#fallen-aces

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split arch
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my favorite thing is when you take out a pipe

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the union boys start saying "drop that thing and fight me like I man"

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then I take out my bottle, break it against their face and stab them eleven times

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and if couldn't tell

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yes I am a psychopath

glacial cave
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Love everything from the demo. Noir ex gonna be fire

proven otter
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I just finished the demo and I fucking loved it, almost entirely stealthed it, only got caught twice, one of those times was blowing a hole into a wall killing like 4 other guys or something idk hard to tell from pieces left over, guess i'll be buying this day 1 whenever soon™️ is

valid shale
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I somewhat hope this won't be one of those super gib happy games

modest terrace
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i wonder if there will be uploads of the music in the demo posted somewhere

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even tho the games not fully finished, it'd be nice to listen to the music already included

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even if its just uploads to yt or something

valid shale
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volume sliders keep resetting themselves for me

somber creek
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im wondering what the current record is for the beta speedruns

mellow estuary
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All I've seen of this game is the shitting scene and that makes me wanna play it

raven python
somber creek
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jesus

keen echo
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Ima attempt to get a better run later today

valid shale
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the full game will probably be at least 1 second longer than that

median zealot
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OMG ppl are already speedrunning, well done

rough lion
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Speedsleuthing

valid shale
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I don't think it took more than an hour after it got released

split arch
keen echo
split arch
keen echo
split arch
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the rooftop run?

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@keen echo

keen echo
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Yea I’m the other video I sent the guy mentions it in the comments

meager musk
tranquil bough
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he feels sorry for marty :(

meager musk
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yeah, poor guy

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Maybe there should be a sad face sprite thing when mike hears all this

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Because thats just brutal

spice eagle
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are you guys playing it in noir color or not

split arch
meager musk
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mike protagonist

split arch
meager musk
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what

mighty folio
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If you haven't caught on to the bit yet idk what to tell you

somber creek
split arch
plain quiver
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I just listened to a man shit out his soul for 5 minutes

mighty folio
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ROTT?

paper topaz
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just played the demo

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its really good

split arch
paper topaz
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i was thinking i would have trouble with judging dissidents but i did ok, mainly due to me doing stealth

valid shale
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Who's making the levels?

ripe plank
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Alright so I just want to know if it's possible to get a tommy gun in the demo. Like a secret or something. Not asking where it is I just want to know if it's possible?

valid shale
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Not yet

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Maybe in a later patch they'll add another weapon

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To a place that doesn't really have anything at the moment

split arch
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he's dead for sure this time

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I simply love this game

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I selected sleep with the fishes

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and as intended

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it was the thugs who chose that resting place

hardy badger
keen echo
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I submitted a request on speedrun.com so we can have a leaderboard and everything

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It said it could take 1-4 weeks so it should be up soon

pallid crystal
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hell yeah, is there a discord server?

keen echo
pallid crystal
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alright sick

keen echo
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I joined this one cause I couldn’t find on for speed running

pallid crystal
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I been here cause newblood is just sick

keen echo
low fog
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Greetings.

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Is this the right place to report bugs?

tranquil bough
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sure

low fog
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The game seems to break when trying to customize controls.

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Specifically, when I try to set movement to arrow keys.

glass crypt
keen echo
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@pallid crystal i found a new method for getting delia faster at the end without the chop

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you crouch punch the dude and then press e on her

wet widget
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Anyone notice how the cutscenes use up all of the computer's gpu and end up being laggy (I am able to skip the cutscenes without any issue, it's just a weird thing when the cutscenes end up not running very well)

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I don't have a very powerful laptop, but that was the first time I've ever encountered a somewhat broken cutscene that took up all of my GPU and continued to run with the cutscene skipping parts, images, and voice lines along the way. Good demo though

split arch
split arch
keen echo
split arch
keen echo
mighty folio
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Where'd you get the sounds?

tranquil bough
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new blood has deep pockets

mighty folio
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... and deeper bowels.

next oyster
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What's so hard to understand about that?

mighty folio
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"Oh, hey babe." 😏

hollow oar
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If I hadn't found this message, I would have thought Amontillado's skeleton was behind there.

sterile scarab
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Just finished the demo

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this game is gold

sharp bloom
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How come when I get to the part with the burning building I can't kick the guys through the windows and into the inferno?

next oyster
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cuz fire prorogation hasn't been implemented yet and we only had 4 months to get the demo out the door.

iron sonnet
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Because they have ligma, which makes them immune to fire

mighty folio
tranquil bough
solemn falcon
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Fallen Aces Murder %

pallid crystal
keen echo
fickle python
hollow forge
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I remember reading someone said that Giannis performance reminded them of a time when they had food poisoning

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Gianni has the power to invoke pepole's poop PTSD

unborn dune
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voice acting at it's finest

opal zenith
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Marty

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Marty ending (True ending)

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also I kicked a Medkit out of boredom and serendipity but it seems to produce... glass shattering sounds???

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and the glass just spawns out of Mike's head

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also i want to know the farms where Switchblade City gets their bananas and apples from

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because Mike's kick can shatter lamps, vending machines, jukeboxes, all manners of chairs, and the likes in just one singular kick

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however, the apples and bananas weather four kicks to be destroyed

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that's as much durability as doors

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how strong does your teeth have to be to eat apples in this world leonthink

velvet steppe
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will there be high risk high reward melee weapons in the future?
One thing i really liked about condemned was the fact that fire axes and sledgehammers felt so good to kill with because they required a lot of commitment to actually hit an enemy

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this isnt because i only use greatswords, greataxes and greathammers in dark souls

next oyster
long sierra
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what a face

next oyster
sonic void
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u did it

long sierra
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honestly surprised it wasn't in from the beginning

rough lion
gilded harbor
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mastah piece

grave grove
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Yeaaaah!

unique swan
grave nexus
# opal zenith

This is the first time I've opened this chat and this is the first thing I saw

mighty folio
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Everyone's talking about how you can hear Gianni shitting for 5 minutes but no one is talking about how you can interrupt his shitting by jumping over the stall and beating that very shit out of him with a pipe, leaving him a defeated, shit-covered husk.

last hare
split arch
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a proper bloodbath

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I simply adore the fact that the thugs breakdown the locked doors

nocturne terrace
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WTH is going on here

tranquil bough
split arch
viscid remnant
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just found out you can sprint into enemies to charge into them

worn root
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why does the coke drinking sound sound like mikes drinking it right next to my ear

split arch
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just beat the game twice on sleep with the fishes without weapon or otherwise

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just my fists and legs

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first time I left the microphone on so the sound doubled

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and the second time I died for the first time during my 2.7 hours of playing the Demo

valid shale
split arch
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found this

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so here's the video

worn root
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ok beat the demo
this is really really good

pallid crystal
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hell yeah it is, that's why I have like 5 hours in it already

narrow swift
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Demo is godlike knew they were able to pull it off something like this

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Noice

jade quartz
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Are there metal Ace Cards we can throw at people like ninja stars

valid shale
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i can imagine some character using that as their attack

split arch
tranquil bough
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That’s a badge

jade quartz
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Well that ruins poker for the goons

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Now they don't have ace cards

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They're stuck with extra jokers

opal zenith
narrow swift
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banana is the new soap

tranquil bough
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everything is the new soap here

valid shale
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been listening to the menu theme slowed down by 20% for a while

tranquil bough
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i just realized something,marty isnt shitting on the toilet cultersweat

opal zenith
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what

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what you're countertheory then

tranquil bough
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his poor pants :(

next oyster
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I wasn't drawing rotations for that man. I don't want nightmares

opal zenith
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Marty's practicing levitation

gilded harbor
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fair enough

wheat needle
dawn bluff
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fallen aces soundtrack when?

raven python
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I just realised that the goon who's having a bad day in the bathroom sounds like one of the VAs for the arkham series goons

tranquil bough
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its gianni

raven python
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I can't tell if that's a yes or a no

dawn bluff
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I think it might be coincidental

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since I assume they tried to do a typical goon accent

raven python
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it's not just the accent

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it's the growl and tone of his voice that captured my attention

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I might be mistaken though

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it has been a while since I played any arkham game

wheat needle
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Gianni wasn't a VA for any of the Arkham games

raven python
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ahh damn

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he would be an excellent fit

surreal juniper
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Demo is great, very hype for game. Thank you dev

keen echo
valid shale
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has that cola always been there

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really good run

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i feel like that cola was put there to compensate for the rooftop skip fix lol

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in which case it's pretty awesome

paper meteor
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Ngl shouldn’t have played the demo

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Now I’m infinitely more impatient for the full release

raven python
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fill that void with outspeedrunning the speedrunners

pallid crystal
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You cannot beat my 42.57

keen echo
paper meteor
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I’ve played through the demo several times and have been debating on attempting a speedrun

keen echo
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@pallid crystal kenny just got 40.29 lmao

pallid crystal
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NOOOOO

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PROOF

muted tiger
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lol

keen echo
split arch
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no way

keen echo
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i retimed it in an editing software and he got 40.02 with loads and 38. something without

split arch
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WHAT

split arch
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and he yells "41.88"

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while title claims 40.02

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I'm gonna not count that

keen echo
split arch
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no

keen echo
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his pc glitches out with his recording program

keen echo
split arch
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no

keen echo
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aight man

muted tiger
dense scaffold
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beat the demo with no weapons/throwing objects

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only played on wise guy, eh? but it was still fun

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not that hard, chops make a lot of encounters easier and if you hit someone when they're knocked down they're instantly knocked out

split arch
mortal scaffold
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what a great little demo! max payne/XIII with fists (+kicks) I was medium before but now I'm omega in! ^_^

dense scaffold
low heath
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just finished the demo

long sierra
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Will this be released on GOG when done?

split arch
brazen locust
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I don't know actually, ask Dave lol

long sierra
split arch
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and since we're here

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do you guys have a separate discord?

mighty folio
split arch
smoky sequoia
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Just played through the demo, dude that's gonna be a easy buy when it comes out

valid shale
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indeed

gusty basin
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Where's the GABAGOOL

mortal scaffold
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woke up this mornin! GA BA GA BA!

jade quartz
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So what? No fuckin ziti now?

cinder flower
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I'd really appreciate any feedback on this video
It's a review of Fallen Aces, please feel free to check it out and let me know what you think
Oh, it's my first video, too 🙂
https://youtu.be/agxann_acZ8

Hello everyone and welcome to Fallen Aces.
Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks right out of the comics. That's what New Blood Interactive say, anyway.
This unique take on a modern yet classic game developed by Trey Powell and Jason Bond is a game I've been excited to try out as soon as I heard about it.
Wat...

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gilded harbor
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halfway through it at the moment, but excellent review so far

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I would not have guessed this was your first time, keep going

worn root
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I did a sleep with the fishes, no items run and I only died twice

cinder flower
icy ice
next oyster
icy ice
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does the E interaction for objects and food need the release input too? i feel like im spamming it yet the item has ultra instinct and is dodging

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it likes to make me hold food when im basically just pressing the key

valid shale
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oh that would explain it

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it probably checks whether you still have the crosshair on the thing on key release

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not a fan of the tap/hold in general but it was fine for the demo

next oyster
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I'm probalby gonna swap the hold thingy. Instead of hold to store, It'll be hold to use, tap to store

valid shale
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that sounds better

icy ice
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that way we can hold E to swipe items since holding the key then going over it will hold it

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im holding E by the way

odd tusk
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I have a question
If, by a coincidence, someone like ME wanted to make another Fallen Aces fanart, but this time I want to stick to the artstyle even more...

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What are some good sources to use as references for the colors and drawing style?

keen echo
odd tusk
icy ice
keen echo
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Yo wtf that dash tech is crazy

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I just watched the run

muted tiger
keen echo
icy ice
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guess its gotta redownload itself to embed?

next oyster
keen echo
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@icy ice how do you do the dash and keep that speed?

icy ice
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hold left or right, hold the sprint key, then go forward

split arch
worn root
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tried speedrunning on sleep with the fishes the first bit

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2:28 roughly

split arch
worn root
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ok tried again

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1:39.72

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at the second locked gate you can jump over the fence with the guys chasing you if you jump on their heads

wanton hull
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gonna play the gianni shit tape over the work speaker wish me luck

worn root
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I can get it down to 1:30 I think

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bloody hell

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1:17.79

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current strats:
jump over as much shit as possible in the first bit, drink the coke for the speed boost, then run past as many guys as possible till the second gate. jump on one of the benches, wait for one of the guys to start swinging and hope you can jump over the fence. then leg it for the sneaky entrance

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if anyone gets sub 1 min ping me

icy ice
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the cola gives you infinite stamina is all (i think)

jade quartz
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No signal

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Im back on earth though

split arch
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don't go to switchblade city tho

jade quartz
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Im going to sleep

split arch
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epic duke nukem theme plays

soft crag
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banger game

split arch
shell merlin
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Is there secrets in the demo

tranquil bough
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Yes

next oyster
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If Aces had a lame Golden Age comic type villian, what would it be? What would his gimmick be?

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Marty: The Atomic Dumper

tranquil bough
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the house:the worlds biggest loan sharks

next oyster
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is he part shark?

tranquil bough
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that would be interesting

dreamy escarp
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I hope the game references pulp like, "The Shadow," and has some dramatic villians in that style too, aha. Maybe some references to, "War of the Worlds," and whatnot.

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Maybe some references to the Weird Tales Magazines, or even the old detective comics.

sonic void
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a normal guy lugging around basically an entire workbench and air compressor for their dumb megagun is peak golden age jobber that still puts up way too much of a fight

split arch
# tranquil bough Yes

I only found, the notes, the black book, the hidden pistol and an aces badge, what else is there?

winged gust
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Where can you find Ms. Price's book in the demo? I looked in the files and found 2 cutscenes for the end: delia_cutscene & delia_cutscene_no_book

paper meteor
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Bathroom

solar prism
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Behind the moth

winged gust
paper meteor
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👍

nocturne terrace
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This chat has some gen vibes

winged gust
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also, are there any other levels other than MothDemo and TestEpisode?

iron sonnet
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TestEpisode is in the files?

viscid remnant
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so after another playthrough i recognized one thing

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the demo's been rushed

iron sonnet
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Well yeah we had a strict deadline lol

viscid remnant
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zombie go to the secret hideout inside the club section

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and look at the wooden beams on the ceiling

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they a bit buggy

iron sonnet
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There's a lot we wanted to get in there but didn't have time for

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but we're still proud of how it turned out

viscid remnant
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you guys have a great game on your hands

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disregarding the (albeit hilarious) bugs , its pretty great

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id say another thing that needs work is the way parrying works

iron sonnet
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there were some pretty hilarious bugs prior to release

viscid remnant
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its way too clunky to figure out the window

iron sonnet
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and yeah, I agree

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still a ways to go

viscid remnant
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more hilarious than looking through the void by watching a wooden beam?

iron sonnet
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unconscious enemies could wake up other unconscious enemies

viscid remnant
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or enemies snoring after being shot in the head lol

valid shale
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is it not impossible to sleep next to another person irl too

viscid remnant
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imma copy and paste what my buddy found since i cant send an image

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"ngl had a decent time with the Fallen Aces demo. It's not perfect, not by a long ways, but it definitely shows some promise
the voice acting is really spotty in places, the dialogue is inconsistent, and the combat feels a bit clunky at times, but I like the art style and presentation of the comic book cutscenes. They actually did their research and didn't go overboard with color, but a more lowkey color scheme that actually more accurately reflects noir comics of that era
I do think the game is a little excessive with the hand-holding. I died twice during the demo, once because I just took too much damage, and the second death being on purpose to test my theory. It only resets you near the most recently-unlocked floor door. Given how small the levels are, this can be as little as like 20 feet away from where you died
also, when you die and respawn back in, enemies maintain the same health as when you were last alive, making endgame boss fights fairly easy, as you can just yolo it by hurling yourself at the enemies without restraint, because death holds no meaningful consequence
the game definitely needs some more polish in regards to both gameplay balance and general bugs. I noticed a lot of dead bloodied enemies snoring on the ground after being shot in the head, which was funny but odd. Likewise, enemies would sometimes just melt into and become one with the floor in some instances, which I think is a visual bug resulting from the shared 2D nature of both the enemy models and the 2D-inspired level art style" - my buddy Dan

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i'd say this

iron sonnet
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Yeah the respawning thing is because we didn't have enough time to do a save system

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That's just for the demo

viscid remnant
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the game's way way way too easy

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i played on sleep with the fishes

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i beat the ever loving shit out of the club level

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and never died once throughout my 3 playthroughs

valid shale
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will there be more difficulty settings

viscid remnant
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also i appreciate that pistol on top of the building

valid shale
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love the names of the current ones btw

viscid remnant
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i love using game mechanics to find goodies

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also wanna know the funny bit

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i found the secret way in the club on my first playthrough lol

valid shale
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which secret way?

viscid remnant
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so when you get to the street with the club on it

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grab a trash can, i think theres like a bench there, put it on the bench, jump on it, over the wall and bam, looksie to the left

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theres a way in

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hang on gotta play again

iron sonnet
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There are three ways into the club, yeah

valid shale
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yeah

viscid remnant
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another thing

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just got to the club in like 6 ish mins

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you can just run past enemies with no consequence lol

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pretty funny ngl

winged gust
# iron sonnet TestEpisode is in the files?

yeah just go into C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallen Aces Demo\AcesData\Episodes\TestEpisode
open the episodeInfo.txt file and change Priority to 10
and change the episodeInfo.txt file in MothDemo to 0

iron sonnet
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Interesting, I guess the episode selection menu was just disabled for the demo or something

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Normally when there's more than one episode in the files you'll get a menu to select them

winged gust
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It's just tall white room with shadows, destructible props, and a pipe weapon

iron sonnet
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Yeah I've seen it

winged gust
iron sonnet
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I just didn't think we included it in the demo files

viscid remnant
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there

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took me 4 mins to run through the club

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so 10 mins in total

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if you just book it

iron sonnet
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If you ask me, that's more of a "doctor, it hurts when I beat the shit out of myself" lol

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"just don't do that"

viscid remnant
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lol

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oh yeah neat stuff with the eye room

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really unsettling

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good job on that

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also a thing i hope gets solved

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some things have pixelated textures

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like the planks

winged gust
# valid shale which secret way?

There are 2, one on the left beside the main door. It's an open vent blocked off by trashcan props. This will take you behind the stage in the bar.
And the one behind the wall on the far right of the entrance. You'll need to use the bench and a trashcan prop to stand-on to get inside. This brings you into the toilets where the Delia's book is .

iron sonnet
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As in they don't have texture filtering? Or do you just mean they're low res?

viscid remnant
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low res

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ill just redraw it if you want to

iron sonnet
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Most of the assets in the AcesData folder are lower res than usual, so that's probably it

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Chances are it'll be fixed later

viscid remnant
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perks of being a manga artist is that i get to draw simplified stuff lol

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so it shouldnt be hard

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also yeah might be bugged

iron sonnet
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If it bothers you, you can replace the file in the AcesData folder and the game will use that instead

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You'll just need to find where that texture is located

viscid remnant
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now that's moddable alright

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oh god

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lmfao

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im gonna turn all the enemies into the rat

iron sonnet
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Currently the game only loads map textures and levels from there

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The other files are ignored atm

iron sonnet
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Any other assets in there are just so they can be seen in Doom Builder

viscid remnant
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i thought it was unity lol

iron sonnet
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It's Unity yeah, but the levels are made in Doom Builder

viscid remnant
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thats actually really neat

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they still got a decent to good amount of detail even like that

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the textures help a lot

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also zombie i hate to be that guy

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but locks that go in the middle of the gate means that its two gates lol

iron sonnet
viscid remnant
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aaaah you cheeky bastards

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you drew the lighting directly on the textures didntcha

iron sonnet
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in some instances it might be done that way

viscid remnant
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helps with dramatic lighting

iron sonnet
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Most of the lighting is done in the map though

viscid remnant
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makes sense

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also i cant find the plank texture

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eh whatever ill just draw a new one and just plonk it in here for whoever wants to use it

valid shale
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throwable rat when

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do it before Gloomwood

iron sonnet
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It should be in AcesData/Textures/General/_Wood

hollow forge
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Another passing look and you could mistake fallen aces to be running in gzdoom

iron sonnet
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Several people have assumed it ran on GZDoom lol

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We've even had people go around confidently telling other people it runs on GZDoom

viscid remnant
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@iron sonnet i have made your plank good sir

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heres your plank

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dont even gotta use it

iron sonnet
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That was fast lol

viscid remnant
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i just wanted to draw a plank

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lol

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also yeah stuff like this doesnt take long

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character drawing takes me longer

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especially if i gotta paint it

split arch
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can't wait to

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in Fallen Aces

viscid remnant
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lol

long sierra
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i can't wait to try and find the monitor

next oyster
viscid remnant
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the almighty plank is a better villain

next oyster
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I imagine Plank from Ed Edd and Eddy but with a fedora

next oyster
viscid remnant
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oh thats what my friend said

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i just copy pasted it here since its still feedback

next oyster
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Yeah feedback is always good.

viscid remnant
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i already said what i thought a few days ago

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could use some more polish

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i like the open endedness

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tutorials appear a bit too late for my taste

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youre told pretty late in the demo to take your own path

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also the beams of the abyss inside the basement of the club lol

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kenny the plank

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also neat youre the main dev

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or at least one of the two

viscid remnant
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lmao

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nah wait, Skinny Kenny

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yeeeee

next oyster
winged gust
viscid remnant
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also doesnt help that theres no subtitles for them either

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id say you need 2 types of subtitles

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type 1: story subtitles

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type 2: random dialogue subtitle

next oyster
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that's a good point. Goon dialogue subtitles would be good. Wonder if we should do them as comic bubbles.

viscid remnant
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story subtitles would be the stuff about "ey mikey, didja patch up that stupid wall the otha' day or is it as loose as a patron's pockets?"

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random bs would be "GET HIM" or "WHERE DID HE GO?!"

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that kinda stuff

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first 1 gives you details about the story or environment

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second is just stuff thats random

solar prism
#

I can't wait to see a comic bubble over that one unarmed goon, sound effects included

viscid remnant
#

also more variety in the goons would help

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i might have a suggestion

winged gust
#

Transcribe Gianni

viscid remnant
#

you have the great advantage of using directly drawn sprites as your "models" so to speak

next oyster
winged gust
#

I'd like the filler dialogue to be included with the nighwave subtitles

viscid remnant
#

aye, they do, my problem is, subtitles to me means important stuff

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so i dont really pay attention to what they say unless it pops up on the screen

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so if i accidentally miss something

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like not hear some dialogue

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it pops up in the bottom so i can just read that so i dont miss important info

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oh also mike, if you need random bullshit like skinny plank kenny drawn just ping me lol its fun

next oyster
#

But the actual dialogue, like the lines themselves. Was there anything specific ya didn't like?

winged gust
split arch
#

@next oyster ya wise guys have a separate discord?

next oyster
#

no?

arctic wharf
next oyster
#

well ya gotta start with cliches if you are gonna subvert some of em

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example being: ||Delia being Scarlet Whisper and murdering like 3 goons||

winged gust
#

I guess one good moment in the demo is the secret room in the park

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the window instantly caught my eye and so I jumped inside it

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at first I thought it was just an empty corridor

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after a while I learned that doors were destructible props

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and I was pleasantly surprised when there was a pistol, a frying pan, healing items, and a call from nightwave

arctic wharf
viscid remnant
#

like not his actual speaking

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the volume of his voice

next oyster
#

One thing I set up is Delia being your typical beautiful Damsel, you see pictures of her. But when you meet face to face she's almost unrecognizable, her face is mashed to a pulp.

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The reason for the gangster's barbarity goes beyond them just being thugs

viscid remnant
#

a thing i also like

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shes badass

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she beat the shit out of a few of em before they beat the shit out of her

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and started stickin her with truth serum

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and yes, i did read all the papers lol

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and found the eye room

next oyster
#

||Well when they blew her cover, she killed the 3 guys but there was enough of them she got corned and captured, she tried to escape again but was again caught. So they pumped full of the sodium thiopental they looted from one of the pharmacies they torched to see if they could get her to talk, that's why she's kinda loopy when you meet her. The combination of the drug and being beat half to death is why she dosen't just leave easily." ||

viscid remnant
#

yep

next oyster
#

I feel Delia feels uncomfortable in a cocktail dress, not her style.

viscid remnant
#

i feel bad for reggie's arm

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she seems more like a chick that wears a more classic femme fatale look

#

that one looks more comfortable

#

also another issue with nightwave's dialogue

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its actually volume inconsistency

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sometimes too loud, sometimes too low

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like in the cutscenes

next oyster
#

Yeah we'll have to have them all mastered properly at some point

viscid remnant
#

gonna draw operator Delia

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in the game's style

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ngl my only issue i got with the artstyle is that there's too much pixelation for my taste

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i like my lines smooth

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unless i draw manga or something

dreamy escarp
#

Thanks for the reply, Mike. I've only recently began looking at the game. Looks great!

next oyster
#

Well her main outfit looks more like this....

#

Pixelation can't be helped. It was all drawn with a mouse and pencil brush.

viscid remnant
#

yoo she lookin nice

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also wait wat

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you use mouse to draw these?

next oyster
#

Yeah everything. Except cutscene art.

viscid remnant
#

bruh

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im assuming you get someone else to do the cutscene art

next oyster
#

No, probably not

raven python
#

is there gonna be ingame lore like tapes or notes?

next oyster
#

there are already in game notes.

viscid remnant
#

theres notes already

raven python
#

I must have missed them

viscid remnant
#

tapes would work since theres the device nightwave uses to contact you

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you can find a broken one in the interrogation room

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which is delia's

next oyster
#

that is correct yes

#

a communicator

winged gust
#

There is one minor issue I have

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the face on the hud that represents your health seems a bit too resilient

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I can have like 60 health and all my guy has is a nosebleed

viscid remnant
#

@next oyster yo mike, is the team behind the game part of newblood or is new blood just doing publishing

next oyster
#

Well the "team" is just Jason Bond and myself. NB QA guys help out a lot with fixing the game and ensuring it works properly, NB handles marketing and publishing as well as QA and funding.

last crow
#

bond

#

jason bond

tranquil bough
#

Does Jason work on the engine and maps?

viscid remnant
#

so separate team and publisher

last crow
#

jason is the programmer

last crow
iron sonnet
#

New Blood's kinda morphed into more of a developer than publisher these days

#

Or maybe a "hybrid" would be a better way of putting it

last crow
#

it's trey and jason's baby though, they get to make all the creative decisions

viscid remnant
#

so all of you are part of new blood, but you do things on your own

next oyster
#

Yeah that's the way to put it. We help each other out but we also let eachother make their visions as see fit. Example: I work on some art stuff for Gloomood, but it's his game.

viscid remnant
#

nice

split field
viscid remnant
#

@next oyster i have made the ultimate feedback list

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theres gonna be stuff i already said so do keep that in mind

#

cuz its for a video my friend's making for first impressions

spice coral
#

Holy Steam forums post.

glass jay
viscid remnant
#

my friend asked me to make a big ass list of pros and cons of the demo

#

so i did lol

glass jay
#

gonna be real with you bro. nobody is gonna read that here

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put it on the steam forums

spice coral
#

It's likely to get lost in the sea of posts; plus Trey'd be more likely to be able to cross-reference it on Steam.

viscid remnant
#

lol

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my b then

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dayeetus

glass jay
spice coral
#

Didn't do anything wrong. No need to apologize.

#

Just letting you know, if you want to guarantee he'll see it, that's where to put stuff.

#

No guarantees if it is here.

mighty folio
#

I fucking dig the combat in this game

#

though I feel like the ai can be touched up on a bit more

#

and even on hard there seems like there is too much health lying around even when you go fists blazing.

#

outside of that kino game

valid shale
#

Who voices Mike?

mighty folio
#

Me

mighty folio
#

What do i need to do in basement

#

I am stuck

#

Wait, i needed to go into kitchen

solemn falcon
#

I wonder what Fallen Aces slogan text will be?

#

And if it'll be black instead of white to contrast with the background?

#

Funny noir doom game go brrrrr

valid shale
#

faces

#

wait im p sure there was an "Allen Faces" thing somewhere

solemn falcon
split arch
valid shale
#

Would it be possible to make the game load during scenes?

split arch
valid shale
#

mike's so powerful he can instakill a downed person with a ball of curled up paper

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or a banana peel

split arch
#

nah

#

I just throw apples at them until they die from obesity

#

@valid shale YO

#

I JUST BEAT THE GAME WITH JUST KICKS AND THROWING THE PAPER

#

ON SWF

tranquil bough
#

reduce,reuse,recycle

split arch
#

*Sleeping with the fishes

split arch
#

I snuck up on Malone, kicked him across his office and threw a paper at him

#

fatally

worn root
#

ok got the first part down to 1:15- what the fuck

#

ok this guy just speedran the part I did in 15 seconds

split arch
#

I just did a kick n paper only run for record

#

uploading now

#

of course I didn't knock out everyone

#

that'd take way too long

#

maybe tomorrow

#

if the date goes sour

#

it's fucking 7 minutes long

#

jeez

#

the upload is taking 7 times longer than the video

#

what the fuck is my internet

prisma bison
#

i mean in my experience upload speed is always noticeably shitty compared to download speed so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

split arch
next oyster
#

John Wick ain't got nothin on you.

split arch
#

I'm Mike

#

the boomer shooter fighter game protagonist

valid shale
#

Ah, the famous Mike Hawk

#

or maybe Thane idr

#

Mike Thane kinda sounds like nicotine, which is fitting

#

wait is there not a usable cigarette in the game

next oyster
#

not yet

split arch
#

@next oyster there's a Fallen Aces gif on giphy already

#

sorry with all the pings I'm just real excited

#

also question

#

what does A.C.E.S mean?

tranquil bough
#

Anti crime enforcement something

split arch
#

oooh

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that is good

#

I love there kinds of acronyms

split arch
short citrus
#

Is there a fallen aces press kit of some kind?

dense scaffold
#

playing at 640x800 resolution with the noir filter has no right to be as cool as it is

next oyster
#

Squad

next oyster
short citrus
#

darn

#

😔

spice coral
#

Imagine if there was a special physical edition of Fallen Aces stuff that all came in a briefcase.

#

$150usd for a faux-leather briefcase that contains:

  • an ACES badge
  • Fallen Aces themed playing cards
  • A manila folder full of character bios
  • hand-drawn full-body art pieces (laminated) signed by Trey
  • A Fallen Aces postcard with a Steam code printed on it for a Collector's Edition of the game
tranquil bough
#

another merch idea:replica black book

spice coral
#

I might tweet that at Dave.

Can I include your black book replica, Galv?

tranquil bough
#

sure

spice coral
spice coral
#

Didn't think of it. You can add it to the tweet though. (also, shit.. .forgot to tag you too, lol.)

warm hearth
#

So don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the game so far. I just think something feels off. I can't really figure out what it is, but maybe it's just how easy it seemed? I blasted through the demo in no time on the max difficulty and it just felt like the gameplay didn't match the tone? I cannot reiterate enough that I honestly can't figure out how to word the way it felt to play. I think the movement was much more floaty than I expected, and the combat was sort of the same. Not as weighty as I would have expected from the gameplay trailer? I don't really know, again I don't want to just seem like I'm trying to nitpick, but I was really excited to try the demo and it didn't end up being what I thought it would be. Anyone else sort of feel the same? It looked fantastic but I feel like maybe some things need tweaking. I saw someone mention that the AI needed some work also and I sort of agree. Still super pumped to see the final product though, the bois here at New Blood have never let me down.

vestal rose
spice coral
#

That's up to Trey if he wants to draw Mike that way, lol.

icy ice
vestal rose
#

Okay, what if ALL the characters have massive dongs?

next oyster
prime quest
#

Is there a speedrun channel for the demo

last crow
#

no?

raven python
#

people just post their runs here

#

the person with the fastest speedrun wins an ace shaped cookie

silent pivot
shell merlin
#

What's important is the art style, how the game looks, and all that

#

The gameplay is still being worked on

#

If there's no glaring issues with the fighting, then they'll try to improve it

#

Glaring issues as in bugs, glitches, unfair advantages

ripe steeple
split arch
#

funny thing

split arch
#

I redid the kicks and punches run

#

uploading now

#

if you guys can think of any other interesting challenges for me to do then ping me with em

#

like the crumpled paper only run

split arch
#

done

dense scaffold
#

it turns out you can avoid the damage at the healing tutorial by going across to those rail things and sort of sliding down them

#

i fell like halfway and held into them which slowed my fall and let me drop to the ground unharmed

#

so it's possible to do a damageless run, I've only just done it on fuhgeddaboutit

valid shale
warm hearth
# shell merlin Glaring issues as in bugs, glitches, unfair advantages

That is fair, which is why I didn't wanna be like rude or anything. The combat does feel good though I just think some items need to do less damage or have less durability and some things need more durability. In terms of fairness that is. Maybe a guy with a gun or two more a bit earlier on. It would add a little less trivialization to the horde of goons you can just kinda conga line around

shell merlin
warm hearth
#

I literally didn't heal more than twice on my first run till after the boss fight lol

#

Oh they did almost everything right

#

almost

#

But that's like beyond what I expect anymore tbh

#

So like, still #1 in my book.

#

The crazy bastards at New Blood have lived up to the likes of old school naughty dog. I don't even doubt they'll polish it to high hell.

dreamy escarp
#

The steam code being a backup.

spice coral
#

I only originated the idea. Where it evolves from there is up to Trey, Mr. Oshry and the Merch team at New Blood.

plain quiver
#

Is fallen aces out

split arch
#

a demo is

plain quiver
#

I ate the demo when it released I'm just being a dick

meager musk
#

Yup, the demo is gone

#

Rudi ate it

#

Now the ones who have it are going to sell their steam accounts

#

and get a lot of monies

glass crypt
#

no dick-being or demo-eating

restive talon
#

the virgin demo vs the chad hoping its good then wasting money to see if its shit or not

mortal scaffold
#

The sigma = steam refund demo

oblique dove
#

will there be an armor system later on, since theres gonna be guns

#

like you can find bullet vests n stuff

#

and if so, how would it work

little elk
#

Am I the only one weirded out by the stealth system

#

I’m not knocking it

#

It just surprised me

oblique dove
wheat needle
#

You can see hints of the armor system in pre demo screenshots

next oyster
short citrus
#

I went into the demo not even knowing the genre

#

the whole game surprised me

next oyster
#

But anyways to answer yer question. Armor, you'll be able to drink booze to use as armor that will temp give you a armor boost. Some enemies will drop body armor. Obv too much booze will fuck up your ability to aim.

short citrus
#

oh hell yeah

next oyster
short citrus
#

i like that hooligans style

unreal cedar
#

i rate the fallen aces demo a 32/32 broken teeth

opal zenith
valid shale
#

looking forward to this 👀

sonic furnace
#

oh god not tyler

valid shale
#

I like Tyler :(
He's a bit weird sometimes and often hurries too much with stuff but he's likeable

#

Also more publicity for the game

#

And more to know about the game

dapper skiff
raven python
#

unarmed palooka

#

nice

south cedar
sonic furnace
#

i used to be a fan but he just lied a whole bunch, i wont go over everything

#

when reporting i mean

#

he had some very nasty tf2 clickbait too

#

anyway whatever fallen aces is cool

silent pivot
#

i just don't like him

#

i don't know why

stark skiff
#

when does the full game come out?

valid shale
#

Tonight

sonic furnace
#

in an hour

silent pivot
#

in the next 3 minutes

valid shale
#

Hurry up guys

sonic furnace
#

smh, time to post "bad game is bad forever" memes

valid shale
#

literally stuck in development hell

#

😔

#

btw Mike kinda feels like a shitty person

#

every character feels like a somewhat shitty person in a cool way, it's funny

split arch
latent lagoon
#

It's a beautiful game Mike. You're doin' a good job. I will patiently wait for the release. Fyi, I'm 180 mins deep in demo!

#

C'mon guys! It's a comic style noir first person beat em up game! I can't wish for anything better!

#

👍 💯

#

Sorry I jumped right in...

pure lark
#

👍

dapper skiff
#

👍

tranquil bough
#

👎

next oyster
tranquil bough
#

they're an aces in our hearts

valid shale
#

budget superheroes

opal zenith
#

Mike isn't necessarily an actually employed person, is he?

#

cuz it mentions on the Steam Store, and forgive me for misremembering, that he's an ex-cop

#

he's basically just a vigilante like the Aces of yesteryear, no?

#

so I think we can forgive his more dubious methods

coarse glade
#

multiple times now i've pressed it twice by accident

next oyster
#

Then you'll get stuck

coarse glade
#

what do you mean?

#

you can make it go up from the inside since there's a button there too.

next oyster
#

Yeah but if you came downstairs and left it on the top floor it would be stuck up there

#

The only way for it to come down would be to hit it from the inside. Which makes no sense

coarse glade
#

oh ok

opal zenith
#

yea

#

so realistically you got this jobless bloke coming in and going for everyone's favorite approach of "shoot first ask questions never"

#

I mean given it's Switchblade City

#

it's not like any of the current police officers are going to care about all the mobsters that Mike covered in fingerprints

next oyster
#

So a few things on that. The gangsters have a beef with Mike and want him dead specifically. Police are privatized in the city so they pick abd choose who they go after.

#

Mike is fresh outa prison

opal zenith
#

ahhhhh

tranquil bough
#

damn corruption

next oyster
#

He's from the big tower you saw, but he did a nono and got stripped of his PI license

#

And then thrown in jail for a couple years

opal zenith
#

very interesting

#

i really hope smth like E3 is the Golden Tower

#

feels like a Thing the game is building up to

#

and would be a gorgeous environment to explore

next oyster
#

Would probably look like that

tranquil bough
#

where are those from?

next oyster
#

🤷‍♂️

opal zenith
#

how many enemies are in the Demo, across all three difficulties?

#

i think SwtF is like, 40?

next oyster
#

No idea.

vestal star
#

The demo is my favorite bar fight simulator

wanton scarab
#

The annoying thing about the FA demo is that I now want to play FA all fucken day

vestal star
#

agreed

wanton scarab
#

I want a Tommy gun and a knife and some imsim tomfoolery

vestal star
#

although the slim hitboxes (due to enemies being 2d) to tend to make me miss by a pixel

#

but it's fine

wanton scarab
#

I want to dark messiah a bunch of cunts into fuseboxes or off roofs

vestal star
#

try a charged up hit from below (aiming upwards), makes them jump to the ceiling

wanton scarab
#

Oh hell yeah

#

I’ve finally managed to find every gun

vestal star
#

oh?

wanton scarab
vestal star
#

t h e r e ' s m o r e?

wanton scarab
#

5 guns by my count

vestal star
#

mein gott

tranquil bough
wanton scarab
#

Dunno what the RNG is on the pistol or if there are headshot hit boxes, some of these bozos seem very bulletproof but some of them die instantly like honourless cowards

wanton scarab
#

Holy shit

#

He has delivered

vestal star
#

my god

#

it's beautiful

vestal star
#

that's what I've noticed anyway

next oyster
#

Usually takes 1 or 2 headshots

#

We have headshot animations to add back in like in the trailer

tranquil bough
vestal star
#

the one where the head got absolutely cooked?

#

yes, truly glorious

#

but yeah, I bet 5 dollars that grey suit bozos need 2 headshots on full hp

#

also, we need a skin where it's mike but with sunglasses for no other reason than to look cool

little elk
#

Man

#

I’m gonna say it

#

I’m gonna fucking say it

#

@next oyster Devs, I fucking ||really like the game so far and I’m looking forward to the full release. I really appreciate all the hard work y’all are doing. ||

vestal star
#

I second that

#

This demo was the final push for me to start learning game dev

#

I love it and I can wait as long as it's needed to get the full release

sinful thistle
#

Fallen asses

#

(Joke of the year)

dense scaffold
zenith yarrow
#

"NOO YOU CAN'T JUST SHOOT UP A NIGHT CLUB FULL OF GANGSTERS WITH A BUNCH OF 1911S"
"haha colt go boom"

split arch
#

one is carried by Malone

#

and the other is in the piano stash

tranquil bough
#

yep

zenith yarrow
#

wrong

split arch
#

hmm

zenith yarrow
#

there's at least 4

tranquil bough
#

rest are outside

zenith yarrow
split arch
#

where

tranquil bough
#

||"speedrunners hideout",one near that construction spot,and one in the room||

split arch
#

speedrunners hideout?

#

the fuck

zenith yarrow
#

:)

split arch
#

DM please

#

I wanna make an all collectibles video at some point

#

so please DM me with information

tranquil bough
tranquil bough
#

do the standard jump,then climb on the smoke stacks

split arch
#

that's 3 guns, where's the fourth?

next oyster
#

super secret

split arch
#

I'm gonna expose everything

#

including nightwaves coca cola addiction

tranquil bough
wheat needle
split arch
#

Mantegrano

#

I apologize

tranquil bough
#

marty is our martyr 😔

split arch
#

amen 😩

split arch
tranquil bough
#

same roof jump,then go left

split arch
#

you do realize that I'm nothing of a speedrunner?

#

I'm just a guy who likes handing out fisticuffs

tranquil bough
#

what the fuck its not there anymore??!!!

split arch
#

yeah

#

I just drank it

tranquil bough
#

guess its randomized?

split arch
#

nothing in the game is randomized as far as I can tell

tranquil bough
#

wait nevermind im dumb

#

its there

split arch
#

goon placement, key placement, item placement

#

they never move

#

which would be a cool thing if it was random

tranquil bough
split arch
#

see a medical professional

#

or eat two apples

tranquil bough
#

dont worry,theres a med-kit there

split arch
#

pff

#

🍎

#

that's my medkit

tranquil bough
#

🍾

split arch
#

thanks for refreshments

tranquil bough
silent pivot
#

does it have pickels?

tranquil bough
#

um

next oyster
#

find yum.png

cedar beacon
#

Just played the demo, this game is amazing.

tranquil bough
#

definitely yum

#

also fucking hell why is it in the water folder

dense scaffold
# split arch there is only two on the level, right?

||idk if this has been answered or not but I think there's 5. If you jump to the smokestacks right across the spawn area and climb up to the rooftop there's a gun, bottle, and medkit. Then run to the billboard and try to find another rooftop, the gun should be there, haven't done this one in a while so my instructions aren't the best, afterwards the area with the key to the entrance of the nightclub there should be a window on the building on the left, smash it and smash the door, there's a gun on the bed, then the last two are the piano gun and Malone's||

#

gun locations for those who wanna be unspoiled

split arch
#

holy fuck

#

I was told there's four

dense scaffold
#

there are 5, 3 outside and 2 inside

split arch
#

damn

#

thanks

#

any more easter eggs I should mention in my video?

dense scaffold
#

later today I can try and send screenshots if needed

split arch
#

needed for sure

dense scaffold
#

uhhhh besides shitting Marty and the eyes room none that I can think of

split arch
#

eyes room?

dense scaffold
#

The guy on that rooftop edge has a funny monologue

dense scaffold
valid shale
split arch
#

damn

valid shale
#

there'll probably also be a tommy or something in the basement sometime

dense scaffold
#

So that's why the basements there

#

Initially I thought Delia was in there and kept looking around for a switch or cracked wall before I gave up and went upstairs

dawn bluff
#

but no gun

#

maybe the voice line goes on longer?

#

after he takes the biggest shit the audio ends

#

I brak open the door and no weapon

dense scaffold
#

I believe you may have been rendered a fool

#

I dont think Marty shits out a gun (it would be funny if he did tho)

dawn bluff
#

or is it not in the game yet?

#

perhaps I am rendered a fool

dense scaffold
#

I dont believe it's in the game yet sadly

#

In the full game it might be in the basement since that area's currently unused

prisma bison
#

will you be able to pull a Tommy gun out of your pocket to surprise your enemies like a certain animated japanese tv show

split arch
#

like dumpster or crumpled paper

split arch
#

took a bunch of footage

#

time to edit my everything compilation

split arch
#

sneak peak

split arch
#

it's all labeled

#

time to organize and montage

brisk flame
#

bruh i wanted to try this but ehh, it doesn't work. intro animation is laggy af, and then it has solid black screen afterwards, and then crashes

#

it just eats all my system resources and ceases to load anyth

#

it has some memory leak it seems

split arch
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it is done

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rendering

storm arch
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uploading

warm fern
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Sleep tight

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@storm arch @dense scaffold @valid shale @tranquil bough @wheat needle @next oyster

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sorry for mass pinging

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just took me a while to make this

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and I'm real proud

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Cool. Now someone should find every single typo

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nah