Gridrunner Revolution (new Jeff Minter game)

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:18 pm

Nope, that's not Jeff.

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Post by **Zuhzuhzombie!!** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:53 pm

bcass wrote:
Although according to Minter in recent posts on his forum, the game has taken yet another diversion and the visuals are now completely different from all those above... In other news, the game is now no longer a twin stick shooter. It can now be controlled wholey using the mouse (akin to GR++).

The Neon graphics engine is constantly evolving. I've seen them generate some awesome sky lines recently.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:56 pm

Zuhzuhzombie!! wrote:The Neon graphics engine is constantly evolving. I've seen them generate some awesome sky lines recently.

bcass Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:11 pm wrote:The engine is called Neon, and it's constantly evolving. It's looking very different from how it was when the 360 first came out. It looks like it can do stuff like procedural fire, water, and vapour now. Looks really nice on some of the later stages of SIE, especially the water effects. Minter could take this in all new directions now, not just psychedelia.

Afterbirth · Post by **Afterbirth** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:11 pm

Looks exactly as a HD minter game should really.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:22 am

I played the Gridrunner++ demo. Loved the Game Over sound.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:13 pm

Some new footage has been released of the almost complete version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4IrGCyrePc

Click on the HQ button to see it in higher quality.

Release is 'imminent' apparently.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:09 am

bcass wrote:Release is 'imminent' apparently.

PC or Xbox?

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:18 am

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:41 am

bcass wrote:Some new footage has been released of the almost complete version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4IrGCyrePc

Pretty neat-lookin game.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:34 pm

Jeff Minter now has his own Twitter page:

http://twitter.com/llamasoft_ox

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:59 pm

I'm impressed. The one thing I missed in the GR+++ demo was "Just call me baaaa-dass".

Space Giraffe ran a bit slow on my XPS 210 for some reason, but I'd guess the toned-down psychedelic effects in GR+++ should mean less processor/GPU demand.

Hopefully Microsoft will wake up and quit sitting on the 360 version. Damnit guys...

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:50 pm

Am I the only one thinking this looks more geared towards the casual gamer? Where is the frenetic action? I am not a great fan of most of Minters games but I hope he can still do his own thing. This looks to watered down.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:03 pm

There's about 5 different difficulty settings (all named after various curry strengths). That video shows only the easiest setting. Don't worry, the usual Minter-chaos will still be present and correct.

Matsunaga · Post by **Matsunaga** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:17 pm

This actually looks pretty damn good. Too bad it won't get a PSN release, then I would buy it.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:08 pm

bcass wrote:There's about 5 different difficulty settings (all named after various curry strengths). That video shows only the easiest setting. Don't worry, the usual Minter-chaos will still be present and correct.

All is good then.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:30 pm

New video showing one of the higher difficulty levels... http://vimeo.com/6176673

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:53 am

Looks great. Must admit that I find all the sheepy sounds a bit annoying somehow. Yeah, I know, it's Minter's trademark, but I'd like an option to use more 'normal' bonus sounds and assorted other sound f/x.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:43 am

I'm sure there will be a sfx volume control so you can turn them down a bit.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:44 am

Better still would be an alternate sound set.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:59 am

In the original PC version (GR++) there was just a folder with all the WAV files for each sound effect, but I think this new version will have it's effects packaged-up in xwb containers (like Space Giraffe PC). I think this is a format related to XNA, so if someone knows how to open/amend those containers, you can use your own sounds.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:31 pm

Press pack:

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:38 pm

And a new video, this time showing the Thrusty Mode:

http://vimeo.com/6191010

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:57 pm

Nice press pack that. The book was apparently printed via lulu.com -

http://forum.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=77224

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:40 pm

I love how the Tempest claw is one of the ships. And there's a sound effect from T3K in there ("Oops...loser")

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:11 pm

Shouldn't the title of this thread be changed to Gridrunner Revolution, seeing as that is now the official title?

Also, I see Jeff has uploaded a tutorial on some of the gameplay basics:

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=3 ... &sk=t&sd=a

antares · Post by **antares** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:39 pm

R-Typer wrote:Shouldn't the title of this thread be changed to Gridrunner Revolution, seeing as that is now the official title?

There you go.

Will the PC version be a retail game or is this just the press version and it's download for everyone else?

I hope this will still come out on XBLA.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:47 pm

antares wrote:
R-Typer wrote:Shouldn't the title of this thread be changed to Gridrunner Revolution, seeing as that is now the official title?
There you go.

Thanks.

Will the PC version be a retail game or is this just the press version and it's download for everyone else?

I think it's download only, but not 100% sure.

I hope this will still come out on XBLA.

That's in the lap of the gods (commonly known as microsoft).

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:11 pm

It's initially download-only, although there is talk of a special collectors limited edition that will contain the stuff in the press pack plus possibly other goodies.

antares · Post by **antares** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:17 pm

bcass wrote:It's initially download-only, although there is talk of a special collectors limited edition that will contain the stuff in the press pack plus possibly other goodies.

Nice.

From where do you know all these things?

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:35 pm

Jeff and Giles have been talking about it on the YakYak forums.

shmups.system11.org

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