Aeon Zenith
Re: Aeon Zenith
The hands(?) of that boss remind me of a painting by Zdzisław Beksiński, pretty cool.
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Squire Grooktook
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Re: Aeon Zenith
I've definitely used that one as a reference! Not sure if on this one, if not then definitely when we were planning the general enemy aesthetic.
Zdzisasdlfkjasdf Beklislkandsf definitely fit the gracefully spooky body horror aesthetic I wanted over the more overt psychosexual Giger-esque kind of thing. Mazeran's monster designs are probably the other biggest influence.
The general concept for the boss was a corrupted paladin with multiple arms (two of which would cover his face as a mask), and with the lower half of a centipede. Plan to animate it something like this.
Zdzisasdlfkjasdf Beklislkandsf definitely fit the gracefully spooky body horror aesthetic I wanted over the more overt psychosexual Giger-esque kind of thing. Mazeran's monster designs are probably the other biggest influence.
The general concept for the boss was a corrupted paladin with multiple arms (two of which would cover his face as a mask), and with the lower half of a centipede. Plan to animate it something like this.
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Re: Aeon Zenith
The game look fantastic.
I tried it, my first opinion is the game are a little fast, I understand you need used the dragoon fire instead of evading, but I can't feel comfortable with the mechanic, my opinion.
But the rest, the game look awesome, congratulation.
I tried it, my first opinion is the game are a little fast, I understand you need used the dragoon fire instead of evading, but I can't feel comfortable with the mechanic, my opinion.
But the rest, the game look awesome, congratulation.
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Squire Grooktook
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Re: Aeon Zenith
Thanks for playing!
I definitely want to keep the fast pace, but I'm hoping with the way spawns work, I can balance it so that it's more reasonable while still being learned.
I've revised the weapon systems / mechanics a fair bit over the last year. Should be more intuitive! I'm planning on getting a new demo out december/january.
I definitely want to keep the fast pace, but I'm hoping with the way spawns work, I can balance it so that it's more reasonable while still being learned.
I've revised the weapon systems / mechanics a fair bit over the last year. Should be more intuitive! I'm planning on getting a new demo out december/january.
Aeon Zenith - My STG.RegalSin wrote:Japan an almost perfect society always threatened by outsiders....................
Instead I am stuck in the America's where women rule with an iron crotch, and a man could get arrested for sitting behind a computer too long.
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Squire Grooktook
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Re: Aeon Zenith
Just a heads up, but I'm planning on posting a new demo on January 10th. I hope everyone will give it a try.
Features:
-Two Stages
-Revised and simplified mechanics
-Music
-Less (but still a lot of) placeholder art
-Maybe an in-game tutorial, deadline permitting.
Features:
-Two Stages
-Revised and simplified mechanics
-Music
-Less (but still a lot of) placeholder art
-Maybe an in-game tutorial, deadline permitting.
Aeon Zenith - My STG.RegalSin wrote:Japan an almost perfect society always threatened by outsiders....................
Instead I am stuck in the America's where women rule with an iron crotch, and a man could get arrested for sitting behind a computer too long.
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Squire Grooktook
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Re: Aeon Zenith
DEMO 3 IS NOW UP
Featuring two stages, a tutorial, and 3 music tracks, as well as a lot of new sprites!
https://squire-grooktook.itch.io/aeon-zenith
Unfortunately, due to time and sanity constraints of meeting a demoday deadline, I had to remove the bosses. I also didn't have enough time to polish stage 1, so it's a lot jankier than stage 2 (I didn't even have time to implement the new stage 1 background assets or the new renderer).
Seriously stage 1 kinda sucks right now.
Still though, I'm pretty proud of stage 2, and the tutorial should make the game a bit more intuitive.
EDIT
Also for funsies, here's some of the new zako sprites!
Not done yet! Still adding some extra animations and polish.
Featuring two stages, a tutorial, and 3 music tracks, as well as a lot of new sprites!
https://squire-grooktook.itch.io/aeon-zenith
Unfortunately, due to time and sanity constraints of meeting a demoday deadline, I had to remove the bosses. I also didn't have enough time to polish stage 1, so it's a lot jankier than stage 2 (I didn't even have time to implement the new stage 1 background assets or the new renderer).
Seriously stage 1 kinda sucks right now.
Still though, I'm pretty proud of stage 2, and the tutorial should make the game a bit more intuitive.
EDIT
Also for funsies, here's some of the new zako sprites!
Spoiler
Aeon Zenith - My STG.RegalSin wrote:Japan an almost perfect society always threatened by outsiders....................
Instead I am stuck in the America's where women rule with an iron crotch, and a man could get arrested for sitting behind a computer too long.
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Re: Aeon Zenith
I really love the organic movement you have on the last zako. Great job
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Squire Grooktook
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Thanks Norty <3
Getting some new animations and SFX, as well as new background stuff!
https://files.catbox.moe/y2exsg.webm <- Redo of stage 1. Still very wip, lot of elements missing. But I think it's coming along!
Getting some new animations and SFX, as well as new background stuff!
https://files.catbox.moe/y2exsg.webm <- Redo of stage 1. Still very wip, lot of elements missing. But I think it's coming along!
Aeon Zenith - My STG.RegalSin wrote:Japan an almost perfect society always threatened by outsiders....................
Instead I am stuck in the America's where women rule with an iron crotch, and a man could get arrested for sitting behind a computer too long.