01

Jul

Genetos is almost complete

Posted by John as Shmups

Remember this post I made last October? Looks like the final 1.0 version of the “play through the history of shmups” game Genetos wil be released soon.

Genetos is a vertical shooter with a “evolution” theme. The stages from the word Genetos mean different generations in the evolution of shmups.

You start out with a Space Invaders-like game in the first level. In the 2nd level, you move into late-eighties-style world. As you move on to the 3rd level, this is where the game becomes more standard. You get bombs and more firepower. Lastly, in the 4th level, you can go to the bullet hell.

Watch this video of Genetos with level 4 creator mode.

While we are at it, check this trailer:

Thanks to Tatsuya Koyama, Japanese indie game developer for bringing us Genetos.

GENETOS is a freeware. You can download it from Tatsuya Koyama’s website right here.

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03

Oct

Genetos: Stage 1-3 (Trial Version)

Posted by John as 2d Shooter

OKAY, I’M FINALLY BACK GUYS.

i don’t know why it’s taken me so long to record and post something (almost four months) but hopefully i will be able to get some sort of run going, like i had just before i stopped posting. i have to admit, i feel quite surprised to see that my account broke 50 subscribers while i was away, but it’s awesome all the same.

anyway, this is a game i’ve wanted to record for a little while now, even though it’s just a demo. i also needed something to test out fraps (which i have decided not to switch over to, just because of the amount of hassle it takes to get a video ready for upload compared to growler guncam, despite the pleasing results) so it seemed like a brilliant game to test.

genetos is a 2d shooter where you level up and evolve your ship and the world around you by killing enemies and collecting the blue and green circles they drop to fill up an “experience guage” of sorts, which upgrades your ship to something a little stronger and makes the world around you become a little more difficult as well. i think it’s a very interesting concept for a shooter and hope the full version of the game is just as impressive.

i feel like posting more of this kind of stuff, but i really don’t know — i love this style of game, but i don’t think i’m much good at them, so i feel kind of torn. let me know if you’d like to see more of this thing!

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