weapons that gives them visual and gameplay identity, we do want to support alternate skins as unlockables though to give you some nice visual variety.
We want to support cross-save for easy progress tracking & hand-off, when playing games I'm a huge fan of cross-save & cloud saves. No cross-play planned atm sorry, it's just a bit out of our three-person team's reach with one guy doing all of the programming & art.
Thanks! I hope you like the game, we'll be doing a demo on PC very soon so maybe try it out if it's not your style of game
LiquidMetal14
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No biggie. Assuming this will be online co op? Will definitely try on PC and advise my PS4 friends on this.
Unfortunately it's local co-op only, we really want to investigate network play after launch but we'd rather surprise people with a cool feature later on than promise something we can't deliver.
TheRealTalker
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leatherhat
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Reticent Rhino
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Another awesome Vita game I must own. Very nice that it'll be a cross buy too. Here this thread needs some gifs:
Saw these gifs in another thread. I hadn't heard of the game before now, but those gifs sold me on this. I love the way the floor tiles ripple and fall away. All the gameplay footage looks stylish and smooth.
Thanks! The second GIF is actually from the NeoGAF Indie dev thread and it's a white box level with no graphics haha
Maybe I should make some more GIF's of finished levels.Yep it's an arena shooter with waves & a chain kill system, the twist is in our dynamic level elements that can change & reconfigure like the blocks in that gif, or another level where the lights turn off and you can't see the enemy spawns except in front of your character.
LiquidMetal14
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Thanks for being upfront. You got a sale and will be telling my friends. Probably will double dip on PC and PS4.
Is it too early to talk about custom soundtracks on PS4? The talk has been that Sony will be using the Music Unlimited service but I hope it's more like Vita in which the music replaces the in game music seamlessly.
If there's a beta, let me know
Bit too early for us to be talking about PS4 OS features, but since we're an early 2014 title we'll have to have SDK parity with whatever is coming out around that time, sorry I can't be more specific yet.
There will definitely be a alpha/beta release on PC for early purchase very soon along with a demo to try out, we're actually organising the details this week.
There will definitely be a alpha/beta release on PC for early purchase very soon along with a demo to try out, we're actually organising the details this week.
Most of the characters will use the spin swap, although there are one (maybe two) weapon sets that will have different animations due to the way they're used.
Digital age, my friend... pretty sure being local isn't an advantage anymore!This looks great. I'll definitely pick it up for my Vita. I'm also pleasantly surprised that you guys are based in my fair city of Brisbane! If you need a tester I volunteer
I've tried, trust me!
Ninja Scooter
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is this housemarque?
Man-is-Obsolete
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Gifs need to become the new screenshots.
LiquidMetal14
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Ninja Scooter
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Oh. Someone mentioned Dead Nation in page 1 and it had me confused.
LiquidMetal14
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Some of that bullet action is reminiscent but these guys have got something good on their hands that stands out.
Need that early access if possible.
Seriously. I wouldn't be as hyped as I am if it where not for these gifs. Damn you next year!
But yeah Gifs totally needs to become a standard right alongside videos and
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Also quick question if you buy a cross-buy title on the vita it also gets you one on the PS3? From my understanding it was that you had to buy cross-buy titles on the PS3 in order to get the vita version and couldn't get it vice-versa.
I'm assuming that I'm wrong and that it doesn't matter which version you get but confirmation would be nice.
This is just a thread because it was mentioned on the PSN blog or something. Be patient
michaelius
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BTW why no PS3 version?
I don't really mind since i'll have all 3 supported platforms anyway but it's curious.
I don't really mind since i'll have all 3 supported platforms anyway but it's curious.
We want to support cross-save for easy progress tracking & hand-off, when playing games I'm a huge fan of cross-save & cloud saves. No cross-play planned atm sorry, it's just a bit out of our three-person team's reach with one guy doing all of the programming & art.
Thanks! I hope you like the game, we'll be doing a demo on PC very soon so maybe try it out if it's not your style of game
One guy doing all the programming and art?! That is pretty damn amazing for a game that looks this stunning.
Each platform adds time and complexity to our development schedule, sure we will have to optimize for Vita and we could take those optimizations to PS3 but it's still a wildly different platform and we're already stretched thin as it is. PS4 is a beast so it doesn't really add to our development the same way PS3 would, and since we're talking about 2014 it just made sense to us.
We've already done a lot of work on the PC build to create configurations that will run at 60fps on low spec hardware, tweaking settings like SSAO/Bloom/Shadows we are running at 720p60 on an Intel HD4000. I'm sure as we get further in to development the Vita will require its own tweaks to get that 60fps performance but we have some ideas already.
Cheers! I'll make sure he gets the message, his username on here is Sycle and I'm sure he'll come back to read this thread.
No cross-play sorry, just not feasible for us. I'd love to talk to Sony about characters, but first we have to finish the PC, PS4, & Vita versions with the current plan
eddfromtheriver
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I like the game except for the art style... why do japanese style if they can't get it right?... they kinda look like the sort of art style you see on cheap notebooks in flea markets or those books that teach you how to draw manga style characters... not the real thing, if they can't do them right why bother?... and they're not the only ones...
Monty Mole
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Loving the 60fps GIFs in the OP