Crisis Wing - Released!
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update and stage 5 sneak pe
Oh dear, we have another Gryzor. Universe ending much sooner than I thought. I like how the player ship and main shot are based on Grind Stormer's.
I don't really understand how to play this caravan stage though, I always feel like I'm being punished for trying to do anything properly...
Some sort of notification for off-screen medals would be extremely helpful, but it probably won't work with your game area scheme.
I don't really understand how to play this caravan stage though, I always feel like I'm being punished for trying to do anything properly...
Some sort of notification for off-screen medals would be extremely helpful, but it probably won't work with your game area scheme.
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update and stage 5 sneak pe
Downloaded this ace Crisis Wing caravan demo -- Wow, the sprite artwork is spot-on in regards to the classic Toaplan arcade shmups of lore.
A cool slick arcade attract demo sequence should be included that leads unto the main title screen for that unmistakable arcade Toaplan-ish vibe to seal the deal. I think running CW on an Airframe pcb setup would be ace -- it's good enough to play on an actual candy cab with the usual low-res 15.7kHz arcade monitor setup.
The catchy chiptune matches the gameplay of the first stage.
Do you have any plans to release CW on the Nintendo Switch platform? It'd be awesome to play it in tate on the Switch's screen with a proper arcade stick for the win (with some scanline support for that classic arcade Toaplan feel).
PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
A cool slick arcade attract demo sequence should be included that leads unto the main title screen for that unmistakable arcade Toaplan-ish vibe to seal the deal. I think running CW on an Airframe pcb setup would be ace -- it's good enough to play on an actual candy cab with the usual low-res 15.7kHz arcade monitor setup.
The catchy chiptune matches the gameplay of the first stage.
Do you have any plans to release CW on the Nintendo Switch platform? It'd be awesome to play it in tate on the Switch's screen with a proper arcade stick for the win (with some scanline support for that classic arcade Toaplan feel).
PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update and stage 5 sneak pe
Every time I see a new post I am secretly hoping it is pieslice saying the game is finished. I want to play this yesterday, but know patience will be rewarded when he is finally ready for the game to drop.
Think this one is going to be a bit special.
Think this one is going to be a bit special.
You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update and stage 5 sneak pe
Project status updated in the opening post.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update and stage 5 sneak pe
Porting this game to a console is still a very open question to me. It depends how easy it is to port the game to switch; I assume it's relatively easy if Unity support for the switch is done well.PC Engine Fan X! wrote: Do you have any plans to release CW on the Nintendo Switch platform?
PS4 and XBOne are probably out of question at this point (as I'm just a single man indie "team"), and I think TATE games on widescreen TV:s are rather lame anyway.
The gameplay probably needs some adjustment if I decide to opt for the switch's native aspect rate instead of 3:4. Originally CW was meant to support both widescreen and 3:4 letterbox from the get-go but I decided to use 3:4 only, because the game was considerably easier on widescreen tate mode.
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (25th december)
I missed the earlier discussion, so my comment is based on this recent video update:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPTqRpEfDo
A couple of things that stuck out (to me, might not necessarily to everyone):
- The background repeats pretty quickly. It may be a good idea to loop it only every other screen, to avoid repetitiveness.
- It seems like every shot of every enemy has a sound. I would consider not doing this and only give major enemy shots a sound, and leave the rest quiet, especially those from the popcorn enemies.
- some enemies (the yellow bars for example or the mid-boss) have a very.. noisy texture. Not sure if this really helps.
Other than that it looks really solid and I'm looking forward to the release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPTqRpEfDo
A couple of things that stuck out (to me, might not necessarily to everyone):
- The background repeats pretty quickly. It may be a good idea to loop it only every other screen, to avoid repetitiveness.
- It seems like every shot of every enemy has a sound. I would consider not doing this and only give major enemy shots a sound, and leave the rest quiet, especially those from the popcorn enemies.
- some enemies (the yellow bars for example or the mid-boss) have a very.. noisy texture. Not sure if this really helps.
Other than that it looks really solid and I'm looking forward to the release.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (25th december)
duuuude I really dig those rolling fire sounds. god this game is looking great!
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (25th december)
*Bump*
Project status update in opening post
Project status update in opening post
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (26th april)
That seems to be great news. Do you plan on making a trailer when close to launch? Perhaps you can find team duo to have a play on 2 player.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (26th april)
I will start to gather media closer to launch. I just removed old gameplay video and screen shot from the opening post, as their quality does no longer correspond with the finished product.MrJBRPG wrote:That seems to be great news. Do you plan on making a trailer when close to launch? Perhaps you can find team duo to have a play on 2 player.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (26th april)
Whoa. This is great news!
You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (26th april)
Really looking forward to it!!
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (26th april)
Project status update and Christmas screenies in the first post!
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
We need a demo as a christmas present ![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
seriously, great job, the game look amazing.
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seriously, great job, the game look amazing.
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Man, I can't wait! This has really come along and it looks excellent!
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Yay! All stages are done!
I only need to create unique boss for the caravan level (instead of recycling st1 boss)
Then it is testing and bugfixing, setting up the steam page etc...
I only need to create unique boss for the caravan level (instead of recycling st1 boss)
Then it is testing and bugfixing, setting up the steam page etc...
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Sounds like great progress, good luck with the rest of the way!pieslice wrote:Yay! All stages are done!
I only need to create unique boss for the caravan level (instead of recycling st1 boss)
The it is testing and bugficing, setting up the steam page etc...
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Yeah, good luck man. Really enjoyed the caravan stage demo you put out. Looking forward to picking this one up!
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Best of luck! I'm looking forward to this one!
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
I'm highly anticipating this as well. The aesthetics are on point. Good luck!
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Some new screens
I put these under spoiler tags as they are large
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I put these under spoiler tags as they are large
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Gorgeous! Really love the subtle neon glow, the porridge is just right.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Again, this looks awesome! Well done!
Two issues I had with the demo:
- My NES usb controller didn't work properly. No vertical movement, only hori. And just the bomb button. Options screen needs a joy-input config option, I guess.
- The small ship hitbox is also used when collecting the pickups. Really bugged me.![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Two issues I had with the demo:
- My NES usb controller didn't work properly. No vertical movement, only hori. And just the bomb button. Options screen needs a joy-input config option, I guess.
- The small ship hitbox is also used when collecting the pickups. Really bugged me.
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Pretty sure Gryzor is smiling a bit over this.Despatche wrote:Oh dear, we have another Gryzor.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
The sprites are very good, but please don't draw them rotated: it destroys the illusion of low resolution with conflicting pixel grids (all fake).
Instead, you might prepare spritesheets with multiple orientations (and possibly multiple faux-subpixel offsets) of your bullets, properly aligned to a consistent pixel grid.
Tools like Rotsprite (and more generally the technique of upscaling the sprite by a large factor, translating and rotating, and downscaling to the regular size) can help you obtain a reasonable starting point for rotated and offset sprites with little effort.
Instead, you might prepare spritesheets with multiple orientations (and possibly multiple faux-subpixel offsets) of your bullets, properly aligned to a consistent pixel grid.
Tools like Rotsprite (and more generally the technique of upscaling the sprite by a large factor, translating and rotating, and downscaling to the regular size) can help you obtain a reasonable starting point for rotated and offset sprites with little effort.
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
This, please. The game seems to be drawn at 320x240 (rotated), you should keep the pixel grid and visual effects strictly forced to this resolution. Also, keep in mind that many people here still use CRT monitors for gaming which are easily tate-able, so allowing them to display your game at full screen will always be welcome.Ixmucane2 wrote:The sprites are very good, but please don't draw them rotated: it destroys the illusion of low resolution with conflicting pixel grids (all fake).
Instead, you might prepare spritesheets with multiple orientations of your bullets, properly aligned to a consistent pixel grid.
Looks awesome, other than that. Good luck.
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
game is actually drawn with highest integer multiple of 320x240 that can fit to your resolution; for 4x displays each 'pixel' is actually 7x7 or 8x8 pixel square.
Some effects like the light bleed use full resolution; also movement and scrolling are sub pixel accurate and use all available pixels.
For CRT displays you can always crank the resolution to 640x480![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Some effects like the light bleed use full resolution; also movement and scrolling are sub pixel accurate and use all available pixels.
For CRT displays you can always crank the resolution to 640x480
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
With "drawn" I actually meant "pencilled", the native resolution you designed the graphics at - sorry for the misunderstanding. Wouldn't the scroll and sprite movement be smooth enough for you if they were restricted to the art's native resolution, like any old game you can think of? Also, you can get a Windows or Linux PC running at 320x240 on a 15khz CRT, not few people do that these days and your game would be perfect for these setups (and viceversa). Though this suggestion may come a bit late now, sadly?
Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
You could render to a 240x320 buffer and then scale it to the nearest / highest integer multiple as you do now and render that in the window.
Will boost performance as well (not that you seem to have an issue with that).
Illusion-destroyed-image:
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Will boost performance as well (not that you seem to have an issue with that).
Illusion-destroyed-image:
![Image](http://mix256.com/rotated.jpg)
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Re: Crisis Wing - project status update (20th dec)
Yep. That's awful, I'm sorry. Particularly in this game with such stellar pixel art.
OT: Is your game called "Dancer" in Japan, mice?
OT: Is your game called "Dancer" in Japan, mice?