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Ajescent on 20 August 2012

It's a sidescrolling shooter (or "shmup" as you 'Mericans call it) the game is simple enough, you start of in a beautiful modern day graphics but every time you get hit, the graphics start to dip in quality, get hit enough time and the graphics drop down to early atari days level and eventually you lose. For added difficulty, there are certain areas that can only be accessed when you are in certain "eras" does this exist or did I just make that up? It's the latter then I call dibs on my copyright! :D



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Hynad on 20 August 2012
Ajescent said:

It's a sidescrolling shooter (or "shmup" as you 'Mericans call it) the game is simple enough, you start of in a beautiful modern day graphics but every time you get hit, the graphics start to dip in quality, get hit enough time and the graphics drop down to early atari days level and eventually you lose. For added difficulty, there are certain areas that can only be accessed when you are in certain "eras" does this exist or did I just make that up? It's the latter then I call dibs on my copyright! :D


Seems like a game Atlus would probably want to publish...

I Like the idea.  If the execution is good, this could make a great Shoot 'Em Up game.



Boutros on 20 August 2012
Ajescent said:

It's a sidescrolling shooter (or "shmup" as you 'Mericans call it) the game is simple enough, you start of in a beautiful modern day graphics but every time you get hit, the graphics start to dip in quality, get hit enough time and the graphics drop down to early atari days level and eventually you lose. For added difficulty, there are certain areas that can only be accessed when you are in certain "eras" does this exist or did I just make that up? It's the latter then I call dibs on my copyright! :D

I would do it the other way around, though.



the_dengle on 20 August 2012
Boutros said:

I would do it the other way around, though.

So it gets more realistic as you get shot?

@OT: it reminds me of Bit.Trip Beat, when you get hit a certain amount and it gets super retro. But obviously it's a much different application.



Ajescent on 20 August 2012
the_dengle said:
Boutros said:

I would do it the other way around, though.

So it gets more realistic as you get shot?

@OT: it reminds me of Bit.Trip Beat, when you get hit a certain amount and it gets super retro. But obviously it's a much different application.

Yes!!! Bit Trip! I knew it reminded me of something, though that was more "pong-esque" which means my "idea" can stand on its own! :D



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NiKKoM on 20 August 2012

sounds like a iPhone game



 

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kitler53 on 20 August 2012
Ajescent said:

It's a sidescrolling shooter (or "shmup" as you 'Mericans call it) the game is simple enough, you start of in with a beautiful modern day graphics woman but every time you get hit, the graphics woman start to dip in quality strip, get hit enough time and the graphics woman drop down to early atari days level her birthday suit and eventually you lose win. For added difficulty, there are certain areas (nice!) that can only be accessed when you are in certain "eras" does this exist or did I just make that up? It's the latter then I call dibs on my copyright! :D


i love it!!



Ajescent on 20 August 2012
kitler53 said:
Ajescent said:

It's a sidescrolling shooter (or "shmup" as you 'Mericans call it) the game is simple enough, you start of in with a beautiful modern day graphics woman but every time you get hit, the graphics woman start to dip in quality strip, get hit enough time and the graphics woman drop down to early atari days level her birthday suit and eventually you lose win. For added difficulty, there are certain areas (nice!) that can only be accessed when you are in certain "eras" does this exist or did I just make that up? It's the latter then I call dibs on my copyright! :D


i love it!!

SO-MUCH-WIN-CAN-NOT-COMPUTE!!!



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wfz on 20 August 2012

This sounds like an awesome idea.. but as Boutros said, I'd do it differently. I'd start the player off in a very simplistic setting and the better the player did, the better the graphics became.

Make the music change too!



crissindahouse on 20 August 2012

so to increase the difficulty i have to let the enemy hit me to reach other areas? so i have to play bad deliberately to get a harder difficulty and to see more areas?

or did i get that wrong? becaue i don't think that would be a cool idea, make it exactly vice versa and it could be good, play good and get new "era areas" and with that new difficulties.

but in general changing "eras" when i get hit could be good.