Post Apocalyptic Zombie Planet Scavenging Roguelite - ARKSYNC

[@dykomsoftware]

Thanks for playing dude! So glad you found the health recharge! I'm going to try and get that key rebinding in before release.

[@KingOhmni]

Games looking good and the music slaps. I’ve got my eye on this one.

[@AllMindControl]

sick game. ill definitely be trying this one out. everything about it looks great

[@aselrahc]

Left handed people the world over will thank you if you manage it.

[@byrondorian680]

definitely get it in sooner rather than later! Rebinding, held-input repeating, etc. is all a sign of a competent game and as someone who is gameplay-first, features like rebinding being missing are an indicator of the amount of focus that has been put on gameplay compared to art & story. I generally assume no rebinding = low time spent making the gameplay good, most time spent on making it LOOK good

[@KyrosX27]

@@byrondorian680 lol he literally said he'll get to it before release. it's a considerably minor thing compared to the game possibly looking like trash, being unplayable due to bugs, etc. it works, it's pretty, but it's incomplete hence key rebinding not being an option. at least it looks good AND is playable.

[@theworkshopwhisperer.5902]

Something about the premise of a robots teddy bear trying to survive in the apocalypse is beautiful. Little more than a glorified toy running a scavenging mercenary crew just try and get home to its precious human. He is smart enough to know that they are probably long dead by now but it won't stop him. I wanna see what this world's Furby is like they're probably running an empire.

[@loveless131]

Furby is probably the final boss. Modified itself hundreds of times till its this massive all seeing monster god.

[@elitper994]

Stasis bone totem has something similar. A robot teddy is part of the scavenging crew digging into a biotech hell hole.

[@tedytarrify]

​@@elitper994 Moses is a very smart bear. Moses doesn't like water.

[@amrountree1]

Man, I wish i had a teddy bear with the mouth of a sailor and the proclivity to to be a criminal mastermind as a best friend. The future has let us down once again.

[@Maalstrom]

Give it time.

[@joyar60]

It's Ted!!!

[@RG-3PO]

The writing and graphics of this game would have made an awesome, AWESOME, RPG title.

[@Aethelbeorn]

Thank you so much for being open to adding the title of the game into the title of your video. Makes looking up past videos you submitted much easier for us.

[@spatialdistortion223]

Great, a robot teddy bear. At least he isn't voiced by Ice T.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Ahh, now this looks like it could be a whole lot of old school fun.

[@Jota_Eze]

This game is clearly inspired in the DOS game "Abuse", so cool !!!

[@tyler2006]

This gives me great Abuse vibes, love it.

[@Groaznic]

Great call. Oh man I still get shivers thinking about the insane atmosphere of Abuse.

[@Axelf83]

Great comparison! I was thinking the same.

[@brainshoes]

Man, now that's a blast from the past!

[@Sc1Z]

I all I keep thinking is "Chappy is in the video game."

[@angelmatiastorres]

Omg yes! Yourr an og

[@doltBmB]

Chappy and Teddy

[@todorus]

This very much feels like Abuse and Flashback had a baby. Wishlisted!

[@richardvaldes3959]

R.i.p. wagon. Love the art style

[@dykomsoftware]

He will be missed 💙

[@tinygriffy]

I love these 1 man projects that'd probably run on an MOS 6510 but look like endless fun.. like Giana Sisters :)

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

This looks like a really nice call back to early 2D gaming titles that I loved in high school. I will definitely check this one out.

[@Thedefenses]

For the point on dodges, them either having or not having I-frames is really dependent on the type of game and the type of use you want the dodge to have. If it does have I-frames then its mostly used to just dodge when the attack is landing, not caring most of the time about the direction as the timing would be more important. If it does not have I-frames you would be demanding the player use it more carefully and accurately, which works for some games and not for other.

[@dykomsoftware]

I tested all the options. In the end I went with 90% damage mitigation instead of I-frames. The dodge is a movement mechanic first. It's too readily needed and available to give total invulnerability every time it's used.

[@Thedefenses]

@@dykomsoftware So this is coming from a point of not knowing if the game has permanent upgrades or not, but i would make it a bit lower damage reduction and give the player the choice of making it have more damage reduction or some other bonus, movement speed or a damage boost if its meant to be a movement ability first, but that´s just me.

[@DoctorBendOver]

Oh my god Battletoads and Earthworm Jim references. Some great classics right there.

[@smotbutterman1127]

This looks completely beautiful!

[@Mitch_Feral]

Man, art style and vibe really reminds me of Flashback from the Genesis - but something else, too, with that in air directional jetting? Looks really great, the sort of thing I dearly hope makes its way to Switch.

[@onecalledchuck1664]

Fully remappable keybinding (including the scroll wheel) is important to me. When they don't provide it, AutoHotKey to the rescue!

[@TheAussieLeo]

19:21 - The gunshots sound like the "intro" to The Terminator's clanging.

[@Slackerdude74]

This game looks awesome, and it has controller support so yes I will be buying this game.

[@mallonox]

"i'm not a games journalist or anything, i don't know if i have the skills to do this" is sweet burn

[@Groaznic]

The intro is insanely creative, those characters and the first 10 minutes could be the first 10 minutes to an amazing 3D animation (not Pixar though please).

[@dykomsoftware]

Neill Blomkamp if it were to happen 👍

[@Groaznic]

@@dykomsoftware yes brother 100%. Omg it's you the developer! Gg! Such a great looking game, all the best!

[@cesarmedina7080]

I really like the atmosphere of this game.

[@KingOhmni]

The music had me thinking of Synthetik. One of the greatest roguelikes I’ve ever played. This game is not like that game but anything that makes me think of Synthetik is doing something right.

[@sharkforce8147]

the robot actually kind of reminds me of modern bipedal robots in how they move. Nicely done if that was deliberate on the animator's part =)

[@matthewhughes2866]

ayyyeee comic zone shoutout, loved that game. comic zones soundtrack was big ol' tiddy balls

[@buhuhuh7757]

Splattercat needs to feature on a voice acting DLC for this.

[@manopeace9175]

appreciate your recommendations and your community service duder.

[@TP015657]

Comic Zone, damn that's a blast from the past.

[@frostrime1419]

Comix Zone reference caught me off guard lol

[@keithmathews4605]

If our world ever becomes anything like this post-apocalyptic world... the looping background images in this game when you are outside, makes it clear that my investments made with various start-up paper companies, to include Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc... made more of an environmental impact than I had thought it would.

[@PAAC-oe4oz]

Great game looks fun and pixel art was well thought of, well done

[@Skenjin]

The beginning bit on the ship reminds me of a sequence on top of a gunship in Contra: Hard Corps.

[@GameTimeWhy]

When i was little i would speeed run hard corps over and over. I wish speed running was a thing before i became an adult with no time for gaming.

[@Jonno8825]

Well SOMEONE played Disruptor back in the day, Teddy doing the work

[@heavysitter]

Thank you for reviewing this, I added it to my wish list!

[@OGNetro]

Talking about hyper-stylized and singular developers, to be fair a single developer has more control over the art direction than a team of hundreds of people with both directors over them and producers making changes, and so it would make more sense there would be more personality in such a games art direction.

[@kadnhart6661]

Weird and unrelated, but I'm working on a novel and I just got to a part where the robot character got his legs blown off and has to crawl around. I'm choosing to see this random coincidence as a sign to keep going 😂

[@vforwombat9915]

or, maybe it's a sign that what you write turns into reality. so, write that i win the lottery.

[@hansdampf640]

You´re the GOAT of Indy-Games Content,i´ll definetly try this one!

[@badgerdash]

It's a very nice find sir! Love this game already!

[@imalonedik9903]

Lmao, nice Cuphead game jurno fail reference 🤣🤣

[@Mrclark1977]

Splat Rocks. Great coverage of a great demo.

[@vampirematt101]

Thanks to steam input, you can remap many things regardless of game support

[@MavetSomnus]

I normally hate pixel scrollers but it actually looks pretty good

[@FungalHorror]

"I'm not a games journalist or anything"😆

[@jeckjeck6943]

Adventures of Chappie and Ted. ^^

[@johnwalker5617]

I thought that teddy bear was a rat.Without the dialogue box picture I would never know.

[@Cuthawolf]

This looks super cool, might have to have it.

[@marks7502]

voice acting ⭐⭐

[@Gigusx]

Looks like this game doesn't try to spoil the players one bit, I like it! Would like to see what the progression is like, though, since it's supposedly mixing both rougelite and roguelike elements?

[@Joseph-l9b]

This kinda reminds me of Abuse from way back in the day.

[@SonySteals]

Looking great. I like it.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

There is no such thing as hold with Comcast... it is called "ignore"

[@SilentSeventh]

This looks cool

[@knibknibknib]

What does this remind me of... Abuse? Yep that's it. Had to look it up, 1996 run and gunner. Fun to see that format. Now where are the crusader-likes.

[@ATZag135]

ThankYou SirSpaltt

[@heneryslayzack1271]

most consistent quality content 2023 kudos my dude . never stop never stoppin

[@himselfe]

Loving the aesthetic of this, and the writing shows potential. The intro was strong, but the main game play seems like it needs work.

[@doltBmB]

WASD is just arrow keys for right handed mouse users. "Up arrow" to jump has been absolutely standard in platformers since the dawn of time. Don't see the problem.

[@markanderson3740]

I'd immediatelly begin to look thru the directories for anything I could edit for keybinds. There was an old skiing demo from a magazine that had 2 full extra maps in the dirs, and the environment setup in a txt file. Rather sad I can't locate or even remember what it was, from around the time ATI Caves demo was current.

[@franciscomagalhaes7457]

A cup head reference, it's been a while XD

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for showcasing. ^^

[@SadenIsWatchin]

"I don't believe on tutorials" 0_o?

[@-Master_Of_Disaster]

11:10 Anyone else had immediately the song Virus Infect from [X]-RX in their head or is it just me?

[@cleanliving1612]

Gives me Abuse vibes, if anyone remembers that from the 90s

[@EmpatheticOne]

Well sir! You officially made me feel old, ever play a game called “abuse” and then part 2???

[@Yem1010]

Nice find, wishlisted !

[@Bowen_Landry]

sick looking game.

[@kopcikx]

reminds me of Abuse, Amiga game from 90s.

[@erictrauman2879]

glad your playin a platformer!

[@samuraile6625]

Ha ha great story and game looking really good. I definitely try it

[@aselrahc]

Can't agree with you more about key bindings. I'm a southpaw and using WASD for anything is right out. I think it was Fire and the Flood, if I am remembering the name right, that didn't have key rebinding and it was totally unplayable for me until I got it on console. I couldn't return it to Steam either, so I'm still a little salty about that one.

[@MrDapperGent]

Fascinating

[@christopherg2347]

"Danger, Wincy Lamb Robby(nson)."

[@orochifire]

I didn't see any solution other than the very obviously intended solution which I employed.

[@blueredingreen]

If a game doesn't have keybindings, you can potentially use something like AutoHotKey to remap keys.

[@kekipark77]

looks good

[@waffleswafflson3076]

The 'lol so random' teddy bear character kinda kills it for me tbh

[@naur87]

reminds me of Abuse

[@Vulture2k]

Yes! That was my first thought too once I saw actual gameplay. It's totally abuse inspired.

[@ianallen738]

Pretty sick.

[@Ninjamaster255]

For the Streets of Rage callback you get a like and subscribe my dude

[@chrisdonovan8795]

Pro tip: Tutorials exist!

[@semirionu]

Robby reminds me of Dr. Roosevelt from Pluto

[@leonidasxiv7881]

Dunno why but this game reminds me so much of Zombotron lol it loox fire af tho

[@ChodaBoyUSA]

Sort of like the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

[@grayaj23]

looks like fun

[@SergMuller]

Hi Splatt! Have you played Erra: Exordium, which is a game of roughly comparable genre and theme - a cyborg exploring a post-human world? I've finished Dex and thought I might give that one a try as well.

[@iamnickdavis]

Hanging brain 😂

[@rooperautava]

This game looks A LOT like the old pc classic "Abuse".

[@Faydwarf]

you explaining controls sounds like they use the same layout as rogue legacy, i always thought jumping with W was weird but u get use to it

[@Cuestrupaster]

I didn't understand the Roguelite part, but other than that it seems good.

[@theyodanesss]

Wouldn't it be considered a Metrovania?

[@mbielcik]

🖤

[@aracoixo3288]

🏠🏝

[@Varadiio]

The multiple waves thing is extra annoying due to enemies just appearing wherever they want (including ontop of you). I'm pretty damn done with just... things... coming from nowhere. It gives zero sense of progress or meaning. The zombies at least come from some location even if it's sometimes off-screen.

[@loganwolfram4216]

The dialogue in this is great

[@Dethmeister]

16:26 How did he get legs outside the Matrix?

[@rolen47]

Game audio was really low, couldn't hear any of it.

[@TheWretchedOwl]

The ammo mechanic really seems incompatible with the bullet hell souls lite gameplay

[@elbonnybar]

Isnt the toy Bear a refernce to a movie... I remember It being about a kid android looking for his mother ( not reallybhis mother).

[@ChodaBoyUSA]

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

[@vforwombat9915]

@@ChodaBoyUSA what a sad ending. calling back to that film says a lot about the game.