Wings Of Apocalypse Demo

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Wings Of Apocalypse Demo

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*UPDATED JUNE 9th 2009*

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Wings of Apocalypse DEMO is now available for Download!

FEED BACK IS WELCOME! THANKS!

TRAILER 1:http://vimeo.com/4530059
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TRAILER 2:http://www.vimeo.com/4658373
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SCREENSHOTS:
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Minimum hardware requirements

Operating Systems:Windows XP or Vista

RAM: 256M

Processor:1.3 Ghz Intel Celeron M or any comparable AMD/Intel Processor

GPU: ATI 9000, Nvdia Geforce 4MX 32 MB or a equivalent OpenGL compatible GPU

150 MB of hard drive space is required !

Note: If you meet the minimum requirements and have performance issues please lower your resolution in 'Options' at the 'Display' menu.


Controls

Default controls are mapped to the keyboard. Movement controls are mapped to the arrow keys and fire is mapped to the 'Z' key. To activate your shield press the 'X' key on the keyboard. The controls may be changed in the Options menu under “Controls” by pressing the 'Esc' key anytime during gameplay. You may also use a gamepad to play this game.

Note: Please use the mouse to select the gamepad map and keyboard mapping menus.

Gameplay

Wings of Apocalypse sports much of the same gameplay mechanics as many other shoot ups but with a twist! Each character in the game has Deflector Shield in which he or she may deflect enemy attacks of the same color. For example; Naomi's Deflector Shield is Red, therefore she may only deflect Red enemy fire!

Depending on which character you choose, the difficulty of the game will change. Although the environment is exactly the same for each character, the opportunity to deflect enemy attacks are not. If the player chooses Roger he/she will be able to deflect almost all attacks because there are usually more blue enemies in the game. In other words Roger is easy difficulty, Bryan medium and Naomi Hard.

Known Issues

-On some system configurations Wings of Apocalypse has been known to perform poorly after the initial installation. If you are experiencing this, restart your computer to fix the problem.

-Performance is significantly decreased when the SLI feature is enabled for Nvidia video cards

-Wings of Apocalypse does not scroll properly when the SLI feature is enabled for Nvidia video cards

-If you use your keyboard or gamepad to select the keyboard or gamepad mapping menus you may have issues with your controls. A quick fix is to always select the keyboard or gamepad mapping menus with the mouse

-Windowed mode doesn't always work properly[/url]
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Gamepad "sorta" works. I can't remap the buttons because the gamepad-remapper in the options menu doesn't respond to gamepad d-pad or button presses.

The d-pad works in the game and in the menus, but my gamepad's buttons do nothing.

I didn't play the game much because I was frustrated with using the keyboard to shoot and the gamepad to move :)

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, 2 gigs of ram, a GeForce 8800GTX, and a USB Saturn pad.
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Please don't tell me it took you more than a few days of screwing around to make this.
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landshark wrote:Gamepad "sorta" works. I can't remap the buttons because the gamepad-remapper in the options menu doesn't respond to gamepad d-pad or button presses.

The d-pad works in the game and in the menus, but my gamepad's buttons do nothing.

I didn't play the game much because I was frustrated with using the keyboard to shoot and the gamepad to move :)

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, 2 gigs of ram, a GeForce 8800GTX, and a USB Saturn pad.
If your gamepad didnt work you should try to use the keyboard for shooting and moving. instead of trying to use both the gamepad and the keyboard.

Im not sure why your gamepad couldnt be mapped in the options. I've personally tested the game with the xbox 360 gamepad and the saltek p880 gamepad. Plenty of others have also tested the game with various gamepads and they all work fine. I will look into fixing this problem, but until then, a quick fix would be to use a program called "Xpadder" to map your controller to the keyboard controls. You can download the program for free from here .

Thanks for your feed back!
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this looks cool! sadly I don't have a comp that can play this game.
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Post by null1024 »

I've been meaning to try this [the system reqs. are effectively half of my computer's specs], but will this run well with integrated video? [64MB Intel]
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null1024 wrote:I've been meaning to try this [the system reqs. are effectively half of my computer's specs], but will this run well with integrated video? [64MB Intel]
As long as your Graphics Card Supports OpenGL It should work! I cant swear by the performance for integrated cards though.

You can change your resolution in the options menu if you're having performance problems. The lowest resolution is 640x480 but you can go to the install folder and open the "WoA.conf" file and change the resolution to anything you want and it should scale for your system properly!
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Post by worstplayer »

The background is seriously cool. How did you make it? (assuming it's not from Google Earth or CityEngine or whatever)
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worstplayer wrote:The background is seriously cool. How did you make it? (assuming it's not from Google Earth or CityEngine or whatever)
We actually modeled everything from scratch. The textures were taken from some of our own pictures and from various license free websites.


On another subject, it seems that people are neglecting to use the deflector mechanic that was implimented into the game. Without the deflector this game can be very hard. Because of this I made a quick video of me playing with "Roger" (aka easy mode) using the blue deflector.

TRAILER 2:http://www.vimeo.com/4658373
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A new version of the demo has been uploaded! This new version remedies the difficulty problem people have been complaining about. Hope you guys enjoy!
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I've only watched the trailer, but I can already say I'm thoroughly impressed by the background graphics; unfortunately, it makes the sprite graphics look fairly underwhelming in comparison. Also, (and I'm aware that this is clearly a matter of taste) I don't like much how the bullets look. Making them bigger would not only make them a little prettier IMHO, but also more visible.
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ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:I've only watched the trailer, but I can already say I'm thoroughly impressed by the background graphics; unfortunately, it makes the sprite graphics look fairly underwhelming in comparison. Also, (and I'm aware that this is clearly a matter of taste) I don't like much how the bullets look. Making them bigger would not only make them a little prettier IMHO, but also more visible.
Yeah some people complain about how the bullets look as well. Believe me, I have taken a note of it. I think the bullets are the right size on screen when its full screen and they aren't hard to see at all. The trailer shows the game in a smaller window so they look a bit too small.

Other then that I think you should play the game and let me know what you think about the gameplay. Thanks for your feedback!!
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rekcah wrote:
ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:I've only watched the trailer, but I can already say I'm thoroughly impressed by the background graphics; unfortunately, it makes the sprite graphics look fairly underwhelming in comparison. Also, (and I'm aware that this is clearly a matter of taste) I don't like much how the bullets look. Making them bigger would not only make them a little prettier IMHO, but also more visible.
Yeah some people complain about how the bullets look as well. Believe me, I have taken a note of it. I think the bullets are the right size on screen when its full screen and they aren't hard to see at all. The trailer shows the game in a smaller window so they look a bit too small.

Other then that I think you should play the game and let me know what you think about the gameplay. Thanks for your feedback!!
Maybe I will.... if I wasn't such a damn lazy pig...
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Wings of Apocalypse has been featured in an article on Game Career Guide.com ! Check it out : http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features ... gs_of_.php
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Congratulations. Interesting article too.
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