fallen-aces

[fresh temple]

you have images of this?

[fading plover]

yeah here i'll send a screenshot

here's one of the original banana peel hand

actually now that i look at it they're the same sprite

[next oyster]

thats very odd

[potent badge]

fallen pooper

[fading plover]

there's even like an odd period of time after dying where punching is able to be done, but after like picking something up again it reverts back

[scarlet crest]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1525018945740230657?s=20&t=-j2SJ1Ta17maydz5wVIN_Q

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

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Seeing this image makes me realize

Will mooks with guns be more like ranged variants of existing mooks, a.k.a. reusing sprites to be more efficient, or have their own sprites?

Cuz like, I could see the "Unarmed Goons" working pretty well with those relatively weak (By gun standards) .38 revolvers seeing as they're also the weakest mooks in the game.

But then they wouldn't be unarmed anymore

[thin walrus]

who gave the mook a gun

[paper meteor]

The CIA

[scarlet crest]

Malone's club defense budget was raised by a staggering 10%

[icy ice]

the only situation a mook uses a gun

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1525229134535962627?s=20&t=CztO3Nf_P2JCSCOgyduO1g

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

I wanna know which gangsters have the best drip? Put your movies or shows below.

Twitter · May 13, 2022, 9:38 PM

[raw fjord]

sister act

[tranquil bough]

ya dumb gorilla

[next oyster]

https://fxtwitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1525569665895890946?s=20&t=N0FHdYC819jxzSLdQ_tI1A fixed video

[dawn bluff]

[thin walrus]

feel like i'm gonna listen to every piece of dialogue

[raw fjord]

I'm watching psych the movie and one of the antagonists bears a striking resemblance to someone...

[flint kraken]

[next oyster]

oh boy

[flint kraken]

its the guy

[next oyster]

the resemblance is uncanny.

[flint kraken]

truly

[tranquil bough]

Coincidence? I think not

[flint kraken]

dark souls

[dawn bluff]

NO FUCKING WAY

[next oyster]

Okay but what if?

[icy ice]

"What a load of buck!"
Chop a certain mook making a witty remark about a commercial
[real]

[next oyster]

Bunk

[icy ice]

close enough

[dawn bluff]

kinda ironic how he's called Keeneye even though he's depicted without any eyes lmao

[meager musk]

The eyes are hidden

[jade quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/stare-michael-corleone-al-pacino-the-godfather-blank-stare-gif-19261037

[half mirage]

does anyone have a high-res of please

(was hoping to be able to open a link to that sticker but nah)

[tranquil bough]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/866320702063902730/867711372946833428/chadmike_STICKER.png here

[half mirage]

thank you!!!

[odd tusk]

based

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/NewBlood/status/1526368133983850496?s=20&t=2uMZkptGHS79UaUhrC6wZQ

New Blood Interactive (@NewBlood)

Not nearly.

Twitter · May 17, 2022, 1:04 AM

[tranquil bough]

oh so much,cant process

[flint kraken]

more

[tranquil bough]

what's that crown looking thing next to the pipe?

[raw fjord]

isn't that the thing from when the day the earth stood still

the thing that would let us study life on other planets

that got destroyed

[tranquil bough]

also grenade hands,perfect for

[warped vector]

That might just be every weapon available in the early access

Except for the throwables, which are many more

[dawn bluff]

Is that a spoon?

And the nailgun from You Are Empty?

[wheat needle]

That's definitely a blackjack

[dawn bluff]

omg you're right

I've never heard of this thing before

[last crow]

actually it's the nail gun from a game called real life

[dawn bluff]

I mean come on tho

[last crow]

wow, almost as if that's what they actually looked like

lol

[jade quartz]

That chicken did look hella good tho

[dawn bluff]

I've never ever seen a nail gun that looks like that

[mighty folio]

109775243949744378 crab game, pls join

[cunning geyser]

you lost mate?

[flint kraken]

last i check fallen aces doesnt have multiplayer

[warped vector]

Yet

[warped vector]

I just noticed the Axe isn't in here, so this isn't all the weapons that will be available

Wait it is, top left corner

I counted 11 guns, 17 melee weapons and 4 throwables

As well as crafting possibilities

[dawn bluff]

I mean it says "Not nearly." >v>

[warped vector]

Didn't knew that was an indication that there was more

[dawn bluff]

I'm pretty sure of it

god I can't imagine how long it takes for Trey to draw all of this with just his mouse

[warped vector]

It must be a long and arduous process

Not to mention that he draws the enemy sprites from different angles

[dawn bluff]

believe I've read it took him a couple of months for all npc animations to be completed

that we have currently

[next oyster]

Axe is second to the left top row

[warped vector]

Yeah, i noticed it right after

[icy ice]

what happens when you run with scissors

[flint kraken]

Trip and die

[warped vector]

Ultimate Troll weapon

[weary dust]

Wait is that a spoon? (Third in the left next to the beer bottle)

[weary dust]

Oh it's been answered

Wow I'm dumb

[delicate wind]

fallen aces

[thin walrus]

fallen aces

[tight crow]

This game whoops ass. Why the fuck did it take me so long to try that demo?

[paper meteor]

Because you were clearly so invested in all of New Blood Entertainment’s other offerings like the award winning Ultrakill or the harrowing Dusk

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1527068367311491072?s=20&t=2eYklT4kRO0icEcCTwfH1A

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

https://t.co/TRDvfmVszO

Twitter · May 18, 2022, 11:27 PM

[warped vector]

His crooked smile is amazin

[paper meteor]

Dem gams!

[dawn bluff]

kinda sad honestly. I don't think many people even know what Fallen Aces is

[dawn bluff]

is it still possible to get the "DEAD ACES" menu screen?

I haven't gotten it ever since after I made that discussion post

[thin walrus]

it's probably a one time thing

[dawn bluff]

man

at least I think there's still a screenshot of it

yeee

[fading plover]

yeah i've played on two different computers and it came up once for both of them and has never reappeared

i believe there's also a flash that activates at the window when you press quit

[next oyster]

It's NBs hidden gem

[thin walrus]

i would be surprised if people who follow new blood don't know what fallen aces is

[dawn bluff]

fr tho

maybe it's just in my head

but I feel like this game is gonna be much more expansive than any other NB title

[thin walrus]

expansive as in which way

[dawn bluff]

world wise

I always kinda felt like a lotta nb title were alwasy set in these kind of like rooms

with Umburgh I feel like quite a lot can be done

[thin walrus]

oh yeah, and i would say that the setting, artstyle and gameplay is refreshing

[dawn bluff]

definitely

[thin walrus]

everything fits so well together

[dawn bluff]

Aces has more of a "open world AAA" vibe kinda atmosphere going for it

a lot to be discovered and seen

[dawn bluff]

exactly

[thin walrus]

and it having a map editor is just chef kiss

[dawn bluff]

even better

it's even built in

so no hammer learning

or any outside programs

[thin walrus]

what a time to be alive 😳

[dawn bluff]

truly a group of devs that have exciting games coming up

[next oyster]

I'm thinking most people either think the game is about cards because of the title OR they think it's another Doom clone.

[thin walrus]

damn i feel bad for whoever's missing this

does that concern you in any way?

[next oyster]

Not really, their loss

We're like the cool underground band nobody's heard of

[flint kraken]

Yes

[next oyster]

Can't think of too many shooters out there like our game or that have gangsters. That said I'm really excited for Shadows of a Doubt

[thin walrus]

we the cool cats

that's what i think, you guys have nailed everything

didn't know about that game tho

[dawn bluff]

could also be the old trailer? Idk seeing the old trailer kinda put me off. The demo really cranked my hopes up more

not that it's bad

but the trailer just felt... kinda barren ig?

as if everything was set up just for the demo

in a sense it did kinda give off a bit more of a doomy vibe

[next oyster]

I mean the first trailer was very much staged for the trailer

[dawn bluff]

yea true it was more of a reveal trailer after all

[cunning geyser]

Only thing that reminds me of Fallen Aces is XIII

Only missing the comics

[thin walrus]

but c'mon, how often do you get the chance to play a game like this ?

[icy ice]

we need a mook translator tool/secret settings option

[cunning geyser]

I'm sure the game blows up once it releases

No need to worry about people not knowing about a demo

[warped vector]

I can't think of any game like fallen aces in general, let alone in the market right now

[fresh temple]

I think there was a Cthulhu game with a art style similar to fallen aces even had a dusk reference

[warped vector]

Forgive me Father

2d Spritework and classic Boomer Shooter affair

It was alright, but this is still very different

This game has so many things going for it, it really makes it stand out

The 2D Artstyle, the whole Pulp Comic setting, and the Melee focused combat in a FPS

That also makes it a bit harder to promote this game, because it's easier to talk about a game if you can compare it to others in the market

[dawn bluff]

you can also just say smth like "unlike any other"

[warped vector]

That works too

[wheat needle]

Fallen Aces is one of those games where each of its individual parts is similar to other games we've seen before but as a whole is quite unique.

[tame charm]

♠️

[next oyster]

It's da friggin bat

[tranquil bough]

Look at that knock back!

[warped vector]

That's a Home run

[shell oxide]

Bonk bat for goons with mags

[cunning geyser]

bonk

[next oyster]

you got it

[tranquil bough]

Horny bonk

[paper meteor]

This alone will make Fallen Aces an award winner

[odd tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/horny-lais-evil-laughter-gif-19294476

[fresh temple]

100% achievement material

[thin walrus]

i'm so glad you post these trey

[fading plover]

i just realized this storage room isn't accessible yet it's still on the moth & flame map

[warped vector]

It used to be available in the earlier version, yeah

[fading plover]

ah

[warped vector]

Probably removed because there was no actual function there

[fading plover]

i've noclipped in there and its got a case in the center

[warped vector]

A briefcase?

[fading plover]

it looks more like somewhere you'd store a gun

maybe the tommy was originally supposed to be there

it's a crate but the apparent padding inside makes it look like a gun case

[dawn bluff]

looked more like an apple pit I remember

or was it smth else?

all I can recollect was that it had a wooden crate full of something

put under a spotlight

[fading plover]

it would've made sense if the tommy was there instead, since the note about delia states that they confiscated "that funky lookin gun of her's"

because sealing it inside of a wall doesn't make a whole lot of sense

practically speaking

[dawn bluff]

maybe they accidentally put it inside the walls during construction

[fading plover]

im just not sure how or why they would seal it up in a wall

[dawn bluff]

maybe somebody dropped it

or like some schmuck died inside the walls tryna break in

[fading plover]

actually on the topic of that breakable wall

there's another thing out of bounds

and i think its gonna be a part of escaping the moth & flame

the ceiling here is visibly broken and the stones also make somewhat of a staircase

now the actual out of bounds thing is outside

there's this hole

its constantly z-fighting but its there

[warped vector]

I thinkj that part that's about to break off is an alternative way into entering the Malone's Office

[fading plover]

well there's also these boxes that lead straight up to the roof

what i think is that the hole is probably an alternative way of escaping with delia in the full episode

and that the space where the tommy gun currently resides is how you get in or out of it

[dawn bluff]

how the hell did yall find this? 💀

[fading plover]

there's a dev console

been in the demo since the last update i believe

[dawn bluff]

what are the commands?

[fading plover]

you have to enable it in settings but the commands are "god" and "noclip" currently

those are the only two

[dawn bluff]

oooh okay

[fading plover]

all of this is just behind the vent entrace outside the moth & flame

[warped vector]

Really getting them Imsim vibes from this game

[fading plover]

the only other other real out of bounds thing i can think of is the space behind malone's painting but that was already addressed by trey

[dawn bluff]

what if it hid a porn mag

yo uh, how do you open dev console? 😅

[fading plover]

tilda

~

[dawn bluff]

found it

[fading plover]

i guess there's also this giant ass cube outside the streets level

not really anything terribly interesting in it though

could be like skyrim where the corpses are stored there but i doubt it

[warped vector]

How does that work?

[fading plover]

might've been oblivion

well anyway

there's a cell block in skyrim

where corpses that don't need to be loaded are stored

never meant to be accessed by the player of course

just helps with optimization i think

let me test that actually

[dawn bluff]

I also saw these floating triangles

[fading plover]

yeah doesn't look like it

i guess it really is just some random giant ass cube

[fading plover]

i see what you mean

i just remembered

there's a "working" light switch sitting above the roof on the ground floor of the moth & flame

[fading plover]

by "working" i mean you flick it on or off but it doesn't control anything

[dawn bluff]

huh

interesting

[dawn bluff]

I just heard mr malone do some girly michael jackson scream

when I struck him in the jewels

[unborn blade]

just played the demo today

I didn't realize that the demo is already out

stealth for most of the time

then before I face the .45 pistol dude, I luckily found a hidden Tommy gun and killed them all with the Tommy

solid game

so many vents

so many keys that look alike

lol

I don't even know which key is which, I just found them and tried to open locked doors as I play

[warped vector]

Some of the keys are different enough, althought you do get a display showing what the key is for

[unborn blade]

AI is a little stupid. one bastard got hit by a train

[warped vector]

Like Upstairs Key, or Malone's Office Key

[unborn blade]

I only look at the HP indicator and weapon slots lol

[tranquil bough]

entertainment for you

[warped vector]

It literaly appears in the middle of the screen

[unborn blade]

I put more effort staying alert because somebody might detect and attack me

whenever I see something shining or hear the ding ding sounds, I would just grab the keys

grab as many as I can

I don't even know which door is which. somehow I managed to unlock all of them

are some of the doors unlocked by the same key? I don't even know

[warped vector]

So basically you went around being as stealthy as possible

[unborn blade]

only press "Tab" for the objectives

[unborn blade]

yeah

[warped vector]

Didn't had to deal much with the big mob at the bar

[unborn blade]

more worried of being detected

[tranquil bough]

i think so

like the upstairs key

[unborn blade]

and wtf was that room with a dismembered body and all the red eyes on the walls?

[warped vector]

Serial Killer

Nightwave even says "Same M.O. as the other Aces", it's a recurring thing

[unborn blade]

thought it was just some neo-noir game

[warped vector]

Serial Killers is Neo-Noir territory too

Though it might have horror elements too, scary or disturbing moments later in the game

[unborn blade]

would it be fun if the mobs crawl into the vents to get you?

[warped vector]

I don't think they're paid enough to do that

Also that would increase the number of animations needed to draw for Trey, because since this is 2D art, it would take a while to finish

[unborn blade]

Fallen Aces reminds me of XIII, but it looks much more like a playable comic

[unborn blade]

oh yeah

for 3D models, you need the models and the textures

[warped vector]

Wouldn't blame him for not doing it

[unborn blade]

you only need to animate the models

2D or 2.5D games are much more challenging on this aspect

[unborn blade]

I really believe that XIII would be better as a 2.5D game

[warped vector]

They could remake it as such

[unborn blade]

but if it was a 2.5D comic-style game, then something else would be the pioneer of cel-shading

[unborn blade]

instead, they made a buggy crap

[warped vector]

The last one doesn't count

[unborn blade]

XIII Remake

😔

[warped vector]

I know, that one doesn't count

[unborn blade]

I remember seeing some people being hyped about it

I think some of them pre-ordered for the gold weapons

[warped vector]

Oof

[unborn blade]

then there's another remaster game release that reminds me of XIII Remake

GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition

[warped vector]

That one makes me sad

[unborn blade]

did they pull all three of those classic GTA games out of Steam?

including the "definitive" edition?

[warped vector]

Yes

You can get GTA 1 and 2 tho

[unborn blade]

tbh, I've only played GTA San Andreas and GTA Vice City on some friend's PSP

they were the first naughty games I ever played

they really changed my views on video games

murdering pedestrians is fun

oh yeah, they were also the first games I ever played on PSP

[warped vector]

Get GTA SA and VC on PC, a Potato PC can run them these days

[unborn blade]

of course they can run

my laptop isn't so potato

it just can't handle Doom 2016 on medium-high setting

lol

very pathetic

[warped vector]

Welp, that one is a bit more difficult

[unborn blade]

1050 Ti

let alone Doom Eternal

[warped vector]

I got a friend who's laptop runs Doom 2016, pretty beefy one

[unborn blade]

@warped vector wait, is GTX 1050 Ti weaker than GTX 970?

also mine is core i7-8750H

yay level up!

Mook

[warped vector]

You can now post pictures

[unborn blade]

I know

[warped vector]

And i don't know enough about computers to answer that

[unborn blade]

some folk explained to me twice about it

[unborn blade]

what game can your PC run?

I mean which one can it handle at a decent frame rate

[warped vector]

It can handle the new Resident Evil Village

[unborn blade]

oh

[warped vector]

It is a super well optmized game tho

[unborn blade]

mommy milker the game

[warped vector]

It's also the latest game i have so far, haven't got anything else

[unborn blade]

yeah, I don't have that many modern games

I think that Kingdom Come: Deliverance is my latest modern game

and I haven't played it XD

no, I think it's Hitman 2

the free one

[warped vector]

Hitman 2 is a great benchmark

[raw fjord]

how do you get da gams as a game developer

[tranquil bough]

Money

[full valley]

fallen aces

[whole dust]

What the actual fuck

[paper meteor]

They watch

[next oyster]

Oh yeah, the spaghetti bed

[dense notch]

jesus christ

[cedar tartan]

I genuinely hope that's a series of easter eggs

[vestal star]

Hilarious

[dawn bluff]

where is this?

[vestal star]

found one of my old maps for fallen aces

went in-game and found this hilarity

[thin walrus]

this has happened to me so many times

i had no clue, thought there was no solution

[vestal star]

there is one?

[thin walrus]

not that i've heard of

i don't even know why it happens lmao

[vestal star]

compatibility/translation issues between doombuilder and unity is my guess

or something of the sort

[dawn bluff]

it's possible to make maps for the demo?

[thin walrus]

yep, with ultimate doom builder and slade

[dawn bluff]

[thin walrus]

lmao, i would wait until the game releases tho

[vestal star]

yeah, I really wanna see this new editor they were talking about

[next oyster]

New editor allows for fully 3d multiple floor buildings

[raw fjord]

is it still made in unity or?

[next oyster]

yes

[raw fjord]

ok

[tight crow]

Fucking LOVE when games have surprise horror that can be missed. Reminds me of that one ghost in the hotel in Hitman.

One of the things I have to give Monolith credit for is them putting scares in Condemned and FEAR that maybe like 5% of players will find.

[whole dust]

I was caught off guard and its made me SO much more excited to see whats to come cause I'm not buying this being just a serial killer

[tight crow]

Nothing like having one of your friends coming up to you like "Hey did you know that at the beginning of Condemned if you go into the building and go left into the corner and peak through this crack in the corner there is a creepy ass motherfucker watching you?" and I'm like "WHAT!?!"

[whole dust]

the eyes on the walls, the writing, I wanna know what pushed them to do that shit, and wait WHAT

[tight crow]

Yeah as soon as you enter the building you come to this hallway right? And if you instead go left instead of following the police dude with you, you can go to the right corner at the end of that hall and look through this crack and there is this scary dude who is peeking around the corner and if he sees you he ducks behind the wall.

There was also this Jankowski scare in FEAR that only triggers if you go to this one dead end corner on top of a building and go all the way to the end.

Horror games need to do this kind of stuff more often. I want scares that only a fraction of your players will ever see. It's cool and makes the scares less predictable after the first playthrough when you do that.

[tranquil bough]

Subtle horror

[vapid creek]

Also note: "Same M.O. as the other ACEs"

The blood was still red, so by the time you find it

that happened -that same night-

So Nightwave indirectly told you that you just stumbled upon the murder site of one of the ACEs

Hopefully he called somebody else to investigate after you

[tranquil bough]

After what will happen TO you

[dawn bluff]

I mean for most objects it would just be a sprite change

I assume you just open your folder and change the sprite in the editor like that

[thin walrus]

hadn't thought about that, i guess that'll be the workaround

[warped vector]

That guy wasn't one of the Aces, he's just a goon that got the same grisly end as other ex-vigilantes. Why he was targeted, we don't know

[fading plover]

speaking of the aces, it seems pretty apparent by now but i'll mark with a spoiler anyway ||delia price IS Scarlet Whisper right???||

[warped vector]

If she isnt, im gonna be so fucking confused

[dawn bluff]

I'm like 90% sure

she was digging through Malone's files, knows nightwave and has the same hair and eye color as Scarlet

[paper meteor]

Clearly it’s her sister

[vestal star]

OOOOOOOOOOO 0_0

I want it

it sounds delish

beautiful

[fading plover]

plus video games don't just leave big comic books of a particular character laying around for no reason

that comic book was clearly there for a reason

[fading plover]

i like that on the store page and in the trailer, mike, nightwave, and scarlet whipser are all represented as the different suits of an ace card

with mike having the spade, nightwave having the clubs, and I believe scarlet whipser having the hearts

still leaves whoever the diamond suit would be

it's a bit low-res so i may have those suits mixed up actually

i think i do actually

[tranquil bough]

there's a scarlet card? dont think i've seen that

[fading plover]

yeah it's a small part of the gif on the store page but its there

[tranquil bough]

oh right

[next oyster]

Oh these?

[paper meteor]

Wonder who diamonds will be

[icy ice]

theres a lot of aces

wonder if theres like multiple decks

and would wildcard even be an ace? hes 'dead' rn (though i guess others are also likely dead otherwise this game wouldnt be called fallen aces)

[tranquil bough]

dead mans calling card

[jade quartz]

Wait

These aces are falling

They are about to become

Fallen Aces

[whole dust]

Upon further playing I sincerely hope this game let's me defenestrate a bitch

[warped vector]

Already confirmed

[versed copper]

I really like the art style. Makes me think of Archer. Guns are also pretty fun, and getting people to shoot their allies was satisfying.

[pine swallow]

will guns be reloadable?

[dawn bluff]

all weapons come from vendingmachines, pre-loaded with bullets that can't be reloaded

[fading plover]

unless you're malone with an entire god damn belt of .45 acp

[tranquil bough]

Yes,you reload them into a melee weapon

[next oyster]

If we added reloading it would break the gameplay loop

[vestal star]

true

melee is more fun

and throwing shit is just magnificent

[fresh temple]

just carry two of the same gun there is your solution

[flint kraken]

Yes

[raw fjord]

apoligies for the resolution and the framerate

[mighty folio]

oh i did that too lol

my friend and i thought it was so funny

[next oyster]

nobody said they were smart.

[thin walrus]

that's actually funny as hell

[tranquil bough]

they skipped leg day

[mighty folio]

The funny part isn't even the jumping and dying, its the way they taunt you before

killing themselves

[jade quartz]

I wonder what the backstory for that goon was

[fading plover]

watching that stupid rooftop was just too much to handle

[dawn bluff]

best thing in the demo honestly

second place goes to kicking a random goon straight up in to the air and letting him fall down to his death

[fading plover]

i remember the first time i played the demo i listened to the entire 5 minutes of that goon shitting his brains out

[jade quartz]

Holy shit

[weary dust]

True

[fading plover]

what's confusing about it though is that the kitchen notice states that the food left out had laxatives in it

yet the bananas and apples in there are perfectly fine for mike

i mean i know it was to explain the shitting goon

[tranquil bough]

He faces the aftermath offscreen

[fading plover]

perhaps mike can mimic that one cutscene in duke nukem 3d but with malone's body

[jade quartz]

Mike is shitting as he's going

In the final game there will be a shit trail behind you if you eat the food

[signal bluff]

ey who's throwin' shit!?

[safe fractal]

With the way my hands are the finer things in combat are a little limited, once the full game comes out it's going to be way easier for me to play with a controller.

[jade quartz]

Banana

[safe fractal]

Handbanana?

https://tenor.com/view/hand-banana-cartoon-gif-13962132

[flint kraken]

what a smile

[analog cape]

charmign

[tranquil bough]

Say cheese

[analog cape]

chedar

soryr, i just love cheesy jokes

[jade quartz]

My boy cute

[raw fjord]

"hey guys, welcome back to the channel"

[dawn bluff]

he got the Intruder vibe fr

[raw fjord]

https://vxtwitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1531013701507198982?t=wxlR4Eh37E-bCc0aMq-R3g&s=19

[flint kraken]

love him or hate him

he spittin facts

[raw fjord]

trey what are these even for

[flint kraken]

jumpscare

it is now a horror game

[tranquil bough]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/752224678369820685/914212399790309376/output_M9cYPi.gif

[raw fjord]

dios mio

his teeth

[dawn bluff]

wait is this a redraw?

[icy ice]

beautiful

[next oyster]

its a secret

[signal bluff]

hands off, ya mook

haggar noises

[fresh temple]

Mook choking 😳

[strange schooner]

Here is a snippet of some music, I am working on for Aces... To further player immersion, I have actually done a few variants of this. The beginning of this is the base variant (while you wait for the enemy to show up), the tension builds as they get closer, then a tense string chord is played as they enter attack range. This part is still where you are not quite detected. The stabs in the low brass and strings indicate the enemy might be aware. Then the chatter in the strings, with timpani shifting pitches, and bass drum. The drum I try to make it to where you can't anticipate where it will hit to further the uneasy nature of the encounter.

https://soundcloud.com/josh-barron-composer/enemies-approaching/s-pvGmjSZPMrz?in=josh-barron-composer/sets/fallen-aces-wips/s-XJ6LqPxrU0O&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[raw fjord]

this is epic
how do you even make music like this

[thin walrus]

to my understanding, is that adaptive?

[strange schooner]

Thank you so much! To answer your question, I really just make the kind of music that Trey and I like (a lot of John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, David Arnold, Ennio Morricone, etc.). Simplified answer is I just sit here and play a lot of bad ideas until I hit a good one lol

[strange schooner]

Yeah! I am all about the music adapting to the player and so I try to figure out the many ways a player might approach a situation.

I separate different parts of the piece so that way the programming can just play them when players trigger certain situations. Music will be sneaky, yet tense sounding if you decide to allow some goons into the room while you wait from the shadows to deal some god crazy 😃

[paper meteor]

That’s neat af

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1531768334445854720?s=20&t=PDpi4chLlfrKlghOtPWFWg

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

Btw Fallen Aces isn't even real. It's all stuff we faked for trailers. People who played the demo are people Dave paid off.

Twitter · May 31, 2022, 10:43 PM

[tranquil bough]

How much for my own Vinny

[rich abyss]

2 pizzapastaz

[meager musk]

Where’s my money

[fiery yew]

GIMME MY MONEY GAD DAMNIT

[fading plover]

interesting

malone doesn't appear to have any unique electrocution sprites and defaults to the pipe wielding mook

[thin walrus]

how did you even find that out

had to watch it frame by frame

[fading plover]

well i often throw malone into the jukebox

just for fun

[signal bluff]

Toast Malone

maybe that can be an achievement someday

[weary dust]

yo wears my money

I played it for 50 hours

[meager musk]

The money was the friends we’ve made along the way.

[tranquil bough]

Where are the friends then

[meager musk]

Good question!

Good question…

[dawn bluff]

he doesn't wash his mask?

[quartz pulsar]

maybe he has more than one mask

[meager musk]

The mask is a part of his face

And the hat as well

[thin walrus]

he's bald

[next oyster]

I do wonder what people think Nightwave's face looks like

[tranquil bough]

mask and hat are for hand-wash only

[paper meteor]

He looks like Tom Hanks

[scarlet crest]

I think I'm gonna need some help

I recently played a different game with an amazing combat system, that despite being super different to Fallen Aces really spoiled me and caused me to try pulling off super elaborate and complex combos in FA that unfortunately don't work.

Because of my stupid muscle memory.

How do I fix it?

[raw fjord]

play fallen aces more until your mind gets used to that

you can never have too much mike

[flint kraken]

truly

[next oyster]

Hmm elaborate?

[fading plover]

"important title here"

lol

[dawn bluff]

pfffff

[fading plover]

oh yeah

[fading plover]

malone's gibs are also just the pipe wielding mook's

[thin walrus]

didn't know you could get malone out of the nightclub lol

[fading plover]

you can bring anything anywhere as long as you're carrying it when going through a loading zone

[paper meteor]

Hey trey, will the story of Fallen Aces change based upon your actions? For instance, would we have a reason to just find the book to get Malone arrested or will it not change anything and we’re free to riddle him with .45?

[fading plover]

.45 ACP to be exact

come to think of it

the pistol appears to be a 1911

and the tommy gun is

well

a tommy gun

both are chambered for .45 ACP so theoretically, couldn't you just use the ammo for one with the other

eh whatever the guns are disposable enough

[dawn bluff]

not even theoretically

it should be possible

[paper meteor]

Yeah it should be, though I don’t think letting the players siphon the countless 1911s into the tommy gun is a good idea

There’s like 4 pistols in the demo before you even get to Malone

Which is a whopping 74 rounds for the tommy gun if you could do that

[dawn bluff]

literally

guns are op rn

that's why they're kinda boring to use

[paper meteor]

Gun% but you can only bash with them

[dawn bluff]

what's the point of a gun then? lol

[paper meteor]

Quick attack speed and limited resource. Fun challenge maybe

I think you get like 3-4 hits per weapon so you should be able to complete the level doing just that

[dawn bluff]

perhaps

if the game goes on like how it is now

how would guns be balanced more?

like they really have no downside as of now and can kill any goon with a headshot

[paper meteor]

Probably going to be less common, and I know they were looking at a way for the tommy to consume more ammo

[dawn bluff]

what?

so like a double barreled tommy gun?

or a faster firing rate

[paper meteor]

Over here is around where it was mentioned I think

Basically the fewest rounds you can fire is 3, but just emptying the magazine is still an option for those who wish to be a true gangster

Whether or not that’s the final change, who knows

It is from January

[dawn bluff]

that doesn't sound too bad actually

what about the melee with the tommygun?

quite powerful if you ask me

who knows

maybe there'll be many many more gangsters in the final game

[paper meteor]

Screw it

NG+ all the enemies pack tommy guns

Fallen Aces becomes a bullet hell

[dawn bluff]

new difficulty that'll include only those white jacket tommy gun wielders

[fading plover]

speaking of which

nightwave mentions that malone AND his goons are packing .45 automatics

but obviously only malone carries his 1911

[dawn bluff]

automatics as pistols or auto auto guns?

[fading plover]

pistols

[dawn bluff]

makes sense

I mean we did see a goon holding a revolver

[fading plover]

yeah because like

even though we call anything without continuous fire a semi-automatic nowadays

[paper meteor]

They called it automatic back then

[fading plover]

a pistol would've just been called automatic

yeah

[dawn bluff]

actually, how would the sniper be helpful?

pistol is already point accurate

[fading plover]

well

wait there's a sniper?

[dawn bluff]

yee a rifle with a scope

looks like a bb gun

[fading plover]

huh

wouldn't that feel a bit out of place?

eh whatever

[dawn bluff]

idk

yee this

[fading plover]

ah

that looks a lot more plausible

i was thinking a full on sniper rifle

[dawn bluff]

what counts as "full on sniper rifle" for you?

[fading plover]

well i was thinking like

an awp

[dawn bluff]

what makes this not a full on sniper?

[fading plover]

well okay it was bad phrasing

i should've just said i was thinking of an awp

or a modern military sniper rifle

[dawn bluff]

ooh

fair

[fading plover]

anyway i don't think fallen aces is gonna start off where the demo starts

judging from one of the soundcloud album tracks

which i can't seem to find actually

huh

interesting

the tracks seem to have gone private

well anyway one of them

[dawn bluff]

WHAT

[fading plover]

it was like mike getting a phone call

from nightwave i assume

but they don't seem to know each other at all

and nightwave's telling mike he needs to get the hell out of wherever he is

mike asks who it is

and nightwave says "the one trying to save your sorry ass"

and then mike hangs up and says "men coming to kill me? get in line, pal"

get in line, pal was the name of the track i believe

i don't know if this is from like an earlier version of the story or whatever

but asssuming it isn't then the game probably has a proper introduction other than the moth to a flame episode

[dawn bluff]

never heard of that before

[fading plover]

found it from this message

mike also mentions someone named like

dave or barry or something

probably not important though

[dawn bluff]

who knows?

well Trey does

but yk

[fading plover]

speaking of content probably not meant to have been seen

you know the poster images that games have in your steam library

these

well fallen aces already has one

but not the demo

the demo has its own poster

this one

anyway the thing im gettin at here

with the not-so-arcane power of steamdb

you can actually see the poster for the full game

and on it is ||scarlet whisper||

right on the cover

which is why a couple weeks ago i said that it seemed pretty obvious that ||delia and scarlet whisper are the same person||

[dawn bluff]

no shit

they sound and look the same

[thin walrus]

lmao

[fading plover]

i mean yeah of course

but seeing that left me without a doubt in my mind

[dawn bluff]

HPLY SHIT THAT POSTER LOOKS SICK

[thin walrus]

trey has hinted that she gives a plot clue, idk what it is about but yeah

[dawn bluff]

I'm 100% buying that if it ever becomes a marketable consumer good

[fading plover]

and the fact that there is literally only one female voice actor in the credits lol

who is credited as voicing scarlet whisper

there's also a gag hidden in the tiny text at the bottom

[dawn bluff]

oh?

[fading plover]

yeah where all the credits are

its something like

"what did you expect there to be more credits? get a load of this guy. the circus called they want you"

[dawn bluff]

awesome

[dawn bluff]

okay yea now I see it

I didn't see the higher resolution one first

[next oyster]

nobodys figured it out yet

[scarlet crest]

Alright so, have you ever heard of the game SIFU? It's a very difficult martial arts game set in an undisclosed modern day Chinese city.

It has some pretty elaborate combos to use and the combat system overall is very robust and engaging, but its complexity spoiled me hard because now in Fallen Aces I keep trying to mix up my attacks to perform bootleg combos and it doesn't always work out.

Stuff like throwing a prop at a mook, rushing forward to kick them while they're stunned and immediately dashing back for the inevitable retaliation from their buddies.

[next oyster]

Takes practice.

[thin walrus]

yep! i don't think it has even been discussed

[fading plover]

any hints?

or even starting points for that matter

[thin walrus]

different outfits

first outfit kinda looks outlawish

[mighty folio]

Will fallen aces be on Mac?

[next oyster]

Dunno.

[next oyster]

Supposed to be reminiscent of The Shadow

[mighty folio]

Ok. Do hope so. Mac gaming sucks as hardly anything can be played sense the apple update dropped 32bits

Love the game btw

[thin walrus]

i wonder how did you get into comic books and magazines from that era

most of this stuff is unknown to me

[mighty folio]

I really like the art style. It’s pretty awesome

[thin walrus]

yeah, unique !

[next oyster]

thanks

[next oyster]

Honestly just researching them for the game's story.

[rich abyss]

Which ones Nightman

[next oyster]

Nightwave

[odd tusk]

Got a big question in regards of Michael

is he a Smart Fella? or a Fart Smella?

[next oyster]

The latter

[odd tusk]

good

[thin walrus]

so your first inspiration were noir films?

[mighty folio]

it might be on geforce now tho

so we mac users can still play it

[mighty folio]

What’s GeForce?

Only idea I can come up with is use boot camp and that shit scares me

Don’t wannna brick my computer

[next oyster]

Yeah

[fading plover]

"geforce now" is a cloud gaming service hosted by nvidia

[fading plover]

definitely not made for 4:3 lol

[fading plover]

well at least not 800x600

its weird though because the end of demo screen is stretched to fit but none of the comic sections or the map are

[cunning geyser]

mook when you distract him with a magazine

[dawn bluff]

DA GAAAAMMMSSS

[mighty folio]

geforce now is a cloud gaming service like the other person said. you don't have to download anything it runs in your browser. basically you can run any supported game that you own on a one of nvidias pcs and it streams it to your computer

so for example i own ultrakill on steam but its not mac compatible

so i use geforce now to run it nicely

there are some downsides

for example your computers specs dont matter at all but you do need a decent internet connection

and if you get the free membership

your "session time" is limited to an hour

it kicks you out (you can just reenter though)

[next oyster]

Looking for feedback on melee combat. Is there anything that we could do better or make more interesting? I've have had some people say combat isn't fun or is too easy, or that it feels stiff.

Some things we want to add is more attacks and behaviors for enemies like blocking and kicking.

[dawn bluff]

blocking and kicking 100%

although how would kicking be implemented?

would you be pushed back? Would it just be a more damage dealing punch?

[vestal star]

same as a melee but with bigger knockback?

gets you on the ground?

disables blocking for a few seconds?

[mighty folio]

its really easy to get cornered in the demo and stuck against a wall with 10 mooks just beating you to death while you can do nothing about it. or maybe thats just a skill issue on my part

[vestal star]

knocks weapon you are holding out of your hands?

[dawn bluff]

just jump over them lol

[dawn bluff]

good idea

how come people think the combat isn't fun?

[thin walrus]

i've realized from the gameplays i've seen that some people will just spam light punches, not saying it's their fault

[dawn bluff]

lol yea

everytime I see that I'm internally screaming at those people

[next oyster]

I think some more varied main attacks might help. People seem to not utilize the kick, maybe because they see it as a weak attack. I may have better visual feedback for that if enemies stumble back whenever the kick fails to send them flying

[vestal star]

yeah, agreed

[dawn bluff]

yes

[next oyster]

luckily I've got that covered

[vestal star]

now that's some drunken dancing

[fading plover]

yeah like imagine if you could do a sweeping move that knocks all the goons in front of you down

[vestal star]

there are gonna be grenades in the full game

usually being ganged in a corner isn't a problem unless you agro everyone in the building/floor

or maybe I don't find it a problem since I find like 4 guns in the demo, not sure

[fading plover]

the entrance area in the moth and flame is a pretty heavy choke point

yeah i like to intentionally not grab the guns because i like the melee combat

[vestal star]

fair, I do that too

[fading plover]

but that does also entail getting stuck in a corner

sometimes

[vestal star]

yeah, but it's not the only entrance. Plus, there's only like 3 dudes there

you could also use the gas tanks if you have difficulty with the middle section

[fading plover]

well fair point but if you anger the main bar guys then the only real retreat point would be there

because every other room just has more enemies

[vestal star]

you could also throw shit around either at them to damage or nearby to space them away from each other for a more stealthy option

if all else fails, run to a shadowy area and wait until they calm down

then try to pick them off

[fading plover]

well that's already what i do but as a general improvement to combat, some ways to get out of a tight space would be good

like what if mike could charge up a kick like a punch

then it could clear a path in a large swarm

[vestal star]

idk that would be a little derpy for me, unless you mean sending a goon flying and they all fall like bowling pins

[fading plover]

precisely

[vestal star]

I think that grenades or jumping over them is enough, but it could be an interesting idea

[next oyster]

I'm thinking about adding some factors to enemy behavior like if they are low on health they will block more and stay back instead of being more aggressive.

[vestal star]

that could also be interesting

although maybe it shouldn't be definitive, but a high chance

I think the best would be to, if an idea sounds really nice on paper, make a rough version and see if it's fun in-game

but I'm not a good developer so idk if it's acceptable to go about it that way

[dawn bluff]

I love that part

[next oyster]

Goons literally coming out of the woodwork

[tranquil bough]

||clones?||

[dawn bluff]

maybe they're part of one big family

Butch G. Thugston

[fading plover]

i love that about the park area

although one goon almost consistently breaks his legs when dropping down

[whole surge]

What weapons is your guys' favorite?

[warped vector]

The Tommy Gun

[dawn bluff]

lol yea

[dawn bluff]

legs or pan

[tranquil bough]

The kick?

[dawn bluff]

yes

I love to kick goons through doors and in to trash cans

[fading plover]

god i fucking love the breakable shit

getting the finisher where you punch the goon directly forward into a door feels fantastic

[fading plover]

although a non-combat change that i think would be good is not having the gas canisters explode from just throwing them

because all too often i have held the f key just a bit too long and suffered the consequences

i think they should still be damaged from throws

so the gas leaking animation will play and then they actually explode

[tranquil bough]

delayed explosion

[fading plover]

well just so it behaves the same way it does when getting hit with anything else

because somehow i find it hard to believe that a pressurized gas canister immediately explodes when hitting a wall, yet does not immediately blow up when getting hit with a bullet

[whole surge]

Where do you find these gas canisters?

[fading plover]

there's three of them total

one's in the closet in the entrance area of the moth and flame

another is in the basement

and the last one's in a secret room on the second floor of the moth and flame

[whole surge]

I see.

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1533831262929969153?s=20&t=V_NsAjRildk4gmzRC4y-og

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

Civilians

Twitter · Jun 6, 2022, 3:20 PM

[thin walrus]

will they be part of the gameplay or is it just to add immersion?

[vestal star]

maybe NPC's you can choose to kill or not?

you kill one and get chewed out by nightwave

or smthing

[thin walrus]

lmao i can totally see getting some kind of punishment for killing civilians

[warped vector]

Maybe we could even talk to the Civilians

Wonder if they have animations for panic and running away when shit hits the fan

[next oyster]

They'll walk around doin civilian stuff.

[dawn bluff]

I can't imagine how much animation work Mike still has to do for every npc

[vestal star]

a 50 bucket load is my guess

[warped vector]

Dude's a freaking tropper with all the work hes doing

[dawn bluff]

can you kill civilians tho?

[cunning geyser]

Wouldn't be an immersive sim if you couldnt kill everyone

[next oyster]

and yet people will still complain that I'm taking too long... lol

[warped vector]

Dont listen to them, they're impacient little Kids who browse #ultrakill

Especially since youre drawing sprites in 8 directions

[fading plover]

i can't wait to beat the shit out of unsuspecting women

[warped vector]

Truly a gamer moment

[fading plover]

if you kill any of them does nightwave deduct $1000 in cleaner costs

or do you just get kicked from the lobby

[paper meteor]

Still curious about this btw if you got a moment Trey

[tranquil bough]

Can I use the citizens as weapons

Grabbing a random chap on the street and clubbing mooks with them

[fading plover]

imagine throwing one like it's bowser in mario 64

[dawn bluff]

lol kicking a woman in to a club of crooks

[dense scaffold]

now is this like picking up a random guy and chucking 'em or using them as a baseball bat

[tranquil bough]

Chucking them like you can do with the mooks already is more likely, the baseball bat would be better though

[next oyster]

They'll be slight story changes yeah.

[paper meteor]

Heheh nice

I love that kind of game

[fading plover]

kinda like how you can choose not to pick up the book and the demo ending cinematic slightly changes

[warped vector]

It does? Never noticed it

[dawn bluff]

ur clearly not a true fallen aces fan 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄

[paper meteor]

I always pick up the book so I never noticed it, neat

[tranquil bough]

I thought the book is required

[fading plover]

nah you can totally skip it

i wouldn't blame anyone for not knowing though

the only reason i know is because i was snooping around in the directory

and all the videos are stored there

i noticed that there were two variants of the ending video

although literally the only difference is that delia doesn't mention you finding the book

it just skips to the part about blowing her cover

i'd imagine that you probably wouldn't be able to leave the nightclub without it in the full release

maybe unless you kill malone

[dawn bluff]

I didn't even know there was a book first time playing lol

I felt so smart finding it on my own

[paper meteor]

I doubt you’d be forced to kill malone to leave without it

[fading plover]

would kinda defeat the purpose of that whole operation

[fading plover]

but you're probably right

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1534292850074075136?s=20&t=Ji3I-WJHvAuAFBScJPyHUA

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

Just another day as a private eye/

Twitter · Jun 7, 2022, 9:54 PM

[warped vector]

Just seeing the Title got me excited

And the atmosphere is just

chef's kiss

[raw fjord]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PC GAMING SHOW

[dawn bluff]

my god this is excitinggggg

[paper meteor]

I am as the kids say “kinda hyped”

[vestal star]

oh it's so beautiful, especially the atmosphere and feel of it

you can feel it before even playing

[next oyster]

https://twitter.com/TreyPowell1964/status/1534683839691472896?s=20&t=Fxs0U7JGFqjlds0JDNtl7A

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

Mike's Bizarre Adventure

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Twitter · Jun 8, 2022, 11:48 PM

[raw fjord]

heh

[odd tusk]

lmao

[raw fjord]

that card swirl effect is impressive

how did you do that

[tranquil bough]

Anime mike

[dawn bluff]

how can I download this?

[dawn bluff]

fallen aces animations be like:

https://tenor.com/view/wojak-gif-21991855

[fading plover]

i really hope fallen aces gets some heavier optimizations

because the demo CHUGS on my shitty ass laptop

even at lower resolutions and no vsync

which i find a bit odd considering all the enemies are sprites

speaking of sprites actually

is stuff like trash cans gonna be able to actually provide cover in the full release?

because enemies just see straight through em even when crouching

[spice gorge]

Maybe he's the one that's on this photo, eh?

[icy ice]

doesnt feel like you get much range, find myself having to hug the enemies to actually punch them

[midnight mirage]

still don't know where they are lol

[midnight mirage]

don't really have good suggestions but guns feel a bit weak when you use them to smack enemies imo. might just be me though

[tranquil bough]

Aim for the head

[mighty folio]

1 shot headshot is the pistol

[midnight mirage]

maybe I'm remembering wrong then or just suck at headshots

haven't played in a while

[dawn bluff]

Yea read on twitter that Trey admitted the build was held together by tape and woodglue

[next oyster]

I mean, it's not really meant to be played on a laptop. There is a little bit more going on besides just sprite work. Each frame of a sprite is about 5 times bigger than doom and each rotation for a sprite could have up to 30 or more frames depending on the animation. Some of the texture files are pretty large as well. But the demo was just that, a demo. We'll be optimizing a making the game better as we move forward towards early access. Obviously we'll get feedback from QA to polish the combat and AI and listening to player feedback on what does and doesn't work, like what we did with the demo update.

[next oyster]

Hmm, I could see that. But we kinda want to push ya towards using weapons and not using your fists.

using your dukes on one or two guys might get the job done, by a trusty pipe or baseball bat might be better for crowd control.

But each weapon has diff reach, damage and speed. So ya kina gotta figure out what works best for ya.

[paper meteor]

Just use a tommy gun. Infinite range, instant kill (on headshot), and ludicrous speed. Just don't talk about ammo though

[fading plover]

it would be neat although probably unlikely if you could find tommy guns with regular and drum mag variants

or if the ammo count altogether was randomized

then it might not be the fits all solution to completely wiping the moth and flame clean

[dawn bluff]

fists are so satisfying tho

[fiery yew]

i love and hate this

[spice gorge]

Actually, seems like a nice idea.

The ones that you find in secrets(like most of the guns in demo) will always be full.

However, guns dropped by enemies(like Malone's pistol) may be half-empty when you pick them up.

[fading plover]

or to better balance the tommy gun

make it jam occassionally

because drum mags are horrendously inefficient

[dawn bluff]

only on Sleeping With The Fishes I hope

[dawn bluff]

or well this

[scarlet crest]

I really hope melee weapons influence your attack range in the final game.

Imo it's fine for a fist, a bottle or a switchblade to not reach very far, making you have to almost hug your enemy to make the most out of them.

But longer melee weapons like a pipe, a frying pan or a plank should reach a wee bit further.

And the big two-handed ones that Mike leaked, like the fire axe or baseball bat, should totes allow you to hit a mook from a decent distance.

[spice gorge]

Actually, that gave me an idea. Pool cue, which Mike could use as a spear to hit enemies.

[polar cloud]

yo should i get fallen aces

is it good

[raw fjord]

very

[warped vector]

It isnt even out yet, Just the demo

[midnight mirage]

just the demo is out but its really good

[sonic cobalt]

What is this game

[raw fjord]

good

[dawn bluff]

the best newblood game coming up

[warped vector]

Its a Pulp Detective Comic in videogame form

[flint kraken]

yes

[pine swallow]

did they update the demo?

[tranquil bough]

Last year’s Christmas

[meager musk]

He do be flying

[tidal flame]

Devastation

[storm arch]

Obliteration

[red condor]

Mike's iq lowers by one point every time he gets decked in the face.

[mighty folio]

Diner

level

i think

in the bg

[thin walrus]

ayoooo

[novel ferry]

When they said “what we have for 2022,” does that mean fallen aces release confirmed for this year?

[thin walrus]

dave said so last year, so i guess that confirms it

[novel ferry]

That makes me happy

[tranquil bough]

maybe?

[novel ferry]

Better than an ominous date in 2023

[thin walrus]

trey and jason must have sacrificed their souls to work that hard

[spice gorge]

No Fallen Aces trailer?

[thin walrus]

no trailer, but we saw some clips

[dense scaffold]

Yeah the clips look sick as hell, can't wait for more info

[tough wave]

they didnt give us any kind of release date right? i dont think i missed it anyway.

[tranquil bough]

only date given was for gloomwood

[tough wave]

at least we have that

[fair aurora]

Yeah the boys have been hard hard at work on Aces, its all really cool and going extremely well, just not ready to show off in a big trailer yet

but theyre absolutely killing it behind the scenes, i promise

[cunning geyser]

Got to leave something for the game awards event

and realms deep

[grizzled ocean]

the demo is amazing for what ive played so far, excited for the full release and will be buying

[weary dust]

I'm very excited

Dude I can't wait for more levels

[dawn bluff]

honestly I doubt it will release this year

if it does, i'd genuinely be surprised

Trey has made like what? 7 new character sprites?

those have to be all animated n'stuff in 8 rotations

I heard Trey say it took him like 4 or 2 months to complete the mook and goon's animations

like the work they have on their plates is insane from what I'm assuming based on past statements

[valid shale]

whens Fallen Acres coming out

[analog spoke]

in like 3 km

[fair aurora]

there are more than we've shown, worry not

[fading plover]

haven't seen anyone mention the fallen aces comic strip that was in the new blood showcase

[dawn bluff]

oh shit I think I might actually be kinda figuring out the story here

[vestal star]

Mike's struggling to pay rent?

[dawn bluff]

||naw it could be smth between glass jaw and Mike, going off by the e3 trailer and the picture of Mike and some unknown man holding each other. Perhaps they were both boxers and their relationship turned sour.||

||Glassjaw turned in to a crime master and Nightwave recruits Mike to defeat him||

[dawn bluff]

I soyjacked seeing those clips of less than 5 secs

[thin walrus]

same lmao, getting excited by few clips really means something

[dawn bluff]

fr

[spice gorge]

||Actually, makes some sense. If I remember correctly, glassjaw has dark skin, wearing white hat... He actually looks similar to guy on that picture with Mike.||

[elfin barn]

cant wait💀

[next oyster]

https://c.tenor.com/nQJHRuTrRf0AAAAM/trying-try.gif

[flint kraken]

[south cedar]

||Calling it now plot twist will be that glass jaw had to get a fake jaw because Mike fucked him up in a boxing match||

[ruby wolf]

how long is fallen aces?

[next oyster]

Very observant

[vestal star]

👀

[half leaf]

I turned 40... Am I going to live long enough to see this release?

[cunning geyser]

no

[ruby wolf]

what do i do after killing matches malone?

where can i find delia?

[next oyster]

You're still alive?!

[ruby wolf]

why do some walls look like there were suppoused to be doors there

[cunning geyser]

because there were supposed to be doors there

[next oyster]

In the demo?

[dawn bluff]

I think so

[ruby wolf]

in the demo yes

[dawn bluff]

||he probably means that one secret room upstairs next to the bloody handprint||

[half leaf]

Contrary to what I was told, I didn't die on my 40th birthday.

[ruby wolf]

also where to find delia in demo mission

and the book