It's not often that I see a game trailer and it instantly has my attention, but MegaSphere has managed to do this.
Now, tell me you're not excited after watching that?
It has already been greenlit by Valve to be sold on Steam, and an Alpha version looks to be coming soon.
I've reached out to the developer, and we hope to grab a build to test out and write up when it becomes available. I'm not usually a fan of platformers, but the style and action in this has me giddy.
About the game (Official)
MegaSphere is a sci-fi themed action platformer with a big shiny gun, mad battle robots and an unpredictable world that is different each time you play. Fight enemies, search for loot, hack AI's, upgrade weapons and your suit. No hand holding, no tutorials — play like a grown-up!
See the official site here for more info. You can pre-order from the Itch.io page for it right now too. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Now, tell me you're not excited after watching that?
It has already been greenlit by Valve to be sold on Steam, and an Alpha version looks to be coming soon.
I've reached out to the developer, and we hope to grab a build to test out and write up when it becomes available. I'm not usually a fan of platformers, but the style and action in this has me giddy.
About the game (Official)
MegaSphere is a sci-fi themed action platformer with a big shiny gun, mad battle robots and an unpredictable world that is different each time you play. Fight enemies, search for loot, hack AI's, upgrade weapons and your suit. No hand holding, no tutorials — play like a grown-up!
See the official site here for more info. You can pre-order from the Itch.io page for it right now too. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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hardpenguin Jul 5, 2015
Does anyone remember the game called Abuse? It was available in Debian repositories some time ago... Anyway, my thoughts after seeing this trailer: Abuse and... Portal (after seeing the last scene from the trailer).
Nice that it is going to be available on Linux, even though trailer and their webpage has only Windows and Mac logos :)
Nice that it is going to be available on Linux, even though trailer and their webpage has only Windows and Mac logos :)
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Yeah Linux support wasn't originally going to be in, but they confirmed it is :)
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I'm really getting sick of the pixel art trend. I will admit that this particular pixel art looks pretty good, though.
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coryrj19951 Jul 5, 2015
It looks really good and fun to play, but why does everything have to be randomly generated now? I love the art style and the fast looking game play though.
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Plintslîcho Jul 6, 2015
The pixel art style looks beautiful. Actually, it reminds me of Halfway with the beautiful light effects. However, the game play looks way too hectic. Not my cup of tea.
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I really dislike the current obsession with pixel art graphics. Back in the 16bit days devs done everything possible to get their games to look a generation ahead of their time, and they did this by adding colors and special effects wherever possible. Now you have hardware capable of rendering toy story in real time and we get bland looking platformers that would make the Sega Master system blush with embarrassment.
With all that said, this game's art actually looks great, it looks like a proper 16 bit generation game where the developer's are pushing that little 16bit chip to the max.
With all that said, this game's art actually looks great, it looks like a proper 16 bit generation game where the developer's are pushing that little 16bit chip to the max.
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Indeed, Abuse was the first though that came to mind when i saw this :D
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The game is out in Steam as Early Access. Things look a little buggy right now. Bad performance in a A8 apu (Unity, argh...), joypad not properly configured, got stuck in the first stage. But I got to play a later one.
There is a Linux demo, you can test it right now.
There is a Linux demo, you can test it right now.
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