Icarus-X: Tides of Fire - Fast-paced Vert [Steam/iOS]

[FRO]

Tyrian (and, by extension, Tyrian 2000) is one of my favorite shmups of all time, and certainly my favorite PC shmup. Any idea when you plan on unleashing this on Steam? If this is anything like Tyrian I'll be all over this.

[TheQuadsphere]

Steam release depends on Greenlight votes, so it could be a while... The game will most definitely be finished by then.
Don't hesitate to spread the word and get it some votes

Started adding some accelerating patterns:

[nasty_wolverine]

Started adding some accelerating patterns:

wow, look, patterns, nice.

[Lilium]

Your project looks decent. Decided to upvote it on Greenlight.

[TheQuadsphere]

Added a Landscape/Side-scroller display mode:



And now back to work on new patterns

[Cagar]

You might want to take this to the dev section

[TheQuadsphere]

@Cagar: not sure I can do this myself?

I got replays working for both modes. That's one of my favorite features to have in a shmup. Watching players beat my scores during the first couple weeks after Icarus-X's release is probably my fondest memory as a dev.

Also added a scanlines filter option:



And still working on new patterns

[Cagar]

don't both of those patterns havea safespot at the top of the screen...?

[TheQuadsphere]

don't both of those patterns havea safespot at the top of the screen...?

When there are "obvious" safe spots at top of the screen (this is the case on many bosses) I just trigger a bunch of homing bullets to force you to move... It's not very elegant, but quite effective.

[nasty_wolverine]

Also added a scanlines filter option:

Your scanline orientation is wrong. Tate games have vertical scans. just like a real CRT flipped on its side.

[TheQuadsphere]

Arcade Mode Gameplay video finally done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnxHxlWeo2g (watch @60fps!)

@nasty_wolverine: added as an option

[Jeneki]

When there are "obvious" safe spots at top of the screen (this is the case on many bosses) I just trigger a bunch of homing bullets to force you to move... It's not very elegant, but quite effective.

A couple aimed shots are always elegent and effective.

[TheQuadsphere]

Soooo, I've been spending way too much time getting cross-platform compatible replays working and then realised it would be unmanagable in the long run due to the App Store approval process... Ah well

I've been really happy with the campaign mode in my latest play tests. Obviously not for everyone, but the randomness of item generation and variety of possible builds keep things fresh even after 500+ hours playing it.

I feel the game is almost ready to launch. I will do a (hopefully) short beta test in the coming weeks: feel free to apply by sending an email to beta at thequadsphere.com with your forum name and the platform/device you wish to test on (Windows or iOS).

Also, please vote on Steam Greenlight if you haven't yet: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =389773945

[TheQuadsphere]

Hey all,

The game has finally been greenlit, the steam store page is live, the iOS version is waiting for review at Apple and release is planned for the 25th of June

Big thanks to the beta-testers and those who played the Groupees build!

[TheQuadsphere]

The game is out on Steam and the App Store now!

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id982766644?mt=8

http://store.steampowered.com/app/375000

See you on the leaderboards

[thelion1856]

Yes I agree on the faster bullets I have the first version of this on my iPhone

[amdiggywhut]

Will this work with my Hori arcade stick? Because many of the shmups I've bought off Steam I've had to get refunded for since they don't work with it...

[Weak Boson]

After reading the first post I decided to post to wish you well on development, then it turns out the game is out! Something about the "mixed shmup" experience appeals to me right now so I'm going to give it go. EDIT: I can't get the controls to work. I tried to map them to my stick but it seems to assign the analogue stick to something automatically and then the ship is ocntrolled by the mouse but constantly moves to the the top left of the screen. Weird!

[pbsk8]

Will this work with my Hori arcade stick? Because many of the shmups I've bought off Steam I've had to get refunded for since they don't work with it...

Use Xpadder to map the buttons and every game will work with yout arcade stick.

I have a madcatz TE2 and everything works perfect with it.

[guigui]

The game is out on Steam and the App Store now!

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id982766644?mt=8

http://store.steampowered.com/app/375000

See you on the leaderboards

Any chance of an Android version, as for Icarus X the 1st ?

[TheQuadsphere]

Any chance of an Android version, as for Icarus X the 1st ?

Unless Google suddenly provides a decent NDK, none, sorry...

[TheQuadsphere]

Updated the Steam version with the following changes:

Added an option to fire the primary weapon manually (Please remap your controls before playing)

You can now navigate in most menus digitally (Keyboard or D-Pad)

Slowed down the scrolling and slightly dimmed the background on Chapter I

Chapter I Mini Boss is now easier

Chapter I Main Boss's spinning bullets no longer spin and do less damage

Enemy bullets no longer damage your ship if your shield is above 10% capacity (Campaign)

Removed the spinning enemy from Chapter I (Campaign and Arcade)

Adjusted difficulty on Chapter II Main Boss: regular bullets do more damage and homing bullets do less damage

Arcade Mode is now much easier in all difficulties

Please note: due to gameplay changes, older replays are now obsolete.