[Forge]

Sledgehammer, on 16 May 2019 - 02:20 PM, said:

4chan is a shithole run by a con-artist

I heard this place is heavily censored, that includes anti-leftist talks which supposedly should apply to speaking against women and feminism.

that sounds just like reddit

[Aristotle Gumball]

We can call 4chan a shithole all we want, but it has enormous influence socially. I know Civvie visits it because some of his criticism in the FS video was almost word for word lifted from a post I saw on there. Tons of people lurk, but never post. People will tell you what they really think, which can be useful as an artist/developer, etc.

[Aristotle Gumball]

I've never seen censorship of anti leftist/anti woman talk on 4chan. More like the opposite, unless there's been a recent change. Reddit is a total snowflake safe space compared to 4chan.

[Sledgehammer]

Forge, on 16 May 2019 - 02:22 PM, said:

that sounds just like reddit

thricecursed, on 16 May 2019 - 02:39 PM, said:

We can call 4chan a shithole all we want, but it has enormous influence socially. I know Civvie visits it because some of his criticism in the FS video was almost word for word lifted from a post I saw on there. Tons of people lurk, but never post. People will tell you what they really think, which can be useful as an artist/developer, etc.

You're not allowed to tell some things though which is usually pretty big downside in various ways and can bring confusion. I'm not talking solely about politics, keep that in mind. As for influence, well, journalism or media in general too has influences and too can bring confusion. This shit is worse though.

Also yes, it's seems to be recent, though it started with Gamergate as far as I know and went downhill slowly since then.

By the way, that linked guy seems like a turbo giant faggot and I have never seen someone like it on Steam yet. I refuse to believe he legit believe in what he writes. The only thing I'd agree about is that YouTube guys or ecelebs in general should be questioned and not trusted blindly.

[Sanek]

Hendricks266, on 16 May 2019 - 12:32 PM, said:

Public Service Announcement

Upvoted your post by accident.

Not that I'm sorry about that...unlike visiting 4chan.

[Master O]

Sledgehammer, on 16 May 2019 - 02:20 PM, said:

4chan is a shithole run by a con-artist who was caught at blatantly selling personal data back when he was in charge of 2channel, so I can't imagine people with a common sense to browse this crappy imageboard. Some companies paid him so they would be allowed to advertise their shitty products on 2channel too, mainly Sony and I bet with 4chan it's no different (mods on 2channel were usually getting paid too). However, it still is surprising there are people who hate or rather that they're allowed to hate on Ion Maiden protag since I heard this place is heavily censored, that includes anti-leftist talks which supposedly should apply to speaking against women and feminism. Something is fishy about this.

First rule of the Internet: Don't. Feed. Trolls.

That guy complaining about Ion Maiden is an idiot who should be ignored.

[High Treason]

Still haven't ever navigated to 4Chan and that's not going to change any time soon.

There is one issue I have with Shelly's design, but it isn't in regards to Ion Maiden, it is instead the redesign they did to Bombshell. Oddly I seem to think this was partly for the opposite reasons to the complaints here, that people whined and said her original design from the teaser video wasn't fappable enough. Personally I couldn't care less about that aspect and preferred the original design, simply because it looked like a cool design for a character in a somewhat action oriented video game, the 'fapability' never really factored in because that's not what games are for (outside of Japan), that's what PorhHub is for, I prefer real women thanks and no matter how good your artists and modelers are it will never be as good as the real thing. Plus it's kinda difficult to play a game with your hand in your pants anyway.

Otherwise I have no issue with the design used in Ion Maiden, because in this case it is heavily stylized and seems to fit well with the setting. It's not the best, but it's definitely a long way from the worst.

[MusicallyInspired]

"Fappable enough?" That's the first I've heard of that. I just think it's better art direction. Sexual appeal doesn't enter into it.

[Hank]

Sanek, on 16 May 2019 - 02:56 PM, said:

Upvoted your post by accident.

Not that I'm sorry about that...unlike visiting 4chan.

Fixed it. Why? Glad you asked!
Anyone seeking absolute, world wide or universal praise? Good luck! No such thing! Complain about it? Fuck off. Yes, truly!
Ion Maiden has an Overwhelmingly Positive (941) status on Steam, with just an Early Access version of the game.
What more does one want/need/grave? Restrooms to not to stink? Peace on earth? What?

[Radar]

Regarding the 4chan guy, I find the reference to Interceptor's Bombshell to be quite strange considering the IM Bombshell is actually more attractive IMO.

[Mblackwell]

Well, we did an entirely new set of character concepts for IM, so thanks.

[Doom64hunter]

Hendricks266, on 16 May 2019 - 12:32 PM, said:

We know who is responsible for these. It's not the devs of Alien Armageddon or Duke Forces, and it's not any other indie game devs either. It's some rando who goes by Green Skeleton on Steam.

https://steamcommuni.../PresidentSkele
https://steamcommuni...18058738056617/
https://steamcommuni...le/posthistory/

That is all.

Red Skull's somehow even less likeable cousin.

thricecursed, on 16 May 2019 - 02:39 PM, said:

I know Civvie visits it because some of his criticism in the FS video was almost word for word lifted from a post I saw on there.

\offtopic: He actually doesn't like it that much. The criticism came from his own playthrough, from the Blood Discord and his private server.

[NNC]

So many posts, I was expecting some news.

Anyway, who play games because of the title character? That's the least important aspect of the game.

[VGA]

Well if it was a 3rd personal game it would be important!

I also want news

[HenitoKisou]

It's important in a way to guide that character actions, experience game world like interactive, retro movie. If it's muted protagonist he/she is always you so care less what happens, you'll manage in a way how far you take it personal. If it's talking character like Duke, Caleb or in this case Shelly you will never be that character, only user, overlord, the player, so you are more or less responsible how it will turn out. So this is not important if thousands of people finished game already, your copy is unique, your adventure is your private experience, one in a million personalised simulated world with someone to control and advance in progress thru levels, maps, story. Like movie or novel about someone, two experiences are never identical even if product is the same.

I like how it was mentioned in Blood 2: Nightmare Levels about whole Caleb rising to power through series and being unstoppable:

Quote

At times it is almost as if the unseen hand of some otherworldly being is guiding his actions.

In case of Ion Maiden it feels more like Duke3d than character with personality but enough to feel distinct, someone that is NOT you.

Also this thing:
https://twitter.com/...244102883475456

[OpenMaw]

I don't know if this was answered elsewhere(I was trying to find an answer) But what is the order of magnitude of size fo rthe BS sprites? By that I mean, what was the resolution of choice for the sprites? Double that of Duke3D?

[Fox]

The resolution is about the same as the enemies.

[Fox]

Forge, on 16 May 2019 - 05:37 AM, said:

Bottom right: the stick goes through the wood.

Dog is a wizard.

[Forge]

Fox, on 28 May 2019 - 01:49 AM, said:

Dog is a wizard.

adding the development time between the preview release and the official release date to the time past release date to make it look like the game is a year overdo is also wizardry.
context is everything
without it, we're all wizards

[MrFlibble]

Assuming that the sample sprites in this devblog article are in correct resolution (the image is scaled up 2x with nearest neighbour for better visibility as far as I can tell) then I'd say it's about right, the height is roughly twice the average Duke3D sprite.

[oasiz]

We used FATE enemy sprites as placeholders at one point, I believe those were same resolution.

[OpenMaw]

oasiz, on 28 May 2019 - 10:24 AM, said:

We used FATE enemy sprites as placeholders at one point, I believe those were same resolution.

Oh sweet. What about the weapons? They look like they beat out Redneck Rampage in terms of crispness. Double the rez of most standard build engine games?

[Mr. Tibbs]

Launch trailer's in the works!

[oasiz]

Commando Nukem, on 28 May 2019 - 11:23 AM, said:

Oh sweet. What about the weapons? They look like they beat out Redneck Rampage in terms of crispness. Double the rez of most standard build engine games?

I think we had the RR crossbow as an early temp back in early 2016 when it was first coded, was fully functional and everything already but we only got the final art done about 2 years later.
In terms of implementation, Loverboy was the first weapon actually implemented. Some very early screenshots had a slightly different version I think.
All testing was done against that, we had a target res of 640x400/480 like RR from the get go, used to have an even lower resolution HUD font at one point before it was upped, still visible on some early snaps.

[Hendricks266]

Mr. Tibbs, on 28 May 2019 - 12:31 PM, said:

Launch trailer's in the works!

"Launch Trailer" was a misstatement. It's a trailer for the announcement of when our launch will be in the future.

[Mr. Tibbs]

Hendricks266, on 28 May 2019 - 01:06 PM, said:

"Launch Trailer" was a misstatement. It's a trailer for the announcement of when our launch will be in the future.

Ah, that's all good. Just excited to see what Voidpoint's been working on.

[OpenMaw]

I replayed through the demo campaign and Heskell's house of horrors.

Good stuff. I'm really excited to see the whole thing.

[Hank]

... from I M Steam today

[The Battlelord]

Waiting is never sweet but, having the pleasure to fully taste something nice in its entire majesty, whatever it is, it has no price.

Just... "Forever" is not an option .

[NNC]

I can wait a few more weeks with Sigil in hands and Redemption of the Slain Remaster is coming soon as well.

Ion Maiden will be a game for a year of playing in my expectations. Great time for oldschools FPS fans.