legacyzero
Banned
30k already with more than half of the alloted time left?
JOBBS IS KILLING EM
JOBBS IS KILLING EM
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Ghost Song Kickstarter - Metroid meets Dark Souls - GAFer made - funded!
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BassForever
Member
Awesome! Just don't over budget with all this extra cash
Sir_Crocodile
Member
If you truly believe in it yay, if you don't nay
don't want to end up with salty people if something you backed just for extra footfall goes south and the creator runs off with the cash or something.
when legend of iya (2D metroidvania project by a wayforward artist!) was on its home stretch I was really tempted to plug it because it was running down to the wire, even though he didn't ask me to. I just like the game. but I just felt like i should maintain purity and not tell my backers stuff they didn't sign on to hear.
Has there been talk about the character?
I thought the blue cape makes the chest a bit shapeless and dark with the brighter part being also covered with the arm, so the top of the character is not too detailed and it makes the legs looks larger.
Apart from this, I'm following the game progress, especially how it will differentiate from its inspirations.
I thought the blue cape makes the chest a bit shapeless and dark with the brighter part being also covered with the arm, so the top of the character is not too detailed and it makes the legs looks larger.
Apart from this, I'm following the game progress, especially how it will differentiate from its inspirations.
the character in the suit has something of a mystery about them -- to explain it all at the top would remove the fun. during the course of the game you may not know a lot about who the main character is. some people may piece it together or make guesses. others won't realize it until the end.
the art will be redone, pretty much from square one, to be high res, and I may make some tweaks to the main character design (that said, I don't want to drastically change anything from what the backers pledged towards).
the gameplay mechanics will also be tweaked/added to, but, again, not in a radically different direction from what the backers expect.
Generally, I just want to nudge the thing into a bit more serious tone to match the story, so there'll be a bit more heft and seriousness to the art design, combat asthetics, and environments. once again, it's not going to be radically different, it'll still be in line with what people backed. I just want to nudge it a bit into its own direction. That's been my plan for a couple months now.
When I talked about the top and detail, it was not about the style but about the fact that compared to the head and the legs the blue cape makes some blurred zone and the legs appear really prominent cause of that. I thought of having that brighter blue visible between the cape and the arm.
So I'm not arguing about that mystery part which is fine.
So I'm not arguing about that mystery part which is fine.
As I said, I'll be re-evaluating the character design and may make some adjustments as needed. I understand your criticism, certainly.
legacyzero
Banned
Suit upgrades ala Super Metroid would be awesome too 
Hey guys, I put up a new 7 minute walkthrough of the game. Hopefully I didn't stammer and stumble too badly, I wanted to explain the game and my motivations a bit, in my own voice, as well as demonstrate some things that haven't been shown yet.
Let me know what you think. I tried my best to get the video capture/encode quality good.. A bit new to this video stuff.
https://vimeo.com/72660711
Let me know what you think. I tried my best to get the video capture/encode quality good.. A bit new to this video stuff.
https://vimeo.com/72660711
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Loved it. I'd be interested in more of these walkthroughs as development progresses.
Lasthope106
Member
Hey Jobbs, are you guys going to be working on this full-time now? It's a pretty ambitious game for just two people working on your spare time given the release date set.
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Will the game have 360/xbone pad support in the PC version?
Alcoholikaust
Member
Nice, will give it a watch later and give some feedback
As long ad it has gamepad support then it would work with anything that has signed drivers no?
I love how creepy and asphyxiating the bug mazes look, im glad you made them optional because it would loose a lot of impact being there for a long time, the bug enemies are really fast too and the noises they make are something you could use to keep the player on their toes.
Mechanized
Member
Well this looks amazing. Keep up the great work!
thanks guys.
the answer is yes. The xbox360 controller is sort of the standard PC controller in my opinion -- So it'll be fine there. I can only speculate on the XB1 controller, but I'm going to assume it'll work fine.
the answer is yes. The xbox360 controller is sort of the standard PC controller in my opinion -- So it'll be fine there. I can only speculate on the XB1 controller, but I'm going to assume it'll work fine.
Great vid!. Regarding the robot in the elevator, will me have an enemy or enemies that are invincible (or appear to be invincible) that will stalk you through certain sections of the game, kind of like the SA-X in Metroid Fusion??......as that was some tense stuff
yes, this is actually a major part of the game, and it's mentioned in the bullet points on the KS page.
The character in question -- the stalker -- needed to be way smarter than I knew how to program. I needed great pathfinding and more complex AI than I knew how to implement. This was one of the several reasons I decided I didn't want to continue doing this game on my own as a Flash game.
DXLelouch153
Banned
is the stalker gonna be basicly a dark version of your character(like SA-X and Dark Samus) or something different
completely different. think sorta like gollum but bigger and mechanical and really powerful. he'll be able to run on the ceiling and shit like that too. very fast/slinky. big retractable blade.
DXLelouch153
Banned
LOTR Gollum?
also i assume well eventually kill it like what happened in Fusion, or is it like Nemesis
I won't spoil the plot of the game, but you are forced to fight against it a number of times. I don't want to reveal everything but don't just assume everything ends up like nemesis or SAX.
You can Ghost Dash in the air :O
Thank you, Jobbs
And hey, the first shot after the Ghost Dash was a buster then, or was it something else?
EDIT: Nevermind, the buster is purple, it's just a bigger and armor piercing shot then. Very cool, I'm still having a hard time believing it's a Flash Game right now. Can't wait to see how it'll look on Unity.
Thank you, Jobbs
And hey, the first shot after the Ghost Dash was a buster then, or was it something else?
EDIT: Nevermind, the buster is purple, it's just a bigger and armor piercing shot then. Very cool, I'm still having a hard time believing it's a Flash Game right now. Can't wait to see how it'll look on Unity.
I won't spoil the plot of the game, but you are forced to fight against it a number of times. I don't want to reveal everything but don't just assume everything ends up like nemesis or SAX.
Guess like the Nemesis for RE3 then..."STARS!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hope you come up with some super creepy sound for this stalker...that makes the hairs on the back of you neck stand on end when you hear it.
Will you be able to possible hear this stalker from a few screens away very sutley, just to build up the tension and possibly avoid a confrontation??
I'll drop some minor info, and, in fact, this week I plan to show some drawings of him.
the stalker is a character who was once your friend, and through tragedy and isolation has become somewhat crazy.
the stalker speaks audibly.
the stalker is much more powerful than you. he can run faster, jump higher, and walk on walls and ceilings and shit.
this character, the encounters, and the relationship I consider one of the most important aspects of the game and is central to the whole experience, thus why its execution needed to be perfect, thus why I needed a much better programmer.
Ultra Magnus
Member
If that was an alpha build then consider me blown away. Man am I looking forward to this game. Mechanics are on point.
looks great, jobbs
Just one small thing I like is all those little particle effects you have. (both the dusty floaty atmospheric stuff and the weapon particles)
The jump flip/spin looks way too much like Metroid. You should prolly think of something different. Everything else looks great.
Hadn't seen this before but backed immediately when I saw the walkthrough + the trailer on the Kickstarter page. The music and visuals are breathtaking and very atmospheric.
Do have one question about the Kickstarter tier with the music addon, is the music provided in a lossless format (i.e. flac) or compressed (mp3)?
Do have one question about the Kickstarter tier with the music addon, is the music provided in a lossless format (i.e. flac) or compressed (mp3)?
thanks
The answer is yes (to lossless). (edit: may need to double check, but I'm almost certain it's lossless) (edit 2: yes, lossless)
As I've said, anything and everything is going to be under review as we rebuild this bad boy from basically the ground up. The spinning jump in particular is something that'll be under intense scrutiny because I understand how divisive it is. It's one of the relics that has been around since the game's less ambitious beginning and has sort of just stuck around. I understand the arguments about it though, and I *do* plan to do something about it.
The answer is yes (to lossless).
(edit: may need to double check, but I'm almost certain it's lossless) (edit 2: yes, lossless)looks great, jobbs
Just one small thing I like is all those little particle effects you have. (both the dusty floaty atmospheric stuff and the weapon particles)
The jump flip/spin looks way too much like Metroid. You should prolly think of something different. Everything else looks great.
As I've said, anything and everything is going to be under review as we rebuild this bad boy from basically the ground up. The spinning jump in particular is something that'll be under intense scrutiny because I understand how divisive it is. It's one of the relics that has been around since the game's less ambitious beginning and has sort of just stuck around. I understand the arguments about it though, and I *do* plan to do something about it.
Lasthope106
Member
Has this been answered in the thread or the kickstarter page?
we'll be working on it full time, yes.
Just watched. One thing that really bugs me in platformers are loose floaty controls. Stoked that this won't be a problem with Ghost Song.
Really liked the look of the bug tunnels, it's going to be scary running through those with the fog.
that's the intention. you may run into this guy:
or worse. (it definitely gets worse)
thanks! since it's unity, it's certainly possible, but early to promise such a thing.
Dwight Schrute
Member
Game inspired by my two favorite game genres ?
With wandering NPCs ?
So backed !!
With wandering NPCs ?
So backed !!
Dwight Schrute
Member
Looks like it's trending at 64k ? I'd play this SO MUCH on the wii u gamepad !
Jacksonlee
Member
i really like where you are going with this.
although that female ghost seems abit uninspired and uncreative. :/
although that female ghost seems abit uninspired and uncreative. :/
that's the intention. you may run into this guy:
or worse. (it definitely gets worse)
Nope moments are the best moments <3
thanks
btw, I should mention, another interview went up today. I filled out a bunch of these things in a short time, so I tend to forget which is which, but in this one I seem to go on a fair bit. Might be a good read if you are interested in the game.
http://unity3d.com/unity/multiplatform/consoles
If they get a dev kit, and the game they are making is in Unity... there's no reason not to port to the Wii U really.
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