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[Magnesium Ninja]

A new enemy! This one, creatively titled the "Robot Dog", is introduced in Episode 3.

[Magnesium Ninja]

A look at Neon, a seedy black market full of traps and colour.

[alaNintendo]

Great stuff!! 

[Magnesium Ninja]

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WIP look at Boost Blocks! These stationary obstacles fling you through the air when you dash into them, refilling your dash in the mean time.

This allows for some really cool air combos, which is perfect given how little ground there is to stand on in Episode 4.

[Magnesium Ninja]

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Introducing Signal Boosters (known internally as Circlers). These relatively simple enemies move in circles, forcing you to time your dash if you want to use them to continue your air combo.

[Photon]

These combo mechanics look very interesting. What is your perspective on designing levels around them? Are they going to be mostly linear with telegraphed/on-rails routes, or are you hoping to go for something a little more open-ended?

[Magnesium Ninja]

All of the levels are linear in nature, similar to what you'd find in a game like Super Meat Boy. Our driving philosophy when designing levels has largely been, "How can we use this charge-up dash mechanic to create challenges that other platformers don't have?"

Obviously action-platformer is a relatively saturated genre, so we're trying to create an experience that feels notably different, primarily through an emphasis on two concepts:

1. Player-driven action

Rather than base levels around cycles that the player has to wait for, we're trying to create obstacles that can be approached at any time, once the player is ready to continue. Toggle spikes from earlier in this thread are a good example of that. They switch based on your actions, rather than a timer.

2. Combat as movement

Early on in Overclocked's lifespan, we had platforming and combat sequences far more segmented. You would do some challenging platforming, then fight some enemies, then do more platforming. We found that it works a lot better when we integrate the enemies into the platforming itself. It allows us to take advantage of the somewhat unique concept that your dash is both a way to get around, and also your primary means of defeating enemies.

We're hoping these concepts help the game stand out from the pack as much as possible 

[Magnesium Ninja]

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Episode 5 introduces No-Dash Zones, which restrict your dash and force you to navigate in a more conventional sense. This episode focuses a lot on moving in and out of these zones, and figuring out how to get to where you need to be.

[flex$]

i love your focus on tight gameplay mechanics and skill ceiling. keep your focus there and i'm confident this can find an audience of hardcore players.

[Tangleworm]

Thanks, flex$ (and belatedly IndieDoroid)! I hope this can find an audience too.

[Magnesium Ninja]

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Climbing up between two buildings in Episode 4! This episode is all about scaling the side of a skyscraper, and so we've put multiple parallax cityscape layers to work (not that visible in this gif) to give a really strong sensation of climbing high above the city. I think it's turned out really well, making this one of my favourite episodes in the game.

[Magnesium Ninja]

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We've spent a lot of time integrating the game with Steam and setting up our store page, but none of that is ready to show off quite yet. It's been a very surreal but exciting experience getting leaderboards, achievements, and cloud saving up and running. Things I've been dreaming of doing for a long time now, and finally getting to work on.

Making it onto Steam isn't what it used to be, but it's still a very exhilarating moment for us. 

[Magnesium Ninja]

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Very exciting day for us! The Overclocked Steam page has officially gone live, and with it, the news that the game will be launching early next year for free! While not as momentous as the game's eventual launch, this has been a long time coming for us and it feels great to be here.

If you like what you've seen so far, feel free to wishlist the game so that you'll be notified when the game comes out.

[Magnesium Ninja]

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We've been working hard to incorporate tester feedback and make the game a smoother experience. A couple big steps that we've taken have been to dramatically reduce dash charge time (as seen in the gif above) and to have the player create a shockwave when dashing downwards into the ground. Both of these changes allow for players to get through levels faster, and to feel cooler while doing it, which has been a big goal of ours.

[PsycheMac]

We've been working hard to incorporate tester feedback and make the game a smoother experience. A couple big steps that we've taken have been to dramatically reduce dash charge time (as seen in the gif above) and to have the player create a shockwave when dashing downwards into the ground. Both of these changes allow for players to get through levels faster, and to feel cooler while doing it, which has been a big goal of ours.[/center]

That sounds like a good thing to be working on. It's something that made Dust An Elysian Tail so popular. It had a really quick fluid combat system that always made you feel like you were doing cool things in the game.

[Magnesium Ninja]

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A quick preview of a late-game boss!

[Magnesium Ninja]

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A late game mechanic that allows for some very interesting air chains!

[Magnesium Ninja]

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Showing off some more progress into Episode 6.

[Magnesium Ninja]

Exciting News!



Overclocked will be officially launching for free on October 9, 2018!

This entire project has been a huge labor of love for us and we're super thrilled to be this close to the finish line! Huge thanks to everyone who's shown interest and support over the years 


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Wishlist the game to be notified when it goes live

[Devilkay]

a very good start!