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Vorpal – Alpha 1.7

Kobo — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:33:44 +0000

Still a lot of work pending, but a great improvement from my last video gameplay-wise. Frameskip is still an issue, I wish I had better hardware for screen capture, but yes, the game is basically that insane, it’s also on the hardest difficulty setting, so don’t get discouraged. Ah-Son Emmanuel’s music is fantastic! SFX are placeholders at the moment.

Beta/Demo release next week and hopefully around September you’ll see it on Xbox Live Indie Games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3TH-qYb8Bo

Vorpal – Bullet Patterns Test

Kobo — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:00:04 +0000

Now we are getting fancy with Vorpal. I went back and made severe changes on mechanics which aren’t shown here, basically one bullet hit kills. Still lots of work to be done, but I’ll have a demo for sure in a couple of weeks. Promise : )

For those who don’t know about the project. Vorpal is a Single Player 2D shooter/Bullet Hell where player-characters try to destroy their opponent’s ship by firing bullets and depleting the ship’s various shields while dodging bullets and while using various powerups to increase the player’s bullet quantity, lives and score. Opponents try to hinder the player’s progress by firing a lot of bullets in artistic patterns.

The following video is just a test of some of the enemy bullet patterns. Sorry about the frameskip, I have yet to find good screen capture software.

Temporada de Patos 7 = HUGE SUCCESS!

Kobo — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:29:48 +0000

To the Staff of Temporada de Patos 7 thanks for having me as a Special Guest! It was such a great event! The Tournaments, conferences, guests (Jorge Morales from Larva Game Studios, Jochen Seiss and Andro Miralrio from Sabarasa), cosplay, giveaways, contests, tutorials, wow, so much going on those 3 days! Best con in the state!

If you missed it, seriously, shame on you; you’ll just have to wait another year for the next one!

[Links with Photos and Articles of the Event]

Canabalt!

Kobo — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:38:36 +0000

Ever so often we get VERY original games which are actually quite simple and really inspire you to get designing and coding. Curiously, most of them come from the Flash comunity, for example: Time Fcuk.

Recently, I stumbled upon Canabalt, which surprisingly took an overrated concept and converted it into something quite fun, challenging and all of this around a very tense atmosphere. Try it out! http://www.canabalt.com/

Crazy Japanese guy plays Hi-Speed Mario

Kobo — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:11:53 +0000

I just find this hilarious!! At one point the guy says “Ay Wey!” hahaha!

Source Engine + Fire Drill

Kobo — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:37:16 +0000

Durham University students put Valve’s Source 3D Game Engine, used to drive the oh-so-famous-FPS Half-Life 2, to good educational use by creating a fire drill simulator and use it to examine people’s behavior in a real scenario. Check this link for the vid and the rest of the tldr text.

Only in Japan

Kobo — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:17:32 +0000

Why use and artist’s rendition of a hit and run culprit when police have technology right? Nintendo technology that is! So, if you’ve seen this Mii, you live in Japan and if you actually give a crap, be sure to report it to the police.

Left 4 Dead should’ve been GOTY’08

Kobo — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:27:40 +0000

Seriously, 4 campaigns, but you just can’t get tired of this, even the almighty Hideo Kojima admitted being addicted to this game, so why was GTA4 GOTY? Politics. It’s all politics.

Chrono Trigger DS

Kobo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:06:38 +0000

Truly a masterpiece that transcends time, my favorite RPG and possibly game, I can’t express with words how happy I am to be playing this again in a new generation portable console. I hope that those that haven’t had the chance to pick up this game do, you can’t call yourself an expert on the RPG genre if you haven’t played this.

In america we got an extra CD with the game called Chrono Trigger Orchestra Extra Soundtrack where the great composer Yasunori Mitsuda revamped the theme and a medley of the classic tracks from the game. I really want to share this with the fans, so go ahead and download them, (Right Click + Save As)

[ChronoTrigger_Orchestra.mp3]
[ChronoTrigger_Medley.mp3]

What’s your gamer face?

Kobo — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:45:30 +0000

This video was created by the photographer Robbie Cooper for The New York Times. We all have our gamer faces, we just don’t realize it. The video showcases the various faces kids make when they play, they are all different, from the entranced, the joyful and the bored. One even cries a little, yet again, he wasn’t blinking, most of them weren’t, I don’t blame them though, I don’t blink when I play RPGs.