Twinsen - Pilot Episode Demo

.TakaM · Nov 16, 2006

As some of you may or may not know, Ive been working on a platformer with my coder for about the last two months, we're very happy with how everything has progressed and the time has come for the first public demo.

but first, why is it called the 'Pilot Episode Demo'? because this game is a TV show, and features the first level as the pilot episode, the first level may change in the final game, just how the first episode in a TV show may be remade if the show gets picked up, time will tell.

so, let me get on with it.
here are some screens:

what does the demo feature? play it yourself and find out!

the controls are as follow:
* f4 - toggle full screen
* shift - run
* z - jump
* x - sword
* c - magic ball
* enter - start
* arrow keys - move
but, if you have a controller, I highly suggest downloading joy2key and playing the game with that

spend some time mastering the controls and how Twinsen moves and attacks, there are also a few secrets in the demo, if you don't figure them out after a few weeks, I'll tell you them

Okay, heres the demo link:
Twinsen Pilot Episode Demo
(windows only sorry)
I'd also appreciate if some of you guys can mirror it if the link stops working
ENJOY

Extreme Coder · Nov 16, 2006

The screenshots look amazing! Too bad it's only windows, because I use Ubuntu Linux. Are you and your coder making it in C++? If so, I don't see the difficulty in porting it to linux.

Keep up the good work

.TakaM · Nov 16, 2006

sadly its only being made in gamemaker, widely hated but I dont mind, it gets the job done.

Extreme Coder · Nov 16, 2006

Oh GameMaker... I had old memories of using that... It's not half-bad I guess, but I tell you, switch to a REAL programming language early in the progress of the game, or else it would be very hard for you later on.

FAST6191 · Nov 16, 2006

In a bit of a rush so I have not played it far but it is very nice so far.
Mirror of it if it becomes necessary:
http://www.4shared.com/file/5987115/9bcb9dc9/Twinsen.html

Samutz · Nov 16, 2006

It's really nice. I like it. Although I found myself slipping off into the water a lot.

Also, were some of the sounds taken from Zelda? Mainly the sounds of the plant monsters remind me of scrubs in the N64 games.

Here's a more permanent mirror:
http://www.samutz.com/TakaM/Twinsen.exe

Psyfira · Nov 16, 2006

My computer doesn't like it

"Unexpected error occurred when running the game"
What are the minimum system requirements? My graphics card's a bit shit, so it wouldn't surprise me if it's a problem with my setup
(Windows XP Home SP2, Direct X 8, "S3-VIA Twister K" Graphics card with 16MB video RAM (lol)... at least I think that's the graphics card model, kinda hard to tell in a laptop)

Vater Unser · Nov 16, 2006

awesome graphics and animation, nice job...
but the game runs really slow on my computer, and it's pretty much impossible to play the game on a european keyboard...is there no way to configure the controls?

tshu · Nov 16, 2006

It's awesome, but I kept falling into the water after killing the first plant monster too. The guy just slides off the fist ledge, and totally skips the little ledge below it, going into the water. I love the graphics!

I uploaded a mirror for you (but also .rar'd it): twinsen.rar

Psyfira · Nov 16, 2006

Oh and about the controller joy2key thing: you can do this with an EZ-FA, a link cable and it's key-mapping software. Okay so I can't actually test if it works but Yay Twinsen controlled by GBA!

lagman · Nov 16, 2006

The style is so beatiful, it´s like Conquest Of Crystal Palace meets Kirby

Can´t wait to get home and try it

dimsum411 · Nov 16, 2006

I think you've captured the LBA spirit with this demo, it's runs great. I got to the end, maybe you should add a trigger scene. Tell me Funfrock makes an appearance in a future build.

Sc4rFac3d · Nov 16, 2006

yay, I have been waiting for this! It's very nice, and the intro made wanna play GS again, but first I gotta finish this.

DaRk_ViVi · Nov 16, 2006

Wow it's great! But i have the problem: is there an end of this demo or you just get at the end of the "world" and come back?

.TakaM · Nov 16, 2006

thanks for all the compliments, and if its running a bit slow you can turn off some of the more taxing graphics in the options to make it run smoother

Mehdi · Nov 16, 2006

thats hot

lastdual · Nov 16, 2006

Very nice TakaM!

Some points:

The main character should have less forward momentum when walking/falling off a ledge - it's hard to fall straight to a platform below without holding back in the opposite direction immediately.

Four buttons seems unnecessary and cumbersome, particularly a dedicated "run" button. I would take a cue from Mario and have the attack button double as a run button when held down.

An option to zoom the sprites would be nice (VBA-style).

Other than that, this looks great. Can't wait for more!

PS: That double jump is pretty tricky too, but I like it

Issac · Nov 16, 2006

wow, this was quite some nice work (much better than anything i've ever made in gamemaker) (though it was several years ago, and now i've grown up)

This makes me wanna make that game I always wanted to do..

Now some comments:

Graphics: 10/10 Awesome

cant say anything else...

Gameplay: 6-8 / 10 A little slow perhaps (I mean, when he walks) (Note; I don't mean the game runs slow.. just his movement

). And when he keep going in a direction when you try to just drop a level (as some have said). The "slow" jumping is good, and brings a great (good) difficulty when you have to time the jumps quite good!

Sound: 7/10 They were OK, sounds like some zelda sound effects... Music was nice

Hehe, I just found a funny video, with a crazy thing which would be funny as a secret boss or something: "Lama Läppen" (Translated from swedish: "The paralyzed lip") : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkwKeWkkQQ
awesome and hard (fast moving) boss

Keep it up!

.TakaM · Nov 16, 2006

QUOTE(lastdual @ Nov 16 2006 said:
Very nice TakaM!

Some points:

The main character should have less forward momentum when walking/falling off a ledge - it's hard to fall straight to a platform below without holding back in the opposite direction immediately.

Four buttons seems unnecessary and cumbersome, particularly a dedicated "run" button. I would take a cue from Mario and have the attack button double as a run button when held down.

An option to zoom the sprites would be nice (VBA-style).

Other than that, this looks great. Can't wait for more!

PS: That double jump is pretty tricky too, but I like it

the forward momentum, quite a few people have mentioned it, I guess it needs changing thanks

the four buttons.. well, I was quite obsessed with super metroid while working on this game, and it has the button for running, which I liked, it added to the feeling of an accomplishment when you master the controls, I really have and it feels great playing the demo and then double taking what buttons I just pushed

an option to zoom the sprites, I wanted to have this, infact for a short time, the 1, 2 and 3 keys would zoom the screen to 100%, 200% and 300% but sadly it didnt quite work perfectly so we couldnt keep it

thanks for taking the time

Jeda · Nov 16, 2006

QUOTE(Vater Unser @ Nov 16 2006 said:
awesome graphics and animation, nice job...
but the game runs really slow on my computer, and it's pretty much impossible to play the game on a european keyboard...is there no way to configure the controls?

alt+shift should change the german qwertz to the international qwerty layout. Or you could use that key-mapping program mentioned elsewhere in the thread

Twinsen - Pilot Episode Demo

.II

Well-Known Member

.II

Well-Known Member

Techromancer

Well-Known Member

Credit: 0ml. Insert tea to continue

Well-Known Member

On epic journey, brb.

Credit: 0ml. Insert tea to continue

I wish I was green.

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Sending you back... to the future!

.II

Lemonade by Psyfira

lastdual

Guest

Iᔕᔕᗩᑕ

.II

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Popular threads in this forum