Kenta Cho shmup ships in 2D

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:53 pm

This is a project I've been devoting a little time to over the past two months.

Click the thumbnails for the full size--many are wide and would disrupt the forum formatting.

(If you're new to shmups and don't know who Kenta Cho is, the name of each game here also functions as a link to the game on his webpage. By all means, click the ones you fancy and download a few... they're free and very good. Mazer Mayhem requires the installation of the XNA studio package.)

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Gunroar

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Mucade

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Titanion

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Torus Trooper

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a7xpg

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Tumiki Fighters

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Mazer Mayhem

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Parsec47

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rRootage

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Noiz2sa

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Halfway through the project I started to record the animations. If you'd like, you can watch the following pictures draw themselves:

Tumiki Fighters
Mazer Mayhem
Parsec47
rRootage
Noiz2sa

(Click on the little "M" to change the speed... to "H", "L", or "Mx")

neist · Post by **neist** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:29 pm

As a very large fan of Kenta Cho, I approve of this.

In fact, I think it's incredible.

Good work!

heavymetalme · Post by **heavymetalme** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:57 pm

Very impressive! I love it!

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:54 am

This is some neat stuff! I'm loving it so far, keep it up!

Rozyrg · Post by **Rozyrg** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:59 am

Very nice... I love the Gunroar pic.

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:23 am

WOW! Good job; I like how you 'expanded' Noiz2sa & rRootage's ships without adding too much stuff.
Keep up the good work!

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:32 am

Awesome!

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:58 am

Very cool!

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:15 pm

This is great stuff. Good attention to detail on the ships.

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:31 pm

rRootage and Parsec47 ships look really cool.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:38 pm

That Gunroar boat looks so badass. Great action shot with the waves.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:48 pm

Awesome stuff

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:04 pm

Nice, I especially like Mucade and Torus Trooper.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:29 pm

Very cool stuff, great project

Bill

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:52 am

He seems like a very humble and kind person, you might send him your fan art. Great art!

Animaitor · Post by **Animaitor** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:01 am

Truly beautiful and inspiring drawings!! I've seen crazy stuff at some Comiket as well. Japanese must be coming to this world with wires and mechanical part under the hood or something...

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:51 pm

Thanks for everyone's compliments... maybe I can put the drawings together and shoot Mr. Cho an e-mail to let him know that his games are indeed loved.

He hasn't released a new one in a while. Perhaps we will see one of his works for sale on XBLA one day.

Gespenst · Post by **Gespenst** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:48 am

That's awesome!
The parsec47 ship reminds me with Star Wars Episode 2
The A7xpg ship looks creepy
The Gunroar and Tumiki design looks awesome!