What I'm working on in my spare time nowadays.

[neuro]

http://www.partyofsin.com/

something i'm building with a few of the guys i made Eternal Silence with.
there'll be alot more to see 'soon'.

/end advertisement.

[Malloy]

Is it like Super Melee Bros?

[neuro]

no its like co-op with alot of friendly fire

[neuro]

figured i'd make an update to this with some pics.

player-characters (each one representing one of the seven sins)
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/LUST_LOGO.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/PRIDE_LOGO_1.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/PRIDE_LOGO_2.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GLUTTONY_LOGO_02.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GLUTTONY_LOGO_03.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ENVY_LOGO.jpg

and one of the enemies:
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/crusader_texture_3.jpg

[TeeKup]

An enemy is a Templar Knight? I'm ok with this.

[BobtheGreatII]

Shot tags bro.

And uh... Well... obviously FMA was the first thing that came to mind... Ha.

[Inferno]

Look pretty bad ass. Will this be like a overhead beatemup game?

[paladin]

A 2nd persion FPSMMORPGRTSLARP. How can that not be obvious to you?

Those look pretty sick man, the Templar looks like it's from Assassins Creed.

[thehoodedsmack]

And uh... Well... obviously FMA was the first thing that came to mind... Ha.

While the personification of Sin has been a theme used for centuries, when I saw Gluttony I definitely thought the same thing. Very similar design.

Stuff looks cool, though.

[Limited]

Why does Lust have lady gaga's face?

[neuro]

appeals to both sexes lol

[Donut]

:lol:

first thing i thought of was dantes inferno, but i dont think this is going to be like that. at least i hope not. lust is something i wont forget for a long time :gonk:

[neuro]

just to clarify about what kind of game this is, here's a few screenshots.



http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screenshot11.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screenshot21.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screenshot31.jpg

it's a 3d side-scrolling multiplayer (local only, ie. Xbox-arcade) puzzle-shooter.
each sins has unique abilities which they must use to advance trough the levels.
Gluttony can eat objects/enemies, Sloth can slow time/enemies, etc.

it's a type of counter-co-op, which means it's not purely co-op, you're also supposed to harass your fellow players, (steal points etc) to make you win at the end of each level.
the idea of this is that you'll want to fuck up your friend enough, but not too much resulting in not completing the level. this is incorporated in how each sin charges it's 'special' ability. for example, sloth charges, by doing nothing at all, and simply standing still, and greed can build charge by simply hoarding everything he can, and gluttony charges by eating stuff.

hope this clarifies it all a bit.

[sevlag]

any screens of what greed and sloth look lie? this is actually interesting

oh and wrath's split chin (from the one screen on the website) makes me think elite for some odd reason, but then again it could just be the years of halo

[SiriusTexra]

Destined to succeed tbh, if you guys do it right. Catchy name, catchy theme, decent art style (though I think some of the character design could have been better) and if winning gameplay, this thing will pick up and move around like aids.


However, I'd try and look for a way to separate the visuals a little more from something like TF2. Otherwise you'll get all "that" shit.


Also, not liking that levels textures. They seem awfully familiar, and I noticed you said "Eternal Silence" at one point, so my alarm bells are ringing. Looks like alot of really nasty noober glow filter textures. Looks like turd second rate shit tbh. That right there will let you down. The textures for something like this should look like concept art. Painted, stroke for stroke.

[neuro]

here's a few more.


http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/greed_logo_2.jpg
http://www.partyofsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/greed_logo_1.jpg

edit: woops my bad, linked the wrong locatoin for the images :P fixed now.

[Sever]

Login required to view images - host them on a different site. Like, idunno, maybe this one!

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Disturbed, anyone?

[Heathen]

I, for one, think this is awesome.

[Inferno]

Make lust do a duck face for a taunt.

[neuro]

first few screenshots of the hell-based levels posted:

http://www.indiedb.com/games/party-of-sin

all very WIP, and most of that doesnt even apply anymore.

[kid908]

Not really liking the lava, but the concept looks quite nice. Is it going to be a play area or just background work?

talking about this -> http://www.indiedb.com/games/party-of-sin/images/wip-hell211#imagebox

[neuro]

yeah that's WAY old lava, it was placeholder only.

that image is backgrond only.

i've made two new images today, just to show some progress, they also illustrate the new lava we've got, (which propably isn't final yet either)

http://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/13/12627/PoS_H2_1.jpg
http://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/13/12627/PoS_H2_2.jpg

enjoy.

[Inferno]

Looks nice. It'd be cool if you stuck a little bit of bloom lighting on the lava.

[neuro]

aand the new-update to go along with it:

http://www.partyofsin.com/2010/07/wip-progress-round-2/

[kid908]

getting better and better :iamafag:

What game engine are you building on?

[neuro]

it's not really an endine, it's pretty much all ucstom made.

we're using a physics library and microsft XNA framework but the rest is our stuff.
it's really great, because i request a feature to be made, and it'll be done a few minutes later. i love it :P
i guess we should come up with a name for it?


also, inferno, we're still working on getting bloom working.
right now our priority is to make the fog NOT make any alphamapped geometry glow beyond control. (srsly)

[neuro]

figured i'd update this this a bit..

i've more or less wrapped up the Hell level (and added a rollercoaster, no joke), and started working on the Earth-theme levels.
lots of green, blue, and a pinch of brown :P also, GHOSTS AND WIND!

Most of the team is in Seattle right now, demoing @ Valve (Steam), and in 2 weeks there'll be a meeting with Microsoft (XBLA)

stay tuned etc blabla

[Con]

I'm excited to hear what they have to say :)

[neuro]

so yeah, last saturday was the deadline for IGF submission. (google)
crunch time sucks ass.
here's the product of our efforts.

_O7t_EWGE0s


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O7t_EWGE0s

[Needles]

That looks really good, nice :D

[Dwood]

LOL those voiceovers are hilarious.