//THE MILK OF ULTRA VIOLET //feat: Toshiaki Sakoda

[railslave]

Take your police super bike into a 3 story mutant infested laboratory in a race against time to save the 30 scientists trapped inside

Employ breakneck speed Stealth and race past security at high speed or take the full frontal assault and wade through hordes of enemies as the blood gets higher and higher.

whatever you do , you only have 3 minutes, can you race up the stair wells to the next levels and save the scientists ?


Phantasy star 2 dungeons with thunderforce 2 style gameplay ... but on bikes !
















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMikXtbwMYQ

[Dave_K.]

I only watched the video, and have to say this is some seriously creative work! Nice job!

[railslave]

I only watched the video, and have to say this is some seriously creative work! Nice job!

Ran into some "artistic differences" with my early reviews,

everyone seems to think they grew up in the 80s these days !



Just to clarify on some of the design choices, things im very excited about and have been researched over a few years.

The flashy sky:
Well if you ever had a zx Spectrum, Amstrad, C64 youd know that as a loading screen. Here i use it for the ultimate retro sunset (cyan and purple)



The hanging gantry layer:
Based off the dungeons in Phantasy star 2, at the time parallax was something of a novelty , and was very effective in that game....I does sort of get in the way , but its just too cool.



the time limit: "prince of perisa", 1 hr to complete the game..my game, 5 minutes (+ pickups)


The odd perspective: remember getting up a mountain in an old rpg...? then youl get how its a top down (in the playing layer) but the backdrop is side on.



The controls: thunderforce 2 ..(maybe some crazy powerups coming up)




Coming up will be a Shinobi/alien storm style bonus stage as you travel between the floors of the lab. set in the stair well, (looking up i guess)

The lack of a tutorial: i hate tutorials, we've all been playing games for a while...its just a waste of time, that npc (with classic jrpg blue dialogue box) says it all

The ott blood shed: hotline miami set a bar... im trying to break it ..


DEVLOG VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPFzGe63 ... 3n4exqdvXw

[railslave]

Didnt sleep at all last night .....

But things just got insane , Im making an open world very non linear (hopefully bullet hell) shmup.

Complete with different towns, casinos, shops, factorys , "digital forests"

There is this strict prince of persia time thing, but you can purchase more time at the clock makers shop (need to change alot of the dialogue/names to be HYPER STYLIZED)
Cash comes from the enemies you wade through. (up till 6 am doing three of the shops...)

You can also roll dice in the alleys with colorful locals to get some cash to keep the madness going.
Therews a pimp that you can hire girls off to fake saving hostages (for a hi price)


At some point im handing over all the graphics to a British "teletext" artist, who originaly helped me start this a few years ago. We ran this viral thing and had a load of bearded people donate their likness to be NPC'S

http://portfolio.illarterate.co.uk/



The shooting is going to be as close to Thunderforce 2 as i can get it ...
Also in talks with the devil crash composer, to see if he can compose a few tunes, that will be insane .


Its just getting that framerate down... my "ketchup tech " blood generator is going to have to be toned down a bit.

[railslave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaVDA6-w ... e=youtu.be


Got some shops (wip) up and running after an all nighter!


Adds to the tension having to run back and forth buying time upgrades.


here is some of the buying girls from pimps to pose as the people you couldnt find
and rolling some dice in the back alley to make cash for guns, health ect...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS5dzsUY ... e=youtu.be

Organ donors next

[railslave]

So I was playing earlier, started running out of time and had to sell my colon to get cash to buy more time:D

[railslave]

So i managed to pull of my "shinobi" bonus stage , but in typical me fashion its set on a postcard sent from a carpark !!!

As you go up the different floors you have these encounters at the stair wells..
Its time to get "big money ", but if you get hit you get spat back out and loose it all.HARSH


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUFNxdH6 ... e=youtu.be


its getting a bit like that film crank, just mowing through enemies to get enough cash to buy more time.

[Rozyrg]

Dear lord that Santa pic is terrifying.

This game looks all kinds of bonkers, too... keep it up!

[railslave]

Dear lord that Santa pic is terrifying.

This game looks all kinds of bonkers, too... keep it up!

I have this friend in Poland, everytime im being unique or abstract , he always say "oh your making a game like...."

this one was "red max" on the c64 (h.u.d. from hell)
never heard of it ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6JACNLqquI

my design o.g. doc is thunderforce 2 on bikes




in the shop sections, im going for the gritty utter weirdness of fallout 2(new reno)

I think the n.e.s. grimy look look is helping somewhat , but still debating that,

Need an npc tavern next, flesh out the 5 minute universe , lol

Making a built in arena shooter called the pig pen, set out in the wilderness, a place to harvest some cash

[railslave]

Dear lord that Santa pic is terrifying.

This game looks all kinds of bonkers, too... keep it up!

This is my artist dan farrimoind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z90M3NzQ ... 4F0D1E93A7 (made on old analogue uk "teletext equipment")

I think he may be more of an acid casualty than me , going for a VERY "198X" UK , home computer vibe.

He will be doing all kinds of clashy weird banner stuff in the far backdrops, shop npc portraits and some "game and watch style" see through sprites to get that retro future glitchy thing going.

[nasty_wolverine]

This is something i would pay money for!!! Keep up the good work this is all kinds of awesome!

[railslave]

Im so angry right now, i left my laptop a few minutes (id been debugging for something like 70 hours solid, up till 5 am everyday for a week)

It was running so smooth , then , i dunno, something corrupted .....variables/bools started acting like they didnt exist.

if i had a dog..

something like this one




it would be dead right now.(again and again)

Thanks for the encouragement, im not far of completing this for a change,.. ill get this sorted, ...im so gutted.
The game in itself is ok, but all the little shops and nps stuff is fried... took me AGES!!

[railslave]

So things are realy getting into gear, but i need help

I need some faces for the nps, flesh out the universe ya know.
Your face will be digitized on old teletext equipment by dan farrimond

Have vacancies for :-

a old watch maker
a thug
a mechanic/gunsmith
an old crooner
a pimp
an organ trafficker
a hobo
a pig farmer

Currently being filled out by Youtube UK retro gaming celebs.

let me know if youd like to donate a head and shoulder pic.., especially want people that are up for a bit of fun ..

itl come out something like this


("danesgamesroom" youtube)

in Other news , the creator of newgrounds/alien homid said of my game

" I like games that experiment with unique visual styles and the music is awesome - did you make the music?" Tomfulp

thats getting mass quoted

[railslave]

So this is the main charater, that gets inserted in to the bike.

Not quite the same with out the emotionl music, LOL



A ravaged junkie that was "reformed" by the last rush UNIT.

Going to take out the wire frame and make the sprite represent this more..


some new gamplay and "glitch graphics"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lTIiUl-LeE that musics going!!

If i could speak japanese id negotiate this out of Mr Toshiaki Sakoda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6W5hcuPW0

[nasty_wolverine]

The HUD needs work. It blocks quite a bit of the play area. My systems back up and get around to doing some play testing with this.

[railslave]

New dev log about fleshing out the "Nauseous pines" city/Universe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfaJg8AhuIc


Also some of Toshiaki Sakoda's music hes very kindly contributed ( 2 tracks) .... its mind blowingly abstract and jazzy ..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iPRuptd1eY

[railslave]

This is coming close to completion after almost 2 years (it was "the milk of ultra violet" originally ).

The plots been revised alot times but this is the final thing.




//RUSH// is the super bike vice unit of the Nauseous Pines police dept (N.P.P.D.).


There was a prototype subject of the //RUSH// program, known only as "Mhlk".

Mhlk was the Female addict who was used to birth newer units, such as yourself.

Mhlk escaped, but not after they did horrendous things to her (to integrate her into this bike).

You are the latest model (also known as "sockets"), All your limbs have been removed and you are wired into your bike.
All in the name of cleaning up the city .

Concerns have been raised over your empathy level for the addicts you are saving ( detachment is essential for your productivity as the junkies you save just get processed, cut up and turned into "sockets")

Mhlk couldn't control her natural maternal instincts over the "sockets" she jump started into this new life, you seem to have inherited these traits.



There is a scrap yard for the failed "sockets" that has grown into the black market trade center in the city , here you will find a community of the rejected junkie torsos :-

* A nightclub , ran by a suspected drug maker "Ultra violet".

* A "health center" where the rejects come to sell whats left of there shattered bodies for another fix (here you can even sell parts of yourself that will fetch you a high price).

* A mechanics/gunsmith

* A family watchmakers who are able to manipulate the system clocks in the //RUSH// units, give them more life.


The initial aim of the game is to rescue your quota of 30 in 5 minutes but as it unfolds you come closer to the true horror of your own existence.

All this to some insane, eclectic thrash jazz


Everything is implemented and working, just waiting on some art and music.

The Boss is insane! Hopefully a bit heartbreaking as well.

Gameplays basicly thunderforce 2 crossed with alien breed/chaos engine with some break neck speed resource management/trading

[railslave]

Some new gameplay, trying to find the bugs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0bJb6SH ... e=youtu.be
Still some faces to convert to teletext.





I love my brother "so much right now"

[Nana]

Whoah!!

I can't believe I didn't catch word of this till now. This looks insane!! And what a hell of a track for the city theme, too. Still need any faces? ;D

[railslave]

Whoah!!

I can't believe I didn't catch word of this till now. This looks insane!! And what a hell of a track for the city theme, too. Still need any faces? ;D

I need a pimp, so yeah, and you defo qualify for the "golden ticket " campaign by default (has to be head and shoulder, and try look sinister)

right, im off to butlins holiday camp for a week

[Nana]

Hehehe, I finally get to be a pimp, it's my dream come true.


Just saying, but I just checked out a little bit of the old kongregate version, it's a blast. The blood splatter effects look way better in action than on the youtube vids, so that's cool. One thing I noticed was that my computer doesn't let me move diagonally and shoot at the same time, or more specifically, if I'm holding down the fire button, I can't move diagonally. I'm guessing this is either specifically a problem with this awful laptop, or been fixed by now if it's a problem with the game itself.


Anyway, keep us posted!

[railslave]

Bit of boss action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCS93n8v ... e=youtu.be (awaiting some banging evil dubstep by manpanics )

dodge the blue laser or , well...


If you plan on playing this you may not want to see all the way through..

Has a bit of a terminator ending



but with limbless torsos singing songs about you................. that would be a madmax 3 moment then.

[railslave]

"CRAW!!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeiN5xmR ... e=youtu.be

[railslave]

next is to replace this placeholder


with this..... when its done



also, some of the teletext portraits.. The experiment reject pimp


the organ trafficker


What teletext is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext

[mice]

you plan on playing this you may not want to see all the way through..

He writes after the youtube link...

[railslave]

Any one wondering whats with the random tiles, ones going to be turned into a tv wall(with one of the characters "ultra violet "on ),


after all whats more 198X than tv walls ??

Some new more shinobi/eswat stylized city backdrops...nice bit of depth.

[railslave]

The cover art




and a little obscure trailer i put up , (this actually ended up in some strange places )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqNslpMhi6U

[Lord Satori]

You used the wrong "your". It's supposed to be "you're".

[railslave]

Hi all , in order to really get across the "Phantasy Star" elements of this game ive decided to further obscure the names of the stats.


(being a game un-compromised by this "hold the players hand" and "this is your game" mentality )


Are there any fans of Phantasy star that can think of sort of relevant but "Phantasy star " style names of each of this elements?Huh?.

time left/ (formerly called rush)
floor/ (the floor of the 3 tier city you are currently on)
help/ (the number of people left to save)
HP/ (health points)
?
they need to actualy sound cool and be hyper stylized


Also due to "enough" feedback, currently getting a way to skip dialogue in there...
and turning the traveling between the tiers of the city into more of a surreal dream sequence that really emphasizes and pushes some of the darker story elements.

[nasty_wolverine]

time left/ (formerly called rush) - ETERNITY DOWN
floor/ (the floor of the 3 tier city you are currently on) - THETA MAJOR
help/ (the number of people left to save) - SALVAGE SOUL
HP/ (health points) - VITA PRIME

Not Phantasy Star, but a little Hellsinker can help may be!!!