hey there :) i was wondering what program did you use to do the pixel art effect for the banner ? i really love the pixel art grading for the shadows and the whole thing looks amazing !
After more than a year(I think?) I still play this absolute masterpiece from time to time. This game's replayability is only matched by top-tier roguelike games. Please never abandon this game's development!
Thanks for the kind words and continued interest! It's still being actively worked on. I didn't expect people to replay the demo much honestly, but I'm very happy to hear that. I'll have a new progress report showing off some new things to play with hopefully in a month or so.
An absolute blast to play and a visual gem of a game! I adore (and have fallen in love with retrofuturistic/cassette cyberpunk aesthetics because of this project) the visual style of this game because of how seamless it is with 2D to give the impression of 3D (how this game is only sprites is beyond me, speaking of which, if you don't mind, what programs did you use for the art?). Also, Val's a cool character, but I gotta wonder if there's more to her than "killing is cool"! One thing I would certainly love to see in future progress logs (or maybe even as a standalone DLC when this project comes to Steam) are an artbook detailing the design process of the game, and maybe separately we could get a lore sheet to somewhat connect the dots and find out what the intel doesn't tell us about the world. I would really appreciate this too because I somewhat wanted to start work on a worldbuilding project involving mechs (called Powergears, taking inspiration from naming conventions), and I am one of those people who are really into the lore and world history of games.
Some possible suggestions? (although they may not be the greatest ideas ever) Perhaps a cluster bomb or even a short-delay sticky grenade would be pretty neat. I do believe the former is possible since you would just tweak the smoke grenade to make a cluster bomb (possibly as a tertiary weapon? it would just be a single bomb that detonates into smaller explosions really), and the latter could be a nice finesse like the spider remote bomb. I think thermobaric weapons would be a neat addition (yet more anti-structure, but maybe also for organic enemies since they suck nearby oxygen?) Speaking of which: enemy infantry carrying MANPATs or even recoilless anti-tank rifles could be a decent challenge since they are somewhat difficult to hit and maybe they would come in transport helicopters/APCs. Perhaps to also deal with the difficulty of distinguishing the player and enemies with muted environments would be tiny accents on the vehicles. I believe it could also make sense with the different allegiances and affiliations too since we do see a lot of that distinguishing in warfare with friend-foe-identifiers. I would also add that with thermal smoke, enemies would probably keep shooting even if you aren't visible since it doesn't stop incoming projectiles, but breaking their line of sight is absolutely still invaluable.
Also, I did some reading and on the topic of a Discord server, while it may be a time-consuming task to moderate, maybe you would be able to take community moderators? I know having a few people across different time zones could really help with that. Of course, no pressure to create a server if you don't want to make one!
Anyway, I absolutely love this project, and I will keep tabs with great interest! I've already told a couple friends about this and decided to write this post after getting an S on every mission (took about 2 hours looking at the battle data, and maybe that just says something about me being bad at games). Keep up the great work, and I hope this game finds success! From this guy anyway: you're getting a supporter for life.
It's mostly MagicaVoxel for all of the buildings and vehicles in the levels, along with Paint.net for drawing the rest of the art.
Also, Val's a cool character, but I gotta wonder if there's more to her than "killing is cool"!
There is, but it's difficult for me to show that with just the combat in the game right now. I wrote a bunch of different dialogue and interactions with other characters, but it's been difficult for me to get it into the game since creating cutscenes takes a long time. I also have yet to implement the rest of the actual story in the game so it'll all line up and makes sense. I really do want there to be more of a story and character element to the game on top of more ways to show the visuals and world, but it's been a major challenge to tackle honestly.
One thing I would certainly love to see in future progress logs (or maybe even as a standalone DLC when this project comes to Steam) are an artbook detailing the design process of the game, and maybe separately we could get a lore sheet to somewhat connect the dots and find out what the intel doesn't tell us about the world.
This would be really cool to see. I'd love to show some of the design process and evolution of some of the units in the game, but it'll be some time before I can make such a book.
Some possible suggestions? (although they may not be the greatest ideas ever) Perhaps a cluster bomb or even a short-delay sticky grenade would be pretty neat. I do believe the former is possible since you would just tweak the smoke grenade to make a cluster bomb (possibly as a tertiary weapon? it would just be a single bomb that detonates into smaller explosions really)
I've considered having a grenade that splits into a small field of a dozen or so mines since people have complained that the current secondary weapon mines in the game are somewhat underwhelming. Right now I've been experimenting with air strike grenades which mark an area with smoke and have a bunch of missiles bombard it, so that probably would make cluster bombs obsolete. It's worth a shot experimenting with though, maybe it'll actually be interesting like the EMP grenades.
Speaking of which: enemy infantry carrying MANPATs or even recoilless anti-tank rifles could be a decent challenge since they are somewhat difficult to hit and maybe they would come in transport helicopters/APCs.
This has been suggested for a while now, but I've found that humans at the scale of the game would be roughly 3-5 pixels in size, which makes them almost impossible to see. It just doesn't work for the game's scale I'm afraid, sorry.
I would also add that with thermal smoke, enemies would probably keep shooting even if you aren't visible since it doesn't stop incoming projectiles, but breaking their line of sight is absolutely still invaluable.
I agree, and I intend to rework the smoke completely so they don't just freeze up no matter what. It's way too OP right now.
Anyway, I absolutely love this project, and I will keep tabs with great interest! I've already told a couple friends about this and decided to write this post after getting an S on every mission (took about 2 hours looking at the battle data, and maybe that just says something about me being bad at games).
Thank you kindly, and nice job S-ranking every mission! It's very impressive, especially considering how difficult Mission 7 is to avoid damage currently. I'm glad to hear it's doable though.
Absolutely, no problem and thank you for your dedication and hard work! I'm pretty grateful for a response on a possible art/lore book even if it is a significant future undertaking, and I will say that airstrike signal grenades sound way cooler than cluster bombs (although I'd love to see both, especially given currency I can assume will allow us direct upgrades as long as entirely new weapons). Also I feel a little better about how long it took to S-rank Mission 7 (speaking of which, reminds me of Metal Gear Solid) haha. Regardless though, keep up the good work! For the meantime, I'll watch this project closely, this one's definitely gonna be part of my aesthetics study.
man i can't wait to see the armor design you'll give him. i can't wait to see how he will interact with the current pilot. is there more info about the characters that you'd like to share? concepts and themes you'd like to explore. i am just as interested in the story beats as the gameplay and designs. thank you for your time and have a good day :D
can there be a really cool guy (or even a girl that the protag gets attached to) who's very strong that betrays you later in the story and has a crazy story arc for a comeback in the final boss? (may or may not be mandatory)
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こんにちは！とても良いゲームです！製品版が完成したらぜひ日本語も対応してください！きっと日本に潜在的なファンがたくさんいるでしょう！
Hello! This is a great game! Please make it available in Japanese when the final version is complete! I'm sure there are many potential fans in Japan!
こんにちは。私のゲームを遊んでいただき、ありがとうございます。Steamでの最終リリース前には、ゲーム内シナリオの日本語翻訳を必ず予定しています。ありがとうございます！
Hello. Thank you kindly for playing my game. A Japanese translation of the script is definitely planned before the final release on Steam. Thank you!
It's been a while since I've checked in on this, I hope all is well and happy holidays! I plan on resuming the model i was making soon too!
Thank you, same to you!
hey there :) i was wondering what program did you use to do the pixel art effect for the banner ? i really love the pixel art grading for the shadows and the whole thing looks amazing !
Hello. It's just dithering, I used the program Paint.net.
Just checking in to wish you Happy Holidays !
That's very kind, thank you and same to you!
After more than a year(I think?) I still play this absolute masterpiece from time to time. This game's replayability is only matched by top-tier roguelike games. Please never abandon this game's development!
Thanks for the kind words and continued interest! It's still being actively worked on. I didn't expect people to replay the demo much honestly, but I'm very happy to hear that. I'll have a new progress report showing off some new things to play with hopefully in a month or so.
An absolute blast to play and a visual gem of a game! I adore (and have fallen in love with retrofuturistic/cassette cyberpunk aesthetics because of this project) the visual style of this game because of how seamless it is with 2D to give the impression of 3D (how this game is only sprites is beyond me, speaking of which, if you don't mind, what programs did you use for the art?). Also, Val's a cool character, but I gotta wonder if there's more to her than "killing is cool"! One thing I would certainly love to see in future progress logs (or maybe even as a standalone DLC when this project comes to Steam) are an artbook detailing the design process of the game, and maybe separately we could get a lore sheet to somewhat connect the dots and find out what the intel doesn't tell us about the world. I would really appreciate this too because I somewhat wanted to start work on a worldbuilding project involving mechs (called Powergears, taking inspiration from naming conventions), and I am one of those people who are really into the lore and world history of games.
Some possible suggestions? (although they may not be the greatest ideas ever) Perhaps a cluster bomb or even a short-delay sticky grenade would be pretty neat. I do believe the former is possible since you would just tweak the smoke grenade to make a cluster bomb (possibly as a tertiary weapon? it would just be a single bomb that detonates into smaller explosions really), and the latter could be a nice finesse like the spider remote bomb. I think thermobaric weapons would be a neat addition (yet more anti-structure, but maybe also for organic enemies since they suck nearby oxygen?) Speaking of which: enemy infantry carrying MANPATs or even recoilless anti-tank rifles could be a decent challenge since they are somewhat difficult to hit and maybe they would come in transport helicopters/APCs. Perhaps to also deal with the difficulty of distinguishing the player and enemies with muted environments would be tiny accents on the vehicles. I believe it could also make sense with the different allegiances and affiliations too since we do see a lot of that distinguishing in warfare with friend-foe-identifiers. I would also add that with thermal smoke, enemies would probably keep shooting even if you aren't visible since it doesn't stop incoming projectiles, but breaking their line of sight is absolutely still invaluable.
Also, I did some reading and on the topic of a Discord server, while it may be a time-consuming task to moderate, maybe you would be able to take community moderators? I know having a few people across different time zones could really help with that. Of course, no pressure to create a server if you don't want to make one!
Anyway, I absolutely love this project, and I will keep tabs with great interest! I've already told a couple friends about this and decided to write this post after getting an S on every mission (took about 2 hours looking at the battle data, and maybe that just says something about me being bad at games). Keep up the great work, and I hope this game finds success! From this guy anyway: you're getting a supporter for life.
Thank you for playing and the feedback!
It's mostly MagicaVoxel for all of the buildings and vehicles in the levels, along with Paint.net for drawing the rest of the art.
There is, but it's difficult for me to show that with just the combat in the game right now. I wrote a bunch of different dialogue and interactions with other characters, but it's been difficult for me to get it into the game since creating cutscenes takes a long time. I also have yet to implement the rest of the actual story in the game so it'll all line up and makes sense. I really do want there to be more of a story and character element to the game on top of more ways to show the visuals and world, but it's been a major challenge to tackle honestly.
This would be really cool to see. I'd love to show some of the design process and evolution of some of the units in the game, but it'll be some time before I can make such a book.
I've considered having a grenade that splits into a small field of a dozen or so mines since people have complained that the current secondary weapon mines in the game are somewhat underwhelming. Right now I've been experimenting with air strike grenades which mark an area with smoke and have a bunch of missiles bombard it, so that probably would make cluster bombs obsolete. It's worth a shot experimenting with though, maybe it'll actually be interesting like the EMP grenades.
This has been suggested for a while now, but I've found that humans at the scale of the game would be roughly 3-5 pixels in size, which makes them almost impossible to see. It just doesn't work for the game's scale I'm afraid, sorry.
I agree, and I intend to rework the smoke completely so they don't just freeze up no matter what. It's way too OP right now.
Thank you kindly, and nice job S-ranking every mission! It's very impressive, especially considering how difficult Mission 7 is to avoid damage currently. I'm glad to hear it's doable though.
Absolutely, no problem and thank you for your dedication and hard work! I'm pretty grateful for a response on a possible art/lore book even if it is a significant future undertaking, and I will say that airstrike signal grenades sound way cooler than cluster bombs (although I'd love to see both, especially given currency I can assume will allow us direct upgrades as long as entirely new weapons). Also I feel a little better about how long it took to S-rank Mission 7 (speaking of which, reminds me of Metal Gear Solid) haha. Regardless though, keep up the good work! For the meantime, I'll watch this project closely, this one's definitely gonna be part of my aesthetics study.
Hey man, me again...uh....I have only one question that are you planned to make more than one Pilots?
I would like there to be a second pilot protagonist, one who you switch between or speak to every few missions or so.
man i can't wait to see the armor design you'll give him. i can't wait to see how he will interact with the current pilot. is there more info about the characters that you'd like to share? concepts and themes you'd like to explore. i am just as interested in the story beats as the gameplay and designs. thank you for your time and have a good day :D
Nothing I can really share at the moment, but I'll certainly show more of it when I can!
can there be a really cool guy (or even a girl that the protag gets attached to) who's very strong that betrays you later in the story and has a crazy story arc for a comeback in the final boss? (may or may not be mandatory)