One Man DevTeam Crafts Gorgeous 2-D Adventure

[TheDuckbunny]

Wow, if one guy can do this, then what the hell are game companies doing these days?

This is what modern gaming should be like, fun.

Y'know, I kinda wish gaming could go back to the small scale of yesterdays. Screw million dollar budget games.

 

[Kollega]

Some things come up in mind.

1) It sure looks like 2D version of DMC in gameplay terms.

2) It looks FACKEEN ORESUM in terms of graphics/animation.

3) Why no love for PC... again?! I would probably buy it - looks like fun.

4)

Wow, if one guy can do this, then what the hell are game companies doing these days?

This is what modern gaming should be like, fun.

Y'know, I kinda wish gaming could go back to the small scale of yesterdays. Screw million dollar budget games.

This.

5) This thread gave me strong feeling of deja vu.

6) What the heck does "Elysian" mean? I remembered that word a couple of weeks ago,but without context. Can someone describe it for me?

7) Yay anthropomorphs! Feels like fresh air in an ocean of masculine brown-haired (space-)soldier protagonists.

8) EDIT: does anyone know who is protagonist? What's his species? Any thoughts?

 

[dochmbi]

Looks really cool, I wish I could get it on PC.

 

[Amnestic]

6) What the heck does "Elysian" mean? I remembered that word a couple of weeks ago,but without context. Can someone describe it for me?

Elysium is a section of the Greek underworld. It was usually where the Heroes and universal badasses-who-were-still-good got sent. If you fought and died heroically in a war or something, your soul would end up in Elysium. I assume Elysian is an adjective form of the word.

/The More You Know
//First saw the word in Gladiator as I remember and went to look it up.

 

[Nutcase]

Honestly, I don't know whether to be more stunned that the XNA development suite can churn out such amazing, Disney-esque visuals

And what exactly is surprising about XNA being able to do this? It's just bunch of layered sprites, a couple of particle effects and a distortion effect or two.

 

[Jumplion]

Nah, it's Microsoft's competition and any entrants have to sign a form declaring that if it wins the game will be exclusively avalible on XBLA.

Aww poo, the least they could do would be to put it on PC! Damnit, I want my furry creatures!

They probably end up putting later on the PC. Like Braid.

Isn't Braid going to PS3? I'm really asking, it's either Braid coming to PS3 or I'm confusing that with Castle Crashers.

But still, DAMNIT this game deserves to win whatever contest it's going in.

 

[Zefar]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-trailer-dust-an/53859

In that trailer it list it on PC.

I really hope it's for PC. Looks awesome.

 

[oliveira8]

Nah, it's Microsoft's competition and any entrants have to sign a form declaring that if it wins the game will be exclusively avalible on XBLA.

Aww poo, the least they could do would be to put it on PC! Damnit, I want my furry creatures!

They probably end up putting later on the PC. Like Braid.

Isn't Braid going to PS3? I'm really asking, it's either Braid coming to PS3 or I'm confusing that with Castle Crashers.

But still, DAMNIT this game deserves to win whatever contest it's going in.

It's Castle Crashers

 

[Fenixius]

I'd love this game. Pity I will not be allowed to buy it. Curse Australia.

 

[Christemo]

7 bloody months? on that masterpiece? that man has the skillz that killz. it has awesome visual, cool combat and it actually looks kinda hard.

 

[Christemo]

6) What the heck does "Elysian" mean? I remembered that word a couple of weeks ago,but without context. Can someone describe it for me?

Elysium is a section of the Greek underworld. It was usually where the Heroes and universal badasses-who-were-still-good got sent. If you fought and died heroically in a war or something, your soul would end up in Elysium. I assume Elysian is an adjective form of the word.

/The More You Know
//First saw the word in Gladiator as I remember and went to look it up.

Elysian is something that comes from Elysium. and it wasnt easy getting in there. the Three Judges ( Minos, Aeacus and Rhadamanthys) would look through your life and judged if your were worthy afterward. you could either be sent to Tartarus (for the great sinners like Ixion), the Asphodel Fields (for people that was pretty neutral in life. the most populated part) or Elysium, which was reserved for heroes like Ajax, Achilles and Perseus, good kings and so on.

hope i cleared up the confusion and learned ya a bit

 

[Christemo]

He has got to be a top contender and I hope he does win. That game looks great to play for a beat em up.

its not a beat em up. its a hack n slash like DMC or GOW.

 

[Disembodied_Dave]

Well the graphics look pretty the game play looks uninteresting. and ugh.. furries.

 

[TheCameraman]

Hmm, looks interesting, and the graphics are indeed great. Remarkable that this is made by one single person as well.
Will definitely check it out if it reaches the PC some time.

Edit: To anyone who see an "Animal-humanoid"-character and automatically complains about furries: Get off the Bandwagon and Grow up.

 

[Jumplion]

Well the graphics look pretty the game play looks uninteresting. and ugh.. furries.

And that is a problem...why? I'll use the old "If it's fun, it's fun" argument. If the game is fun, it's fun, regardless of who the characters are modeled on. If you ask me, aside from Ratchet and Clank, we don't get enough anthropomorphic goodness.

 

[XJ-0461]

Looks very nice. And that's very impressive for one guy. Hell, I could barely make a stick man walk in seven months, and that guy makes a whole game in that time. That deserves some kind of reward.

 

[Terramax]

TIS' NOT A SCRATCH ON WHISPERED WORLD!

You want gorgeous 2D graphics, look that game up. WW was also initially a 1 man project for his university project.

 

[runnerbelow]

ARGH damned ps3 browser! I think I reported someone by accident... Anyway, the graphics look very nice for one man in seven months. The gameplay looks a bit cluttered though. Nothing wrong with that, just it feels as though if I was going to play it, I would find myself using the spammy spinning attack a lot. Though I guess that's just the way that the mechanics are, considering game-breaking attacks are always around. But really the game looks like it could be fun, or challenging.