Neko Navy
Neko Navy
A new doujin 4:3 hori Neko Navy has been added to Dlsite. Here's the PV. The vibe is whimsical (e.g., the day 3 boss) and focused movement is eschewed. But the smooth gameplay has bite to it; there are point-blanking bonuses, and moreover a rechargeable bomb that converts bullets into scoring items. The game was developed in Unity 5, so doesn’t appear to have a default resolution, allowing it to scale (somewhat blurrily) to fit any monitor.
Of note is that the demo Koneko Navy at the dev’s site provides access to all seven stages of the game on hard (middle) difficulty, albeit without any continues or training options. This is an interesting marketing approach, which I’ve not seen before. I suppose folks that get hooked by the mechanics on their way to clearing hard will want to play on death, while others will want access to easy or continues to see the entire game. The MP3 soundtrack is a nice bonus.
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OmegaFlareX
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Adorable :3
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How do you tell which is the all-rounder balanced, which is fast type, and which is heavy/slow?
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I wonder if this is related to the old Neko Shot flash game that seems to have disappeared from the internet now?
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After repeated failures I am hereby declaring stage 6 to be this game's purr-et wall.
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On Steam Greenlight now
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This game is dope.
We did a quick casual run of the trial, and I'm definitely picking it up when it's formally released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyzy0sab1w
We did a quick casual run of the trial, and I'm definitely picking it up when it's formally released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyzy0sab1w
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Never woulda guessed you'd dig this one, considering your avatar. In any event, as someone else pointed out to me elsewhere on here the full game is available on DLSite English if you'd rather not wait for Steam.
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The circle around the character indicating what seems to be bomb charge gives me Wisp Lisp Array of List vibes... I wonder if it's developed by the same people.
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AFAIK, Wisp List Array of List was created by Alpha Secret Base (Kaiten Patisser, Ganbare Natsuki-san, etc.), and they don't seem to have any relation with Neko Navy.
That said, the circle graphic is very similar indeed.
That said, the circle graphic is very similar indeed.
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Watching the video and, is that Dangun Feveron bouncing items? In a game with a playable cat?
Needs more meowing. (not really)
(edit) Grabbed the demo. Stage 4 boss is worth the trip, it's not every day I lose my lives from laughing too much.
Needs more meowing. (not really)
(edit) Grabbed the demo. Stage 4 boss is worth the trip, it's not every day I lose my lives from laughing too much.
Typos caused by cat on keyboard.
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The game now has a Steam Coming Soon page. It's being published by Fruitbat Factory, with a 15% promotional discount from $10.99 to $9.34. No direct download, which is consistent with the recent Xmas Shooting - Scramble!! but not earlier titles like QP Shooting - Dangerous!!. The release will be version 1.51 according to the dev, which I hope the DLsite versions will be patched to. Most significantly for me, it looks like the screen filter has been disabled or made optional:
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BulletMagnet
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I enjoy this sort of silliness a bit too much not to post a quick reminder about the Steam release, which I picked up (and actually sat still long enough to review) to support the publisher/developer - give this furry bugger a try if you haven't already.
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I haven't analyzed the thing too closely, but any changes are pretty minor (I think I noticed a couple of added sound effects, that sort of thing); I imagine global leaderboards would be the biggest draw for the Steam version.
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Does the dlsite version have the 3 unlockable characters and the ura route in death mode? If yes then I don't think there's any difference bar the steam cloud support, achievements and leaderboards.kane wrote:Is there any reason to buy the Steam version over DLsite?
You can't run the steam version without the client running, I checked.
I love the game so much!
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Does this game work under Windows XP? It doesn't say it does, but I was wondering if that was just because too few people use it as an operating system nowadays. I'd like to buy it, but I don't have anything more recent.
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Version 1.51 has been uploaded to DLsite English. It's still filtering in full screen unless at 800x600, which just happens to be the resolution of the image above. Strangely, still only in Japanese.
Regarding XP compatibility, I couldn't get it to run on the box I have, but I'm sure its drivers could stand to be updated.
Regarding XP compatibility, I couldn't get it to run on the box I have, but I'm sure its drivers could stand to be updated.
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Headed to Switch with a bit of extra stuff.
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On sale -25% on EU eshop now. Anyone has some feedback about this game ?
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I love it, one my favourites on the system. It's just really fun and even relaxing shmup to play and I really wish more people would find this little gem.guigui wrote:On sale -25% on EU eshop now. Anyone has some feedback about this game ?
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Relaxing sounds nice. Is there some kind of challenge, interesting scoring system ?
Bravo jolie Ln, tu as trouvé : l'armée de l'air c'est là où on peut te tenir par la main.
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Yeah man, bombing is tied to the scoring, try the fattest cat to start, you point blank the baddies, scoop up all the little blue cats and that builds your bomb gauge (the little dotted line circle around your character) then you wait until the screen is full of baddies and bullets, and bomb and scoop up all the yellow things for a big score payout, rinse and repeat.
Excellent game. So much fun to play. You want to be trying to get enough blue cats on the screen before you bomb so you can instantly replenish your bomb gauge, this is so much fun in death mode, stuff is spilling out of enemies and you're bombing almost constantly.
There's a very generous demo of the pc version that lets you play through the entire game on the normal difficulty if you want to try before you buy - http://deathmofumofu.sakura.ne.jp/game/neko_navy/
Couple of characters to unlock including a fish with a sword that only does melee damage for the super hardcore players.
Very underrated game, one of my favourites.
The switch version added an endless mode, they're usually not very well balanced, but fun, I haven't heard anything about this one in particular, but it's the version to get because of that if you have a switch.
Excellent game. So much fun to play. You want to be trying to get enough blue cats on the screen before you bomb so you can instantly replenish your bomb gauge, this is so much fun in death mode, stuff is spilling out of enemies and you're bombing almost constantly.
There's a very generous demo of the pc version that lets you play through the entire game on the normal difficulty if you want to try before you buy - http://deathmofumofu.sakura.ne.jp/game/neko_navy/
Couple of characters to unlock including a fish with a sword that only does melee damage for the super hardcore players.
Very underrated game, one of my favourites.
The switch version added an endless mode, they're usually not very well balanced, but fun, I haven't heard anything about this one in particular, but it's the version to get because of that if you have a switch.
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I play this on the Switch constantly, I really love it. The zany characters and environments are so fun, and the shooting is satisfying.
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Alright you guys sold it, thanks.
Bravo jolie Ln, tu as trouvé : l'armée de l'air c'est là où on peut te tenir par la main.
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The upgraded Switch version is getting a limited physical release (credit to the Shmups Twitter for the heads-up).