A cyberpunk tactical RPG - Zion

[Talby]

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[MetalCraze]

I surely hope you will change those fugly anime characters for something normal looking. Otherwise it's nice.

 

[pipka]

artwork is not bad
but
FUCKING WEEBOO AVATARS is AUTOFAIL!!!

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Graphic whores!

Uhhh... I take that back, they are pretty annoying. Nice artwork though.

 

[Zeus]

You had me at "cyberpunk". Then you had me *again* at tactical.

I'm exhausted.

 

[Quilty]

Another YES! for the setting and a BOO! for the anime kiddies things.

 

[mondblut]

Zion and ultra-capitalistic aliens - me like.

Homosexual buttraped anime faggotry with huge heads and idiotic hairstyles - FUCK IT.

I am ignoring the game until anime slimefilth is out.

 

[barker_s]

I won't be original, but - cyberpunk+tactical = win! Anime characters = fail. I really hope you'll change it. Other than that the graphics look great. Perhaps you could write a little more about game mechanics?

Oh, and I love the concept art.

 

[Dark Matter]

I surely hope you will change those fugly anime characters for something normal looking. Otherwise it's nice.

This.

 

[DefJam101]

The concept art is okay—an odd blend of cyberpunk/steampunk.

I think you could benefit from a darker color palette, though. Right now it's very, very steampunk and alarmingly wapanese.

 

[sah]

Less like this:

More like this:

Other than that the game looks really really sweet.

 

[Emotional Vampire]

Zion and ultra-capitalistic aliens - me like.

Homosexual buttraped anime faggotry with huge heads and idiotic hairstyles - FUCK IT.

I am ignoring the game until anime slimefilth is out.

Fuck yeah. So far it looks like that DS Advance Wars bullshit.

I guess only artists you can get for free nowodays are fucking Naruto-fed DA dropouts.

 

[Trash]

Everything looks and sounds great so far. Apart from those horrid little anime characters, but seeing the concept art I guess those are only placeholders.

They are, aren't they?

Syndicate was teh awesome.

 

[Redeye]

Guys in trenchcoats, mirrorshades, and engineer boots.

:yawn:

What else to do, though?

Raver/Techno Goth ?

 

[Gwendo]

Cyperpunk= +1
Tactical= +1
Anime characters= -1

Total: +1

I'd buy it. 3,90$ well spent.

 

[thesheeep]

cyberpunk+tactical = win! Anime characters = fail.

 

[Flux_Capacitor]

I'm somewhat confused about the mood you're trying to convey. On the one hand, you've got humans living under (I assume) an oppressive rule by an alien race in a dystopian future. But, on the other, there's a bright color palette, 'cutesy' characters, and from what I can tell, hardly a speck of dust in any image.

I'd imagine a darker color palette, with dirt and grime covering nearly everything (including characters), coal and gasoline powered machinery going full-bore (what would 'nefarious, ultra-capitalist aliens' care if they exploited our natural resources), a sky dark and hazy from pollution, etc.

 

[Zeus]

Okay, complaining about anime characters is one thing, but what's with all the bitching about the "bright color palette"?

I mean, take a look at Syndicate.

Yeah, nothing says dark and brooding like hunters orange.

 

[thesheeep]

Trying to help:

Whoever does the in-game art for your project....
FORCE him to take a REAL look at the concepts.
The anime style is nicely done. Good quality there. Taken alone, there is nothing wrong with it.
But it almost directly contradicts the vision evoked from those concepts. And I hope that your vision is still the mature look, not the anime one. Especially since you can never "feel" the harsh world when Hello Kitty characters are thrown at your face.

It may be a huge step back in development time, but IMHO, a restart in the art section would only do you good in the end. And it would help you to stand out against other games (anime seems pretty common these times).


@color palette:
The problem here is not brightness. People just shout that since they don't know shit about technical stuff in games. And who could blame them...
The problem here (IMHO) is saturation. In the anime style, all colors are very saturated, very "alive" and "positive" (I lack proper technical terms here, I'm no artist!), while Syndicate on the other hand seems to be pretty much desaturated, a bit grey-ish.

 

[Mefi]

Really like the concept art on your site. Good luck finding a 2d/sprite artist who can translate it into the game for you

 

[Korgan]

The concept art looks great (bright cyberpunk without rain and neon lights is original at the very least), the in-game backgrounds are p. cool, but, like everyone says, drop the chibi toon bullshit. All in all, you got my interest, although not my wallet (for lack of a credit card). I'll just steal it like a total asshole.

 

[Durwyn]

I surely hope you will change those fugly anime characters for something normal looking. Otherwise it's nice.

This.

That

 

[ghostdog]

It sounds and looks good. It could look better though. It's obvious the artists have talent but the cutey anime chatacters and the bright brown palette don't feel much like cyberpunk. Of course for an indie project it looks p.good. I guess you aim for something like FF tactics. Best of luck.

 

[BearBomber]

This is definitely one of the games that I'll be looking forward to. The map looks really nice, and the characters are not anime-like enough to worry me. IMO people are overreacting a little here. Post something about game mechanic next time.

 

[DefJam101]

Okay, complaining about anime characters is one thing, but what's with all the bitching about the "bright color palette"?

I mean, take a look at Syndicate.

Yeah, nothing says dark and brooding like hunters orange.

Just right there I see:

- black roofing
- black pavement
- yellow lines in contrast to the black pavement (a simple touch, something we see every day, but gives off authoritarian feelings)
- a black hovercar thing
- Almost everything that isn't black is sand, which gives off post-apocalyptic vibes

Saying 'darker color palette' is easier to get across than 'stuff that doesn't look like 18th century England', so sorry. I should have been more specific.

All those little details add up.