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[Stargoat]

Finally got this demo done. A new video will be up in a few days, but for now, have some screenshots and a link to the game

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8626299/ChaosStream.zip







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Radiant Silvergun is a pretty amazing game, yeah. When I started this project, the intention was to re-create the feel of it, but with ASCII graphics.

Well, changes of mind and fits of inspiration along the way have altered that - maybe the scoring system is influenced by Sin and Punishment 2 (another Treasure great), maybe I just don't know how to stay on task.

Whatever this game will eventually come out as, at the moment it's still a very WIP "Chaos Streams". I think it's at the point now where a video might show... at least somewhat, where the game is and where it may be heading:





And some screenshots (slightly outdated)



For those interested, the game is being developed in C, with the amazing libtcod library - I highly reccomend it, even if not developing a roguelike, it has lots of modules useful to any game.

So, what's left to do?

At the moment, there's no formal level structure, high score table, main menu or any of that nonsense, So I suppose that's a priority. I'd also like to impliment some sort of boss module, but that will be quite a bit of work I think.

let's say...
-level structure and levels
-sound and music
-bosses
-player death
-high score table
-more enemy and shot types
-more explosions
-whatever else needs doing

[Chris Pavia]

Looks beautiful, but also confusing! Doesn't the trail following the player make it tough to see which one is actually the ship when things get hairy?

[Rainchild]

When I first watched the video, I thought that it was unnecessarily confusing. After watching it a second time, I can see how it could be playable (and fun!). Good luck, it looks like a really neat title!

[FARTRON]

Very hectic and fun. Really like the colorfulness.

I found the player hard to follow in an earlier version too. It's the area of the design that I think will take the most adjustment to get the difficulty just right.

[Stargoat]

Ah, I wouldn't consider anything in there to be final, by any means. Yeah, I'll have a look at the trails at some point, induce a bit of clarity there.

When I first watched the video, I thought that it was unnecessarily confusing. After watching it a second time, I can see how it could be playable (and fun!). Good luck, it looks like a really neat title!

Heh, after a while of playing, you begin to "see the matrix", I think. I agree that it looks quite visually confusing in the beginning - but I kind of like that.

[Pemanent]

Looks sweet! Where is the demo?!

[Stargoat]

I'll get something out once I have a "proper" level done (and maybe a boss!) ((And all that other stuff))








to answer your question i dont know

[eigenbom]

Wow this is cool, I like it. also the music is fun. 

[Pineapple]

This looks awesome. I want a demo badly.

[Stargoat]

Wow this is cool, I like it. also the music is fun.  

The music is by nyarla, creator of

. As I haven't written a music handling module yet, that was just put over the video.

This looks awesome. I want a demo badly.

Thanks man . I checked out your game, Iliou, looks cool too!

A demo will be out at some point...

[richy486]

This looks amazing. Also the character set made me feel like I went back in time.

[nyarla]

so pretty

about the visibility of your ship.. what about making it bigger than one character? if that would work. like give it wings on the sides, or a field all around it or something, purely as a visual aid - you could still keep the small single character sized hitbox.

[Stargoat]

Made some progress on the boss module today. The wing segment moves with the main segment and both can be targeted and destroyed individually.

There are a few issues with the module though, mainly due to the wing not being destroyed properly if the main segment is - annoying. I tried a few fixes, but they ended up crashing the program!

Also, this module (and the program as a whole) is getting a bit out of hand, especially since all of the enemy behaviours and graphics are hard-coded, haha. The more you know.

[wilbefast]

Just watched the trailer: I like the graphics a lot, very classy, but the music is a little bit jarring IMO
Bonne continuation 

[Rainchild]

but the music is a little bit jarring IMO

I agree, the music is pretty bizarre. Is it created in real time based on events happening in the game?

[Stargoat]

No, as I said, it's by nyarla, and was just something I slapped onto the video.

[gimymblert]

 

[Stargoat]

Haven't had much of a chance to work on it this week, but...

-I got music and sound working (now I just need some music and sound)

-fixed up player movement (won't make double trails anymore)

[eigenbom]

I think you should use an ambient atmospheric soundtrack, and on top have a simple generative audio system driven by actions in the game. Even if it just uses ship explosions to play the next tone in a random sequence of notes in a slowly changing key, I think it could work..

[Stargoat]

Interesting idea. Not sure I have the technical know-how to pull it off, but it's certainly something to consider.