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Pixelglass/Reimagine
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Athens
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Metro Siege: new arcade quality a500 brawler!
Pixelglass, in cooperation with BitBeamCannon and Enable Software, proudly presents 'Metro Siege': a brand new, 2 player co-op brawler in the works for Amiga 500 (512k chip+512 other ram)!
[ Show youtube player ] Three big crime lords have made a pact and are planning to take control of Metro City bringing chaos and anarchy to the streets! Assume the role of pro martial artist Alex, ex-cop Kim and a third -secret- character, cleanse the streets from the crime syndicate's thugs and face the three bosses in an epic fight throughout the city! 'Metro Siege' is an ambitious new Amiga brawler that draws inspiration from the great arcade beat'em'ups of the late 80s and 90s (like 'Final Fight' and 'The Punisher') as well as console titles like 'Streets of rage'. Technically the game pushes the OCS to it's very limits, with a ton of colours and moving parts on screen, foreground and background parallax, as well as large player and enemy sprites. Special care has been given also to gameplay with both players and enemies having an astonishing number of moves and animations, ranging from your usual punch and kick combos to dodging, blocking, and counter-attacking! In addition to those, each characters features their own unique fighting style with moves like grabbing, throwing, stunning and epic specials! Finally regarding controls, the game is made with 2 buttons in mind while the team is considering more options. 'Metro Siege' is currently a work in progress project. The footage shown in the trailer is from a prototype build, showcasing scenes from the first level, two playable characters, part of their moveset and a few enemies. Various elements remain still largely unrefined or are just placeholder (f.e. some of the voice sfx) and thus are subject to change as the project develops. The team: -Michael Parent: an extremely talented, professional pixel artist! Mike is the guy behind the original concept for 'Metro Siege' and the lead GFX atrist in our team! -Alex Brown: the coder of our game! After the successful completion of 'Worthy', Alex’s new challenge is to bring the arcade quality vision of the team and make it fly on an Amiga 500! -John Tsakiris: Sharing the bulk of the pixel art GFX workload with Mike! Also handling the sound and music for the game! -Corey Annis: another great pro-pixel artist (and partner of Mike at BitBeamCannon)! Corey has recently joined the team and he'll be helping us with additional GFX work! Links: - Pixelglass' official page: http://pixelglass.org - Pixelglass at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pixelglassamiga/ - Pixelglass' Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPR...Y__ypPTpjm7H_A - BitBeamCannon's official page: https://bitbeamcannon.com - BitBeamCannon at Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/Bitbeamcannon/ - BitBeamCannon's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5...hOZN_MmWreflmw - BitBeamCannon's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bitbeamcannon |
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Banned
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: London / Sydney
Age: 47
Posts: 20,420
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Nice stream tonight guys, good to see so many EAB friends viewing
![]() ...and as already mentioned in the other thread; well done alpine9000 and Tsak with all your vital contributions ![]() The game's going to absolutely rock!!! |
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: N/A
Posts: 875
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really great stream. enjoyed it immensely. Amazing looking game and i cant wait to buy the super duper, deluxe edition boxed version
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: T/C
Posts: 199
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I would really like to know if there are so many more people with real (not emulated) non-AGA machines over AGA to justify the gfx and memory sacrifices
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Ex nihilo nihil
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: CH
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Warhasneverbeensomuchfun
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
Age: 41
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Phone Homer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: 5150
Posts: 5,887
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Where can I find the stream ?
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Inviyya Dude!
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Amiga Island
Posts: 2,807
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And why do you complain if this game looks better than most AGA stuff anyway... ![]() |
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Ex nihilo nihil
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: CH
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Lidingö
Posts: 52
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Looking really good!!
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: >
Posts: 2,997
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Amazing job to everyone involved in this project! Looks amazing and i’m sure will bring deserved attention to the Amiga scene with this and the other projects on the go.
Firstly i’m not moaning about the A500 version as clearly its pushing the hardware and looks set to be a stunning game, but the only downer from my point of view is the 320x191 playarea giving those pre Team 17 black bars top and bottom (or all bottom i think Alex said on Twitch atm) so... This question to Alex, would it be possible to alter the game for faster machines (AGA+) to have the game full screen or at least 320x231 (25 for the HUD). Just extending the skyview with those 40 pixels will greatly enhance the experience on a large screen with not a large black estate area. |
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Inviyya Dude!
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Amiga Island
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@AmigaJay: From my perspective the problem here is not OCS, but to port the game to NTSC machines in future.
At least that's the reason why Inviyya is 192 pixels high. with just a logo displayed in the lower area. |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Poland
Posts: 1,306
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Really, don't mistake some not too good projects with real AGA games which use available resources. AGA have less restrictions, and with AGA game should look even better. Let's say that's OCS good looking game, for AGA it's very dull. It's said game have over 60 colors on screen, but Ruff'n'Tumble having about half of this is more colorful. All is in blue-brown washed palette and i suppose it's cooper gradient to maxing up color count. Don't get me wrong. Game looks nice and it's really good looking OCS game. But not too good when comparing good using AGA games. |
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Phone Homer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: 5150
Posts: 5,887
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Your about to get the best Beat em up on Amiga and your moaning about AGA? really?
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Australia
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What I can say is, our goal is to make the best version of this game we can with the resources we have available and seeing as we are making it for you guys (the Amiga community) we really appreciate it when you take the time to provide thoughtful feedback and I promise we will seriously consider and evaluate all reasonable suggestions. |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Poland
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Yes, really... and not moaning but commenting "not too true" ideas.
Sorry, but cannot bear meaningless comment about "...most AGA..." subject. Reason that some people are over-hyped with this game don't explain missing with the truth. |
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: T/C
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The game looks great, but the machine limits are clearly visible. |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Germany
Age: 44
Posts: 4,043
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Stunning! Need it asap!
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