Inheritage: Boundary of Existence (iOS)

[Hal1]

Inheritage: Boundary of Existence is a story-heavy horizontal 2D shmup with elements of Indonesian mythology and culture, developed by the Indonesian company Tinker Games. This game is the first in the "INheritage project" (I assume that it is a project gearing toward a franchise), according to the developer.

GamePlay Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL4I6bwIgU

Some Notes:
- Your character's companion is called a Rakyan. There are four Rakyans in the game, and each have their own special attacks (most of them are in the list of the game's unlockables). The default Rakyan (from the start) is Reta (a white tiger), and the other three are unlockables.
- If you die once, a five-second continue screen appears. If you die five times in a single stage, it's game over. If you're attempting to do a SLC, good luck.
- There are 12 playable stages in the game overall.
- There is an Encyclopedia feature (unlocked after beating the very first stage) whose pages can be unlocked by meeting certain conditions such as SLCs, etc.
- Nala (an Arca chosen by Reta the Rakyan) is the playable character.
- The game was developed using Unity.
- All the voicework were done in the Indonesian language. Don't worry, the game text is in English by default.

Lite version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inherit ... 03670?mt=8
Full version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inherit ... 44466?mt=8

[murquiel]

Color me impressed. I'll check out the game later today.

[Hal1]

What's New in Version 1.3 (Released June 11, 2013)

- GAME CENTER IS FINALLY SUPPORTED!
- The in-game "Visual Novel" (read: the long dialogue before, during, and after stages) has made entirely skippable (helps those who want badly to go into the actual game).
- Minimum score for extra life updated
- Increased the power of Rakyans.
- Score multiplier increased
- Every continue has a chance to get two bonus lives
- Pickup item shape updated
- Encyclopedia font size updated
- Changed Nala's core (read: hitbox) color
- Special attack damage balancing update
- Fix tutorial descriptions
- Some more bug fixes

I have found no gameplay videos other the one link on the first post and the official videos by Tinker Games. Do you try to record your INheritage gameplay and post it to YouTube?

Oh, I have seen in INheritage's Facebook page saying that the official artbook is available for pre-order until June 30, 2013.

About the lite (free) version, it seems to be lacking updates, so I sense only the full version is getting almost-periodic updates.

I forgot to say that the game has a bullet-time element that can be activated by using your currently equipped special attack assigned to the lower right of the screen. In bullet time mode the screen (except the HUD, characters, and bullets, I think) temporarily darkens.

In my own opinion this game is a good representative of original horizontal/side-scrolling bullet hell shooters on iOS (aside from Cave's ones).

[BulletMagnet]

I don't have an iDevice to try this myself, but based on the video you linked this looks quite impressive, especially coming from a country not known for video game development: very nice style. Going by what I saw, I'd suggest two things to add at some point: 1) A "warning" indicator when enemies come from the rear or other odd angles, to avoid the player taking a hit they couldn't see coming, and 2) Resetting the score when the player continues, as most shooting game players prefer to be rated on how far they can get without continuing. Otherwise I like what I see, keep up the good work!

[Hal1]

Very recently Tinker Games released the second trailer of INHeritage: Boundary of Existence (for anyone still interested). This trailer looks like a heavy edit of the "opening" video at the end of the third-party-made gameplay trailer. The new trailer contains some sample gameplay presenting BULLET HELL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h89f9_1LO6M

I found out on one forum that INheritage will have a PC port but still in beta testing according to the developers...
Also, I think there is no mention of iCade support for the game (even by the developers in public).
An Android port is being considered, but due the lack of paid/non-free Indonesian-made games on the Play Store, it appears that many obstacles have to be breached before INHeritage appears on the Play Store...
Another news (a bit late) about the official artbook: It may be available for international shipping next month.

(The official Facebook page of INheritage has approximately 5,500 likes on Facebook at the time of this posting.)

[Hal1]

INheritage has an article on the free Indonesian-language GameSaku Magazine Issue 2! Check it out!

More updates for the game can be found on its Facebook page.

Sorry for the thread lacking updates...

INHeritage: Boundary of Existence really needs more love from the shmup community.

[Hal1]

INheritage has an article on the free Indonesian-language GameSaku Magazine Issue 2! Check it out!

More updates for the game can be found on its Facebook page.

Sorry for the thread lacking updates...

INHeritage: Boundary of Existence really needs more love from the shmup community.

[BulletMagnet]

Brief writeup on Siliconera.

[Khaula]

Hello, just want to inform you all that INheritage finally available on Android, you can download it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... eritageBoE