ZPF (A New SEGA Mega Drive + Genesis Shmup)

[Raph4]

Still in WIP, this game looks really amazing!

ZPF

Mega Cat Studios is a creative first games agency based out of Pittsburgh, PA with a global team. Come and play with us!

megacatstudios.com

 

[Jeneki]

You just know a Gryzor game when you see it.

 

[KGRAMR]

The wait for this one will be worth it! I can feel it in my bones

 

[sirlynxalot]

You just know a Gryzor game when you see it.

That guy is a very talented pixel artist.

 

[smokey]

Yeah and the programmer made Tanzer on the Mega Drive which is a really good game with average graphics. This combo will be fire

 

[promking]

Looks awesome I will be buying this one.

 

[pixeljunkie]

Demo is out

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1714106456566309122

 

[sirlynxalot]

Looks good. Music is more laid back than I was expecting from the music used in the previous trailers. Seems like a good package overall.

 

[smokey]

This will probably be GOTY for me if it is ever released

 

[kernow]

Goob of the year

 

[smokey]

I played the demo. It's not bad but not fantastic. Graphics are ace tough

 

[sirlynxalot]

I played the demo. It's not bad but not fantastic. Graphics are ace tough

I tested it out too. Thought the same. Not sure what would make the gameplay more interesting though... I guess it played a lot like how I remember 90s shmups on Genesis such as biohazard, very fast ship movement with a small screen space to move around in (due to the low hardware resolution of Genesis games I guess), and I was hyped to somehow expect something more than that from the trailers and next level graphics. I think a slower ship speed, or the ability to switch between a fast and a slow speed during gameplay, either by itself or in conjunction with different weapons as in some cave shmups could be a nice feature and distinguish it from what we've already seen for Genesis shmups.

Was thinking it would be nice to have more animation in the enemies or backgrounds. The sprites are all fantastic but sometimes scenes seemed more static than I'm used to as my non animated player ship shot lasers at non animated enemy sprites moving around over static (albeit scrolling) backgrounds. Understand that would be very labor intensive to add more sprite animations though.

 

[pixeljunkie]

Well, that's odd

 

[Ajax]

Damn man, what’d you say??

 

[pixeljunkie]

Damn man, what’d you say??

Nothing. Lol. I have zero posts.

 

[smokey]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/megacatstudios/zpf-a-new-sega-mega-drive-genesis-game

 

[smokey]

Funded within 20 minutes. I goobed all the way game + vinyl.

 

[GohanX]

Game looks cool. Publisher with a ton of successful games wanting kickstarter funds is not.

 

[pixeljunkie]

Game looks cool. Publisher with a ton of successful games wanting kickstarter funds is not.

It's the most annoying preorder system ever. Plus 2025? I'll wait until it's featured on their website with an "add to cart" button and then I might buy.

 

[smokey]

I don't mind kickstarter. Sure it can take a very long time but it creates hype for the game. I believe Tänzer sold very poorly , they probably wanted mega hype for this title.

 

[bloodfire3]

It did $100k USD in the first 25 hours. Pretty successful so far on Kickstarter. Looking forward to receiving my copy! (in 7 months)

 

[Damsco]

Funded within 20 minutes. I goobed all the way game + vinyl.

Did you listen to the soundtrack video before you ordered the vinyl?

 

[smokey]

Did you listen to the soundtrack video before you ordered the vinyl?

The songs that are included in the demo yes. Have you never bought a record because you liked the band?
https://soundcloud.com/jamievance%2Ftheres-a-band-down-here-3b-citystage-underwater-tunnels

 

[promking]

Ugh I promised myself I wouldn't do another kickstarter, and I did :-/

 

[zaneiken]

I'll just order it from Mega Cat Studios when it's out.