TECHBEAT HEART - Demo available now!

[Lost Machine Games]

SCORCHING TECHBEAT ACTION!
TechBeat Heart is a frantic score attack shooter with 2 OSTs to choose from.
Dance through the curtain of fire as you shoot, slash and blast evil corruption. Fight enemies and bullets corrupted by a raving mad machine.
100% arcade action. A Dual Gunstrike spin off.

STEAM PAGE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520 ... rce=shmups

[Lost Machine Games]

Some enemies tests together in a short video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtla_q639R8

OST by the great WOFS: https://watchoutforsnakestheband.bandcamp.com/

[Lost Machine Games]

Another enemy finished.
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[Lost Machine Games]

A quick gameplay montage showing some enemies, weapons and music.
https://twitter.com/LMachineGames/statu ... 0183795716

[Sturmvogel Prime]

Looks good, the ship sprites look very solid and well made like the big commercial games.

[Licorice]

Cool. Ship sprite is unusually big compared to the bullets, is that intentional?

[Lost Machine Games]

Thank you both.
And yes, it's intentional. Still 50% the Steel Vampire size.

The game now has a Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520 ... eat_Heart/

[Lost Machine Games]

Now the special attacks have slowmotion.
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[Lost Machine Games]

Trying a pacifist run.
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Wishlist on STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520 ... rce=shmups

[Lost Machine Games]

Lauch trailer is up:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520 ... rce=shmups
September 13
$2.99
Lots of achievements
High replay value
Online leaderboards

If you want to help, wishlist and follow the game on Steam.

[Lost Machine Games]

Hey everyone.
I'm making a giveaway for 5 steam keys on twitter if someone are interested.
https://twitter.com/LMachineGames/statu ... 5449635840

[Lost Machine Games]

After months of fine tunning, TechBeat Heart is out!
Only $2.69 this week!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520 ... eat_Heart/

[Lost Machine Games]

Hey everyone.
TechBeat Heart is 30%Off for the next week and we're running a competition!

More info: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ... 9608655479

[Lost Machine Games]

TechBeat Heart's caravan mode is up and there's a competition going on, with Steam keys as prizes for the best players!
The game is 40%OFF ($1.79)

[Joel]

Awesome! I've been wanting to pick up this game. Seems like a good opportunity!

[Lost Machine Games]

Awesome! I've been wanting to pick up this game. Seems like a good opportunity!

Hope you enjoy it!
I'm following your game too.

[Joel]

Awesome! I've been wanting to pick up this game. Seems like a good opportunity!

Hope you enjoy it!
I'm following your game too.

Thank you so much for the support!

[Lost Machine Games]

You can now play the caravan mode for free. The demo version has its own leaderboards.
Hope you enjoy the game!

[Lost Machine Games]

TechBeat Heart is 80% OFF on STEAM Summer Sale.
Buy the game for cents and help a developer.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520 ... eat_Heart/

[Verticen]

I picked this game up awhile ago but recently got around to playing it. Really solid bite-sized shooting game. RNG can occasionally be cruel, but overall fun game. I found that you handled offscreen enemy visual warnings well and I like how some enemies have animations that indicate when they will shoot. Good art too.

I Installed on my Steam Deck on a whim to see if it worked. Game seems to function pretty well from a fresh install on the deck. I had to map ESC to one of the back buttons to return to the main menu through the pause menu, that was the only change I had to make. Movement is limited to the D-Pad but I was able to clear hard using the D-Pad without too much issue. The game program runs smooth and responsive and loading is effectively instant. Vibration when player is hit works too; nice touch, but vibration could be made a tad bit stronger imo.

The biggest issue I found with the game on the deck is the "Controller: OFF/ON" option. It is defaulted to OFF, but enabling this option effectively softlocks the game on the Steam Deck. Most user controls become unresponsive and this is stuck until the user edits the config files or re-installs the game. If you want a hotfix, you may want to disable/remove/hide this option specifically for Steam Deck users:

Code: Select all

#tested GDscript
func _ready():
	if _is_on_Steamdeck():
		#RUN STEAMDECK-SPECIFIC CODE HERE e.g. analogoption.disabled = true
		pass

func _is_on_Steamdeck() -> bool: #function to see if program seems to be running on Steam Deck hardware
	var _system_OS_info : Array = []
	OS.execute("lsb_release", ["-a"], true, _system_OS_info)
	if "SteamOS" in _system_OS_info[0]: #check if running "SteamOS" (will return false with decks running other OS; e.g. Windows 10)
		var _system_usernames : Array = []
		OS.execute("lslogins", ["--output","GECOS"], true, _system_usernames)
		if "Steam Deck User" in _system_usernames[0]: return true #check the list of system users
	return false

I'll mention the game next time I post on the Steam Deck shmups list thread.