Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to this. Not to bash Zombieville, as I like(d) it, but it did get monotonous pretty quick IMO. Co-op did add to the thrill a bit, so I think it would be a very nice addition to your game. Hopefully you get enough revenue to add it in the future. You're absolutely right GoofyJmaster I'm with you man all the way
Thanks guys, that really motivates me a lot. I was developing this game in part time, up until July last year. During the day I was a Systems Architect in a very large multinational company, and at night, when my daughters allowed, I was a passionate game developer. Then I realized that if I continued to do this game part time, it would never see the light of day. Ever since I was a kid that I wanted to make a game, so I decided to become a kid once more, and I quit my job to devote myself to game developing for at least two years. I had some setbacks at first, since I'm still learning a lot each day and my initial code base was not very good, but now I'm on track and enjoying every minute of it. Hopefully I'll be able to do this for a living, but even if that doesn't happen, I'm currently having a blast living my dream
^ Awesome! Well I'm looking forward to the game and wish you the best of luck! It also seems like the other guys who posted are liking the overall design and features. I know you're trying to keep the game mostly under wraps, but maybe a small beta through TestFlight could really help. Just a suggestion!
Thanks for the huge list of updates man . And it makes me even more excited for this to come out knowing how much time and effort you're putting in this and not just rushing it for the hell of things
I'm not sure if I'll use TestFlight, but I'll surely do a beta, just not yet. I would have kept this game under wraps a lot longer, but then Zombieville came out and I feared I would have been accused of copying it if I didn't step up at the time. But this is a much different game, you'll even have to dance in one of the levels... All the best for you too. I hope that you don't have to endure more austerity measures and I hope that Europe will finally realize that without Greece democracy would probably not exist today You were already in my top list of reviewers to notify. Thanks for your interest, it makes me feel all warm and bubbly inside Thank you This is my "firstborn", and I need to really take care of it, since it'll set the standard for my next games (and I think it'll also set the standard for 2d side scroller's in iOS ). That being said, I'll probably continue to update this game for a long time, even if it's not economically viable. That's what love does
Hey! Thanks for your interest. The game's going well, but it's a bit delayed because I decided to redo all art in "retina" definition. Since that was going to take some time, I took the opportunity to redo most of the animations in parallel and also revise the animation engine. I'm targeting Halloween as a release date. I still have a lot on my plate, so I brought in an extra animator so that I can concentrate more on the enemy's AI and gameplay. This game is one of my life's dreams, so I really don't want to rush it. I hope you understand ;-)
No no, not strange, it's just that between the game and my darling daughters and wife, I really have no time at all You will be one of the first to play it I'm working hard to get this out as soon as I can, without disregarding quality in even the tiniest bit. I want everything in the game to feel just right, and takes loads of time (but it's fun, particularly when I struggle to get there).
Zombieville 2 is a masterpiece and I'm glad that this game reminds you of Zombieville 2. Noah (the maker of Zombieville) is a very nice guy, always helpful to fellow developers, and he's one of the few people I admire. That being said, the art work and animations in this game are a lot more complex than anything in Zombieville 2: - All body parts in the main character and the enemies have dozens of different textures, that need to be changed exactly at the right time, so that it looks almost like an animated cartoon - Melee weapons are much more usable, with some simple combos - There are bosses, a story mode, two different survival modes I guess I'm making this game more for myself than anyone else As a gamer I wanted a game that was a mixture of a beat'em up and a shoot'em up, but something not as "grindy" as Zombieville (that's one of the reasons why I chose vampires instead of Zombies. Vampires are faster and supposedly smarter, if you believe Stephenie Meyer ;-) ).
New ETA is it's done when it's done Tinkering around with stuff, trying to get it just right, isn't compatible with deadlines. Just to let you guys know that the game probably won't be out in October.
I've been silently waiting or this one as Zombieville 2 disappointed me and i thought this might be the better zombieville 2. Any solid release date yet? November's only a week away now.
I'm going to release a teaser video at the end of this week, or early next week. This teaser video will only show one melee weapon (the katana) as an homage to one of my favourite movies, Kill Bill Still, with just one weapon, it will convince you that this will be the best 2d side scroller beat'em up / shoot'em up in the app store Still no solid release date, but I'm almost there. And the gameplay is just spot on. And I'm saying this as an old (37...) experienced gamer, not as the game author
