RIVAL MEGAGUN - PVP Battle Shmup

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

Rival Star Hero will be playable at BitSummit this weekend. Check it out!

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

Two updates:

1. BitSummit was good. Lots of people showed up and played the game. Got some good feedback as well. There are some pics on the blog and a link to the BitSummit Twitch stream, on which Degica talked a bit about the game and showed some gameplay.

2. The title of the game has been changed to Rival Megagun to avoid confusion with another game.

Danbo · Joined: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 463 Location: glasgow

This looks really slick, good work so far!

Looking forward to netplay especially.

quantumproductions · Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 9

Is netplay confirmed? Curious how you will do the syncing between clients.

Concept looks neat. I am curious to see a full round gameplay video.

It sounds like there's some back and forth -- if I do well with chains, my opponent gets more enemies -- this means they could get more chains right?
Is there a limit to the number of enemies? What have you encountered while developing for balance?

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

Hey, sorry for the delay.

quantumproductions wrote:

Is netplay confirmed? Curious how you will do the syncing between clients.

Yes, I am working on network features right now. Using Unity's networking system.

quantumproductions wrote:

It sounds like there's some back and forth -- if I do well with chains, my opponent gets more enemies -- this means they could get more chains right?

Yes, that's right. They're also dealing with more bullets. A huge dump of enemies combined with your mega form can be devastating.

quantumproductions wrote:

Is there a limit to the number of enemies? What have you encountered while developing for balance?

Still working on balance. Some challenges so far have been a) making playable ships that are different but fair; and b) designing enemies and bullet patterns that work well together while being spawned somewhat at random.

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

I can't embed this video on the forum unfortunately. Forgive me for the Twitter links.

Here's a gif preview:

here

We also now have a Discord server!

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

We've been silently working hard. Our targeted release date is now Q4 this year (2018). We now have a Steam Page!

Sai'ke · Joined: 06 Feb 2018 Posts: 49

I've been following you guys over in Twitter-land. Looks really schweet! :mrgreen:

Looking forward to it.

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

We announced Switch today, along side PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Really wish I could embed YouTube videos. Here's the new trailer:

https://youtu.be/6OPhpKvuZdk

waiwainl · Joined: 24 Jun 2014 Posts: 423 Location: Netherlands

This looks really nice :shock:

I just put it on my wishlist

Dale · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 1381

Does the rank go up the longer the match goes? Will it have rollback netcode? I couldn't believe this was real at first I've been dreaming of a game like this.

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

Dale wrote:

Does the rank go up the longer the match goes? Will it have rollback netcode? I couldn't believe this was real at first I've been dreaming of a game like this.

Yes, the difficulty increases throughout the match.

Rollback netcode is not used at this time as it hasn't been necessary. Since both players have their own play area, pixel-perfect frame synchronization isn't needed. Both players will never have to dodge the same bullet for example. That said, networking is always a challenge, and the implementation may change in the future to support rollback or some other solution if needed.

Dale · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 1381

Wouldn't the effect be more direct if one player is a boss? At least if I'm understanding it right. Well good luck the game looks very amazing a lot of people have been waiting for something like. Take your time finishing it this will be something people play for a long time.

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

Yeah, that's exactly right. The boss battles are definitely the most challenging part of networking. I don't know if rollback specifically is the solution yet, but I am working on making sure boss battles play as smoothly as possible. And thanks for the kind words. Glad you're as excited as I am!

sp8cewave · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 37

Sorry about the lack of updates, been very busy.

Happy to announce Rival Megagun will be launching November 29th! Official trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j7mjngCnHk

Dale · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 1381

My steam handle is fartcrack, I'm always down to grind it out. I'm putting all my energy and time into this game from now on.

James_Degica · Joined: 11 Mar 2018 Posts: 53

Just dropping in to let you know that this is out (or very close to it) on all platforms right now.

Release info here:
https://twitter.com/DegicaGames/status/ ... 3702738945

Store links (PS4, Switch, XboxONE, Steam) here:
https://rivalmegagun.com

durias · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 463

I love this game!

James_Degica · Joined: 11 Mar 2018 Posts: 53

We'll be on Cave's Twitch channel on 14th (around 8:15 pm PST) playing Rival Megagun with their team.
https://twitter.com/cave_shooters/statu ... 0344833025
Tune in and say hello!

tiaoferreira · Joined: 21 Aug 2009 Posts: 250

When it will be available?

Shepardus · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:03 pm

tiaoferreira wrote:

When it will be available?

It's been available since last November. Here's the Steam link, but it's also available on consoles: https://store.steampowered.com/app/6541 ... l_Megagun/

tiaoferreira · Joined: 21 Aug 2009 Posts: 250

Thanks, man! I'm gonna test it

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