Loved the DEMO, kept smiling all through while I was playing, it really brought back the nostalgia. My Chef's Kiss to this game is the fluent animations into the game play chopping the top and bottom sprites into one character for a seamless aiming and moving.
Also I loved the art style, I just have to give the animators credit because this kind of art style is usually difficult to animate and they killed it with the emotions they gave the characters.
Thanks a lot for the positive comments! As the sole spriter/animator of this game, I'm flattered that you loved how the animations turned out haha The game is slowly and steadily progressing, so thanks for looking forward to more updates!
You really captured the metal slug charm with this game. I was never good at the game but I must say I had fun with this demo and appreciate the pixel art you've done with the sprites! This game is a modern day nostalgic shooter!
As I mentioned at the start of the page, the content of the game is not final, and my goal is to continue changing things up and coming with my own ideas to make the game unique enough to properly commercialise it in the future without issues 👍
Come to think of it, Is this going to get an android release? Itch.io has some select games that play pretty well and put the play store to shame in terms of content and storage.
If they found some way to make their own playstore, I'd absolutely make the move from Google play, apart from a small handful of games.
I can't guarantee the game is going to be ported on mobile as of now: my plan is to release it on PC and possibly Mac first and then see what could be done about the ports 👍
As far as I'm concerned, this is a valid game to be in the MS canon, SNK needs to play this. I haven't played yet, but the story is solid and pairs up well if you think about how crazy and random MS was, and especially the fact that you knew other people were experiencing the effects of the battles, but weren't shown.
Thanks for thoroughly checking the game's story! The game is still set in its own universe rather than being connected to MS, and is more focused on having clueless protagonists trying their best to flee from remote armed troops Still I appreciate that you think it is worthy of being MS canon! I hope you can play the demo it in the near future!
hey dev try old joke in arcade it A## it change i like if you could fix it but i will buy if i cant A## that it cool but no guns kinda boring for me not like metal slug i l play crap out that i still buy if come on steam ok
congratulations for the project, I felt like playing in an old arcade, the controls are a little confusing at first but after a while you get the hang of it, the pixelart animations are beautiful, congratulations really good!!!
The idea is to stick with 2 charas like MS1 for this game, mainly to avoid spending too much time developing reskins and instead work on the actual game 👍
Very nice but challenging game, same as arcade classic "Metal Slug". Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 02:25:14. Automatic subtitles should be available soon (switch on, if necessary). Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
This is beyond amazing! I really love the amazing pixel art style that screams nostalgia. Really looking forward for the progress of this game. I did notice the lack of blood sprites, I know they are not meant to be stone cold killers but just a little could do wonders in the visuals kinda like the prologue . I am very interested on what weapon varieties of weapons types you guys may implement!
Thanks for the nice comments about the graphics! Took some time, but I'm glad people like my spriting so far haha About the blood, don't worry! I'll include some soft gore here and there for future versions of the game, I just didn't have the time to properly make some before the demo's release Thanks for looking forward to the project still!
i spent so, so many hours of my life in high school playing the early Metal Slug games through the MAME emulator (because as a young kid the arcades were far, far too expensive) and I am utterly stunned at the verisimilitude of the recreation / homage here. the backgrounds, the subtleties of the pixel art animation, the music’s instrumentation/arrangement, even mechanics like the precise bounce of rocket projectiles… you have been METICULOUS. absolutely incredible work. this is the same level of rigour and real love for the source material as the Alien: Isolation team showed for Alien.
Thanks for recognising the effort and love that's been poured into this project! While I'll probably deviate in some ways from the MS formula to make it more unique, I do hope Aqua Ippan can continue to please people as a similar game to MS1!
Thanks a lot for playing the demo and enjoying the spritework! To be fair, the difficulty is set at 8 by default, so it's fair not to no-death run the stage on your first try haha
How dare you make a game that looks amazing like this? :D Metal Slug is one of my favorite games, and this game looks and feel just like that. Awesome work guys! ps.: your deviant art link takes me to your twitter page
All that's needed now is to get the "GET BONUS" voice from Blazing Star, to announce the weapons and Pickups like the Metal Slug Announcer Guy and I'm Sold!
I really liked the gameplay changes compared to the main MS games, like the existence of a 1UP item and how you only lose one Spray Gang per life, and the count only goes to zero per continue. It really feels like a fun and well balanced challange for both newcomers and more experienced MS players. I also felt the gameplay was a little more fast paced than the og Metal Slugs, but maybe it's just me. I'm glad I found out about this project. I'm very much looking forward to it.
Thanks for liking the gameplay so far! I'm glad you appreciate the overall balancing of the ally system, since it wasn't the easiest thing to design. The game is also really focused on player movement and speed compared to MS you're right, which explains why the players move more quickly and why the allies have been thoroughly programmed to follow the players as accurately as possible. Thanks again for liking the demo and recognising the unique side of the gameplay!
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Loved the DEMO, kept smiling all through while I was playing, it really brought back the nostalgia.
My Chef's Kiss to this game is the fluent animations into the game play chopping the top and bottom sprites into one character for a seamless aiming and moving.
Also I loved the art style, I just have to give the animators credit because this kind of art style is usually difficult to animate and they killed it with the emotions they gave the characters.
Overall Awesome game, can't wait for updates.
Thanks a lot for the positive comments!
As the sole spriter/animator of this game, I'm flattered that you loved how the animations turned out haha
The game is slowly and steadily progressing, so thanks for looking forward to more updates!
You really captured the metal slug charm with this game. I was never good at the game but I must say I had fun with this demo and appreciate the pixel art you've done with the sprites! This game is a modern day nostalgic shooter!
Thanks for liking the demo and making a vid of it!
Yep yep anything that feels and looks like Metal Slug is a 10/10 in my book !
Thanks for saying so!
Ah, already reminds me of Metal Slug...
Glad it does!
Very nostalgic game. Congrats!
Nice, thanks for playing it!
REALLY awesome pixel-art! This truly feels like a Metal Slug game. Great work!
(Although, I find it sad that the girls kill enemies, it'd be cooler if they just knocked them out or something)
Thanks for liking the game and the visuals so far!
Looks like Metal Slug. The art looks great and the feeling of the game is solid.
The game is amazing overall, but you might get a word from SNK if you think about commercializing it.
Thanks for liking the game so far!
As I mentioned at the start of the page, the content of the game is not final, and my goal is to continue changing things up and coming with my own ideas to make the game unique enough to properly commercialise it in the future without issues 👍
this is so good game bro
Thanks for saying so!
Do you know Kureiji Ollie?? I'm huge fan and you both speak Indonesian
Come to think of it, Is this going to get an android release? Itch.io has some select games that play pretty well and put the play store to shame in terms of content and storage.
If they found some way to make their own playstore, I'd absolutely make the move from Google play, apart from a small handful of games.
I can't guarantee the game is going to be ported on mobile as of now: my plan is to release it on PC and possibly Mac first and then see what could be done about the ports 👍
Sounds good, I'll keep a lookout
Sounds good, I'll keep a lookout
Who made this, such good work. I hope this becomes a hit
It was created by me and a few other people listed in the credits down below!
As far as I'm concerned, this is a valid game to be in the MS canon, SNK needs to play this. I haven't played yet, but the story is solid and pairs up well if you think about how crazy and random MS was, and especially the fact that you knew other people were experiencing the effects of the battles, but weren't shown.
It looks good.
Thanks for thoroughly checking the game's story! The game is still set in its own universe rather than being connected to MS, and is more focused on having clueless protagonists trying their best to flee from remote armed troops
Still I appreciate that you think it is worthy of being MS canon! I hope you can play the demo it in the near future!
Thanks
a really cool game. i feel like a MS Series.
Thanks for saying so!
hey dev try old joke in arcade it A## it change i like if you could fix it but i will buy if i cant A## that it cool but no guns kinda boring for me not like metal slug i l play crap out that i still buy if come on steam ok
congratulations for the project, I felt like playing in an old arcade, the controls are a little confusing at first but after a while you get the hang of it, the pixelart animations are beautiful, congratulations really good!!!
Thanks for playing the demo and for the positive comments! I'm glad it could achieve its goal of playing like an arcade game haha
Wow! Metal Slug reboot.
The pixel art is fire !! 🔥🔥
Thanks!
You guys gonna add 2 male characters? because the roster in metal slug is 2 and 2
and i dont mean this in like a negative way, just curious
The idea is to stick with 2 charas like MS1 for this game, mainly to avoid spending too much time developing reskins and instead work on the actual game 👍
Auto fire (rapid fire) wouldn't hurt.
I'll look into adding more accessibility options in the future, thanks for the feedback!
Very nice but challenging game, same as arcade classic "Metal Slug". Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 02:25:14. Automatic subtitles should be available soon (switch on, if necessary). Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
Alright, thanks for playing my demo!
This is beyond amazing! I really love the amazing pixel art style that screams nostalgia. Really looking forward for the progress of this game. I did notice the lack of blood sprites, I know they are not meant to be stone cold killers but just a little could do wonders in the visuals kinda like the prologue . I am very interested on what weapon varieties of weapons types you guys may implement!
Thanks for the nice comments about the graphics! Took some time, but I'm glad people like my spriting so far haha
About the blood, don't worry! I'll include some soft gore here and there for future versions of the game, I just didn't have the time to properly make some before the demo's release
Thanks for looking forward to the project still!
Looking forward to it!
I wish I could donate, but I'm beyond poor. Looks great, and I really like how the artwork resembles the first two Metal Slug games.
No worries! Having people like you sharing their positive thoughts about the game mean just as much to me as a donation haha
Are you perhaps an average starset enjoyer?
Can't say I am, sorry haha
wait is this classic remake of game kinda looks like emtal slug
This isn't a remake of Metal Slug nor is it related to it; Aqua Ippan is its own thing but with direct inspirations from Metal Slug 1!
i spent so, so many hours of my life in high school playing the early Metal Slug games through the MAME emulator (because as a young kid the arcades were far, far too expensive) and I am utterly stunned at the verisimilitude of the recreation / homage here. the backgrounds, the subtleties of the pixel art animation, the music’s instrumentation/arrangement, even mechanics like the precise bounce of rocket projectiles… you have been METICULOUS. absolutely incredible work. this is the same level of rigour and real love for the source material as the Alien: Isolation team showed for Alien.
Thanks for recognising the effort and love that's been poured into this project! While I'll probably deviate in some ways from the MS formula to make it more unique, I do hope Aqua Ippan can continue to please people as a similar game to MS1!
This looks so good! Def reminds me of Metal Slug. Would love to play a Mac version
Thanks for saying so! I'll definitely look more into making a Mac port in the future
great to hear
this remind me of metal slug
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Thanks a lot for saying so!
this is so good, cant wait for full version :) nice work
Thanks for looking forward to it!
Fun demo! The sprites and scenery all look great!
I died too many times... I am clearly out of practice. Gotta get my Metal Slug groove back for when the game is finally completed.
Thanks a lot for playing the demo and enjoying the spritework!
To be fair, the difficulty is set at 8 by default, so it's fair not to no-death run the stage on your first try haha
AMAZING WORK! I cannot wait to see the final version. best of luck with development!
I'll definitely be showing this off to my Twitch audience and sharing the link to this page.
Thanks for the nice comments and wishes!
This is just fantastic.
Thank you!
I love this game!
(video in Spanish)
Thanks for playing it and making a video about it!
How dare you make a game that looks amazing like this? :D Metal Slug is one of my favorite games, and this game looks and feel just like that. Awesome work guys!
ps.: your deviant art link takes me to your twitter page
Thanks for liking the graphics and game so far!
About the links, they should all work without problem now
All that's needed now is to get the "GET BONUS" voice from Blazing Star, to announce the weapons and Pickups like the Metal Slug Announcer Guy and I'm Sold!
Thanks! We'll look into having a better sound design later on haha
thats some really cool art lols
Thanks!
I really liked the gameplay changes compared to the main MS games, like the existence of a 1UP item and how you only lose one Spray Gang per life, and the count only goes to zero per continue. It really feels like a fun and well balanced challange for both newcomers and more experienced MS players. I also felt the gameplay was a little more fast paced than the og Metal Slugs, but maybe it's just me. I'm glad I found out about this project. I'm very much looking forward to it.
Thanks for liking the gameplay so far! I'm glad you appreciate the overall balancing of the ally system, since it wasn't the easiest thing to design. The game is also really focused on player movement and speed compared to MS you're right, which explains why the players move more quickly and why the allies have been thoroughly programmed to follow the players as accurately as possible.
Thanks again for liking the demo and recognising the unique side of the gameplay!
No problem. It's really cool to hear this info. Thank you and the rest of the team for this demo and once again, very much looking forward to it!
cool pfp
Thanks!
where is it from?
From the first Metal Slug Tactics trailer.
thank u
Beautiful gameplay you made Division 六. Have you planned to add more players in the future?
Thanks for saying so!
Maybe not brand new ones, but we'll see!
I was crying with happiness while playing it, Thank you
Thanks for liking the demo so much!
this looks a lot like Metal Slug! really like the pixel art!
Thanks for saying so!