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« on: June 03, 2011, 06:37:31 PM » |
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Runman creator, Tom Sennett, released a new game today. It is called Deepack Fights Robots. It is $9.95 USD and runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux(its flash). Honestly this looks great and I thought I'd just point it out to all you guys! Its available here linky |
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Paul Eres
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2011, 06:56:15 PM » |
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there seems to be no demo what is this  i hope terraria didn't start a new trend at the very least demos help you know if the game runs on your computer |
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allen
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2011, 07:18:49 PM » |
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the trailer does a good job of making it look exciting, but I can't really tell what is going on.
I guess it's a metroidvania? with graphics that look like they were drawn by a preschooler. eh. also looks like it's marketed towards kids, doubt it's my kind of game.
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Paul Eres
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2011, 07:21:26 PM » |
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runman was drawn similarly and was still pretty good
i would guess that it's directed towards the kids in each of our hearts, rather than to literal kids
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allen
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2011, 07:22:44 PM » |
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if by good you mean fun then I guess I agree, but the art style is quite hideous in both of the games.
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2011, 07:27:05 PM » |
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$10? I'm sorry, but that's a little bit steep, seeing as this looks like a lower caliber game than Runman, which was free.
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2011, 07:28:09 PM » |
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if by good you mean fun then I guess I agree, but the art style is quite hideous in both of the games.
That's probably the point of the charm. It's so badly done (by professionals' standards) that it's pretty good. I like it...for some reason. Exciting? You bet. |
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2011, 07:30:16 PM » |
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Agh, I think he went overboard this time with the "colorful" graphics. The site hurts my eyes. Then I watch the trailer for the game, and it also hurts my eyes.
Runman didn't abuse colors as much as this. I don't think I could play this game without massive eye strain.
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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2011, 07:31:54 PM » |
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Agh, I think he went overboard this time with the "colorful" graphics. The site hurts my eyes. Then I watch the trailer for the game, and it also hurts my eyes.
Runman didn't abuse colors as much as this. I don't think I could play this game without massive eye strain.
If something this funky hurts you eyes, I feel sorry for ye who couldn't handle Toejam & Earl because it hurts his eyes. |
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falsion
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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2011, 07:33:07 PM » |
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If something this funky hurts you eyes, I feel sorry for ye who couldn't handle Toejam & Earl because it hurts his eyes.
Nope, that's hyperbole. The Genesis color palette can't even generate the full bright colors he's using. And Toejam & Earl had pretty decent graphics anyway, good contrast, seperation of foreground and background, all that stuff. These on the other hand are just really hard to look at. Runman on the other hand was fine. It didn't have full bright flashing rainbow colors. It just had simple one shade backdrops and the simple colors and thick outlines were enough to provide visual contrast. |
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2011, 07:43:11 PM » |
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Come on the graphics are not that flashy, you don't know what flashy is, also the art standard is higher than you may thought.  |
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2011, 07:46:26 PM » |
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Come on the graphics are not that flashy, you don't know what flashy is, also the art standard is higher than you may thought. I still think he could have done with a little less seizure inducing colors. It hurts my eyes. Is it just me? Maybe I'm sensitive to this kinda thing.
(Edit: Also no, I'm not epileptic) |
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allen
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« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2011, 10:07:29 PM » |
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the website hurts my eyes but I dunno about the game.
how long's it been out? haven't seen any blogs (indie games, rps) write about it yet.
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Türbo Bröther
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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2011, 10:24:07 PM » |
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You must have missed it, RPS did a write up earlier in the week. John Walker mentioned that it was inspired by Bubble Bobble but I'd say that it's also inspired by Rainbow Islands due to the retina-searing colour so it should be right up my alley. |
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« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2011, 10:35:08 PM » |
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You must have missed it, RPS did a write up earlier in the week. John Walker mentioned that it was inspired by Bubble Bobble but I'd say that it's also inspired by Rainbow Islands due to the retina-searing colour so it should be right up my alley. This is also inaccurate. Bubble Bobble had really dark graphics. The game used pitch black backgrounds and a very simple tileset.  Rainbow Islands substituted the black with a dark shade of blue.  Compare that to this: http://deepaksave.us/ss1.png |
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