Little Titan; Creature Metroidvania

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This game is missing programmers and has been put in the fridge until i can dig up one

New Textures done for demo levels 1 and 2, level 3 contains boss texture wich i havent had the time to get around to do yet. spent most of the weekend doing these, hope u like!

Right click view image for highres, this looks tragic!:stuck_out_tongue:

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dont really wanna say more as this is a fresh project, and painting these things takes an awful lot of timeā€¦just hoping they dont look rushed!

To-Do List

  • Add mouseaiming for the biting along with a crosshair that suits the game(circle with teeth in it?)
  • Give the enemies some basic AI for testing out combat
  • Make DNA drops icons, beeing able to swap bodyparts from equipping them
  • Make ā€œneutralā€ enemies give u a warning if u get to close, aggro radius. Attack if crossed
  • Make all the abilities work (dodge,evade,dash,sprint etc)

The Game!

I built a quick level and need some feedback on the overall feel and look of the game. this is just one world and ahs its own look.

Scaled Armorset
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/75015401/Webplayer/Webplayer.html

same location, only this time he wears a full set of scaled armor just to show how the game handles ā€œgearā€
orignal look under here somewhere

things placed in there are all test, nothing more, so dont mind things not making sense.
Characters has been animated with smoothmoves, i strongly recommend it!

Hereā€™s a soundtrack for the game so u get the feel for the musicdirection weā€™re taking,atleast for the first levels.
https://soundcloud.com/cloud88/atmox-cut-for-main-menu

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some textures for the diffrent underwater worlds, might use some of these, might now. Concepts for now.


HUD concept, think im headed int he right direction for now, might be changed later. colors will be altered to not blend in with the enviroment, hence the glow effect.


Main character. All his bodyparts can be swapped for new parts giving him a new look and feel, also adding new stats like damage, armor, health, speed etc


omg its a crabbies

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Demoboss, noticed his glows are off and im too lazy to fix this ASAP

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some plantlife,lightbeam tests and bg glow. tweaked colors overall.

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unity ingame screenshot, boss comparison

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ingame shot, testing out FG textures

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Really great looking graphics. Iā€™d like to see more.

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Thanks!

Yeah iā€™ll show more when i get the time to make more mockups, im not gonna build these in Unity just yet since thats EXTREMLY timeconsuming.

this is pretty much the first area of the game, other areas look very diffrent and i have atleast 8 biomes planned sofar.

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Updated with screenshot of some ingame characters. Demo boss, crabs and a jellyfish, all animated in Smoothmoves, hopefully i can show them off soon.

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Gorgeous graphics Kelde.

Look forward to seeing it in motion.

Mentioning it as a metroidvania(one of my fav genres) given your aesthetic and setting are you going for something like Aquaria with this?

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yes, this is Castlevania,Metroid,Megaman X and Aquaria all in one, hopefully. It is also my favourite genre as im not liking the ā€œlinearā€ approach to games,at all. Ive always missed games that give u the explorationfeel at a large scale, and also rewards u for doing exactly that by finding new bodypart(wich acts like gear in this game) and new abilities,along with other things like rare and unique bosses,drops and so on.

The painting style is my own and it has already been confused with Aquaria 2 on some other forums,probably a joke form their side:P this is how i paint so cant really change that!

Aquaria is very much a game i enojyed, but it lacked ā€œprogressā€ i felt as it only gave u new ā€œsuitsā€ and pets. In this game im lookign for something deeper where u can make each bodypart change and give u new stats and abilities. Cant see in the dark? Kill an anglerfish and unlock his DNA for his head,and so on.

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thatā€™s very nice! he first levels of AnotherWorld were dark blue cavey things too, and they went on to do steam, youā€™re on the right path!

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kick ass thats my fav fish too

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haha thanks, not sure ive seen AnotherWorld tbh but i figured iā€™d start the game off with some darker areas with some crystals and stuff to get the player comfortable, then throw em in nastier areas later:P

The areas changes alot depending on what biome ur in so there weill be alot of variaty

thanks Curzedd, i has become my little fav aswell:P

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This looks great man.

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thank you! If anyone has ideas for a REALLY small HUD iā€™d love to hear it as i hate big flashy hud.

All i need is a healthbar really, staminabar and some form of minimap

Trying to get away from all the regular stuff

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Up in your top left, make a fish hp bar. The fish loses fill as you lose life. :] then as you lose stamina the fish looks more tired. :] keeps it all in 1 little cool GUI. then when you die the fish eyes change to Xā€™s and you could make it turn upside down like a fish dies :]. Just an idea :smile: totally unique.

Like this game awesome art. :]

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haha well thats interesting! I like the idea of having all HUD elemetns in one texture, dont want them all aound the screen. since this game isnt human or humanoid based in any way, the textures for HUD wont be made out or metal and things of this nature.

As for the death animation, u just gave me the idea of giving him separate eyes for his animationbones, so thanks!:smile:

It would add to his personality for sure.

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I wasnā€™t confusing it with an Aquaria sequel. Only referenced Aquaria because you have that gorgeous painterly style and similar setting. Atleast in it being underwater :slight_smile: Wasnā€™t trying to knock it. If I could draw like that Iā€™d be all over it.

I know what you mean about the non-linear approach and rewarding players for exploring, love that. Like the sound of where youā€™re headed aswell. Absorbing body parts to unlock new abilities.

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oh not at all didnt think u were! i dont mind ppl thinking im making something based on Aquaira because that game is gorgeous so itā€™s only positive. I only want to expand on Aquarias ideas really since its such an amazing game with great potential.

yes exactly, i want to riddle this game with secret areas and places u need abilities to get through and so on, so u can easily loose alot of hours just swimming around meeting new creatures and finding new parts.

thanks for great feedback guys, really appreaciaty it, gives me and Steve a boost!

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Dont mention it! I sent you a pm. :] just wondering.

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writing back now!

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Maybe he could have a jelly fish that follows him around and glows/flashes warmer colors when health is low.

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hey there! the thought about companions has been on my mind, and it still is. I made a HUD concept to see if i want it like that, but the jellyfish idea sure sounds interesting to meā€¦thanks

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Alright, I messaged back. :] Thanks.