toythatkills
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Dice XY cut it's price to 80 points. Essential if you like puzzles even a little bit.
Or dice.
Or dice.
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Xbox LIVE Indie Games - The January 2011 Thread
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toythatkills said:
I wondered if this one was good and forgot to try it. I will this afternoon.
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I'll also try Infect ED. The developer was courageous (or crazy ?) enough to price it at 400 points. It will be difficult to convince me to buy this game instead of 5 others but I'll see.
http://catalog.create.msdn.com/en-U...d=9f9d9bef-eb1f-4ba1-875d-8030a3a4ab49&type=2
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
It looked kind of neat, like a slightly janky SSB beat-em up, but yeah, $4.99 USD.Kafel said:
HadesGigas
Member
Intruder_qc said:
Yeah, they're not exactly too many steps above Silver Dollar though, heh. I'm sure I've seen it in a couple actual good games, but I've seen it in a lot more less than good games.
I remember Halfbrick would plug ones that weren't even out yet, like that zombies one that never did. There is a list of all the games radiangames in Ballistic but it's not exactly advertising them, you wouldn't know what the list was unless you already knew about them.
I was expecting there to be stuff like that in the Uprising games.
Finished Bonded Realities last night. It's a pretty short at around 3 hours and that's finding the hidden boss
, the massage simulator, all but 6 chests, not losing a battle, and at around level 24 per character. Here's some quick thoughts that I haven't touched on earlier:
- The world is nicely constructed. In some ways it kind of reminded me more of Mario & Luigi's structure than Dragon Quest. Towards the end I turned off the random battles and backtracked to see if I could find anything that I missed. Didn't really find anything other than the optional boss and the massage simulator. Wished there was more to explore (unless I missing something)
- "Sorry, I'm dead" - Monster Party reference?
- The only real lull point for me was the forrest/staircase maze. It became pretty tedious to navigate through again when I was backtacking.
- Nice little twist at the end. I wonder
- It seemed most of the boss battles can easily be fought by putting up your magic shield. Maybe have some of the bosses that can disable that ability.
- I like the use of vibration, especially with the later bosses that can drain your party's health with quick, muliple attacks.
That's about it. The overall presentation is pretty polished and I really look forward to seeing the next thing you do with this engine (assuming you're going to make another RPG). It may not be as "deep" or long as CStW, but it does have its own unique charm. For a dollar it's well worth the purchase.
The Ghost of Bosses Past
- The world is nicely constructed. In some ways it kind of reminded me more of Mario & Luigi's structure than Dragon Quest. Towards the end I turned off the random battles and backtracked to see if I could find anything that I missed. Didn't really find anything other than the optional boss and the massage simulator. Wished there was more to explore (unless I missing something)
- "Sorry, I'm dead" - Monster Party reference?
- The only real lull point for me was the forrest/staircase maze. It became pretty tedious to navigate through again when I was backtacking.
- Nice little twist at the end. I wonder
if the stronger your main character is the harder that battle would've been
- It seemed most of the boss battles can easily be fought by putting up your magic shield. Maybe have some of the bosses that can disable that ability.
- I like the use of vibration, especially with the later bosses that can drain your party's health with quick, muliple attacks.
That's about it. The overall presentation is pretty polished and I really look forward to seeing the next thing you do with this engine (assuming you're going to make another RPG). It may not be as "deep" or long as CStW, but it does have its own unique charm. For a dollar it's well worth the purchase.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Ballistic is beautifully put together, but I'm just so bored of Geometry Wars clones now. Inferno is still my favourite from Radiangames.
Ballistic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlCTPo4Gwfg
Score Rush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkY8KnZPK7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlCTPo4Gwfg
Score Rush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkY8KnZPK7w
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Not really. Score Rush is more of a traditional shmup. What differentiates Ballistic from JoyJoy though?OnPoint said:
OldmanAndroid
Member
Kafel said:
that looks amazing
Just got a trailer up for our new game, thanks for the support! With any luck it will be available by the end of the week!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-IslSHp7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-IslSHp7k
Diablohead
Member
You copied the menu systems as well? dear lord.Joshery said:
The physics look like they are on the moon also, all half speed and slow.
Santiako said:
Like many genres and types of games it's difficult to distinguish yourself from the crowd. Space Shooters, Twin-Stick Shooters, and in our case Physics Puzzlers are all very popular in the Indie space.
We hope that once you play the game you will realize we've put our own flavor into the game. One distinct thing is that many puzzles were designed around the fact that multiple fish can be launched nearly simultaneously - which we tried to demonstrate in the trailer.
Thanks for checking it out!
Joshery
wwm0nkey said:
I think you'd find that the art style for Pissed! Fish is very similar to all of our XBLIG titles - Dreams of Witchtown, Zombie Sniper HD, and Elite Pinball HD.
We feel our game offers a pretty unique experience on the platforms we're targeting, Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 (hopefully a couple months down the road). It's true this type of game has done pretty well on other platforms (e.g. Crush the Castle on PC, and Angry Birds on iOS) and we hope our game will do well on the the Indie platform and WP7 in the future!
OnPoint said:
We're actually quite flattered that so many of you would even mention our game in the same sentence as games that have done so well. After all we are a team of 2 and we do this as a hobby. For the three games we've developed so far We've gotten a check from MS for about $2,000 - believe us - that does not cover our time, equipment, or much of anything else.
Would it be cool to have a game that had some success? Yeah. Is that the norm for XBLIG's? No. We've put more polish into Pissed! Fish than any other title we've worked on, and we have fun playing it ourselves - at the end of the day that's what we're happy about!
Thanks
Joshery
I'm a huge supporter of Indie devs, but you should get out of here before you make an even greater fool of yourself.Joshery said:
This isn't "in the same genre". This is a nearly exact clone, with existing differences only made so as to avoid copyright infringement, though you only barely succeed in that regard. You copy not only gameplay elements but graphical style, user interface, and game structure. You attempt to entice users in with a name specifically designed to conjure memories of the more polished original.
Adding one very slight difference (you can fire slightly quicker) does not change the game. This is a shameless ripoff, and regardless of your sales, I hope you sleep uneasily at night. It's an embarrassment to yourself and your team.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
When are you guys gonna make a good game?Joshery said:
Feep said:
You've surmised this all from a youtube trailer? Without actually playing the game we find it hard to believe you are a good judge of these things. We hope you do give it a try when it is released! In fact if you send me a pm, I'll give you a code to unlock the game for free when it is released!
Regards
Joshery
LocoMrPollock
Banned
Feep said:
The "original" was a knockoff as well. Just sayin'.
LocoMrPollock
Banned
Parallax Scroll said:
I finished Dreams of Witchtown.. it was alright.
Anyway, stop the hate guys. Geesh.
Doesn't excuse it.LocoMrPollock said:
As a matter of fact, you can certainly tell all that from the trailer...gameplay and game structure are clearly evident, as are the overwhelming similarities.Joshery said:
I won't need a code, as I'm an XNA dev myself, and have access to playtesting and peer review. Luckily, we're not allowed to fail games for being ripoffs.
SmallCaveGames
Neo Member
Eh, the game will live or die depending on the execution. And the constant comparisons will be like getting stoned as it is.
Sometimes a good clone isn't pure evil if done right, however. And in fact a good parody is in many ways a clone, just using the original material, copying the foundation, and then poking fun. The difference there though is that the parody aspect holds the originality.
What spins me around, is why anyone would want to spend time developing/creating an obvious clone. Nearly my entire motivation for dev'ing is to create something original. As most have found, money (aka, a "living") can't logicially be too high on that list. But to each there own I suppose.
Sometimes a good clone isn't pure evil if done right, however. And in fact a good parody is in many ways a clone, just using the original material, copying the foundation, and then poking fun. The difference there though is that the parody aspect holds the originality.
What spins me around, is why anyone would want to spend time developing/creating an obvious clone. Nearly my entire motivation for dev'ing is to create something original. As most have found, money (aka, a "living") can't logicially be too high on that list. But to each there own I suppose.
bubnbob said:
Well, since you asked nicely - we'd be happy to give you a free code if you post your feedback (good or bad) here on neoGAF. BTW this particular offer only applies to bubnbob - future requests will be determined on an individual basis :-D
When the game is released I'll pm you. It never hurts to ask.
Joshery
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Joshery said:
Do you or have you ever worked for Gameloft?
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Bioerosion - SHIT
Incident at Dreamy Vale Church - SHIT
Make all the excuses you want indie-devs. I've played games on the XBL indie service that more than rival major releases. It blows my mind when absolute garbage is put out but people white-knight it with "oh come on it's two or three guys, what do you expect?" and "making games is hard". It'd be one thing if these bad games had a couple major issues that if resolved would have led to something decent. However 90% of the time they're beyond help and shouldn't have been made.
That said I still enjoy playing them. Bioerosion almost makes me want to buy it just because it's that bad. I'm not so sure about Vale though. "Sexy" poser-models freak me the heck out.
Corrupted - Not too bad so far. Trial shouldn't end before the tutorial though, that's bad form.
There's also this JPN game that just came out. I thought it was going to be some bad-art Castlevania clone but it's actually a first person dungeon game. It's all in Japanese so good luck with that. It's easy to play though, just press the A button to move forward, good/bad things happen randomly, QTE-based battles, and there's a shop for improving stats. I guess you play it until you make sense of it and...I dunno.
Incident at Dreamy Vale Church - SHIT
Make all the excuses you want indie-devs. I've played games on the XBL indie service that more than rival major releases. It blows my mind when absolute garbage is put out but people white-knight it with "oh come on it's two or three guys, what do you expect?" and "making games is hard". It'd be one thing if these bad games had a couple major issues that if resolved would have led to something decent. However 90% of the time they're beyond help and shouldn't have been made.
That said I still enjoy playing them. Bioerosion almost makes me want to buy it just because it's that bad. I'm not so sure about Vale though. "Sexy" poser-models freak me the heck out.
Corrupted - Not too bad so far. Trial shouldn't end before the tutorial though, that's bad form.
There's also this JPN game that just came out. I thought it was going to be some bad-art Castlevania clone but it's actually a first person dungeon game. It's all in Japanese so good luck with that. It's easy to play though, just press the A button to move forward, good/bad things happen randomly, QTE-based battles, and there's a shop for improving stats. I guess you play it until you make sense of it and...I dunno.
PepsimanVsJoe said:
Agreed! We weren't making excuses. We would love for you to judge the game based on its gameplay, and overall quality, not based on how many people took to make it, and whether or not you might think it's a rip-off of another game. We're trying to resolve all of the major issues with Pissed! Fish, we've polished it up. We hope that it does rival major releases!!
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