fallen-aces

[vestal star]

oh I was cheesing the entire bar populace by going through the vents between the toilets and kitchen, so I can say I have had the experience

resulted in me having to pause the game due to non-stop giggling and laughter XD

just one of those things that's so stupid you can't help but laugh

[opal zenith]

so

i did this as a joke

or rather

SAID it as a joke

[obsidian meteor]

@opal zenith, please do not discuss politics.

[opal zenith]

okay cool

[vestal star]

loool

[tranquil bough]

visceral

[opal zenith]

as i sat there

sick

and bored out of my mind

i decided to prove myself worthy

[tranquil bough]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-monke-neuron-activation-neuron-activation-gif-20850506

[opal zenith]

and i did it

[vestal star]

so how did the strawberry cocktail look like?

[opal zenith]

this is every single enemy

[tranquil bough]

videos? photos?

[opal zenith]

grinded up

by the trolley in the entire game on Swimming With the Fishes difficulty

[vestal star]

dear god

[tranquil bough]

😋

[opal zenith]

however, you'll notice i'm carrying a body

specifically, malone's body

and i figured

[vestal star]

that is suspicious

[opal zenith]

i had to end the job right

[vestal star]

how?

[opal zenith]

not with just malone's body as the final sacrifice to the bloodiest train ride since Blood (1997)

but

my life as well.

[tranquil bough]

o7

[vestal star]

no!

[opal zenith]

what a gorgeous fucking waste of an hour and a half of my time

[vestal star]

it was not a waste if we got to appreciate it

[tranquil bough]

really pulling out the red carpet

[opal zenith]

i can only imagine Nightwave watching this from afar just kinda like

i have made a more vicious and bloody mess than whatever happened in Vinnie's room

[vestal star]

"Ok, maybe not the best choice for an accomplice"

[opal zenith]

YOU CAN ONLY WATCH

[next oyster]

Wait has anyone tried throwing Malone in front of the streetcar?

[opal zenith]

wdym

[next oyster]

Grabbing his unconscious body and throwing it in front of the trolly

[opal zenith]

specifically unconscious or dead

because i pretty much used the tommy gun to sweep thru the entire second floor

[vestal star]

a fair and good strategy, I'd say

[tranquil bough]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/228013223536885761/883411238057566328/spurdocultist.gif

[next oyster]

We never got to add the poetic ending for him. By kicking him into the fireplace

[vestal star]

that's my only wish

to kick that bitch right into his fiery pot of personal hell

[tranquil bough]

burning sprites for the enemies
and the noises

[halcyon lantern]

https://youtu.be/oWNH6y8_XCo

[vestal star]

https://tenor.com/view/jesus-ballin-mars-bars-gif-19910027

[halcyon lantern]

I wondered that.

[tranquil bough]

#ranks

[tranquil bough]

https://youtu.be/oWNH6y8_XCo

[halcyon lantern]

I don't know why sometimes YouTube links embed and sometimes don't.

[tranquil bough]

god fucking damnit

[halcyon lantern]

Unless it's turned off on channel permissions.

[vestal star]

bruh

[halcyon lantern]

But either way.

[vestal star]

#ranks

[vestal star]

@halcyon lantern please read the rules and community ranks

it should clear it all up

[tranquil bough]

Mook is obtainable with a couple hours of regular discussion. The first few ranks are relatively quick to earn with later ranks being further apart. Kyle is the hardest and will take quite some time to earn.

Earning ranks should be easy for someone genuinely interested in gami_g :)

https://tenor.com/view/cruelty-squad-handler-gif-22702903

[halcyon lantern]

Gonna be honest.

I don't care enough.

[halcyon lantern]

I mean.

I didn't ask.

[vestal star]

no need to be so aggresive

[halcyon lantern]

No need to be so fatherless

[halcyon lantern]

Cringe.

[odd tusk]

[vestal star]

Imagine he just noclips through the train

maybe we'll get to ride it at some point

[opal zenith]

Go to #ultrakill to find the depravity of humanity. Be sure to use @ _ _ Mook when asking for mute 👍 😀

[vestal star]

hey uh trey

you guys didn't add anything to sharedassets2, did ya?

[next oyster]

Scree?

[vestal star]

like did you update the sharedassets2 folder?

with new textures and whatnot?

[next oyster]

Pfff noway

[vestal star]

wait

doesn't that one have the uh

goon sprites?

[tranquil bough]

the pipe mook + mike sprites?

[next oyster]

Pfff no way

[vestal star]

yeah...?

fuck, you did

shit

[tranquil bough]

[vestal star]

I think I just broke my backup

[tranquil bough]

was it the tomato?

[vestal star]

I was experimenting something

and the game really did not like it

and I think I accidentally replaced my assets file backup

aw piss

[next oyster]

Pffff no way

[vestal star]

hahahahahah yes way

now I have to redo my backup setup with the updated version hahahaaha

fuck my life

eh it's 3 am anyway

might as well deal with it tomorrow

or, I guess, later today

[mighty folio]

why the aces be fallin

[vestal star]

they ain't fallin

they're ballin

[safe fractal]

So after watching the trailers and playing the demo over and over I get a funny feeling about Nightwave but I hope my feeling are wrong.

He may have a good reason for not being there in the demo but I'd honestly be crushed if it turns out he's an agent against the Aces crew.

[spice gorge]

Then why would he hire Mike to save Delia?

[split arch]

ambush

Mike's been with ACES for a while

[split arch]

Nightwave = Big Boss theory

https://tenor.com/view/get-real-get-real-metal-gear-solid-metal-gear-gif-19825943

[warped vector]

I don't think Nightwave not being in the demo is indicative of him being evil, he probably just has his own stuff to deal with

He kinda sounds like a fuck up to be honest

Must have messed up real bad with Delia for him to send an intern to get her back

[next oyster]

(Nightwave eating sandwhich over comm) Yeah, go get the thing and beat up those crooks, Imma lay down for a bit.

[warped vector]

Exactly, he's like Peter B. Parker in Spiderverse. Had a great past, now is a washed up loser

[tranquil bough]

is there salami in the sandwich?

[next oyster]

Exactly

[mighty folio]

ofc

he's Italian

[safe fractal]

You know there is.

[warped vector]

Finally, a Vigilante character i can relate to

[meager musk]

What the hell Nightwave even do?

Like, yeah, he tells the Aces what to do and stuff

[vestal star]

poison children

[meager musk]

but has he done anything else than that?

[meager musk]

cool

A character i can relate to

[tranquil bough]

Eat salami sandwiches

[vestal star]

he likes a steak well done

the worst crime

[meager musk]

He has a Fridge filled with Ace Cola

[tranquil bough]

He breathes crime

[next oyster]

this is true

[meager musk]

hell yeah

[vestal star]

ayo?

[meager musk]

Now i wonder, if there's ace cola..

Is there Mooksi?

Like, mook pepsi?

[tranquil bough]

Mooksi sounds like vodka

[meager musk]

Because thats what mooksi is

Vodka in a can

[opal zenith]

no way, Nightwave is Heisenberg???????

[tranquil bough]

mike,we need to cook

[tranquil bough]

he has the hat

[safe fractal]

I am the one the brews.

[safe fractal]

LOL, now knowing Nightwave is kinda over it hero-wise, it would be hilarious to hear more voice lines like that.

[safe fractal]

I get more on an impression he founded the Aces. Kinda like how Bruce Wayne eventually founded Robin and the rest of the Bat-Family.

As Nightwave got older, he realized he needed more help.

[next oyster]

Listen, Nightwave is a complicated man.

[warped vector]

There was a newspaper that the leader of the Aces was someone else, and that this ex-leader was murdered by the serial killer we see

[next oyster]

Correct

[umbral terrace]

when you grab finish someone

they turn into that one wojak

[tranquil bough]

[umbral terrace]

yes

there should be a mod

that replaces all enemies with wojaks

[tranquil bough]

they're already mooks

[umbral terrace]

i want shitpost

[tranquil bough]

shitted

[umbral terrace]

what if he is just a shy pisser

pissposting

[tranquil bough]

no,he's a shitter

[next oyster]

I'm gonna brown

[tranquil bough]

What

[next oyster]

I'm shittsing?

[winged stratus]

[tranquil bough]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/886124018984423427/918915882942595113/who_made_this_https___t.co_LyhpF1zCjD.mp4

[safe fractal]

Is the newspaper in game or is it the one from the main menu?

[tranquil bough]

you can find different notes

[warped vector]

In game, it's a paper you can read just outside the nightclub

[subtle otter]

idea: if you throw the truth serum at enemies it makes them say an embarassing secret

[warped vector]

That's a great idea

Also the Truth serum should be equipable, so you can choose to throw it at enemies later on

[split arch]

that would be useless

you only find it at the end of the level

[warped vector]

Not the end of the level, the end of the demo.

[pure harness]

n o plea
se

[next oyster]

I love when people find all the lil lore details

If you read all the notes and clues you're a Chad in my book.

[warped vector]

[spice gorge]

[weary dust]

I need an ost on YouTube

[weary dust]

For Fallen aces

I want to know what that song is on the second floor of the Matches club

[hallow otter]

Is there a shotgun?

[tranquil bough]

[hallow otter]

Good enough for me

[opal zenith]

shotgun was in the e3 trailer, double barrel goodness

https://youtu.be/CBw-CTdfCdU?t=65

i dont see it particular useful right now

since itd probably be only two shots that would be overkill on the current enemy roster making pistols and the tommy gun better

but i imagine trey will add bulkier enemies that will require beefier firepower

[hallow otter]

What weapons are there rn?

[opal zenith]

the entire world is basically a weapon to be fair

but the current conventional weapons right now are Lead Pipe, Frying Pan, Pistol and Tommy Gun

[wheat needle]

Also beer bottle

Which is two weapons if you count the broken version as a separate weapon

[hallow otter]

Axe when?

[safe fractal]

Tbh unless I'm paying absolute attention I honestly have missed over the notes.

Sometimes even the more visible ones.

[hallow otter]

Knocked out my first goon and immediately chucked him off a building. Am i doing it right?

[safe fractal]

Absolutely.

[hallow otter]

Thanks

Accidently chucked a goon into the way of a train

Whoops

[hallow otter]

Ok i’m definetly buying this when it comes out

[hallow otter]

Alright beat aces demo on all diffculties

[thin walrus]

that's the right thing to do

[safe fractal]

Holy shit I just found the goon shitting easter egg.

I've developed a 4 pack from laughing so hard.

Poor bastard needs some fiber in his diet.

[vestal star]

less taco bell

[safe fractal]

Is the TB shits really a thing?

I hear about it all the time but thankfully have never suffered from it.

Which is great because I love Taco Bell. 💜

Also idk if I'm blind as hell but to me the newspapers and notes really do not stick out at all, maybe adding a slight particle/sparkling effect would help.

Also experimented with the dev console. Noclip really shows off a lot.

[warped vector]

Nah, i think it's just americans who can't handle spicy food as well

Then again, i'm a South American, so maybe i'm biased

[wheat needle]

Taco Bell ain’t spicy lmao

[silent pivot]

yeah

the only thing that is spicy is the sauce

which is optional

[hallow otter]

I somehow alerted the shitting goon, so he just took forever kicking down the door

I an gonna chuck an explosive at matches malone

[tranquil bough]

Do so

[hallow otter]

I have done it

He did bot die instantly as i hoped

[jade quartz]

Do you think we can trip on bananas in the future?

soon?

[tranquil bough]

The player themselves?

[jade quartz]

Ye

So that eventually, if we become an Ace

We can become fallen Aces

[tranquil bough]

[jade quartz]

I miss the days of Cruelty Squad

[warped vector]

The game still exists, we're still living in the days of Cruelty Squad

[split arch]

HAPPY MOTHERFUCKING TWENTY TWENTY TWO

[weary dust]

PEOPLE

I Just spent a good ten minute lookin though the files thouygh steam

and found some cool easter eggs

[next oyster]

Pfff no way

[tranquil bough]

did you check the water folder? ;)

[weary dust]

I think I did

Yummy.....................

I can just hear "Can't wait to see what this looks like in the toilet bowl"

The thing is,

I'm trying to find what the songs are in the game

and I can't see them anywhere in the local files.

will you guys release the music?

[safe fractal]

I'm sure they will be upon full release.

I always have to set at the main menu and listen to that amazing theme.

Just puts me in the headspace for the game. 😄

BTW who did the music? Hats off to them for real.

[hallow otter]

Hey himbo mike your game is poggers so far

[next oyster]

12 hour main menu ASMR

[split arch]

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-moment-gif-23616422

[hallow otter]

I will pay you in photos of my cat for that

[safe fractal]

You joke but I swear you upload it to YouTube I'd listen everyday, lmfao.

[sand oracle]

Oh Mr.Oshry, protect this developer!
He's working so hard!

[hallow otter]

I like how the pistol blows goon’s heads off

Very nice touch

[vestal star]

if a little pistol does that imagine a shotgun

[tranquil bough]

[hallow otter]

The shotgun better just wipe them from existance

[tranquil bough]

Create your own Vinny 🙂

[warped vector]

The shotgun straight up explodes them into bits and pieces of gore

I know that because that's what the E3 Trailer for Fallen Aces showed

[vestal star]

don't use the trailer as reference

the game's demo is already very different from it

[tranquil bough]

Also the trailer it was shown was the gamemaker version

[vestal star]

yeah, that's what I meant by very different

I do believe it's gonna be some chunky salsa tho

[dense scaffold]

prolly a bit goofy for the game but it would be very funny if you could jump w/ the double barrel shotgun a la the force of nature

[tranquil bough]

I remember when the piano secret originally had the shotgun

[warped vector]

That would actually be based

Also no, i don't remember that

[vestal star]

ayo what?

[vestal star]

yeah, I think that would be a bit too goofy

also idk what that amount of verticality would achieve

[warped vector]

I have a suggestion for the Shotgun: It shoots guts and pieces away from enemies. You can take off arms, legs, guts, explode their heads, etc.

[vestal star]

elaborate

[tranquil bough]

Use limbs as weapons?

[warped vector]

Nah, just the shotgun being so powerfull, it blows entire holes in their bodies

I don't know if using limbs as weapons would be a good idea because i don't know if jack would be down for it.

[vestal star]

jack?

[warped vector]

What's the protag's name again?

[vestal star]

bruh

it's Mike

[warped vector]

Oh right

So i don't think Mike is enough of a psychopath to use human limbs as weapons.

[vestal star]

agreed

[warped vector]

But i do believe that the starter weapons shouldn't be so powerful as to blow up heads right away, because when you get a more powerful weapon later on, are you really going to feel the difference of impact?

[tranquil bough]

True,pistol should two headshot at least

[warped vector]

Headshots should still kill on sight, but head exploding should be reserved for Revolvers of higher caliber and shotguns

[vestal star]

I mostly agree, but are we not forgetting that this is like first level enemies? The easiest of pickings?

I mean idk about head explosions but two headshots are already a thing on the pipe mooks. And if we are getting robots for desert later on, then hoo hoo boy

[zenith yarrow]

Pistols put holes in people. Rifles put holes through people. Shotguns, at the right range with the right load, will physically tear a chunk of shit out of your opponent's body and throw it on the floor.

[tranquil bough]

Well with all the firearms throughout the level,getting headshots isn’t that hard

[warped vector]

I think that a single headshot should already kill enemies if they don't have protection

[zenith yarrow]

count hats as protection for a westerado moment

[warped vector]

And for the Pipe mooks, a first shot should show them with their hat flying off and part of their hair shot off, and then a second shot should kill them.

That's my idea

[vestal star]

fair point, I was gonna mention how there are a bit too many guns in the level

[zenith yarrow]

i am a predictive god

[vestal star]

then again, it's a demo. I imagine it's meant to give us more toys to play around with

[tranquil bough]

True

[warped vector]

Like that gag in the three stooges where one of them gets his hair shot off

[zenith yarrow]

I am now piss.

[vestal star]

time to drink you

[zenith yarrow]

what the fuck

[warped vector]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8jWEM66xyw&ab_channel=HatsOffEntertainment

Like in this video

[vestal star]

"hatsoffentertainment"

nice

[warped vector]

So i expect that the Shotgun is gonna do some Manhunt level violence on the goons

[vestal star]

gonna get banned in Australia then

[mighty folio]

good

[zenith yarrow]

wrong. fallen aces will ban australia

[tranquil bough]

One of the stretch goals

[dense scaffold]

I dont care if it's useful that's sick as fuck

[safe fractal]

Speaking of Manhunt, I remembered how when you blasted a hunter at close range with a shotgun they would go flying backwards, I'd love to see that implemented.

[drifting sonnet]

Oh yeah,you gonna love it when the enemy see their fren flying at them

[opaque carbon]

fallen aces is fun

but best part is the train

[woven ibex]

where do you find the tommy gun

in the demo

[tranquil bough]

look in the cracks

[woven ibex]

thx

[hallow otter]

Cracks in the basement, there is an explosive can next to it

[warped vector]

I actually found a secret room in the game that wasn't there before

A ||Room in the second floor, activated by a bloody handprint on the wall||

[vestal star]

yeah

[tranquil bough]

oh that

[vestal star]

it exists alright

[mighty folio]

when will the game be released and the price
just what's your estimation, i know there is not a lot of info for this game

[tranquil bough]

[mighty folio]

soon when like march??

[tranquil bough]

[mighty folio]

ok and price?

[tranquil bough]

some™️

[mighty folio]

👍

[warped vector]

Honestly i wouldn't be suprised if this game actually got finished in 2024 and was released june of that year

[mighty folio]

is it really that hard to make it

[tranquil bough]

probably

[vestal star]

that's a bruh message right there

[mighty folio]

don t really know much about making games

[warped vector]

It's not that it's hard, but that there's a ton of details and things to perfect. To make a melee based FPS you need to nail a ton of things

[mighty folio]

got ya

[warped vector]

Not to mention that this is an indie game, so it takes time, love and effort to make a quality product

[mighty folio]

im hoping i can get my hands on it as soon as possible

yea i guess

[vestal star]

not to mention creating one mechanic, only for it to randomly break another seemingly unrelated one

[warped vector]

Me too, but we just have to wait

[mighty folio]

indie games are better than AAA games in my opinion

[warped vector]

I mean, you're not exactly wrong

[vestal star]

not all the time, but indie games can usually experiment more freely

[mighty folio]

i feel like the gaming has felt boring over the last 1-2 years

idk why man

everything feels repetetive

[vestal star]

you sound 15-16 years old

[mighty folio]

that s why having something like fallen aces with 1940s gangster style is just refreshing

@vestal star i am 15

[warped vector]

The AAA games industry have a massive ammount of problems and issues plaguing them, and the Indie games, while they suffer from the lack of publicity and handwork to make them faster and easier, have more freedom of innovation and trying out new things that make it interesting

[vestal star]

yep

[vestal star]

this

[warped vector]

Because for Indie games to stand out, they NEED to be different, to stand out in some way among the massive sea of indie games.

[mighty folio]

i understand why your name is Mature toby

[warped vector]

Why thank you

It's actually a joke name, i was just Toby, but i changed it because it was my birthday, so i was becoming more mature

[vestal star]

cool backstory

I'm writing that as a note

[warped vector]

Oh by the way, guess how old i am?

[tranquil bough]

12

[vestal star]

5

[warped vector]

.....

24

[vestal star]

oh

oops

[tranquil bough]

[vestal star]

I missed by 19, not that far off

[warped vector]

It's alright

[next oyster]

The game will be out in 5 years

[cunning geyser]

It got here so soon? Can you believe it!

[tranquil bough]

Fastest new blood game to date!!

[vestal star]

must be working with coffee and coke non-stop

[warped vector]

I believe you, this game looks complicated to make.

[open laurel]

I GOT A SUB 1 MINUTE

IN THE NEW UPDATE

i shall upload my run soon

it's exporting rn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFRI-h8jR50

there it is

mook role?

i am so cool

B)

also new update is sick

[tranquil bough]

nice,some room for improvement with parts of your run
keep at it 👍

[open laurel]

like that i get to do a new route

yes indeed

and thanks

[open laurel]

if only the mod would get on and verify my run

another wr lol

another one

god i am a fucking mad man

[split arch]

what about gun%

[open laurel]

i have never thought about that

lmao

i should try it

just pistols or all of the guns?

[split arch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtWxvpa7YUg

[open laurel]

ha

[split arch]

pre-xmas

[open laurel]

might give it a try

[hallow otter]

Speed run getting the tommy gun

[paper meteor]

Now do Tommy% (but you can only melee with it)

[safe fractal]

So aside from being heavily based on the Golden Age of Comics, is anything else from the game inspired from stuff?

Like are Mike, Delia, Nightwave, the enemy mooks, Malone inspired from anything abroad specifically or did you guys try to avoid having a specific person or influence in mind when coming up with the cast and environment?

Umburgh really reminds me of Gotham City in numerous ways.

Also I'm curious, are we going to have the chance to interact with civilian NPC's?

Maybe upon interacting with them, they could give hints about hidden stuff laying around, lore information, or warn us about thugs up ahead.

I've finally realized that the giant tower is actually a zeppelin tower.

I hope we get to crash on into the building near the end.

[open laurel]

probably won't know what this is but the game kind of reminds me of the noir missions in spiderman shattered dimensions

i think it's set in the same time period too

i can't find any images of the goons

but they look at lot like the guys in brown in fallen aces

best image i could find

fallen aces even has stealth

which was a big part of the noir sections in shattered dimensions

[drifting sonnet]

This game legit run at 50 ish fps on my laptop

I believe maybe because the shadow

[warped vector]

That would really bring this game full into Immersive Sim territory, and i'm so down for it

Like Deus Ex having those slower moments where you just walk around and talk to people

[dense scaffold]

Now I wanna see a level in a zeppelin Indians Jones style

Chucking mooks off the ship to their untimely deaths it's great

[radiant saddle]

That brought back a lot of memories

[open laurel]

yeah

i fucking love the game

i wish the licensing wasn't a mess and i could get it on steam

[meager musk]

its him

[vestal star]

it IS him

[next oyster]

Goons are a reference to The Goon comic series, Nightwaves appearance is based on Lobster Johnson, Delia is based on The Shadow. Umburgh is inspired by Metropolis and Gotham.

Obv Watchmen is an influence

[next oyster]

We're gonna try

[tranquil bough]

A hub world level

[odd tusk]

lmao why is the hud and the hands so smol

what playing the game in ultrawide does to a mf

this is how I always saw the game

[tranquil bough]

fov change

[split arch]

friendly ornament volume

[next oyster]

yeah probably ur FOV

[opaque carbon]

anyway to change guns in files?

[open laurel]

boom

[safe fractal]

Either case please don't kill yourself. :3

Working on the game that is.

[hallow otter]

Hey mike

If i shoot a goon with the shotty will they enter orbit?

[thin walrus]

what's left of him probably will

[subtle otter]

beat the game hitless on my first try 😎 (first try as in first time im trying to do it hitless)

[split arch]

difficulty?

[subtle otter]

hardest one

[split arch]

well now I need proof

[subtle otter]

didnt record it but i can probably do it again it wasnt too hard

just stealth on by and then grab a gun and a tommy gun and then boom

[dry moon]

that soon?

[opaque carbon]

their lying

it’s coming out in 2157 years

[tranquil bough]

[dense scaffold]

it's coming out in 5! years

aka 2142

[winged stratus]

i cant believe 2015 was 12 years ago

[next oyster]

anybody make any new maps?

[marble vector]

Hey, not an answer to your question but do you have a plan for localization in other languages for Fallen Aces?

[thin walrus]

if by new map you mean playable map, no 😭

[vestal star]

'Tis gonna take a few more weeks I'm afraid lol

[split arch]

I'm making friends

like

in real life

[opaque carbon]

i could not figure out how the doom builder works

[charred copper]

Played through the demo a few more times after the update. Really love all the secrets and multiple approaches. Definitely think the full version's going to be great.

[next oyster]

thank you

[hallow otter]

Mike i have a question for you

Will i be able to punch a goon so hard he explodes?

[split arch]

yes

[next oyster]

only with the rage tonic

[drifting sonnet]

You may not be see it,but the goon balls is exploding when you punch it really hard

[hallow otter]

The what tonic

[next oyster]

rage

It's like berserk

[hallow otter]

Got it

“I’m gonna punch you assholes so hard you explode!”

[open laurel]

Found a glitch where if you jump and kick an enemy in the head at the right angle they instantly die and their bones fly everywhere

lol

[drifting sonnet]

I wanna see it

[open laurel]

k

give me one moment

it's 46 megabytes

💀

it will send in a minute

i ended up doing it to 2 guys

[drifting sonnet]

Compress it bro....

It takes forever to load

💀

[open laurel]

ik

lol

[drifting sonnet]

Maybe upload it on YouTube

[open laurel]

k

[next oyster]

That's just you caving in their skull cavity

[drifting sonnet]

Like x ray in mortal Kombat huh

[open laurel]

https://youtu.be/KrQAXvuqnLc i really just wanna show off mike's leg strength

[next oyster]

You can also semi-gib enemies if you jump and throw em at the ground.

[mighty folio]

willem damike

[open laurel]

lmao

[sleek pecan]

I like the game nice demo

[safe fractal]

https://tenor.com/view/lmao-lol-laughing-laughing-emoji-gif-17983155

I just went to do it myself.

It's amazing.

[vestal star]

what a magnificent gif

[safe fractal]

Try doing it in the club itself.

[vestal star]

I have, it's how I make space when cornered

shit's funny

[safe fractal]

Basically smashing the poor bastards into the ceiling.

Mike must have the strength of Kratos.

[safe fractal]

I found it ages ago somewhere.

plz steal and use.

[vestal star]

Mike is the only man to make Kratos weep

[safe fractal]

Honestly just from the demo I just love how Mike is.

If the enemy robot news is true then Mike is literally just Bruce Wayne crossed with TinTin.

[vestal star]

I mean have you seen the mans abs?

makes one shed tears

[safe fractal]

Ultimate combat pragmatist.

[safe fractal]

I hope he honestly has a big sad-sack story attached to him.

[vestal star]

well he was in the gold-tower

[safe fractal]

I feel like Mike is something we will be hurting/feeling for like max payne.

[vestal star]

that's already a setup

[safe fractal]

Oh seriously?

Goddamn.

[vestal star]

I'm assuming based on nightwave's line, of course

[safe fractal]

Mind you if there extra lore out there somewhere, I've only paid attention to the trailers/stuff New Blood puts out and the demo.

[safe fractal]

Which line btw?

[vestal star]

well at the beginning of the demo nightwave mentions "not quite the gold-tower you're used to, huh?"

yes

[safe fractal]

The Demo is free, the full game will not be.

[vestal star]

yes it is

the demo is free

[safe fractal]

Oh shit, you are right.

[vestal star]

yes

[safe fractal]

To be fair its not a line I'd consider off hand.

[vestal star]

same

[safe fractal]

Just know there is no wrong way to play it.

[vestal star]

do the strat that works for you

[safe fractal]

This, then once your comfortable, experiment.

I play the demo once a day and swear I'll still be finding stuff I never noticed my first run through.

Hell, I think all of the games here if I'm not mistaken have a free demo you should check out.

I know this, Faith 3 and Gloomwood have me hyped alone with what I've played with.

[vestal star]

same here

so far, yes

ayo what?

isn't that more of an addition to dusk?

can't really call it a flop

main reason ppl buy dusk is for the single-player

pretty sure

aight

let's end it here tho

[open laurel]

So Mike used to live in the are of the golden tower or soemthing?

[vestal star]

I assume so

[open laurel]

I wonder why he's in Switchblade city then

probably just work or something

[tranquil bough]

Fallen from grace
A fallen ace

[open laurel]

I thought fallen aces was just referring to people that were apart of A.C.E.S. had like died or something

i am the stupid

[warped vector]

He's in an Unpaid Internship for Nightwave

[open laurel]

I see

[open laurel]

mike is insane

he can kick a man 30 feet in the air and grab shit through walls

[warped vector]

Why are you crouching

[open laurel]

sneak

didn't wanna be caught

[warped vector]

You're in the main hall of the club, everyone sees you

[open laurel]

no they don't lol

there is a piano i am hiding behind

why does this matter!!!

[split arch]

https://c.tenor.com/qJxRtsM5_aAAAAAM/metal-gear-alert-gaming.gif

[open laurel]

🛌

just kick the enemies into the air

[paper meteor]

Glad that it actually feels like it carries some difficulty now as opposed to when I first ran through

Though maybe I'm simply out of practice

[brazen locust]

It should be, the AI got some upgrades

[vestal star]

the constant dodging makes you actually have to time your hits

also the fact that some of them move while hit or even just tank it without stunlock...

it shudders my intestines

[brazen locust]

Yea certain weapons stun more than others, like the broken bottle has the highest chance iirc

You can also take advantage of guaranteed ( with cooldowns ) stuns like the face and crotch hits

[vestal star]

for sure man for sure

[mighty folio]

will this game be released by 2050

[silent pivot]

likely not

[mighty folio]

dang

[vapid creek]

Something I find a little odd is how enemies die semi-realistically despite getting thrown around fantastically; will keeping kill counts low matter?

Because holy shit it's surprisingly hard to clear the current demo without any kills, have to be really slow and deliberate

Not that that hasn't been fun as well, but

[next oyster]

There will be more non lethal weapons in the future

[vapid creek]

Technically anything sharp is nonlethal so that's not the issue; the issue in my case is mostly enemies dying because they struck something else while being knocked back

The only guaranteed way to keep them from bashing their skull on something is the stealth karate chop

Semi relevant note dropkicking from above is super lethal

[vestal star]

oh yeah, once they are on low hp and falling they are super fragile

all you need is a perfume bottle and they are dead

[vapid creek]

You end up with the knockback AND your kick frames are still active

While they're still in range because you knocked them -down-

That part isn't a complaint I just thought that was interesting

[open laurel]

you can just run past all of the enemies

the 2 guards at the end idk about

[tranquil bough]

Probably

[open laurel]

usually in the speedrun i just shoot them both in the head lol

[vestal star]

I think they meant clearing it by knocking them all out and not have them die from a bottle they happened to hit

[open laurel]

i see

[vapid creek]

Having all enemies defeated is optional for me, having none of them dead is the goal.

Except maybe Matches

[warped vector]

Also i do feel compelled to spare all the enemies in this game so far, compared to other games

Because the Goons are so damn lovable

[vapid creek]

ye joe schmoe and his jackass drinkin buddies don't need to be in the obituaries, I got no problem plugging Malone, though; probably got the judge in his pocket anyway. You know how these things go.

[warped vector]

I wanna put Malone in jail tho, i would see it as an accomplishment

I do feel we're gonna get actual horrible people in the game that are better off dead

[next oyster]

Yeah wanted to give players the choice to pick their fates. But not have a big moral debate forced on you.

[vapid creek]

Honestly though the biggest obstacle to a nonlethal run is that once an enemy suffers knockback, collission with anything kills em outright

[vestal star]

yes

[vapid creek]

so that "finish off" prompt has to be done clear of basically any props

or even other enemies

[tranquil bough]

it's kinda funny that you could throw an apple at a knocked out enemy and that kills them

[vestal star]

it is funny

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1479945322709270528?s=20

Trey Powell Fallen Aces (DEMO OUT NOW YA MOOK!) (@TreyPowell1964)

Workin on Mike's pad #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity #gamedev

Twitter · Jan 8, 2022, 10:37 PM

[open laurel]

I enjoy brutally murdering the goons

😊

[open laurel]

found this random apartment while no clipping

just thought i would show it

ahh yes box

mittens

[warped vector]

I hope the cat is found

Looks like a good fella

[oblique dove]

make an achievement for finding mittens

[open laurel]

Good idea

I want to pet mittens

[shell oxide]

i know a mittens that was temporarily catnapped and then moved to auckland

[open laurel]

mittens should be one of the main characters in the game clearly

also you can just look into the abyss here

LINE

[next oyster]

ur not supposed to be there

[open laurel]

😳

[next oyster]

kicking Malone in the face

[open laurel]

how nice

killing malone is fun

usually use a finisher on him

[open laurel]

is that Malone on the right

drip

hmmm

[vestal star]

hooolala

that typewriter looks like a sector, is it a sector?

looks very cozy, must say. Wonder if the mooks are gonna be taking it over or already have?

[thin walrus]

is it? could be part of the table i guess

[vestal star]

It looks a bit too solid to be a sprite

[fallen plover]

Solid Sprite sounds like a character name in a terrible parody

[vestal star]

It's a sprite can but solidly done

[warped vector]

Yeah, that Typewritter looks solid

[fiery yew]

@next oyster make an ARG where we have to find mittens

[fallen plover]

I somehow missed that fallen aces has a demo wtf downloading now!

[open laurel]

This

[next oyster]

The typewriter is a sector

[next oyster]

ye

[open laurel]

ayy 30 hours

[mighty folio]

how

[open laurel]

?

[open laurel]

ello

[open laurel]

okay

cool

[fiery patrol]

are unity default map editors/tools that bad or UDMF is deliberate for future custom maps cuz making stuff in gzdoom builder is easy to pick up

(or both?)

[vapid creek]

What's the point of the blastable wall to Malone's office anyway? Just because?

[fallen plover]

If I saw the architecture correctly, there's probably a secret room behind it. All you need to do now is to find a way to blast it. I played it only once and don't know how to do it yet

[brazen locust]

It's a good distraction for a stealth run

[vapid creek]

Not very stealthy when you still have to get Delia back out but okay

If you used that to flank them with the tommy gun it'd make sense

[brazen locust]

That won't be the only way out of the room with Delia

[vapid creek]

Oh does the building open up even more after this demo? 👀

[subtle otter]

im going to try beating the game box percent

where i carry a cardboard box from the start of the game to the end and i am not allowed to let go of it

[open laurel]

What's that

I see

[subtle otter]

which means the only two attacks i can do is stealth chop and kick

renaming it to psychotic paper% because paper is the first item you can pick up and you have to kill all enemies

[spice gorge]

And what about the safe in Malone's office?

Is there any way to open it in demo?

[next oyster]

safe? what safe?

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-monkey-puppet-meme-awkward-gif-15268759

[vestal star]

wait lemme check this

I don't remember there being a safe texture

[tranquil bough]

[vestal star]

oh

[vestal star]

Is this what you meant?

[tranquil bough]

The painting?

[vestal star]

yeah behind the painting is an unfinished enclosed area

I didn't know about this fr

just found it

[next oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/the-muppets-kermit-the-frog-smh-shake-my-head-no-gif-4883582

oh gee however did that get there?

[vestal star]

😈

[next oyster]

I love people keep finding lil details. Somebody on here earlier had some really good investigation skills on some plot details

I like when people pick up on lil nuances.

[vestal star]

my favourite detail is the black texture

(I have been advised not to continue the jokes)

[next oyster]

What's Malone's deal? What's an arsonists got to do with anything. What's in the blackbook? How does any of this link to Mike? Who is vinnie and why was he brutally murdered? How is that linked to the aces?

Who diarrhea poisoned Marty?

[vestal star]

Who cooked the pizza on a pan?

[wheat needle]

Did the goons teach the crowmen how to make pizza?

[vestal star]

could be

Also if going by the trailer it seems that Glassjaw has some history with Mike

[tranquil bough]

maybe the crowmen ARE the goons

[next oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/dicaprio-maybe-gif-20413224

[vestal star]

Bet ya glassjaw was at some point in the gold tower

[next oyster]

go on

[tranquil bough]

the basement

[vestal star]

and also, I think it would be good to establish what kind of role does the gold tower represent

[next oyster]

Some posters might give ya some insight

[vestal star]

oh actually it's been mentioned in this channel already

my bad

[wheat needle]

Obvious conclusion to draw but I'm assuming Glassjaw got his glass jaw from Mike at some point

Or rather Mike's the reason why he needs a new jaw

[vestal star]

I also wonder how Mike does not give two shits about horribly mutilating mooks if needed

I mean his reaction to vinny's incident was "aw shit, look at that mate. He got fucked up, huh?"

[next oyster]

he wants Mike's jaw. It's pretty square.

[next oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

[wheat needle]

tbf I'd take it too if I could

[tranquil bough]

the vinny incident was merely inspiration

[next oyster]

"wow, evisceration is pretty dope."

"Gonna try..." Nightwave:"Mike no!"

[vestal star]

so golden tower looks like an ideal city for the more fortunate, I wonder what is the minimum to get kicked out

if I square up some bitch in the poorer city and ppl find out would you get kicked?

or is there maybe a strike system?

[next oyster]

no littering

[vestal star]

accidentally drops a cig

[wheat needle]

No booze, either, IIRC

[vestal star]

gets kicked out into a city of murder

[wheat needle]

It'd be a shitty place to live if you have any sort of vice, probably

[next oyster]

Yeah murder def gets ya booted

[tranquil bough]

a reason to go pacifist?

[next oyster]

That's up to you

[vestal star]

well mike already got kicked out

unless you can buy in again at an even more costly price

[next oyster]

Kicked out for being a chad

[vestal star]

I mean have you seen the man's pecks?

[tranquil bough]

not yet 😳

[vestal star]

you feel beat up just looking at them arms

[next oyster]

you will

[vestal star]

half-naked level?

let's go

[tranquil bough]

fallen soap

[vestal star]

that's gonna be a skin option for beating the game arms only

[next oyster]

Feel bad for Malone, he just want to light some harmless fires

No need to beat him into a paste

[vestal star]

you say as the pharmacy worker is burning to death

[tranquil bough]

unrelated incident

[next oyster]

pshaw, who needs medicine

[wheat needle]

Who said anything about beating him into paste?

I just wanted to borrow that book

[vestal star]

my ass

[next oyster]

It's got doodles in it

[vestal star]

malone's naughty drawings are stored in there

😳

ok well maybe not that

[tranquil bough]

it's nightwaves secret diary

[next oyster]

well Delia was working at the club for like a month

[vestal star]

wasn't there a note mentioning that he liked her?

[next oyster]

Yeah he was pervin out a bit

[vestal star]

k I'm changing all fps hand anims to delia's brb

[tranquil bough]

Delia model mod?

[vestal star]

ez only gonna take the entire night

[next oyster]

I've thought about it.

[vestal star]

technically since the outfit you've showed has white sleeves, all you'll need is to make them less

uh

C H U N K Y

[next oyster]

Mike has Hexen arms

[split arch]

I don't

[tranquil bough]

[vestal star]

it's why he's a chad

man when I saw the demo screen at the end it's just the arms

[split arch]

I felt like I wasn't based enough
so I ordered The Art of the Deal

[vestal star]

they captivated all the attention

[next oyster]

Mike has hairy arms. Arm hair is just difficult to animate.

[vestal star]

I was gonna change the chop animations to delia beating someone with a baton

just 'cause

but the clipping for the art doesn't let me make the image larger than the original

so it didn't work out 😦

would delia even use a baton?

[next oyster]

probalby,

seems right

||she was a cop at one point ||

[vestal star]

oh

oh my

I feel a compelling to do this now

[subtle otter]

better question how much did someone get paid to say these lines

[next oyster]

We didn't. We bugged Gianni's bathroom

[subtle otter]

dear god

[vestal star]

dear god

[tranquil bough]

[hallow otter]

Excuse big himbo mike?

Will i be able to throw a goon into orbit using the rage tonic?

[vestal star]

if there's gonna be anything left of 'em you mean

[warped vector]

He probably has seen some fucked up shit himself before, he's definetly hard boiled.

[subtle otter]

oh god i think i came to a terrible conclusion

marty got poisoned from food that was left outside

and in almost every run i do i eat the food that is left outside in the kitchen

am i going to have the same fate

[tranquil bough]

it was horse laxatives

[warped vector]

Who's Marty?

Oh, right

That

[spice gorge]

Also, there is an entire unfinished area behind the bar with some cool unused textures, guess that's how we will escape the bar with Delia. There are also crates in that area that lead back at the main street with trolley.

Sorry if I made a lot of mistakes in that message.

[vestal star]

oh?

imma check that later

I was thinking how you would get out the secret room if they are supposedly quite close by (judging by the cutscene)

but then I remembered. There's a grate in that room, isn't there?

sewer level?

[winged stratus]

[next oyster]

Hmmm

[vestal star]

hmmm indeed

oooh

I found something interesting

another route to the club? Looks unfinished but I wonder about that apartment we saw, it's behind this area

[spice gorge]

Yeah, that's what i'm talking about

But I think it's escape route, not another way into the club.

[vestal star]

Fair

[normal cedar]

when is this game coming out?

[vestal star]

[normal cedar]

ok

[vestal star]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-ryan-gosling-cereal-embed-failure-laugh-at-this-user-gif-20627924

[fiery yew]

this year, coming never

[open laurel]

I found that while noclipping as well

Also found some random unfinished apartment in the back of the map

Oh you mentioned it I think lmao

Sorry

[brisk mountain]

hey just passing around to ask when this game is coming out, maybe dropping by tomorrow to ask same question

[silent pivot]

it's coming out tomorrow

[tranquil bough]

[brisk mountain]

by gawd, I'm skipping classes tomorrow

better be true, I'm believing you

[silent pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/ok-ryan-gosling-ryan-gosling-eating-cereal-ryan-ok-and-gif-24052879

[tranquil bough]

Please don’t

[open laurel]

DO NOT

💀

[brisk mountain]

ok, ok

I'll wait with more patience, dropping by next month then

[open laurel]

It won't be out for a while I think

[brisk mountain]

it's ok, I think I'll be alive for a few more years, should be enough time

[analog nimbus]

I now understand

It all makes sense now

[split arch]

literally me with a bottle of rum a minute ago

[analog nimbus]

The music of this game really sells me

I love the atmosphere of the game.

It's easy to get lost in.

[hallow otter]

I love the finisher sound effects

[analog nimbus]

The melee combat in general feels extremely smooth

[hallow otter]

I’m ass at it lmao

[mighty folio]

based pfp

[analog nimbus]

Hard to even use weapons when I'm too busy kicking fools with my Js

[open laurel]

Win!

[open laurel]

Feeling sick today chat

Might not be able to play fallen aces

[subtle otter]

found some interesting lore in this corner

[tranquil bough]

Photos

[subtle otter]

the first thing i noticed is that the person on the right circled with the blue pen is most likely malone, while the person on the left is a random mook, which doesnt make too much sense, since why would 3 people who are probably important be with a random mook, so i think the mook might be vinny

second thing is this picture thats covered in blood which i cant really tell what it says

[marble vector]

This really looks like an iconic scene from a Turkish cult classic comedy movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHtatLRI6Lk

[subtle otter]

the last one which i think is the most interesting is a person who is most likely malone, or at least someone from the first image, and someone masked, there are two mysterious people that are in the story, that being the person who hired vinny, and nightwave (which tbh might be the same person), so does this mean that this person was related to malone personally in some way? if it is nightwave, it would also add up to why theres an ACES badge in there

[tranquil bough]

I think that’s glassjaw

[subtle otter]

who

[tranquil bough]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738522754952986705/884873004797034526/glassjawstill.png

[subtle otter]

o

its probably him then

[open laurel]

yeah that is malone on the right

i sent that asking and one of the devs if it was malone and they said yeah

[vestal star]

ok the lighter's extra visibility somehow broke a mook's AI

dude treats me like a friend

or, rather, he can't see me

I'd like to name him Robert The Oblivious Drunkard

[next oyster]

nice detective work

[next oyster]

he likes you

[vestal star]

I'll keep him then

[tranquil bough]

maybe go to the pub (again) later

[fiery yew]

is there a mittens arg mr. noir man

[vestal star]

he's barely standing right now so probs way later

in fact he hasn't gotten up yet and it's been quite some time

[tranquil bough]

[vestal star]

eh it's probably nothing

[subtle otter]

there should be a 1 in 8 billion chance that mike has a third arm, since there is one person on earth who was born with a third arm (and mike speaks chinese instead)

[hallow otter]

There should be a chance that Mike spawns in with a glock 17

[valid shale]

the goon is lain

seriously Trey has already put Lain in Gloomwood

Lain is going to end up in other places too

[tranquil bough]

lmao what? that doctor portrait?

[tranquil bough]

[next oyster]

I forgot I made that

[south cliff]

this game seems awesome

[open laurel]

It is

[opal zenith]

oh god, lain has a rantsona

everyone hit the decks

[hallow otter]

Hey big himbo mike can i become an enemy in the game that literally gets knocked out in one hit from anything?

[open laurel]

Add mittens

[split arch]

demo's out now you mook

[south cliff]

does it cost anything?

[tranquil bough]

No

[south cliff]

nice

where can i find the demo

[tranquil bough]

Steam

[south cliff]

alright, thank you wise sir

do you know if it will be free in the future too?

[tranquil bough]

The full game? No

[south cliff]

ok, thanks

[cunning geyser]

The demo will be free in the future too!

[south cliff]

nice

[split arch]

this is fucking stupid

@next oyster we need to update the topic to tell people that the demo is out because a stupid amount of people don't know

[subtle otter]

but then how will people know this is anti-bear discussions

[split arch]

it is innate knowledge

[next oyster]

Yo it's out.

[vestal star]

who?

the dog?

[next oyster]

Those too

[vestal star]

ooh

what else is out?

[tranquil bough]

It’s

[vestal star]

my god the suspense

what a sigma move. Comes in, says that something's out, refuses to elaborate

[mighty folio]

in

[vestal star]

the

[cunning geyser]

who let the dogs out?

[south cliff]

it was me, sorry

[scarlet crest]

Well hello

I have played several New Blood games

But it was Fallen Aces that gave me that much needed shove to join the Discord

I adore this game so far.

Also, as the local robot enjoyer I really like Clyde's concept art

Anyway

I have but one question about Fallen Aces, or two depending on how the first is answered.

I've noticed that there's basically three item 'sizes', in terms of weapons and such.

There's currently bottles, the Galt 1911 and switchblades as 'small' items, weapons that cannot be used to block and are held in one hand.

Then there's medium which would be the pipe and frying pan. Weapons that are still held in one hand but allow blocking.

Finally there's "Large" items which would be the Tommy Gun, and most large objects. The ones that require both hands to be held and therefore don't let you use the off-hand lighter.

My question is as follows.

Given we have small melees in the form of bottles/switchblades, medium in the form of pipes and the pan-.. But no 'heavy' melee weapons in the game as it currently stands.

Are there any plans on introducing melee weapons that require both hands to be wielded, in the full game?

Off the top of my head, two fitting examples would be a baseball bat and a sledgehammer.

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You're bringing in the big questions

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Hell, if we consider Unarmed Goons to be a Tier 1 melee enemy, and Pipe-Wielding Mooks to be a Tier 2 melee enemy...

A "Tier 3" melee enemy in the form of someone who wields a heavy weapon would be really cool to see

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i think there will be a plank weapon

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Bat-Swinging Brute

There, I got a name

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The trailers showcased it as a one-handed weapon

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might also just be used for two handed guns

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Also

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Maybe enemies with Axes, Machetes, Sledgehammer, maybe even a chainsaw

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Like the Tommy Gun?

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Chainsaw sounds like a boss-type enemy tbh

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yea

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Also

I'm a bit disappointed that nobody in this discord has mentioned something regarding the pistol available in the demo

It's not a Colt 1911

It's a Galt 1911

Idk who Galt is because I'm new to this Discord but that has to be some sort of reference, right?

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Oh great, no Copyright, no royalties needed to pay

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Yeah, it says "Galt" on the side