/vr/ - Retro Games

You got no idea the effort needed to make the art when you take that jump. Get a team then decide based on what the team want to do.

>>2679804
Won't work.

It'll just be considered "shitty"

Its not like its "Shower with your Dad Simulator" where its intentionally stupid and the graphics are bad so you don't have to see real dad dick.

I think you need to make modern 3D games look as good as possible, you can't rely on a gimmick for a game. Most of those stupid shitty 8 or 16 bit style games have shitty graphics because they wanted it to appeal to people who played those games when they were younger, but PS1 graphics look like shit, where as 8 and 16 bit had appeal when done correctly. PS1 graphics just don't hold up as well. Don't get me wrong, PS1 is my most played system, but graphically, it leaves a lot to be desired.

1. This is not retro.

2. You only make a game if you have a completely formed vision of what the game should be, whats going to make it fun, how you're going to make it, etc. You don't decide to make a game based on the art style. That shit is the exact same cancer that brought you 20 million indie "retro" platformers.

>>2679821
I can hire a team. Got funds.

>>2679823
I agree on the PS1 look looking shitty and is entirely nostalgia based. But I'm seeing all these retro games that are getting successful with hype, and I figure riding that train with this kind of angle wouldn't be a bad idea. Just requires the right approach and feel to it. Maybe doing a kickstarter since it seems better at getting the word out than just paying for ads on a website.

>>2679826
I'm all with you on that, too, but people will still buy it. I hate it as much as the next person, but I figure it'll be the natural next trend anyway. PS1 was fun likely cause we were raised on it, and there's many others like us who enjoyed games like Crash, Resident Evil, and Metal Gear Solid. The works.

>>2679828
>>2679832

Why don't you just call it a cashgrab ?

>>2679835
What would even be the difference calling it that

>>2679826
>this is not retro
Are you fucking brain-dead? Yes, the fifth generation is retro, and fifth-generation games and consoles have been posted here for years and make up an assload of the catalog at all times.
>>2679823
There's an abundance of PS1 games that look good, jackass. See pic related.

>>2679839

Honesty.

>>2679842
If it's going to be a cashgrab, it's going to need to be a good one.

>>2679804
this is a cool use of faux retro 3D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESM4JkOXSis

>>2679847
Yeah I've been following those guys. Pretty rad.

>>2679841

Gently go fuck yourself, people are giving you their thoughts and you answer like a an enraged toddler.
Talking about developing a product that exploit the retro look is not retro, go and ask your question in that developers general they have on /vg/.

>>2679852
OP here. That isn't me, but I came to /vr/ because you guys have a more likely relatable vision on this.

I want to hijack this thread to ask about the buy/sell/trade threads. Does anyone have the pic? Were they banned or something?(which would be odd, since they are allowed on other boards)

>>2679859
you can easily find the pic on the archive, come on, dude

>Me and my friends want to make a game
>It's a retro game based on...

Do you go to Devry University OP?

>>2679870
I graduated from an actual university.

>>2679872
University of Phoenix?

>>2679874
A friend was so invested in going to that. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. It took me an entire summer to convince him otherwise.

1 Research a bunch of PS1 games on youtube until you find something that you like.
2 Break it down and write a design document like how YOU would make the game.
Then develop from there.
Watch this for inspiration:
https://youtu.be/YSlGv9aFk4o

>>2679881
>how would YOU make the game
Buh, fixed.

>>2679881
Why Japan only? A lot of the target audience would probably be EU and NA anyway.

>>2679881
>only Japan-only games for no reason
Go be a weeaboo somewhere else.

>>2679883
Just the first compilation I found through google. I figured most of the Western releases are well known by now, final fantasy, metal gear, gran turismo, etc.

>>2679884
lighten up, dude, not my fault gajin games are all trash :P

>>2679886
I forgot how much shovelware the PS1 had.

>>2679893
I thought most of them looked pretty great. Lots of different art styles which is what OP wanted.

>>2679883
>>2679884
>>2679886
>>2679890
>>2679893
>>2679909
Here you niggers, top 100 western releases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZMuX1TQjvA
You might stop whining now.

>>2679914
>only need 100 western releases to show off the console
>need 200 chink releases to show off some mediocre garbage no one cares about

Sounds about right

>>2679915
It's not even a serious list, just a random collection some youtuber put together. I hope they find the cure for your autism someday, anon. ;_;

>>2679921
Just saying no one wants to play chink crap dude, sorry you can't handle that

>>2679925
It's the first vid I found on google, man. Let it go.

>>2679914
Looking at this, it makes me realize it's going to take a good more than just ps1 graphics to make it likable. I don't know how shovel knight marketed their NES look.

>>2679946
Shovel Knight on Hard Mode is essentially a Ninja Gaiden game with a downstab move. You're forgetting the guys behind Yatch Games also developed Contra 4 which is a brilliant game regardless of its graphics.

>>2679959
How did they get that IP?

>>2679960
Konami didn't just give a shit, I guess. They also licensed Contra to a shit dev for pic related.

>>2679963
Man there's quite the IP I wouldn't mind taking on if publishers weren't so anal these days. And dead.

>>2679960
I'll explain, the guys behind Yatch Club Games are professional ex-Wayforward employees.

>>2679969
Oh that's what bothered me. I never heard of their company before and wondered if they were part of Konami at first.

>>2679963
Don't badmouth Appaloosa, they were the creators of Ecco.

What was wrong with Contra Legacy of War though? Other than using fucked up 3d with super small camera (that was a standard on 32bit games, since all companies wanted OMG 3D, but 32bit consoles didn't have enough horsepower so they had to make the visible area small to compensate)?

Look up A Hat in Time. They beat you to it, OP.

>>2680048
Hat in time has been in development forever. Even then, there can always be more.

What's the game like mechanic wise? What about a story? Maybe a game where a Tomb Raideresque heroine gets lost in other video games of time (Mario 64, Crash, Grand Turismo, Ocarina of Time, ect.) and violence and chaos ensue.

>>2680052
God I know it has. But looks like maybe there's a chance it might finally get released before new year's. It looks so good too. I'll buy it the day it finally comes out. Not before though. I have a VERY strict policy against paying for kickstarters and early access games.

>>2680018
Health bar.

>>2680065
At least when they launched the A Hat in Time kickstarter they already had 40% of the project done and a very solid idea of how the game was going to be like. But yeah, I agree with you.

>>2679914
>27:50