XOP Ultra and XOP Black Ultra thread

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:00 pm

@z0mbie90: There were actually plans to port it to DC, but it did not work out. I would not have been pleased with having the older 2002 version on there, anyway.

@Demetori: Glad you like it, I don't know what's up with Wine under MacOS X. I have a Mac laptop here so maybe I could bug test it myself, but .. that would be a project for another time.

One of the biggest issues I felt with XOP Black was the lack of enemy variety. In XOP, there were on average 8 unique enemies per level. In XOP Black this was down to 6, and some levels only had 5 different enemy types. Ouch. This led to levels that were really somewhat monotonous after the midboss, as you were basically just fighting the same shit from before (And then add in another loop .. oh boy). Obviously, this had to be rectified.

I went back and added 22 new enemies across the existing 9 levels for a total of 86 enemy types (Note that total is including the new level, and the midboss/bosses are not included). That's a lot of fucking enemies! But the levels feel like they take less time because you aren't killing the same damn things for the entire length of them.

http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/xopBlackNew/ I'm in ur XOP Black, addin sum varieties :3 (Edit: Added new level enemies)

(Note: Maelstrom Bouncer is actually not a new enemy, but a new graphic for the same enemy, since the original graphic wasn't very good. If you look closely you can see the Maelstrom Popcorn 2 is actually the original Maelstrom Bouncer sprite, except now in popcorn form)

Treasurance · Post by **Treasurance** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:53 pm

boring, needs walls

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:04 pm

There are walls?

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:09 pm

I considered adding walls to the new level, just to troll everyone (And so both courses have a level with goddamn walls all over it), but I probably won't.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:29 pm

rainbows!

Post by **Ghegs** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:35 pm

Udderdude wrote:I considered adding walls to the new level, just to troll everyone (And so both courses have a level with goddamn walls all over it), but I probably won't.

Hell yeah, walls!

z0mbie90 · Post by **z0mbie90** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:35 am

Udderdude wrote:@z0mbie90: There were actually plans to port it to DC, but it did not work out. I would not have been pleased with having the older 2002 version on there, anyway.

Thats a little bit sad, but hey we got on PC anyway

Also it would be cool with a tate mode, something thats can be done?

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:47 pm

@jonny5: XOP White mode was canned due to time constraints (And the only magical unicorn I had working for me quit)

@Ghegs: Ok, maybe a few walls ;P

@z0mbie90: The latest version does have Tate mode. And it's in the Options menu this time.

Now it's time to play .. spot the midboss. He is under there somewhere, I swear :P

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:16 pm

Udderdude wrote:@jonny5: XOP White mode was canned due to time constraints (And the only magical unicorn I had working for me quit)

I iz disappoint.

z0mbie90 · Post by **z0mbie90** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:21 pm

Awsome can't wait for it to come

Are you planing on do some more games after XOP?

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:02 am

@z0mbie90: Yes I'm going to make XOP G after this, with art from Gryzor/Rozyog.

Boss with tanks rolling out of it. Gogo tanks!

z0mbie90 · Post by **z0mbie90** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:41 pm

Cool, love XYX art

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:53 pm

I love those tanks!

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:50 am

I has a badly made intro .. >_>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu-Yq46amlw

mjclark · Post by **mjclark** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:58 am

Udderdude wrote:I has a badly made intro .. >_>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu-Yq46amlw

Nah-it's kinda gothic and sexy

S20-TBL · Post by **S20-TBL** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:14 am

It needs more 80's anime art with villains ripped straight out of Voltron.

Seriously, though, it's functional and looks great.

Sasupoika · Post by **Sasupoika** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:55 pm

XOP Black new stage 4 preview ( on insane-mode )

fuck you editing-software why cannot you edit correctly

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:26 pm

The XOP (original) Intro may or may not contain generic anime villians/characters. >_>

In other news .. I added music display. Now you can see amazing track names like this :

Krimzon Kitzune · Post by **Krimzon Kitzune** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:18 am

This game is magical-awesome, Sir. Please keep up the good work!

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:43 pm

I'm not dead yet! Well, not entirely. Added a new effect to the EX1 level, it's a static effect that constantly changes like TV static. It's applied to every enemy in the level, but most noticeable on larger enemies like the boss.

More changes: Insane mode (now renamed to Master) isn't more bullets being fired, instead the enemies fire more rapidly. The bullet cancelling when you reflect shield has also been removed, but still lives on in Cancel mode and the new Doom mode. Also, the previous secret boss you'd get on Insane is now a regular midboss in the last stage of the EX course. He also no longer collapses your reflect shields or becomes invincible after you die. That doesn't mean his shot patterns have gotten any easier, though .. D: I reused the music for that fight in some of the other boss fights.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:57 pm

Just discovered this thread (only took me 5 years.) Just wanted to mention that I played XOP way back! Probably when it was first released--it would have been early 2000's. Figured I'd never see this game again.

Edit: Messed around with black. Lots of fun!

tinotormed · Post by **tinotormed** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:12 am

Mmmmm... gory shmupping goodness!

Krimzon Kitzune · Post by **Krimzon Kitzune** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:54 pm

tinotormed wrote:Mmmmm... gory shmupping goodness!

Yeah, I'd rather have this than the overly disgusting Psyche Metal any day. That game is too disturbing for my tastes.

... I really hate Psyche Metal, can't stress this enough.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:26 pm

Release imminent, preview trailer maded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEoWaiM15lw

I'm pretty much exausted and the months have gone by like a blur, been working on these updates since mid December and refused to release it until I'm 100% satsifed with it. Seems like that's finally arriving soon. Yay!

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:02 am

Udderdude wrote:Release imminent, preview trailer maded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEoWaiM15lw

I'm pretty much exausted and the months have gone by like a blur, been working on these updates since mid December and refused to release it until I'm 100% satsifed with it. Seems like that's finally arriving soon. Yay!

That looks badass! Love the music as well.

silkworm944 · Post by **silkworm944** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:10 pm

Great work on XOP and XOP Black Udderdude - both awesome shmups! Really looking forward to the new game.

Cheers

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:14 am

Enjoying both XOP and XOP Black a lot.

Could you make it so when you press escape in-game, that if you press escape again instead of pressing Y or N it goes BACK to the game, rather than aborting your game? That's how escape menus work in most other games so it's bitten me in the ass a few times (aborting a game back to the main menu when my game/muscle memory led me to press escape a second time to close the menu).

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:53 am

Glad you're enjoying it. Actually, in most doujin shmups, pressing escape immediately quits the entire game with no prompts. So this is prob. a better solution than that.

Pressing P (pause) twice instead of ESC will do what you're looking for.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:26 am

Udderdude wrote:Glad you're enjoying it. Actually, in most doujin shmups, pressing escape immediately quits the entire game with no prompts. So this is prob. a better solution than that.

Pressing P (pause) twice instead of ESC will do what you're looking for.

Pressing escape to quit instantly drives me crazy too

If you're going to have an escape menu, then why not make it function as expected (in the same vein as other menus of the same type)? I dunno, this is such a non-issue compared to the actual quality of the game -- I'm just thinking out loud.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Mon May 02, 2011 1:59 pm

I'm still a bit paranoid about issues with releasing it w/o a release candidate phase, so here it is, XOP Black Ultra RC1. This is the first public test version, hopefully the last as well. If there's no issues, expect a full release soon after.

http://rydia.net/udder/prog/download/xo ... traRC1.zip

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