MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: (Demo) Introducing "Shadow Gangs", 80's arcade inspired ninja game

> 1. i was wondering, the bright lights of the lamp-posts.. can they be smashed? (for
> fun )

Not the lamp post in the demo, I think we should of have made destructible too.
What can be destroyed in the demo are the climatisations, wall lights and satellite dishes.

For the full game, there will much much more destructible objects, and they will be designed to fit the level they are in (Newyork, Japan, France etc...)

For the kickstarter, I have 4 artists:
- One will have a job to do HUD, GUI, special effects, and all game destructibles.
- Another the bakcgrounds
- Another all the game sprites including bosses (The red ninja, Dan and Freddy artist will do them all, I have reached an agreement with him in case the kickstarter is succesful to do all the game sprites (including replacing the gunman which is a very important character and want a better version of him (gunman was done by another artist, along the knife man and the biker type character. Knifeman and biker are ok I believe so they will stay)).

He will also work fulltime on the project until all the work in done.

-Another artist will do all the in-game illustrations.

> 2. will there be any explosions in the final game (eg. maybe someone throws bombs, or
> landmines to jump over, exploding barrel's, dynamite.. hand grenades? etc)
Yes, there will be lots of explosions, and many new enemies.
Dan will be able to use special weapons (as bonus one time usage weapons), and also will be able to do magic attacks.
These bonuses will be scattered around the level, mostly in destructible objects, and hidden places (sometimes out of reach until you transform to the ninja form (as the ninja can do double jumps), and also hidden with hostages.

I tried to have each special weapon do something different, with different effects, and different outcome. To keep all of them different, and so that there is no overlap between them.

Here is the list:

***Weapon pickups***
- Mine: help clear an area before you venture in, effective against walking gang members.

- Grenade: effective especially when targeting many ground enemies who are close to each other.

- Rocket launcher: clears your path of all enemies.

- Laser drone: Ultimate pickup weapon, flying AI helper, that fires laser on Dan enemies.

***Magic attacks***

Magic attacks are more powerful than special weapons, and can help Dan overcome difficult situations (like being surrounded by enemies and or enemy fire).

- Clock: Freeze all enemies for 10 seconds.

- Acid rain: Death from above.

- Apple: Physically throw enemies surrounding you some meters away to clear you from a dangerous situation.

- Kanji attack: Flying Kanji characters that hit all enemies in your area.

> looking forward to kickstarter!
Thank you.
There will also be stretch goals for the Sega Dreamcast version, the Xbox one, PS4 and Vita versions.

And one final stretch goal that will add a 6th bonus mission which will be fought on ancient Greece with Zeus as end game boss. Not part of the story of Shadow Gangs but a kind of fantasy mission.

Edited by shadowgangs (06/17/16 12:51 PM)