Strike911 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) Edit: ITS OUT! Hi everyone! I just wanted to swing by and tell you about a game project I'm working on with a friend of mine called "Stardust Vanguards". It's a 2D local 4-player dueling game where you're in battling it out in mechas against your friends. The game is inspired by 80s and 90s anime space operas. Our twist on the arena fighting genre is your ability to call in reinforcements which gets pretty crazy. The game also has a cool random event system where a separate NPC faction of space pirates attack everyone in dozens of different ways (trivial line attacks, mercenary assaults, supply convoys, fleet blitzes, and a lot more.) The game just launched yesterday! http://store.steampowered.com/app/341530/ http://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/stardustvanguards_storefront We'd really appreciate it if you could tell your friends that might be interested. Stardust Vanguards Bandcamp Soundtrack (http://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com) Edited January 31, 2015 by Strike911 New Info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorgMan Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Tell you what: you put your music back online (or just supply me with a zip ) and I'll give you a vote! Just kidding, although I'd probably buy this if only for the music. It sounds good man! I missed that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Single-screen duel games are my favourite way to spend time (well top 3 at least). The reinforcement idea is new to me and looks very very promising. And Linux support? I certainly want to play this and I mean what I voted on that Greenlight page. I also appreciated the sprite rotation/scaling stuff in the trailer? Is the trailer music going to be in the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) Thanks a lot guys. Yeah the music from the trailer is in the game as battle music. I think it's probably my favorite track so far, but I'm still working on new stuff for it. I'm busy with art and stuff too, so music gets sidelined during crunch times. >_< I really appreciate the support. And @BorgMan I'll send you a PM with a link! Edited August 5, 2014 by Strike911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I was just checking out how this game was doing since we've got a gaming night coming up tomorrow.. looks like you got greenlit, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Sorry for the late response! I just saw you posted!! My bad on that! Yeah, we got greenlit on Steam and we're very excited about it. We're just now finalizing things to get the game released on Steam, but we don't quite have everything pinned down yet, so my bad on that! Should very very soon though I hope. Sorry we missed your game night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In other news we do have the soundtrack up, which I should have said something about earlier this being OCR and all! It's all up on Youtube and Bandcamp though. Stardust Vanguards Bandcamp Soundtrack (http://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com) Anyhoo! Thanks for checking in on us! Edited November 30, 2014 by Strike911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary Zoltan Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 That game looks really cool. Mecha is not used often enough in games if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks man. Well, I know the mecha trope itself can be a bit cliche, but we were aiming for a really 80s/90s era look to kind of push the setting and general style. So in that respect, we're kind of playing with embracing cliches. The Gundam and Macross influence is definitely there in the art style and with all the cannon fodder your npc troops become. So it keeps the battles personal between players but also letting you feel like you're tougher than all the other NPC reinforcements out there. It was the best we could do to emulate that feeling anime space operas have where there's a big battlefield full of soldiers, but the battle is still personal between those leading their armies, and in a way it kind of feels that way in game. And we have a lot of little silly voice clips between the player pilots and the NPCs which helps sell it a bit, too. Thanks so much for the kind words! The game is finished, we're just waiting for Steam to finalize everything so we can sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'd love to buy it before 28th, there should be another game night coming that day. But hey, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hey thanks man! Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be able to launch by then. We're still just hanging around waiting for finalization from Steam. The game's ready but we're just kind of in a holding pattern for now. We're really excited about getting it out soon though. Hopefully very very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Loving the soundtrack \m/ grats on the greenlight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thanks a lot man. Yeah, I'm super proud of the soundtrack, I know it's not the biggest of soundtracks around, but I really had a lot of fun making those tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hey everybody! Just wanted to chime in to let everyone know we just launched the Stardust Vanguards!! It's getting a pretty good response so far. Special thanks to everyone that's supported us. We really appreciate it. I won't clutter up the forum with more of my adverts, but major thanks to the OCR community since my time on the forums guided me right into the game industry. http://store.steampowered.com/app/341530/ http://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/stardustvanguards_storefront Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Excellent & congrats! I'll grab it when I have the chance, it's already been too long since the last game night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks dude. Yeah, the game does really well in big groups so game night's are where this game shines. I appreciate it. :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Upcoming birthday, so I got the game, hoping to get full four players with no-one knowing what the hell they're doing. I guess I should check it out first though to set it up, controllers & everything. I grabbed the OST too, and it's really solid, evokes the 80s/90s anime mecha battle feel very well, I imagine it very much adds to the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Yup. The game got played, was quite fun.. I think we got the hang of it, though surely there's lot of nuances to discover (like, how to actually play skillfully). Will be played again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 thanks for bumping this, evktalo, I had only streamed the soundtrack before but wanted to buy it, now it's convenient for me to find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Here's a no-brainer deal, this game is PWYW in this week's Humble Weekly Bundle! https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 hey thanks for the bump guys! Sorry I'd missed this topic earlier! Yeah Stardust Vanguards is on this week's Humble Weekly Sale which is a local mulitplayer themed bundle, comes with some really great games. It's pay what you want and a portion goes to charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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