Elysian Shadows

Wow! That is very nice, this is gonna be awesome!!

It's been some time since my last update and I finally got a new video up. LOTS has changed, got music, new art (though character sprites and weapons still not done but enemy sprites and animations are), new menus, global leaderboards, everything updated. I have implemented online multiplayer as well although it is not shown in this video. Almost everything is complete, there are some minor things that need cleaning up as you can see in the vid, a couple tiles, some of the weapon buying, dialog, polish up multiplayer... a few others

I think im about 2 weeks from submitting it into review for xbox live indie games. There is still a lot to do but iv been working on it like crazy and think 2 weeks from now it should be solid. In that time i will receive all the sound effects, some more music, character sprites and animations, story line dialog, and a few others.

Right now I am pretty excited, although 5 months ago i wanted to be done by thanksgiving haha. O well, I wanted it to be enjoyable and I still wont release it until i feel it is fun to play and 100% complete.

as you see, the splash screen for big rook games is just a pic, if anyone has any experience with doing a cool splash screen and would be interested let me know.

please watch the vid and give any feedback.
Hopefully my next update will be my trailer!!!

the only bad points i could point out are:
- the flames graphics look better than the rest of the art
- the grass tile looks a bit too tiled

other than that looks really cool

k1net1k wrote:the only bad points i could point out are:
- the flames graphics look better than the rest of the art
- the grass tile looks a bit too tiled

other than that looks really cool

good eye, and i completely agree. still not sure if im going to change up the flame to a more cartoon-ish look, I probably should though to keep suit with the other art.

The game supports full hd 1080p and 720p as well. currently I am having issues with the scaling of 720p which (again) is causing issues with grid lines, argh. that isnt helping the grass tiles look better. Although in 1080p with no grid lines they still kind of have a tiled look, but its a little better. maybe i will see if the artist can make a slight change.

thanks for the honest opinion, it helps. I thought it was just the terrible artist in me that thought the grass could mesh a little better

Looking good, great job!

okay guys help me out here, which one do you think looks better for the title menu?? (the off center in the first one would be fixed of course)





which one?

The first, it definitely looks more epic.

Ginto8 wrote:The first, it definitely looks more epic.

Absolutely.

Reminds me of dragon age: origins

dandymcgee wrote:

Ginto8 wrote:The first, it definitely looks more epic.

Absolutely.

Nuff said

Definitely the first, though I'd slightly shrink the black or slightly increase the text size (though not too much).

Looking good

EccentricDuck wrote:Definitely the first, though I'd slightly shrink the black or slightly increase the text size (though not too much).

Looking good

+1

Looking good! :D

hmmm seems like a split decision.. thanks for making it difficult

so you can post a trailer with your playtest submission so i put one together and IM SUBMITTING MY GAME TO PLAYTEST NOW!! i cant believe it im so fkn nervous..

ill edit with the link to the playtest one i submit




EDIT
playtest links!
http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/t/73974.aspx


LOL o shit, when I first had submitted it i had it starting on level 24 because i was screen capturing for the trailer and it has the player start the game with a pistol and 350 enemies spawn fixed though

EdBoon wrote:LOL o shit, when I first had submitted it i had it starting on level 24 because i was screen capturing for the trailer and it has the player start the game with a pistol and 350 enemies spawn fixed though

Rofl.