r0x (Extended Play) - Single or multiplayer shmup/avoid-em-up hybrid (ETA late June)

[rgcd]

Official thread is here.

Hey there Ouya peeps, last week a friend and I took some time off work, bought GameMaker Studio pro (and the Android export module) and began work on a simple game project. It's actually a remake of an Atari STE game RGCD released back in 2009, and this is where we are 10 days in:



I actually used GameMaker quite a bit back in 2010, but it's still been quite a learning curve, so this is a nice warm up project and will provide a framework for 'more serious' games later. The 'EP' postfix is due to the game featuring six tracks by Amiga protracker guru h0ffman which you can flick through whilst playing like on a record (the game is a collaborative work with his label).

This video is just a quick example of the single player arcade mode, but it is very much WIP - four-person multiplayer is a lot more chaotic!

The game will be released in the wild compo category at the Sundown demoparty next month, and will of course be entirely free.

(EDIT - CURRENT TRAILER FOR PC AND OUYA VERSION BELOW)

[Warzard]

Like what I see so far. Love you guys games, keep up the good work!

[rgcd]

Thanks man

It's just full of test data right now, and won't play that caution sample every few seconds when we have proper enemy waves added.

The focus will be on flying fast and rock and bullet grinding for points, at the moment the scoring is a bit generous...

This week we are going to see if we can get the rock generation algorithm fixed and add the third enemy type. We should have just enought time to get the rest of it done for the party

[Warzard]

That's a lot for only 10 days. I think it would be fun to have staticy transmissions of astronauts asking for help s they float by. Give you a little extra incentive to go and rescue them.

[rgcd]

Well, I do have an idea for making the astro dudes a little more interesting, but it is at the bottom of the to-do pile for now

[Grimbarian]

Looks excellent - definitely something I'd like to play. Look forward to seeing it released.

[Pat1986]

talking about rgcd remakes...i'd love to see Soulless on OUYA.

[rgcd]

This week's r0x EP playtest video:

[Kaimega]

Looking super snazzy so far Rgcd, rock on!

[rgcd]

Now we have 'honestly-they-are-not-galaga-insectoids-at-all' aliens added to the mix

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpYKLGUCUAAg07N.png

Oh, and here is a short and silly video showing the NPC astronauts kicking-off in zero-g...