XGA - a Metroid Fusion based fangame I'm working on

[Dinar]

Thanks =) right now I'm battling an ocean of glitches and problems with the text system -_- it's really frustrating and kind of demotivating for the whole game.

[Dinar]

Not only did I fix the text system...I made a whole new demo with a WIP new area as well!!

https://dinar87.itch.io/dinar87s-metroidvania-demo/devlog/124044/sector-3-wip-demo

[Dinar]

Haven't posted in AGES but I've still been developing sector 3 and doing my A levels (school) at the same time, plus I recently had a big maths test I really needed to revise for so it became hard to balance uploading to every site.

[Dinar]

https://twitter.com/Dinar8777/status/1237695878393184257
Here's a new update

[Hackmi]

Good luck with A levels; also the game's really shaping up

[Dinar]

Good luck with A levels; also the game's really shaping up

Hey Hackmi!! It's been a while since I last talked to you! How have you been btw?
Yeah my game's slowly coming together, though even after 4 years it still feels like there's so much left to do....

[Hackmi]

Yeah lol, I still remember the older versions of it, it's come far already!
4 years isn't that long, don't sweat it.

[Steel Sparkle]

great progress so far, looking forward to more :)

[Dinar]

Better pixel art for my game, and a few other changes like a simpler jump flip animation (single somersault) and the map being moved so my ui is copying metroid less.


Eventually I want to replace all my player sprites and make a new character who's more original looking than "blue samus" is.

[Dinar]

By now I've done a lot to my game, including making my character look more original in general (which I feel my game sorely needed tbh)


I really want to add a unique mechanic from the start of my game sooner rather than later now, and I'm thinking of having it be like the motion tracker from Alien Isolation...any thoughts?

[Hackmi]

the resprite is good

[Dinar]

I know people in general don't have much to look forward to in general, with the corona virus going on and all. I doubt we'll see metroid prime 4 for ages either, so I thought I should upload some more gameplay.
http://i.imgur.com/4TehglO.gifv

[Dinar]

I've made a new demo if anyone feels like testing it and helping me find where all the bugs and glitches are.
https://dinar87.itch.io/dinar87s-metroidvania-demo/devlog/137158/lets-hope-this-new-demo-doesnt-make-the-game-crash-again

[Dinar]

I've made a (hopefully) better opening to my game now. You can see a little of it here...

[dewhi100]

Pretty heavy on the exposition (which is not necessarily a bad thing). Look for ways to tell the story through gameplay as well!

[Dinar]

Pretty heavy on the exposition (which is not necessarily a bad thing). Look for ways to tell the story through gameplay as well!

Actually I agree since I watched an (old, not disgusting new) extra credits video on game intros, and how the first 5 minutes really matter to players in general...I've been bogging down my game with narrative. Though don't worry, I'm not about to start saying "all media is political" or anything ;)

So I've disabled the new intro and sped up the text for the one after that showing xga being built which adds more mystery anyways. Because I counted how long both intros took to sit through...over 6 minutes 0_o yikes

I might just make those cutscene images collectibles instead later.

[Dinar]

I've now made the opening images and text entirely optional, as now you can skip all of it if you don't wanna sit through it like in metroid fusion. I show off two images with text before showing off the "skip cutscene" mechanic.



If you wanna play it, the demo's here.
https://dinar87.itch.io/dinar87s-metroidvania-demo

[Dinar]

Part of a boss I'm making

[Hackmi]

It's been insane seeing this come so far since the beginning, I hope in time it'll surpass your own expectations and become something you, and the community could be proud of :).

Keep up the good work, it can be demotivating when it seems like there's not much going on in terms of feedback but so long as you're still dedicated to your work you'll have people's interest even if they don't show it all that often.
I'll be sure to keep an eye out when it's out m9, good luck with the project and keeping up with school/jobs etc

[Dinar]

Thanks for this hackmi, I needed reassurance right now since I feel really demotivated in general, not just with my game. The exams I'm doing have been really tough and I've not done well in some of them so far + I've got two more today as I'm writing this...maths and physics.

I hope you're right about people still caring...I really do. And I hope I can SOMEHOW find the motivation to work on my game again...in fact, I think I'm just gonna take a week or two OFF working on my game, so I care more about it hopefully.

[Dinar]

FINALLY...another post lol

[Dinar]

I've made my first youtube video a few days ago, showing off random gameplay of my game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXVFCLRS6vU&feature=emb_logo

[DarkHiei]

i'm hyped now...

[DramaticMarquinh0svi]

This looks really cool,im excited to see the full game! I really like Metroid Fusion!

[DramaticMarquinh0svi]

The powerup the sector 3 boss you can't get it,it's too high