[url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/84288219/diabotical-by-the-gd-studio[/url]
$10-$15 with cosmetics (Base game is only $10 for Kickstarter)
Summer 2017 Release
Well that was one obnoxious trailer.
Really obnoxious. On a sidenote, didn't some guy here at FP create some of the assets?
I love it
[editline]31st July 2016[/editline]
Also
Bonus Stretch Goal: $1,000,000 - I, James '2GD' Harding will get a tattoo of Gabe Newell dressed as a shitty wizard riding the donkey courier with an icey frog perched upon the donkey's head. Below the tagline 'bUrself'. Tattoo location, up for a vote. left or right buttock.
That customization
Customize your HUD with html5
and multiplayer map editing fuck yeah
everything looks slick I have to say
Would've been promising if the characters weren't round balls.
[QUOTE=rndgenerator;50806851]Would've been promising if the characters weren't round balls.[/QUOTE]
Cause fuck hit boxes. We gonna have hit spheres.
I lost it when he was playing Game Dev Tycoon, A+ trailer
I gotta agree with the guy above, the setting looks interesting but idk. I'd prefer if they were humans, or humanoid robots. Not augumented ping pong balls.
It's like if Babo Violent went FPS what with all the customization and round characters.
There have been quite a few attempts at recreating those "old-school arena shooters", none of which I've heard any buzz about after they released. Trailer didn't give me any infos on why this story should end any differently either, no substance whatsoever, and barely even any personality (that wasn't borrowed from pop-culture). Seems like a pretty anemic sell to me.
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;50807004]There have been quite a few attempts at recreating those "old-school arena shooters", none of which I've heard any buzz about after they released. Trailer didn't give me any infos on why this story should end any differently either, no substance whatsoever, and barely even any personality (that wasn't borrowed from pop-culture). Seems like a pretty anemic sell to me.[/QUOTE]
It will die out fast, if it ever takes off, I guarantee it. It's a paid arena shooter, it has no chance. Seems like a "cash grab" in a sense that they ride on the "demand" to get funded. Besides being an arena shooter it has nothing going for it.
So what makes this different than all the hundreds of other "old-school" FPSes that have come out during the last few years that were fine for the most part but died out super fast because no one wanted to play them?
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;50806963]It's like if Babo Violent went FPS what with all the customization and round characters.[/QUOTE]
madballs in babo was a great game. Now I want another madballs game.
[QUOTE=simkas;50807083]So what makes this different than all the hundreds of other "old-school" FPSes that have come out during the last few years that were fine for the most part but died out super fast because no one wanted to play them?[/QUOTE]
An actual marketing attempt
[QUOTE=simkas;50807083]So what makes this different than all the hundreds of other "old-school" FPSes that have come out during the last few years that were fine for the most part but died out super fast because no one wanted to play them?[/QUOTE]
it's produced by everyone's favorite ass
[QUOTE=rndgenerator;50806851]Would've been promising if the characters weren't round balls.[/QUOTE]
They originally had more humanoid shapes, but the audience overwhelmingly supported having the egg-shaped characters. I think its a great choice for this game, seeing that hitboxes are one of the biggest problem areas in competitive FPS.
Is this what James is doing now that Gabe fired him?
They're trying waaaay too hard with the memes and shit but I gotta say the game looks fairly interesting. Not sure how long it can survive, but it does certainly look like something I'd try out.
[editline]1st August 2016[/editline]
Also what the heck is up with all those esports exp backer rewards for £300+? I didn't recognize any of the names on the first ones so I just kinda thought it was the devs or something but then came some names of old Starcraft-players and some others.. but seriously what is up with that?
[QUOTE=.apex;50807955]They're trying waaaay too hard with the memes and shit but I gotta say the game looks fairly interesting. Not sure how long it can survive, but it does certainly look like something I'd try out.
[editline]1st August 2016[/editline]
Also what the heck is up with all those esports exp backer rewards for £300+? I didn't recognize any of the names on the first ones so I just kinda thought it was the devs or something but then came some names of old Starcraft-players and some others.. but seriously what is up with that?[/QUOTE]
2gd is a long standing member of several esports communities and have gone to the effort of contacting a lot of big names to help out with the game, mainly these esport exp tiers.
[QUOTE=Jelman;50807664]Is this what James is doing now that Gabe fired him?[/QUOTE]
He's been doing it for years.
[editline]1st August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=.apex;50807955]Also what the heck is up with all those esports exp backer rewards for £300+? I didn't recognize any of the names on the first ones so I just kinda thought it was the devs or something but then came some names of old Starcraft-players and some others.. but seriously what is up with that?[/QUOTE]
They're gaming personalities, quite popular ones. I recognise almost all of them.
I feel obliged to pay for any attempt at Arena FPS revival, even if I know they're never going to get big again.
Ah, good ol' James. :v:
Very obnoxious trailer but I hope the game does well.
I really like the premise but the finer details of the gameplay will make or break this, it would be so painful to watch the devs make bad decisions or not respond to feedback once the beta is out
the arsenal looks very q3-like, does anyone know if they intend to have strafe jumping and general q3 movement style?
some screenshots
[url]http://imgur.com/a/Jp5vB[/url]
most notables are
john romero stencil graffiti
a billboard with a jab at csgo gambling sites
customization of characters
advertising billboards for sponsorships
also, james explains this not as a kickstarter, but as a "kickender". the funds will be mainly going into polishing the game and setting up an infrastructure for a mostly self-sustained game that player's can mod and make maps with.
[editline]2nd August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=krail9;50810278]I really like the premise but the finer details of the gameplay will make or break this, it would be so painful to watch the devs make bad decisions or not respond to feedback once the beta is out
the arsenal looks very q3-like, does anyone know if they intend to have strafe jumping and general q3 movement style?[/QUOTE]
there's going to be both strafejumping (with air control and double jump) along with a omnidirectional dodge like in ut.
both the double jump and dodge are limited by a stamina/energy bar
Oh shit I was wondering when the kickstarter would happen. Watching some of Jame's streams way back in the day when this was in development makes me hopeful. There were some really interesting guns on display.
[editline]2nd August 2016[/editline]
Also was that fucking Mikee voicing the trailer?
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They really need to highlight what makes them different.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;50815238][url]https://www.quakelive.com/[/url]
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[url]https://www.warsow.gg/[/url]
[url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/324810/[/url]
They really need to highlight what makes them different.[/QUOTE]
Romero stencil graffiti
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