Guxt - Making of...

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:35 am

So, do you think Pixel adding enemies that come from behind qualifies this as a Euroshmup?

Just kidding. But interesting read nonetheless...

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:16 am

I loved Guxt.
He's right, the true boss is too easy

But it's nice to reach such strong climax and come out alive on your first try. Kind of like the true boss in Rocketknight Adventures.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:30 am

Great, great read. Love that small game. I'd carry it with me like a tamagotchi or something.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:41 am

lol, i like it how he calls the game Guxt but the japanese characters he uses are pronounced Gust. nihonglish lol

where is this dude from anyway?

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:37 pm

I wish i could even make simple shmups like him ;o however ever i can't and fail at any way....

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:17 pm

icycalm wrote:lol, i like it how he calls the game Guxt but the japanese characters he uses are pronounced Gust. nihonglish lol

where is this dude from anyway?

Well, isn't "Guxt" pronounced almost like Gust? It's not a real word anyway so you can pronounce like you want :D It's the English rule right? :P

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:27 pm

Fenrir wrote:
icycalm wrote:lol, i like it how he calls the game Guxt but the japanese characters he uses are pronounced Gust. nihonglish lol

where is this dude from anyway?
Well, isn't "Guxt" pronounced almost like Gust? It's not a real word anyway so you can pronounce like you want It's the English rule right?

I have no idea what you are talking about. I speak four languages and in none of them is Gust pronounced anything like Guxt. I just think the guy must be stupid to do so much work on this game and not bother to ask anyone to proprely transliterate its title to Japanese.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:29 am

icycalm wrote:where is this dude from anyway?

Cave Story fame.

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:02 am

This was pretty cool, thanks! What I'd really love to see though, is something like this from ZUN. I think it would be really interesting because he already does this sort of thing for the songs in the games, and it works out well.

icycalm wrote:I just think the guy must be stupid to do so much work on this game and not bother to ask anyone to proprely transliterate its title to Japanese.

You mean to English?

More importantly, does this mean that if you were to ever review this for your site, you would call it Gust?

Anyway, I love this game. Not for the game itself, which I didn't really care for. No, just for the warm feeling of schadenfreude for the legions of Pixel fans who, after having finished their Favorite Game Ever, eagerly awaited any droplets of news from the fan-translated blog. Years later they finally get a simple-looking shmup instead of a Metroidvania. Then they try to rationalize how great a game this is (but not their cup of tea, they don't play shooters) and try to pretend to themselves and others that they love this game as well.

Then again, I would still be a sucker for another game like Ikachan.

Actually, if I could force any doujin game creator to make a shmup, I'd be really interested to see what kind of game Nifflas would create. I don't know if he plays them or not, but the hardest setting in Knytt Stories is called "lunatic." Hmm.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:35 am

Anyone want to tell him about boss suicide exploit?

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:57 am

Enhasa wrote:
icycalm wrote:I just think the guy must be stupid to do so much work on this game and not bother to ask anyone to proprely transliterate its title to Japanese.
You mean to English?

More importantly, does this mean that if you were to ever review this for your site, you would call it Gust?

No, I meant to Japanese.

That's why I asked where this guy was from. It all depends on that.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:12 am

Enhasa wrote:This was pretty cool, thanks! What I'd really love to see though, is something like this from ZUN. I think it would be really interesting because he already does this sort of thing for the songs in the games, and it works out well.

I doubt he'd have time to bother for a dev blog because he'd be too busy getting drunk, and designing more QUALITY lolis to put in his future games, because he knows that's what makes them sell so well.

Anyways, I like Pixel's approach more. Alot less archaic appraoch then someone like, say, ZUN, who loves to punish you for using bombs and such.

Emperor Fossil · Post by **Emperor Fossil** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:45 pm

icycalm wrote:
Enhasa wrote:
icycalm wrote:I just think the guy must be stupid to do so much work on this game and not bother to ask anyone to proprely transliterate its title to Japanese.
You mean to English?

More importantly, does this mean that if you were to ever review this for your site, you would call it Gust?
No, I meant to Japanese.

That's why I asked where this guy was from. It all depends on that.

He's from...

-drum roll-

Japan!

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:46 pm

this adds to the fun. He wants it to be pronounced Gust and Gust it is!

Typical japanese inventive. A boring title with a little twist to make it special.

RotateMe · Post by **RotateMe** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:45 pm

Could anyone point out a direct download link? I had the game but lost it and now every link points to a page where I can only download the zipped developer lock (http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA022293/desk.html).

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:26 pm

icycalm wrote:lol, i like it how he calls the game Guxt but the japanese characters he uses are pronounced Gust. nihonglish lol

where is this dude from anyway?

Pixel can do whatever he likes and he'd always get away with it in my eyes.

Emperor Fossil · Post by **Emperor Fossil** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:46 am

RotateMe wrote:Could anyone point out a direct download link? I had the game but lost it and now every link points to a page where I can only download the zipped developer lock (http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA022293/desk.html).

There's a direct download link on this page:

http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007/03/t ... .html#st16

(I didn't just post the direct dl link here cos the actual article may interest some folks.)