Looks fantabulous.   
The animated gif in the latest post reminds me of Flashback's cinematic. 

The environment work is beautiful and the gameplay looks great!
Can't wait to see more from this thread.

  Thanks! I hope to update it more regularly now...

Yes!!! Games with rich story and mystery! Love the inspirations for this game!

[UPDATE #2]

UPDATE #2
We told Li-fu, our engineer, after many playtests, that the game was too hard.
He said ok.
Then he added an insane mode.

Granted, he also made a easy mode for noobs like me. 

Wow! I love the aesthetic!

[UPDATE #1]

UPDATE #1

Our artist is hard at work creating animated gifs to communicate gameplay on our kickstarter. Here is a sneak peek!




We also have re-named our game to AEGIS DEFENDERS










KICKSTARTING SOON JULY 30th!

[UPDATES[#1] GAMEPLAY GIFS for KICKSTARTER PAGE[#2] INSANE MODE[#3] SCREENSHOT SATURDAY! [#4] LOCATION ART! [#5] INDIE STATIK!? WHAT? [#6] INSANE MODE LEADERBOARD! VIDEOS[#1] SIBERIANLEMMING PLAYS OUR DEMO![#2] TIMELAPSE DRAWING VIDEO! [#3] SLVRDLLR PLAYS OUR DEMO! [#4] *NEW* GIGABOOTS GAMEPLAY VIDEO!]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! WE ARE LIVE on Kickstarter! OH GOD OH GOD

UPDATES
[#1] GAMEPLAY GIFS for KICKSTARTER PAGE
[#2] INSANE MODE
[#3] SCREENSHOT SATURDAY!
[#4] LOCATION ART!
[#5] INDIE STATIK!? WHAT?
[#6] INSANE MODE LEADERBOARD!
VIDEOS
[#1] SIBERIANLEMMING PLAYS OUR DEMO!
[#2] TIMELAPSE DRAWING VIDEO!
[#3] SLVRDLLR PLAYS OUR DEMO!  
[#4] *NEW* GIGABOOTS GAMEPLAY VIDEO!

SUMMARY

Aegis ("ee-jis") Defenders is a 16-bit tactical action/adventure Metroidvania set in a Miyazaki-inspired world where ancient technology is wielded like magic.

STORY AND WORLD

Aegis Defenders takes place in a medieval realm where humanity’s memory has been wiped of the original design and purpose of advanced technology. Uncovered and reactivated AI become objects of worship, and tinkering with such technology is a spiritual and magical practice, treated as arcane and forbidden, and commonly regarded as a dangerous at of hubris. Do you dare to uncover what you do not understand?

Mysty Mines

Nereis Desert

Crater Forest

You play as Bart and Clu, a pair of desperate Ruinhunters, in search of the one thing that can save their village from an encroaching empire - a legendary weapon known as Aegis.





"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."
- Murakami, Kafka on the Shore


KEY FEATURES AND CORE MECHANICS

Explore - Discover a beautiful and vast world full of danger and lost technologies - brought to life with handpainted pixel art.

Build - Level up Bart, an engineer, and Clu, a sharpshooter and trapsmith, by discovering lost runes and customize them with unique abilities.

Defend - Fight off enemies from all sides using dynamic character swapping to control multiple characters at once.

TEAM

Bryce Kho - Artist and Game Design
Li-fu Lin - Programmer and Game Design
Scott Stephan - Producer

Lai - Myself. Writer and Game Design
My dayjob: Middle School English teacher

MORE INFORMATION

KICKSTARTER ON JULY 30th
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 MAIN WEBSITE

  I love the art style! It looks great!

[Explore]

Hello everyone! 
My name is Lai, I am an artist and writer, and currently a middle school English teacher South LA. This is true. I work for Green Dot Public Schools. Why am I here? My boyfriend is an indie developer and I help out with story and art on his game, Aegis. Currently I worked on tween frames for his trailer!

I look like this:

Er, I am the girl with cavities in the bottom right corner.

Please check out his 2D Platformer/Tower Defense hybrid, Aegis!
www.aegisthegame.com

Keep a lookout, it will launch on Kickstarter on July 18th!
Technically there is a DEMO online, go ahead and contact them on the website to get the password!

Aegis is a 2D platformer for PC that combines action/adventure with tower-defense inspired strategy.
Aegis takes places in a world where a great calamity has brought humanity back to the dark ages and now ancient technology is wielded like powerful magic. You play as Bart and Clu, a pair of desperate Ruinhunters, in search of the one thing that can save their village from an encroaching empire - a legendary weapon known as Aegis.

Key Features:

Explore - Discover a beautiful and vast world full of danger and lost technologies - brought to life with handpainted pixel art.

Build - Level up Bart, an engineer, and Clu, a sharpshooter and trapsmith, by discovering lost runes and customize them with unique abilities.

Defend - Fight off enemies from all sides using dynamic character swapping to control multiple characters at once.

Together - Play with friends in Cooperative Story Mode, Horde Mode, and Competitive Siege Mode.
Inspired by nostalgic sidescrolling action-adventure games like Metroid and Castlevania and art/story-driven brands like Final Fantasy.
PC launch in North America will be funded by a KickStarter on July 18th!

Website: www.aegisthegame.com