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XOP 3

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That's right, here we go again. This one is going to be a bit different. Your ship fires in all 4 directions at once, and enemies come from all sides of the screen. Hiding at the bottom of the screen isn't going to work this time ..

Screenshots from a test level :

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Also if anyone is interested I've done some more changes to the original XOP and XOP Black, I changed the lower difficulty levels so the bullets aren't as random and splattered. XOP also has the Insane difficulty level now.
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Post by jonny5 »

how can you call this bullet hell?

wheres all the loli's? :wink: :D
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Post by Necronopticous »

Hey, man. Glad to see there's another XOP in the works. Interesting idea you've got here. Are you still going to scroll up?

Looks like there are some really cool potential boss designs with this mechanic.

For the record, I agree with j5 that XOP could use a loli infusion. Perhaps a LOLI AREA?
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There's a loli hidden in your ship, you just can't see her .. (hey, it worked for DDP DOJ >_>)
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i expect to see a play test this weekend.....and there better be loli's dammit!!! :twisted:

cute ones....with automatic weapons.....and girly catch phrases!!

now thats bullet hell baby!!! :D
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MMM!
Udd you should find good artist to draw ships/art/Lolis D:
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jonny5 wrote:i expect to see a play test this weekend.....and there better be loli's dammit!!! :twisted:

cute ones....with automatic weapons.....and girly catch phrases!!

now thats bullet hell baby!!! :D
XOP is better off without lolis period. So you can eat shit and die loli-boy lol. I'm kidding, i hate whenever someone wants to put lolis into a dead-serious game
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Kaiser wrote:
jonny5 wrote:i expect to see a play test this weekend.....and there better be loli's dammit!!! :twisted:

cute ones....with automatic weapons.....and girly catch phrases!!

now thats bullet hell baby!!! :D
XOP is better off without lolis period. So you can eat shit and die loli-boy lol. I'm kidding, i hate whenever someone wants to put lolis into a dead-serious game
i know udderdude in real life....i was being sarcastic....he is the loli hater extraordinaire!!!

its a joke....ive been bugging him to put lolis in there....it would be funny.....

so ya....lighten up :wink:
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this game rapes you from every direction!!! all at once.....:shock:

and the loli content blends right in.....you hardly notice it :wink:
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jonny5 wrote:this game rapes you from every direction!!! all at once.....:shock:

and the loli content blends right in.....you hardly notice it :wink:
heheh ..

Disclaimer: Contents of demo may not reflect final game product :P
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Nice to see another game in the series :)

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Udderdude wrote:There's a loli hidden in your ship, you just can't see her .. (hey, it worked for DDP DOJ >_>)
true

I think im gonna take a time machine and play xop and xop black this weekend. They are new to me, but it feel like home if a DC was still in the room.
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RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.

I'm planning to resume development on this.

I've put together a fairly solid collection of music from Tim to use as the soundtrack. And one track from Louis (menu music). You'll notice it's much more up-beat than XOP Black's music. Definitely intentional, as XOP Black might have been a bit too dark and oppressive for it's own good (I guess it lived up to it's name?). XOP 3 will definitely be going in the opposite direction in terms of theme.

http://rydia.net/udder/prog/download/xop3mod.zip

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Sorry the project is canceled because I am making udderdude my personal slave to work on my genius game ideas instead.
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icyhitler wrote:Sorry the project is canceled because I am making udderdude my personal slave to work on my genius game ideas instead.
Back in the cage with you.

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Sounds awesome. To be honest I would keep the original boss warning from XOP Black. That new one feels little out of place.
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if Xop 3 will be opposite for black. NAME IT XOP WHITE INSTEAD! lol
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Wow....XOP 3.... I remember trying a demo of the first one back in 2005.

It brought back childhood memories of playing Tyrian on my first Windows computer(Windows 95 if I remember correctly)fast-paced intense vertical bullet action!

My favorite weapon to use was the black gravity shot that caused extra heavy damage/stuck to things like glue. Not very good for crowd control though lol.

Do we REALLY NEED loli's for a shmup to officially Bullet Hell? rofl :mrgreen:
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Don't make it an arena shooter please...
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Im really looking forward to another XOP, What changes will you be making from the last game? (pls dont make it mouse controlled) :P
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It's not an arena shooter.

XOP and XOP Black already have mouse control (It's not as bad as you think, the ship just moves towards the mouse following diagonals, etc.)
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How is development coming along for this one? I'm interested.
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Every time I feel like working on it, something else pops up or I get distracted by some other shiny thing.
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Time to ask if you work on it only when you're not feeling like working on it? Hahaha?
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Let's put it this way, don't hold your breath .. haha
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