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Tech and Homebrew => Turbo/PCE Game/Tool Development => Topic started by: Orion_ on January 09, 2017, 01:32:14 AM

Title: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: Orion_ on January 09, 2017, 01:32:14 AM
Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders, is a fast paced 2D platformer with 2 mini-games included.
The main game features security cameras to avoid, firing enemies, grenades to collect, computer "hacking" to open doors or disable laser protection fields, and level card based locked door in the first prison levels.
The game will take place in 3 different environments (prison, forest, desert) interspersed with 2 mini-games including a reversed shoot'em up and an original abseiling game.

The project is targeted for the following platforms: Dreamcast, Megadrive, Gameboy, PC-Engine CD & Windows

(http://onorisoft.free.fr/extern/esc2042.html)

Video trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTQz80OtiM

The Story:
In the year 2042, a socialist government is in power, but nobody had foreseen progressive dictatorship that settled in. The elites of the government hid behind a sham democracy, disconnected from the life the people were leading, and acted solely in their own interests.

The regime considered the dissidents as conspiracy theorists, treated them like terrorists and locked them away in highly-secured prisons, to prevent them from telling the people the truth about the manipulating medias accomplice of the government power.

You are Eris, a computer engineer and member of the Truth Defenders coalition.

After a clandestine operation to inform the people, you are locked away in the highly-secured prison Bulor 24.

But your knowledge on security systems will enable you to escape.

Your turn now to escape as fast as you can from this place!

Support this game on Kickstarter by buying the different versions for Megadrive, Gameboy, Dreamcast & PC Engine: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orionsoft/escape-2042-the-truth-defenders

Please support the game on Steam Greenlight too: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=836772991
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: Black Tiger on January 09, 2017, 01:49:54 AM
Hopefully a potential PCE version turns out nice, but people planning to pledge for this version alone should be aware that it won't be the full game and will only have the first environment/set of stages.
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: Necromancer on January 09, 2017, 01:58:29 AM
Looks cool, but it's too bad that the Turbob is an afterthought, just a stretch goal and a port of the incomplete gameboy version.
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: Gredler on January 09, 2017, 03:33:07 AM
Music and graphics look like they will port easily to pce CD via HuC - looking and sounding great while doing it! Can't wait to see final product, awesome work! :)
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on January 10, 2017, 04:52:05 PM
Looks cool!  I would totally support it if it was the full game, but I honestly don't feel motivated for just a partial game. :(
Title: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: esteban on January 10, 2017, 11:34:10 PM
I support this project.

The world doesn't revolve around PCE.

I do. :)

...so, for the PCE to get any attention is a good thing.

I'm curious about playing the full game, of course, on another platform. I suggest Cd-i.
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: Arkhan on January 10, 2017, 11:53:39 PM
neat.   Will you be doing the coding?  and, can we expect to see the remnants of Apothecary as what's used to create this game?
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: Orion_ on January 12, 2017, 08:09:08 PM
can we expect to see the remnants of Apothecary as what's used to create this game?
Apothecary is much bigger and needs more features than this game.
the PC engine version will be the gameboy version port, limited to prison levels, no mini game
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on January 25, 2017, 04:02:03 AM
Good luck Orion on the kickstarter!  Any new PCE Dev work is awesome!!  :D
Title: Re: Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
Post by: fragmare on January 25, 2017, 08:42:39 AM
Looks cool!  Reminds me of Canabalt, but with more platforming elements  :)