1917 The Alien Invasion (New WW1 Shooter / Steam Greenlit!)

[Andrade-Games]

Greetings,

1917 - The Alien Invasion is a memorization shooter combined with the fast and frantic action of bullet hell shoot 'em ups.
You are in the role of Dr. Brunhield Stahlmüller, an acomplished weapon scientist who upgrades a WW1 triplane with superior alien technology to attack the invaders. You will avenge mankind and take the battle into the darkness of space until you reach an ancient alien world.


Defend the French airspace

• - Fight from Verdun to the heart of the alien world!
  - Majestic and extravagant pixel art inspired by the golden age of arcades.
  - Accessible with a fair difficulty curve.
  - Intense action and highly polished gameplay
  - 5 stages with huge boss encounters.
  - Bloodshed and gore.
  - Psychedelic soundtrack.
  - Full Xbox controller support.
  - Digital art book (PDF).

It is available for 5.99 USD on Itch.io: https://andrade-games.itch.io/1917-the-alien-invasion
You can vote for it on Greenlight!: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... =653752960

International gameplay trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiUv8G55dPQ
German story trailer with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IlnvwTxuiQ

Screenshots:

Fight in Space with your "Raumdecker" (space plane) Red Beezlebub


Explore an acient alien world


Kill their overlords and drown them in their own blood!

Tell me your opinion and if you like it help me to spread the word.
And you may also check out my first and free Commando/Ikari Warriors like action game "SturmFront - The Mutant War"
https://andrade-games.itch.io/sturmfront-the-mutant-war

[Obiwanshinobi]

I think of WW1 as the grave of aviation's chastity (although I know airplanes got used at a colonial war by Italy prior to that conflict).
Which is of meagre relevance to the topic at hand - anyway, I don't like the style of screenshots (most contemporary shmups look no-hum on screenshots, though) and I would expect a shmup using real world conflict as the starting point to carry somewhat mournful mood, which I'm not getting impression of from the screenshots and description. Projecting too much, perhaps.

I would consider the tone of Gun Frontier by Taito more becoming here (or that of Task Force Harrier).

It's just that for a brief moment in certain generation's lives, airplanes and blimps were like love & peace in the nineteen-sixties, or like computers for my generation - and Great War had buried it all.

https://youtu.be/69bJwn-yjYQ?t=600

[Necronom]

Looks great, I give it a shot during the coming days!
Love the German story trailer.

P.S.: Grüße aus Handschuhsheim;-)

[Obiwanshinobi]

Having watched the trailers, I must admit their bilingual (it's the same dude, isn't he?) voice acting is rad. One thing your game does better than Gun Frontier for sure.

[Andrade-Games]

@Obiwanshinobi: Maybe you had different expectations from a WW1 shooter, but I am honestly not a fan of too dark and too brownish colors. This is why
I combined this grim setting with an colorful alien invasion. In addition I would be very limited with my art design in a "historical" WW1 setting.
Bosses would be just (huge and unrealistic!) tanks and airplanes. You see this in every other shooter. My games have a different approach to this.
I want memorable bossfights.

@Necronom: Thanks a lot. Good to know that there are shoot 'em up lovers in the neighborhood

[BulletMagnet]

Seems you got a mention on Siliconera.

I actually bought the game on itch a few days ago; I like the look, but play-wise it feels a bit rough around the edges to me.

[Andrade-Games]

@BulletMagnet: Thanks for the link and for the feedback.

[Andrade-Games]

"1917 - The Alien Invasion" and "SturmFront - The Mutant War" are finally greenlit. Thanks to everyone who gave me his vote.
First of all I will release "1917 - The Alien Invasion" on Steam. After that you will get an enhanced edition of "SturmFront - The Mutant War"
with improved gameplay and more content.