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[Ramos]

Hi,

We started development on a new game from the Chromosome Evil Franchise.

It won't be a direct sequel but rather a small prequel of sorts with different mechanics mixed with the RTS combat part.
I am going for a Diegetic UI design combined with easy 3 choices per day type of gameplay but all choices must have a big impact.
This will probably also be the final entry from this franchise.



First concept:




Team
Popa Cristian Manuel - artwork, game design, marketing, balance, team management, testing, level design
Sergey Dovganovsky - programming, animation, testing, balance
Developed under 16 BIT NIGHTS studio






Gentlemen  

[vdapps]

3rd game already. Prolific! Keeping fingers for smooth development and another success.

[Ramos]

3rd game already. Prolific! Keeping fingers for smooth development and another success.

Thank you for the encouragement vdapps!



In the meantime, I start to decide on the color palette and final polish adjustments on the game design.

This is critical part of the game because here the player will spend half the gameplay time so I try to polish it as much as possible.

[Ramos]

Some more progress.

I will try to keep all details minimal on the environment and go high-detail on interactive components.

[Ramos]

Made some more progress

[Ramos]

just added more polish and also additional visuals for different screen ratios





And the first iteration of the parallax effect

[Bones]

Very cool! Especially like how you've integrated the GUI and UI into the scene. Really unique stuff! Reminds me of a kind of Escape Room. Parallax looks alright, maybe consider making the second layer not move as quickly could allow for more subtly in the effect.

[Ramos]

Very cool! Especially like how you've integrated the GUI and UI into the scene. Really unique stuff! Reminds me of a kind of Escape Room. Parallax looks alright, maybe consider making the second layer not move as quickly could allow for more subtly in the effect.

Thank you for the kind words!

I agree on the parallax it is very annoying but it was just my first iteration.
We reduced the speeds and added some adjustments.

Also my partner started adding the rollovers and tooltips I made + a mechanical arm for unit selection.

[Bones]

I like the mechanical arm unit thing, keeps with a very consistent in world user interface.
Which is very cool the GUI is looking pretty solid considering you don't see this kind of interface much. The rollovers are looking pretty spot on and insightful as to what things are, easy to read with the bold font.

I might suggest picking perhaps a more military looking font. As this one looks a tad on the superhero comic book kind of vibe.

Do you have plans for any other game screens or will this be it?
Keep up the great work, it's really shaping up quickly.

[Ramos]

I like the mechanical arm unit thing, keeps with a very consistent in world user interface.
Which is very cool the GUI is looking pretty solid considering you don't see this kind of interface much. The rollovers are looking pretty spot on and insightful as to what things are, easy to read with the bold font.

I might suggest picking perhaps a more military looking font. As this one looks a tad on the superhero comic book kind of vibe.

Do you have plans for any other game screens or will this be it?
Keep up the great work, it's really shaping up quickly.

Thank you for the feedback sir 

Regarding the font I actually do aim for that comic book feel to it, tales from the crypt type since the game theme will be military/horror, and those characters you see there will have comic speech bubbles according to the events presented.

The other half of the gameplay will be real-time top-down tactics similar to the main Chromosome Evil 2 project since this will be a sort of prequel to the franchise.

[Ramos]

UPDATE

I am trying to also integrate the inventory menu within the War room interface.

Each slot will provide the player with a minimum of 2 choices and a maximum of 3 choices for upgrade equipment.
There will be no perfect build and the goal here is to create a unique build on each playthrough providing freedom to the player and more ways to play.






Please bare with me, the main target here is to have low gameplay time, around 3-max5 hours of gameplay but HUGE replaibility value

[Ramos]

Animation I made for camp screen




CONTEXT(mockup)

[Ramos]

More encounters











Context (mockup)

[BestFriendStudio]

Best luck with the new project. I love how fast you are able to prototype new ideas. 

I assume that two successfully completed games gives you more confidence, and reduce guessing regarding what you need to do, especially when marketing is in question, which speeds up some processes.

Small comment regarding mockup, I would maybe use different colors for displays, with idea to give different priority to different information, especially for the monitors which are there just for the atmosphere.

Also adding another "filler" row of computers between foreground and background will give more depth, and make everything even more important, like in NASA launching center. 

[Ramos]

Best luck with the new project. I love how fast you are able to prototype new ideas. 

I assume that two successfully completed games gives you more confidence, and reduce guessing regarding what you need to do, especially when marketing is in question, which speeds up some processes.

Small comment regarding mockup, I would maybe use different colors for displays, with idea to give different priority to different information, especially for the monitors which are there just for the atmosphere.

Also adding another "filler" row of computers between foreground and background will give more depth, and make everything even more important, like in NASA launching center. 

Thank you for the constructive criticism!
Yes, having more released games helps, I aim for that long-term steady income.



Timelapse of cutscene artwork





















 

[Alex N.]

One of the things that (to me) speaks "games made with passion" is consistent visual style. And your style, even if pixel art, stays somehow consistent and recognizable across games. Can't wait to see where you take this one . _{I'm sure this one is not another game about zombies... right?... right Ramos?}

[Bombini]

I love the idea of a prequel to get to know more lore about what and why things happened!
Cant wait to see more.

[Ramos]

One of the things that (to me) speaks "games made with passion" is consistent visual style. And your style, even if pixel art, stays somehow consistent and recognizable across games. Can't wait to see where you take this one . _{I'm sure this one is not another game about zombies... right?... right Ramos?}

Thank you for the support!
And yea ... not another zombie game ... 

I love the idea of a prequel to get to know more lore about what and why things happened!
Cant wait to see more.

Glad to hear this!


New scene timelapse
(this will also have animation)














 

[Ramos]

I finally managed to finish all the intro cinematic panels.

Now it's time to add animate them. Sadoff will have a blast



The goal is the same: MAXIMUM Atmospheric value with MINIMAL colors and MINIMAL details

[Rogod]

Dang, this is like a crash-course in how to go from planning-a-game to making-a-game.

Very good