Website redesign complete
We made it through the crunch time of the XNA competition. It's about time to rework the website to match the quality of our current game "Samurai Soul Hunters". Here we go - nice and plain!
We also managed to grab a fairly decent gameplay video of a four player session.
[flash streaming video - 40MB]
Samurai Soul Hunters - entered in the DreamBuildPlay competition
Samurai Soul Hunters is an action game, a Samurai hack’n’slash brawler to be specific. While it should feel familiar to any who picks up the controller (I caught my wife fighting the last boss in the demo when I came back to the console after taking a break) it’s also a unique experience that defies easy categorization. It blends elements from Space Harrier, Ninja Gaiden, and vertical shooters into a unique pseudo 2D environment.
The game itself plays and handles like an older 2D arcade game trying to look 3D when in actual fact it is a fully 3D environment. We used a good amount of custom vertex and pixel shaders to achieve the final result and have it perform fluidly.
Games - our belief
It is our belief that inde games should be expressions of the unique preferences and passions of their creators in a way that games created by massive teams with massive budgets cannot. Indie games should capture the enthusiasm and excitement of a gamer inspired to make a game because the game he or she wants to play doesn’t already exist.