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    Is anyone going to attend California Extreme this weekend? We're going to be exhibiting two of our studio's retro-styled Xbox/PC games (Washington's Wig and Fist Puncher). Anyone attending the show should stop by our table and play some games, talk shop, or just say hi.

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    I just sent 40 cents your way or whatever part of the $1 MS lets you actually keep.

     

    That sounds about right. One of the other XBLIG developers was joking with us and said that we would now become "dozenaires" just like all the other XBLIG game developers.

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    Has anyone been following the Microsoft Dream.Build.Play competition? It's an MS sponsored contest for indie devs making Xbox or Windows Phone games. We submitted our game Fist Puncher and I'm really impressed by some of the other entrants. There are some really cool retro-themed games that will be part of the competition and coming out later this year on Xbox. Obviously I'm plugging my game a little, but there are some amazing looking games that were submitted:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Zzg-wXyBk&feature=plcp

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxLIlo5ICyI

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jopRHhEnlVI

     

    And, of course, our entry:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQiL83nO0Nw

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    Looks like River City Ransom on cocaine.

     

    That's a brilliant quote! River City Ransom is one of our big influences along with Double Dragon, Streets of Rage, Renegade, etc. It has some modern influence too. I think people will definitely see some Castle Crashers in there.

     

    Speaking of River City Ransom, I only learned recently that there were sequels. Have to get my hands on them and give them a try.

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    Hey, congratulations on the kind words from the judges! Nah, you looked focused and motivated, not silly!

     

    Thanks for watching! That challenge was absurdly intense. I wish the show would have captured more of the stress that each team went through during those nightmarish 3 hours. Going in, only 1 or 2 of the teams had any Unity experience. So for most of us, we were trying to learn Unity on the fly *and* prototype a game. Now add in the fact that we couldn't use the internet, couldn't use cell phones, couldn't use labtops, couldn't use any external content whatsoever, and had cameras and lights in our faces while a big clock counted down, and you have 3 hours of developers pulling out their hair. I have to admit, I was pretty bummed after the challenge that our core mechanic was just barely there and pretty rough around the edges. However, looking back, I'm happy that we were able to stay focused and learn just enough Unity in 3 hours to be able to actually present a working demo. In fact, hats off to all the teams. It's harder than it looks.

     

    MK

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    moycon: I *think" there are going to be 6 episodes, but I'm not exactly sure. Each one is put up Tuesday at noon Pacific time.

     

    ComputerSpaceFan: I think it was just the way they edited it. Both Daemon and Naomi seemed pretty enthusiastic about and involved with the show. We didn't get to talk to them too much (since we were contestants and they were judges... I guess they didn't want us to be tempted to slip a 20 into Daemon's pocket to try to sway his vote), but overall they both seemed like pretty cool down-to-earth people. And there was a Tron machine in the cafeteria?! They only had Tekken and NFL Blitz up and running when I was there. Dang!

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    For anyone that's interested, I competed on a reality show called THE NEXT GAME BOSS as part of IGN/YouTube's new START network. The show was an elimination competition where teams of indie developers faced off in a series of challenges with the ultimate goal being to design and implement a game in a short period of time. I competed with my brother as TEAM FIST PUNCHER and we did our best to represent retro gaming (since that's the only kind of games us old timers know). Overall, the show was a complete blast and all the people we worked with and competed against were amazing. Episode 1 debuted on Tuesday. Check it out (and feel free to laugh at me since, come on, I'm on a flipping internet reality show about video games):

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUijn7tGIUQ&feature=sh_e_top&list=SL

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    Community is exactly what I thought!

     

    I'm out of the loop on Community - only seen a couple episodes. I guess I'm more of a Parks & Rec/30 Rock guy. Is there a videogame reference from Community or is it something specifically with the name "Fist Puncher"?

     

    MK

  25. Posted

    SWEEEEEEEET. I am more than in for this one!! Roughly when might you guess it'll show?

    Particularly loved the guys eyes expressing emotions while you're beating them up! Also liked: the Hurricane Kick, the Johnny Cage esque Shadow Kick move, the spinning backfist, and the general essence of maybe Yie Ar Kung fu? Loved the animations, and throwing the Smart Car at the baddies!

    I will make sure to DL this when it comes out!

     

    Thanks for the kind words. The first beta release is in testing now, and we're going to submit Fist Puncher to the Independent Games Festival next spring (submissions are due next week). Right now we're working out a few kinks (anyone know a game with great jump kicks?) and tightening some of the storytelling. The gameplay is most similar to Double Dragon with more storytelling and unique level design (and a 4-player mode). Yie Ar Kung-Fu would certainly count as an influence though - who doesn't love that game?

     

    MattKain

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