fallen-aces

[valid shale]

ah ok i wont quit then

[opal zenith]

you die to go the beginning; strangely enough, enemies and other things are persistent

so the only punishment for dying is just backtracking to where you were

that definitely does not seem intentional lol

[open coral]

there are checkpoints

you go back to the start of the area

[tidal flame]

Just finished the demo

The game is dope af

But it kinda lagged

I think something is wrong with my pc

[fringe ridge]

Yeah just finished it as well, had a lot of fun with it. Tho I gotta admit I could never get the bannana peels to work

[tidal flame]

I think my first playthrough is gonna be in noir

As I already started

[cedar fox]

yakuza font pogg

[tidal flame]

Oh, yeah, lol

Just noticed

[open coral]

is there any consequence to executing every enemy in the level?

or are we going by Deus Ex rules

[tidal flame]

No, probably

I mean

There is gonna be a feature

because there is a knockout mechanic

And executing

Did your game lag?

azu

[cursive ember]

Banana peel slides aren't in yet

[tidal flame]

Oh, mister Oschuro

It's honor

[cursive ember]

👋

[atomic barn]

dahlias book was an objective?

[tidal flame]

Yeah

[atomic barn]

I mean I beat without finding it

[tidal flame]

Did the dialogue change?

[cursive ember]

yeah if you have the book

[atomic barn]

hmmm let me beat the demo finding the book and I´ll tell you

[cursive ember]

it changes

[atomic barn]

😮

[cursive ember]

its like one line

[open coral]

yea until i turned the resolution down to like 800x600 lol

[tidal flame]

Oh, that's the problem

Mines 2k

[wanton scarab]

Think my aces have fallen

[tidal flame]

2560x1440

[open coral]

turn off occlusion thingy and it’ll work

[tidal flame]

The skybox is dope af

[wanton scarab]

I love the backdrop and music! No clue how im gonna play the game

[wanton scarab]

Ah ok

[silver violet]

anyone know how to fix the loading screen issue?

[wanton scarab]

Oh sick it works now

[open coral]

uhh

[open coral]

try again with lower settings and pray it works

[silver violet]

Ok

[wanton scarab]

Cheers azu

[opal zenith]

where is the book actually

I never found it in my playthrough lol

[silver violet]

wait

just loaded

like after 5 minutes

[open coral]

honestly imo

combat is way too easy and forgiving

[tidal flame]

Bathroom stall

I mean

[open coral]

only died once on Hard

[tidal flame]

It's behind the painting

[opal zenith]

you're kidding lmfao

[tidal flame]

In the mens' bathroom

[opal zenith]

that's incredible

[tidal flame]

First floor

Also, did Gianni voice Goons in this game?

[opal zenith]

of course

five minutes of immersive shitting action

[tidal flame]

I'm waiting for the memes

Wait, what's the name of the city

Where we play

[opal zenith]

Umburgh

[tidal flame]

Something familiar

[opal zenith]

however it's colloquially referred to as Switchblade City now

[tidal flame]

"They stole my colours, can't have shit in Umburgh"

[open coral]

lmao this guy jumped down after me and killed himself

died standing up too

what a hero

[opal zenith]

lad looks like he straight up pissed blood

[tidal flame]

No colours gaming

Also, my game still lags

[half leaf]

@iron sonnet dll worked, thanks

[iron sonnet]

[tidal flame]

Wait, what dll

If it's not a secret tho

[half leaf]

Invert y axis

[halcyon grove]

this games

[opal zenith]

are you supposed to be able to pick up whole trash cans through fences

[iron sonnet]

uh, yes, totally

[opal zenith]

i would need to reload

but the fenced off area, near the first medkit

you could grab a trashcan through the other side of the fence

will get a screencap later

[iron sonnet]

You can also grab things through the window in the first room of the nightclub

It'll get fixed at some point

[static basin]

Why does the game lag so much

I just want to play it

[tidal flame]

Someone was talking about the banana peels

[valid shale]

Does Vinnie's place have a key

[opal zenith]

UHMMMMMM??????

okay

i know NewBlood has a track record for games involving evil and the occult

but what the fuck

[tidal flame]

You just noticed?

[tough drum]

Lol, look at this, @next oyster.

[opal zenith]

didn't find this on my first playthrough

[iron sonnet]

Looks totally normal to me

[tidal flame]

yeah, it's the only secret in the game

[tough drum]

This is from Forgive me Father, by the way.

[tidal flame]

Well, after the Ultrakill and Dusk

Everything is normal

Even the worst possible crime on earth

[opal zenith]

well thanks for the early pistol anyhow

too bad i'm trying a pacifist stealth run

[iron sonnet]

there's an even earlier one

[opal zenith]

oh wow

[iron sonnet]

you just gotta keep your eyes peeled

[tidal flame]

Pathetic
I'm doing the doom run

[opal zenith]

also this spin animation for the pistol is

fucking mesmerizing

i love it

[tidal flame]

Pistol animation?

[opal zenith]

like switching from fire mode to melee mode

lmfao why am i imagining Mike just spinning a pistol like a fucking' fidget spinner now god damnit

[tidal flame]

Oh

[unique swan]

just played the demo and the game has exceeded all of my expectations. it is very fun and can't wait to play the full thing.

[tidal flame]

OH, I JUST GOT IT

Aces are the agents

[opal zenith]

ye

[tidal flame]

And most of the agents are falling, it means they are dying

And getting captured

Like Delia

I'm so dumb

[visual valve]

great work on the demo

I'm into it

[opal zenith]

so a pacifist run might be harder than anticipated.

[tidal flame]

lol

Doom run is even harder

[valid shale]

kept looking for that fuckin key to vinnie's room everywhere

and I can't load a save to just keep trying :/

anyway cool demo

[opal zenith]

I DID IT

PACIFIST FALLEN ACES

i just had to lure all the enemies away from Delia

[valid shale]

I actually did end it by accident because I thought it would be a "talk" prompt only after the "untie" one

[tidal flame]

Also, what's this room

[valid shale]

guess the "untie" prompt is the end

[opal zenith]

lemme see if i can do a recorded run

this is pretty strenuous on my PC

[next oyster]

Just kick the door in

[valid shale]

I kept kicking it but it seemed unbreakable

other doors broke in 4 kicks and showed cracks

[atomic barn]

I can beat 1:10 😢

can´t

[valid shale]

wait i was hitting it

[tough drum]

I did not expect to find a reference to Fallen Aces in the demo for "Forgive me, Father". XD

[valid shale]

kicking it worked lol

but hitting didnt

I find the secret and I don't get in cause I don't kick but hit it with my wrench instead lol

[tidal flame]

I've done the Doom run on normal

I guess it's time to do the hardest difficulty

Wish me luck

[tidal flame]

Sup Kate

[valid shale]

idk how tf there could be a pistol earlier than vinny's

[opal zenith]

nope, i can't record, even at 720p and 30 fps

i fucking hate my shit set-up

[opal zenith]

:L

[tidal flame]

Unbreakable door, sad

[tough drum]

Just call me Kare, please.

[tidal flame]

I want an easter egg behind this door

Kare

Okay, sorry

[tough drum]

Thanks.

[opal zenith]

but i can verify that you can indeed beat Fallen Aces Pacifist

just like that other game where you are able to go through encounters without killing anyone and it has social commentary with regards to choosing violence in videogames

_ _

Postal 2

[tough drum]

Its fine, its just that the mods changed my name to this because someone's auto correct made my name into Kate.

[opal zenith]

[tidal flame]

lol

Ace will fall

Let me check the fall damage

What the fuck

Did I just invent a shortcut

[opal zenith]

alright

time to try a no-items run

[tidal flame]

Oh no

[tidal flame]

A berserk run?

[opal zenith]

no healing either

[tidal flame]

Good luck

[valid shale]

kicking works

[opal zenith]

or pick-uppable items

[valid shale]

maybe

[tidal flame]

I indeed kick it

As you see

On the picture

5 times

[ancient herald]

Can confidently now say that this game is on my instabuy list now. game feels so good and i love the voice acting

[barren hinge]

hey, i got a problem with the demo, it just won't load me into a level

[valid shale]

ah anyway

[tidal flame]

Wait

[valid shale]

I remember punching working for breaking doors

but not pipe

it's weird

or maybe pipe damage was just super low

[barren hinge]

just wait for it?

[tidal flame]

To load

Or try reloading the game

[barren hinge]

black screen, crosshair, that shit?

[tidal flame]

It will load

[barren hinge]

gotcha

[tidal flame]

well, it loaded to me at least

[barren hinge]

thanks

[tidal flame]

No problem, mate

[barren hinge]

i'll give it a bit, lol

[valid shale]

i cant think of a place for it

[barren hinge]

i am enjoying the music so far

[rare yew]

this game immediately won me over

the combination of stealth and brawler is done so well

[fair aurora]

its in a spot before that secret

there are only so many

[barren hinge]

yeah no it's just straight up not loading. says it's not responding the moment i get into the game

[iron sonnet]

It's normal for it to suddenly go "not responding", but if it crashes then something is wrong

Don't click or mash any buttons and allow it to load, since that can cause Windows to terminate the game

[valid shale]

ah I just found it

its literally like 10sec earlier tho lol

[iron sonnet]

There's normally a somewhat lengthy pause at a black screen before the loading bar appears

That's usually when it'll display as not responding

[barren hinge]

no, no, the loading bar happens

goes through all the way, dumps me out at this screen

unless that's what you're talking about.

[iron sonnet]

Oh, now that's weird

I'll DM you an alternative build that you can extract on top of the demo, see if that makes any difference

[tidal flame]

Oh, hello Zombie

[barren hinge]

okay, thank you!

[tidal flame]

I have a question

[iron sonnet]

Or not, DMs are closed so I'll just link it here lol

https://mega.nz/file/aMpWSJaL#naCYFyGR-MxmfS08QKq08CtbBeY9pzMEdeHJU5FGLYE

[valid shale]

kinda neat secrets

i like this type

except when I try to break the breakable secret door i know to be a secret with an attack that doesn't break it

and look for the key instead

[iron sonnet]

skill issue

[valid shale]

idunno i hit that door with a pipe quite a few times

[tidal flame]

Demo has some optimisation problems tbh

I think

[fair aurora]

perci

[iron sonnet]

There's still a lot of optimizations on the table yeah, very early stuff

[fair aurora]

you can break it with attack

it just takes a lot more time

the kick is specifically designed for breaking doors

[tidal flame]

Also, Gianni was a great choise

To voice goons

[opal zenith]

Gianni's always a great choice

tryna find that first gun

hmmmmmm

[tidal flame]

Do you need a hint?

[opal zenith]

ye

[valid shale]

i didn't know that

[tidal flame]

Before the club

Right before the club

near the fountain

[opal zenith]

yeah

i got that one

[fair aurora]

theres also a key to open that door anyways

[opal zenith]

there's an earlier one

[valid shale]

i mean i did begin to use kicks for doors later

[fair aurora]

so go find the key then

[barren hinge]

same problem, thanks for trying to help though, zombie

[iron sonnet]

Here is a screenshot looking directly at where the gun secret is, if you want to spoil it for yourself

[valid shale]

but only after I was convinced the door needed a key

i also kept looking for the key tho

[barren hinge]

i'm gonna try to verify game cache and see if that works

[iron sonnet]

Damn, that's unfortunate. That at least tells us that it's likely not a Unity-specific issue then, so thanks for testing it

[fair aurora]

@barren hinge can you run the game with -logfile output_log.txt and give us the resulting text file

[barren hinge]

yaya, one mo

[tidal flame]

My pc just turned off

Lol

Something happend to the electricity

No "hard mode" run for me

[opal zenith]

also another criticism

could ya make the uhhh, health bar damage (like when it turns to a darker red) into another color, maybe like orange or white or yellow?

i sometimes mistake the declining health for actual still remaining health

[valid shale]

sprinting into enemies hurts them

[next ridge]

OKAY, that was fun!

[ionic valley]

Fallen aces made it to next fest!

[valid shale]

it's actually effective af

[opal zenith]

i've restarted so many times for no-items hardmode that i'm starting to hear "NOTHING HITS QUITE AS HARD AS NIGHTWAVE'S INFODROPS" in my head now

[ionic valley]

I hope there's going to be a attack where you just tackle them

[valid shale]

does the basement have any purpose btw

[opal zenith]

help me

[ionic valley]

I rather not

[storm arch]

just finished the demo

That mf better come quickly

[ionic valley]

The demo was nice but really short, which I should have expected

I just expected ultrakill shit

[cursive ember]

play it again do it another wayy ayyy ohhhh

[ionic valley]

where there's 4 levels and a boss

that was my mistake

[storm arch]

i love how fluid and creative the game lets you be

And the sneak ai is underrated

[ionic valley]

eh

[storm arch]

is one of the best i have seen

[brave fog]

dave oshry real

[ionic valley]

I just hid at a vent and then beat the goonies fuck up

[tidal flame]

The game let's you do combos

[storm arch]

thats the thing

[tidal flame]

Like, nut punch, head, head and kick

[storm arch]

is dynamic

[fair aurora]

yeah so, this demo is extremely limited in scope, there was a lot we wanted to get in for it, but ran out of time

[storm arch]

you can hide and they loose track

[opal zenith]

for what it is

[fair aurora]

rest assured, there will be a lot more

[opal zenith]

it is really fucking good

i really appreciate the variety in gameplay styles you can take

[ionic valley]

a lot of games do that

it's not that hard

[tidal flame]

That's really cool

[fair aurora]

that basement was going to have things

[tidal flame]

We will wait

[serene hatch]

can you only throw jabs and teips in fallen aces? those are the only animations i have seen outside of finishers. i want to throw roundhouses and knees and hooks and uppercuts and jabs.

[odd tusk]

ok

this is good

[fair aurora]

but just really, you dont understand how tight we were on the deadline

[odd tusk]

I just started this

[ionic valley]

woah a dev?

[fair aurora]

we're still working on the game right now lol

[opal zenith]

hey man, the basement has a gas canister, that's a BFG shot if you think about it enough

[ionic valley]

never seen one pop up here

[fair aurora]

yes i work for new blood hi

[valid shale]

i love the music

[ionic valley]

Nice

[opal zenith]

all blue and magenta names are devs

[valid shale]

did you get the live orchestra

[odd tusk]

jesus the music is so GOOD

FUCK

[tidal flame]

Devs: We created so many mechanics, like stealth mechanic, fist fight mechanics
Players: Damn, look at that skybox...

[odd tusk]

I can already tell this is something special

[opal zenith]

the skybox is a mechanic

[ionic valley]

I think fallen aces is a good game

[tidal flame]

No shit

[ionic valley]

It's just not my type of FPS

[barren hinge]

sorry for the wait, here you go

[ionic valley]

I liked dusk and ultrakill more than the demo, but that could because the game didn't get to the good part

[iron sonnet]

Interesting, d3d errors at the end

Curious

with that alt build I gave you

try adding -force-glcore or -force-vulkan to the launch parameters

[barren hinge]

reinstalled to have the standard build so y'all'd have the vanilla one

[iron sonnet]

(these won't work with the normal steam build)

[ancient herald]

damn, that wc scene... I don't think i will ever unhear that

[iron sonnet]

lmao

[ionic valley]

and also the story wasn't that interesting to me

[fair aurora]

yeah looks like it sjust d3d errors

so thats honestly good news

hopefully opengl will work

[iron sonnet]

maybe running out of vram?

[opal zenith]

is there a decent way to consistently avoid falling damage falling down

[ionic valley]

but again, it could have been we didn't get to the good part

[fair aurora]

oh theyre using integrated intel graphics

[opal zenith]

like after the Chop tutorial

[barren hinge]

keep in mind the PC i'm using has like. no dedicated gfx card, it's a bit of a handmedown

yeah

[fair aurora]

very much could be that yeah

[static basin]

do u have another bersion cuz mega doesnt work for me

[fair aurora]

see if the opengl mode works for you, either way

[iron sonnet]

I was originally uploading it to google drive but my upload speed to gdrive is garbo for some reason

[barren hinge]

cool, thanks! i'll come back if i have any problems

[iron sonnet]

Not currently any other place to grab it

[static basin]

i have one and the game still dont work

[static basin]

sooo i cant download it

[fair aurora]

ill reupload it to gdrive

gimme a sec

[opal zenith]

i wonder what's all the non-lethal ways to kill enemies

a knock-out run might be interesting, if only for the idea that you can have an entire nightclub snoring away like a slumber party

[odd tusk]

I hate you so much, Mega

[opal zenith]

[iron sonnet]

anything that isn't a gun or broken bottle should leave them knocked out

[iron sonnet]

hitting them again when they're knocked out will kill them

[odd tusk]

Can't even download 300 mb

[opal zenith]

gotcha

[iron sonnet]

note that if they're sent flying (and are knocked out) and hit something

that will also kill them

[iron sonnet]

lmao that's the tiniest MEGA quota I've ever seen

[ionic valley]

I have killed everyone of them then...

[odd tusk]

anyways going back to playing the demo

[wheat needle]

nightwave's infodrops as a melee weapon when

[mighty folio]

Wow this game is dark

[odd tusk]

I love how tiny they become

I'm sure it's just the perspective

[fair aurora]

@static basin

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yquH38e0T5I_aWOaLc0Y3UVqr2gqmwQ9/view?usp=sharing

[static basin]

so did u upload it yet ?

oh thx

[iron sonnet]

lmao

[opal zenith]

found the gun

[coarse glade]

small nitpick this doesn't work on a physical level.

[opal zenith]

fuck yea

[iron sonnet]

you sure? I shit like that all the time

[opal zenith]

nah lad, the laxatives were so strong the goon invented levitation

[static basin]

do i just setup the file in the gmae folder

game

[iron sonnet]

Extract the contents of the 7z into the game folder

Overwrite any existing files

[opal zenith]

simply a difference in shitting

[ionic valley]

Yeah that's a gun

[barren hinge]

ah, for whatever reason it drops frames whenever i look a specific way and the enemy sprites a little buggy. it plays really well when i'm getting frames though, that's for sure!

gonna try vulkan now

[coarse glade]

also this

[iron sonnet]

so it worked when you tried glcore?

[barren hinge]

kinda, yeah

[iron sonnet]

iiiiiiiiiiiinteresting

[static basin]

what is glcore

[iron sonnet]

With the special build, -force-glcore in Steam launch options

[opal zenith]

i wish we can kick while charging up a punch; was this considered?

[barren hinge]

vulkan don't work, but i had a bit of fun with it

[ionic valley]

imagine punching and kicking in the same time

you can't balance

[plain quiver]

Wow what a sexy intro scene

[opal zenith]

i shouldn't say "considered", maybe more like "was this debated and implemented to not be the case"?

[plain quiver]

Holy shit

This is going to be fantastic

The writing is

[valid shale]

found any purpose to the basement yet?

there's a suspicious wall but not much else

[opal zenith]

there isn't one but a gas canister is there

[valid shale]

there's also aun untextured wall piece

or ceiling rather

[tranquil bough]

Demo time

[mighty folio]

Woah this game is so immersive..

[opal zenith]

also here's a good trick for weaponless%

if you kick an enemy in the air and they stagger and fall on their ass

a charged punch to the dick instantly KO's them

[coarse glade]

Does Dalia's book do anything in the demo or it just and objective?

[iron sonnet]

It's an objective

And changes the ending cutscene slightly

[coarse glade]

Damn i shouldnt have skipped it my second run through then

[versed socket]

is anyone else not being able to play the demo because it just won't load

[tranquil bough]

Different endings?

[iron sonnet]

Nah it's just an extra line

[tranquil bough]

Ah ok

[hollow forge]

Ost wise fallen aces reminds me of something like the Rocketeer

[static basin]

it says failed to load mono when i open the game zombie and 500

[hollow forge]

The way how the melody kicks in when you're just fighting is such 👌

[versed socket]

mine doesn't even load it just stops

had to restart my pc

because i couldn't alt f4 it

[opal zenith]

do enemies become dazed at random?

[plain quiver]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

I just started it too

We can play together

[iron sonnet]

That means it wasn't extracted properly

[tranquil bough]

installing rn

[static basin]

the version u gave @fair aurora

[static basin]

i dont have 7z so i instaled it with win rar

[hollow forge]

||Absolutely bummed how the demo ends but that's just the NB way of hyping you up, getting you ready to kick a bunch of mobsters in and wham, end of demo||

[iron sonnet]

WinRAR is fine too yeah

game folder should look like this

with the patched stuff on top

[tranquil bough]

its time to kick mook ass and burn through a pack of cigarettes,and i already have lung cancer

[upbeat storm]

Oh nooooooooooo, I just realized fallen aces doesn't have 0451 in its opening level

oh the humanity

[static basin]

ik windows 7

[iron sonnet]

That seems right, try verifying the files on Steam and then extracting it again

[mighty folio]

Whoops spilled my tomato sauce

[iron sonnet]

The Mono error is usually what you get when files are missing or invalid

[static basin]

how to verviy the files

[hollow forge]

Would it be cool to have enemies walk in seeing gibs and either freaking out a second or puke at the sight? Giving a window to pummel them when they're open?

[upbeat storm]

Its a small thing but I do hope the game itself has a 0451 somewhere within it

[opal zenith]

Postal Aces

[tranquil bough]

Self made booby trap

[hollow forge]

"ough god! I'm gonna be...hurk sick!"

"WHAT THE FUCK"

[iron sonnet]

An 0451 reference solely to mock people who want 0451 references

[upbeat storm]

so we'd have gianni pooping and vomiting

[opal zenith]

nah, make it 1540

[hollow forge]

Yes

[wheat needle]

Make it 0457

[upbeat storm]

god make it a fucking 0452 and we will riot

or I will riot

[iron sonnet]

Well now you're just tempting me

[upbeat storm]

[tranquil bough]

[upbeat storm]

Thief moment

[rapid nest]

just played the demo.
awesome game.
also how are you supposed to get to the 2nd floor normally? i just stacked bar chairs inside the chute and jump up to the door.

[opal zenith]

part of me is sad we can't kick the goons into the burning building

[upbeat storm]

I mean both are valid tbh

[iron sonnet]

You can just press the button inside the chute, you don't need to climb up there lmao

[opal zenith]

or roast alive in there either

[tranquil bough]

Damn the sneak indicator is nice

[rapid nest]

ah

[iron sonnet]

There are several other ways to reach the second floor too

[upbeat storm]

but the alternative is a key in the bathroom

At least those are the two I found

[rapid nest]

ok gotcha.

though the fact that you can just use the elevator made my approach even funnier

[upbeat storm]

Tbh I was surprised by how long the gianni pooping thing went on for

[tranquil bough]

Too long tbh

[upbeat storm]

Oh no I like how long it does lol

[wheat needle]

tbh I would expect Gianni to be the kind of guy to making an extremely long poop joke

[upbeat storm]

Its just absurd

[mighty folio]

What difficulty is speedrunning on?

[serene hatch]

dude how come you can only throw jabs and teeps? no roundhouces or hooks or uppercuts?

[iron sonnet]

You can do a roundhouse or uppercut as a finisher

[serene hatch]

that doesnt really effect gameplay much, the finishers are quicktime events

[valid shale]

aren't there basically 2 ways to second floor

[opal zenith]

alright i think a strict no-items or healing is a bit rough

[valid shale]

key+either door / dumbwaiter

[static basin]

GREAT IS NOT EVEN WORKING NOW

[mighty folio]

On sleep with the fishes?

[opal zenith]

lemme try only using items instantly

[serene hatch]

there are only 2 unarmed attacks is the point.

[opal zenith]

yea

also oh god

why are the orangenames leonified

jab is that you

[iron sonnet]

Where's my devmod icon smh

[odd tusk]

ok I fucked up

[tranquil bough]

its better than

[valid shale]

roles have icons now? :o

[odd tusk]

wait, it continues?

[upbeat storm]

ye

[odd tusk]

oh

[upbeat storm]

Its a demo feature apprently

the full game will have a proper save system iirc

[serene hatch]

i played on sleep with the fishies and died onece because i was being dumb. i wish it was harder

[tranquil bough]

yes

[iron sonnet]

Yeah, because there's no save system yet

[odd tusk]

ooooh okay

I just get revived then?

[iron sonnet]

yeah

[serene hatch]

just the first level tho i hope it gets harder

[valid shale]

bullets work on locks

[odd tusk]

I'll reset then lol

[upbeat storm]

also out of curiosity, I watched the trailer again after the demo and is the tram on the first level cut or did it just not make it into the demo

[iron sonnet]

If there's something missing, it's safe to assume it just didn't make it in

[tranquil bough]

i hope there'll be leaning,or maybe thats just my immsim brainrot

[upbeat storm]

Kinda agreed but e and q are already used

and peaking corners worked well enough for me

[valid shale]

is there secret shotgun maybe or nah

[iron sonnet]

nah

[opal zenith]

i suppose any cheats would be for later?

[upbeat storm]

Out of curiosity how do you feel about the general response to the demo so far?

[iron sonnet]

Yeah no cheats currently, but you could edit the map if you wanted to give yourself a bunch of guns everywhere

The response is great so far!

[plain quiver]

Whoa aye asshole what're ya doin

What the frick

Leon in my name

[spice coral]

Got it downloaded but haven't had time to load it up yet. Will definitely be testing it out tonight after getting the kid to bed.

[valid shale]

ok sprinting into doors seems to be a super effective way of breaking them

[spice coral]

Mike has a thick skull, confirmed?

[tranquil bough]

mfw you cant eat the paint

[valid shale]

oh i see the victorian handcrank chainsaw on the wall

[opal zenith]

that's not as criminal as being able to paint the world with the paintbucket a la Half Life 2

[solar flame]

I’ll be playing very soon I just gotta do some stuff beforehand

[mighty folio]

Fall damage

[opal zenith]

yea

[mighty folio]

Long fall boots?

[opal zenith]

also i don't think any of these idiots know how to play Billiards

[arctic phoenix]

hey guys, has happened to anyone that after the intro, your screen goes black and the game never starts?

[opal zenith]

where do these mooks get all these 1 balls

[tranquil bough]

mooks like stick hit ball

[opal zenith]

[mighty folio]

The number on the ball is how many points you get

[tranquil bough]

[opal zenith]

go to #ultrakill

☠️

[fair aurora]

the radios used to play the ultrakill shop theme

[spice coral]

Jab will ban.

[tranquil bough]

yea it was in the first gameplay showing

[valid shale]

its super forgiving, i like it

[odd tusk]

yeah I remember that from the videos Trey posted on twitter back then

[spice coral]

So, in this universe, V1 is just a marital aid...

[opal zenith]

you're implying anyone who wants to do that to v1 will get married

[valid shale]

they tweeted that a bit ago lol

[spice coral]

Hey, I didn't coin the term. That's just what those are called in "civil terms".

[opal zenith]

fair point

just did a weaponless run

i think it's possible without any healing

but oh man it gets pretty tricky

[odd tusk]

"oh hey babe" the sequel

[tranquil bough]

good demo

[odd tusk]

jesus it literally is the Oh hey babe video again

IT KEEPS GOING

[valid shale]

are there 4 guns total

[static basin]

so my game isnt working

[odd tusk]

IM COMING IN, YOU SON OF A BITCH

I WANT A TASTE OF THAT CAKE

[iron sonnet]

yes

[plain quiver]

What do I do in the basement

[iron sonnet]

leave

[plain quiver]

TELL ME WHAT YOURE HIDING

[odd tusk]

zombie

how long is the audio

of gianni taking a massive shit

[iron sonnet]

not long enough

[plain quiver]

Why won't nvidia let me screenshot this game

Also how do you know his name

[plain quiver]

I had to jumpcrouch through the top

Couldn't find key lol

[tacit scroll]

straight up just heard a guy shit for what i think was about 3-5 minutes

[valid shale]

what if u give truth serum to shtting guy

[tacit scroll]

10/10 game

[odd tusk]

well, I'm not going through that

[valid shale]

shitting guy had a name but i cant remember it

[valid shale]

another approach is better

[tranquil bough]

💥

[valid shale]

and also alerts the entire nightclub

[odd tusk]

I chopped all of them

[opal zenith]

oil barrels don't explode upon being shot, actually -10/10

[odd tusk]

OH NOOOOOO

[valid shale]

I originally didn't expect the game to look this good

I thought the drawn sprites and the 3D would struggle to work together but they actually work together perfectly

really pleasant to look at

feels right

[opal zenith]

my only complaint wrt is the barrels being 2d but you can still platform on them

but otherwise it's really damn fine

[jaunty rock]

Oh, yeah, forgot to ask, are high FOVs broken? On my monitor, skyboxes were glitching out a little

[valid shale]

default FOV is very high

[iron sonnet]

Does that still happen if you disable occlusion culling?

[valid shale]

it's 90 vertical

I turned it down to 75

[jaunty rock]

Sorry, what does occlusion culling do again?

[iron sonnet]

Disables parts of the level that the game thinks are out of view

To improve performance

[jaunty rock]

Oh, alright. I'll try a bit later and then get back to y'all.

[opal zenith]

oh you can't shoot through fences either huh

[iron sonnet]

I guess they're just marked as normal walls currently

I think the game has support for walls you can shoot through, so it might just be a map issue

[opal zenith]

map issue

[unique swan]

i am now a fallen aces demo speedrunner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOP35ssA-M

i messed up a little at the beginning and the end but thats ok

[iron sonnet]

You can get through the boards at the start faster by punching instead of kicking

If you're lucky, you can even get under it by only breaking the bottom board sometimes

[unique swan]

i know but i couldnt get it consistently so the final run doesnt have that trick in it ill make some more attempts later

[next oyster]

Anybody find out who Delia is yet?

[tranquil bough]

Totally not scarlet or whatever Their name is

[next oyster]

anybody find the Scarlet Whisper comic?

[odd tusk]

I just finished my first playthrough lol

[plain quiver]

YEAH DAT WHOORE? SHES A ROTTEN NO GOOD LYIN BITCH

[valid shale]

cool
have you considered not doing stealth and just running through

[plain quiver]

I SWEAR ON MY MUDDA I KNEW SOMETHIN WAS UP WHEN SHE WWALTZD IN HEERE

[tranquil bough]

The demo is actually long than I thought I would be

[valid shale]

might work lol

[odd tusk]

I'll replay it later, for now

I gotta take a bath lol

[next oyster]

with the fishes

[tranquil bough]

[native rover]

The demo was absolutely fucking amazing. I'm super happy with how smooth it all felt. Really glad you can go sneaky or full on brawler. Had some really tense moments, especially at the end. Only had 5 health and was running around the whole area just trying to survive and manage to weave my way in and out of the goons and around the area. Managed to live and beat the demo. Can't wait to do some more runs on it and try for a more stealthy approach and take my time experimenting with stuff.

[unique swan]

ill see what i can get away with

[next oyster]

I'll try to answer everybody's questions when I get chance to read through all the comments

[plain quiver]

give me access to fallen aces full game ya mook

dont make me buttah yer bread

cmon wiseguy

[opal zenith]

oh man

i'm trying a Chop% run

it is interesting to say the least

[plain quiver]

wheres the truth serum

[fair aurora]

its on the table where the truth serum goes

duh

[valid shale]

also you can skip key collection by climbing over stuff it's supposed to open or perhaps by shooting the lock

[fair aurora]

yeah, you can shoot locks

[valid shale]

good luck

[iron sonnet]

I'll be impressed if anyone finds a way around the first lock

[tranquil bough]

if theres a will,theres a way

[valid shale]

idk there's no need to get around that u can get the key in 1 sec

[worthy rain]

Nice demo

[odd tusk]

clips through the wall and finishes the demo in 0,1 second

[valid shale]

all other locks you can skip i think

[plain quiver]

Fuggedaboutit

[next oyster]

Ahem, you can: Break locks, go around doors, sprint through them, punch them down, kick them down, blow them up, kick enemies through them to open them up, smash them down with a weapon, break it down by throwing a weapon, shoot it open...

[plain quiver]

Tell me Mike

What's in the basement

[odd tusk]

I sprinted through the door of the shitting man

[tranquil bough]

https://tenor.com/view/kool-aid-man-oh-yeah-wall-break-family-guy-gif-8149689

[opal zenith]

trying to KO all the enemies with only chops is very difficult, but a pretty funny challenge

[next oyster]

In the future we are gonna patch a weapon down there

[plain quiver]

Sick

Make it a baseball bat

[next oyster]

Naw, something better

[plain quiver]

[valid shale]

is the canister the only purpose of it now

[next oyster]

something shown off in the trailer

[plain quiver]

2 baseball bats??!!?

[wheat needle]

So we'll be see demo updates then? 👀

[plain quiver]

Who updates a demo

[wheat needle]

I'm betting it's the Tommy gun

[next oyster]

you can use it to blow a hole in Malone's office

[odd tusk]

gloomwood devs

[opal zenith]

dillon gaming

[plain quiver]

I tried finding the canister for that

[valid shale]

yeah i did that

was cool

i mean not the first time

[tranquil bough]

too busy grilling

[opal zenith]

dillon grilling

[valid shale]

what caliber will the revolver be if the auto is .45

[opal zenith]

50 cal

[valid shale]

oh also is there really a key to vinnie's place

or is breaking the only way

cause i have no idea where a key for it could be

looked around for a while

[iron sonnet]

You can only break it

[next oyster]

I'll probalby put a key somewhere in the club in the future

[valid shale]

scott is a liar then

[mighty folio]

Wow this dialogue is funny

[valid shale]

it wouldn't make too much sense if the door remained breakable tho

[mighty folio]

Especially the "we can be pals" line

[valid shale]

i guess it will have longer cartridges, it's not all about the caliber

[plain quiver]

I made an oopsie

[iron sonnet]

You can always edit the map and add a key if that'll satisfy you

[shut river]

I was supposed to use the black book, right?

because I just blew him up with a gas canister

[valid shale]

oh wait right this is all doombuilder or something

[shut river]

no guns in the demo or did I just miss them

[iron sonnet]

Yeah you'd need to put the map file into a wad to edit it, and then extract it back out after

[iron sonnet]

There are four

[shut river]

I missed all four

[static basin]

my game doesnt work anymore

[iron sonnet]

Doesn't work?

[plain quiver]

What

I only found 1 gun

[valid shale]

one of the guns is seen being fired at you hint hint
(subtle)

[shut river]

by the boss guy?

[plain quiver]

I chopped malone

[shut river]

because he was blown up before he even managed to

[plain quiver]

Didn't even see me comin

[opal zenith]

now this is a mystery

[plain quiver]

Who's this tough guy goin around Killin A.C.E.S n whatnot
I oughta give this mook the ol one two goodnight if ya know what I'm sayin

[shut river]

I just carried a gas canister because I saw a hole in the wall so when I managed to get in I just threw it at him and gibbed him

[valid shale]

lol wp then

actually I forgot about the existence of the first canister even tho i found it

could have used that

tho dealing with groups of enemies with melee is kinda fun

just sprinting through them lol

[tranquil bough]

emote idea?

[valid shale]

sprinting best friend

[plain quiver]

is this a UK reference

[valid shale]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/723687104932216912/827457632587481089/image0.gif

[iron sonnet]

guess how many there are in total

[unique swan]

just got a major improvement on my time uploading it in a sec i got 2:04.25 i made a mistake near the end though

[valid shale]

three I think

[iron sonnet]

there used to be... considerably more

[valid shale]

is it 3 now

[iron sonnet]

yes

[opal zenith]

for an arsonist

[opal zenith]

doesn't have enough flammy bois

[rare yew]

i love the enemy dialogue so much

[unique swan]

agreed

[tranquil bough]

#319922405252268032

[rare yew]

their voices are perfect

[unique swan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdEtPmHKRqk

[valid shale]

meter unused in the demo

[iron sonnet]

yeah it got removed since there's no items for it lol

[opal zenith]

trying to Chop% the second floor

Malone and his army of goons is a huge wall

[valid shale]

mike emotes are best emotes

no FA-themed rank tho

[stark skiff]

Damn bro props

[valid shale]

oh should have said last time but you can sprint break some stuff, like the boards at the very start

very good time tho

[iron sonnet]

You can lure them away with items pretty easily

[valid shale]

or by just running the fuck around and getting them to the other end of that floor while you untie the girl

[opal zenith]

even still they basically rezzed the whole floor once i tried (and failed) to chop malone

[unique swan]

this is giving me ideas

[valid shale]

it works

sprinting powerful

for multiple things

for fast, for hurt, for destroy

it's a way of life

[mighty folio]

Oh I've been speedrunning

Getting a sub 1 so far

[valid shale]

best title screen and menu I've seen in a NB game btw

[plain quiver]

Bro

The dude taking a shit

It's like I'm really in there with him

I can almost smell it really

[valid shale]

u can be

[plain quiver]

I mean

Irl

[valid shale]

replace gaming chair with gaming toliet and shit with him

actually putting a toilet under yourself for gaming sounds like a pro move

[opal zenith]

slumber party

[valid shale]

no need to go out to the toilet

[opal zenith]

i've buried malone in dude heaven

i have successfully put the entire Moth & Flame to bed

now it's time to put them to sleep forever

OH MY SWEET JESUS CHRIST

[jaunty rock]

Maybe it's because I've been binging this franchise for the past couple of months, but the music feels kinda like Star Trek in a few spots

[opal zenith]

i've played this demo for six hours now

thank you trey for just a wonderful and fun experience

[upbeat kestrel]

open the demo
blow my fucking ears out
AAAAAAAAAAA

[somber creek]

wheres the key to the building's door right outside the bar? like about how hidden

[gilded harbor]

ah, here it is

Fallen Aces good

that's all

[plain quiver]

What door are you talking about

Also DO ENEMIES EVENTUALLY WAKE UP

???

[somber creek]

oh nvm

[gilded harbor]

oh wait a minute

[somber creek]

near the fountain

oh god-

[tranquil bough]

lol

[gilded harbor]

I can't say the dev's username bc of the filter lmao

[tranquil bough]

yea enemies will drop keys

[spiral copper]

hey is “matches” malone named after the dc character of the same name

[tranquil bough]

call him trey

also lol

[gilded harbor]

thank you trey

[somber creek]

yeah but this door is a bit more hidden

and you can beat it down so

[next oyster]

Jesus

[somber creek]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/616014325466923093/893610769869049907/unknown.png
oh wow..

that secret door uhh

sure is something

[tranquil bough]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/616014325466923093/893610769869049907/unknown.png

[next oyster]

yeah

[tranquil bough]

embed now work

[next oyster]

Enemies can wake up other enemies

[somber creek]

yeah im not high enough level so

[fair aurora]

there was a fun bug where unconscious enemies could wake eachother lup lol

[odd tusk]

I love when they accidentally break something and they start investigating

[fair aurora]

you can upload to imgur then post the link here

or any other image sharing site

it will embed

[somber creek]

orr maybe https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/616014325466923093/893610769869049907/unknown.png

discord links also work lmoa

[gilded harbor]

excellent voice acting btw

took me by surprise

[mighty folio]

(all voice acting by me)

[unique swan]

impressive was just about to upload a new time but looks like you already beat me

[mighty folio]

(including the girl)

[gilded harbor]

thank you for your service

[mighty folio]

I could get to 1:30 I think

[unique swan]

my new time was 1:45

[mighty folio]

I record from menu screen to the wishlist screen

[unique swan]

i record from game start to untie delia

[valid shale]

lmao

kinda reminds me of GW huntsmen attacking corpses

[fair aurora]

Yeah very similar

[zenith yarrow]

to be fair, I'd shoot a corpse

[odd tusk]

lol

[tranquil bough]

[odd tusk]

my mic was on, and jesus

[mighty folio]

Hardmode no weapons no consumables 100% speedrun when?

[odd tusk]

somehow, the mouse sensitivity was really high lol

[unique swan]

your time on my count is 1:29 damn that will be hard to beat

[mighty folio]

Oh lol

Use cola, jump in the elevator, use the piano gun to kill the three bad guys

[unique swan]

yeah i know to use cola i will use piano gun and jump in elecvator now

[valid shale]

wtf the video i wanted to send got bugged

[plain quiver]

Where the heck is this

[fair aurora]

lmao that was from my pc

[valid shale]

yeah i know i looked up the tweet

[somber creek]

around the fountain area, through a window

[fair aurora]

i had forgotten that video

[plain quiver]

Thanks bro

[iron sonnet]

It's so weird to look at handless gloomwood

[fair aurora]

and gloomwood without dynamic lightmaps

[valid shale]

it's the only gloomwood we have for now

[iron sonnet]

[next oyster]

anybody got any good action screens?

[wheat needle]

Fallen Aces be looking a little funny 🤔

[tranquil bough]

panbonk.mp4

[plain quiver]

I punched all the windows near the fountain area and nothin

[rich abyss]

based

[plain quiver]

Frying pan is my favorite weapon

[wide kestrel]

What’s the piano gun?

[tranquil bough]

piano secret?

[wide kestrel]

I didn’t know that

[tranquil bough]

look above

[wide kestrel]

Ohhhh

I thought you meant a literal piano

[tranquil bough]

lol

[valid shale]

did I miss the name of the beeg building

[tranquil bough]

@plain quiver btw,you will find a gun and pan in the secret room

[odd tusk]

DID i

[plain quiver]

WHERES THAT ROOM

[odd tusk]

did I skipped the first locked door?

[plain quiver]

I checked all the windows next to the fountain

[tranquil bough]

you know where the cola was

[odd tusk]

I think I did

[plain quiver]

Oh wait

I think I found it

[plain quiver]

I FOUND IT

[next oyster]

How the hell did you get up there?

[unique swan]

man this speedrun stuff is hard ive tied your time twice now

[plain quiver]

Damn that's fucked

Who did this

I'm gonna find this asshole

And bring him to justice

[tranquil bough]

#faith

[upbeat kestrel]

Just finished the demo! Was a LOT of fun.

[strange smelt]

so uh, is this normal? https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198970458499/screenshots/?appid=1774800

[thorn beacon]

holy shit dude

[plain quiver]

LOL

[odd tusk]

lmfao

[fair aurora]

disable occlusion culling in the video options

[upbeat kestrel]

I died, but the level didn't reset?

[fair aurora]

yeah theres no save system right now, so it just checkpoints you

you respawn

[odd tusk]

when you say something like this, I get curious lol

[upbeat kestrel]

Yeah but like

[tranquil bough]

the shitter

[iron sonnet]

bruh lmao

[upbeat kestrel]

It wasn't like I lost progress? All the guys I defeated already were still defeated

[iron sonnet]

that's amazing

[upbeat kestrel]

And health wasn't reset either

Got Malone across the room with a lead pipe as a result

[thorn beacon]

is this goldeneye?

[tranquil bough]

no its duke nukum

[upbeat kestrel]

I wish it would let me pick up weapons if my inventory was already full

[odd tusk]

the second I realized that you can dash in the air, I knew there had to be a way to skip around

[upbeat kestrel]

Kept wanting to pick up less broken pipes but I had to drop the one in my hands first

[valid shale]

I skipped it too

[odd tusk]

based

[tranquil bough]

does the sparkle noises mean anything?

its items

thats what it was

[plain quiver]

What the fuck

[plain quiver]

Yes

[wheat needle]

Friendly reminder that Fallen Aces maps are made in Doom Builder so if we can figure out how to get the demo to load maps it will have more theoretical content than every other New Blood game combined.

[next oyster]

means they importante

[odd tusk]

lemme record ir again, but without my mic on

[hollow quartz]

How did you do this?

[tranquil bough]

import a map into doom

[opal zenith]

statements made before speedrunning trolling

[wheat needle]

Like I said the maps are made in Doom Builder so if you convert them back into wads you can run them in Doom source ports

[next oyster]

Make a map, load ACES data as your resource folder. Import the wad into slade and export as a textmap file. Cahnge chapter info text file to load you map name. Load it in Aces, voila

[plain quiver]

How did you make this jump

You're not even running

Explain

[odd tusk]

here

[rich abyss]

#fallenaces-mods when

[odd tusk]

dashing in the air

[hollow forge]

Is it true that Gianni recorded 10 minutes of just crappin

[hollow quartz]

how would i go about doing this?

[thorn beacon]

are you back or side strafing?

[plain quiver]

Oh fug didn't know you could do that

[odd tusk]

you can dash if you're holding either S, A or D

[next oyster]

5 mins, yes

[plain quiver]

I made it

[odd tusk]

I'm holding both back and side, I think lol

[wide kestrel]

I love all the last Boy Scout references

[cursive dragon]

Joe's Ambush Rooms, ha!

[thorn beacon]

oh fuck

i dont think you even need to air strafe

ok

no air strafe needed

just sprint and jump off