Quoting: damarrin

you're movement speed

I'm movement speed? ;-)

Funny stuff, but use the spelling and grammar corrections thingamabob below the article.

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I played the hell out of Uridium on the C-64, and Hyper Sentinel does seem very similar. This style of arcade gaming just doesn't appeal to me anymore, but as an influence Uridium isn't the worst.

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Awesome to see Feral working on Mesa, and doubly awesome seeing them take an interest in Vulkan drivers. I guess they really are releasing their first Vulkan port soon.

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They certainly did get the NES aesthetic down pat. I was never a big fan of the platform, but I have to say that despite my expectations I really enjoyed most of the soundtrack, and the graphics did their job well.

Gameplay was in my view not as well executed, partially due to the aforementioned awkward controls and some parts that I found simply frustratingly difficult. For full disclosure, in the process of playing through the game with 100% items & map during the closed beta, I died well above 150 times. More than a few times due to fumbling with the weird up+attack spell mechanic, and maybe a handful of times trying to break the game and uncover bugs to actually do my job as a tester. I would have given up at a certain point if I had been playing purely for my own entertainment.

In fairness some of these features I find annoying come from the project's origins as a NES homebrew and the development team's faithfulness to the original platform. Being convincingly retro doesn't make it all better in my book though. Your mileage may vary. As a platformer it's not a bad one certainly, but don't expect it to be another modern metroidvania.

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Yeah the ending was a bit of a letdown, and the game was definitely too short, but all in all it was still a lot of fun. I just love word puzzles.

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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionReally nice 80s imitation. A lot of indie games go for pixel graphics simply because it is easier but Gunmetal actually appears to go for that console-on-a-CRT-television appearance.

I prefer clean pixels and crisp colour. No nostalgia at all for those horrible fishbowl screens and crappy analogue signals. But I'm sure these effects can be (partially) turned off and the game is no worse for it.

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Quoting: SamsaiJust a reminder for everyone: Liam will be livestreaming Sakura Spirit next week. Don't let him forget!

He obviously won't forget. He kept saying he hates visual novels, but the lady doth protest too much, methinks. Probably has another account for the anime pron.

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Quoting: thykrHow do these devs deal with it and do they have an explanation as to why Microsoft's OS is so much faster? :/

The OS isn't faster, but there are many reasons why ports are slow. Tons of reasons can be found on this site alone.

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In case you didn't know @wojtek88, you can watch videos of recent livestreams [External Link] on twitch if you're interested. Not the same thing as viewing them live, but better than nothing.

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Interesting stuff, mirv. <3 Maybe write about your adventures in Vulkan land at some point?

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