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Title: Virtua Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on August 10, 2022, 07:40:02 AM
Recently I got a mysterious present from a relatevely new game dev group:

https://youtu.be/-fFPSXbaSww

https://youtu.be/ApNZak2ujh0

It's been a long time since I was deep inside the "more traditional" Mega-Man-inspired type of pure 2D action games. I'm pretty happy that the developers offered me a chance to demonstrate/playthrough this WIP build! Please be sure to follow their presence in English social media:
https://twitter.com/VRS_VUP

The current Publisher they're with:
https://twitter.com/NeverLand_Entmt


*IMPORTANT NOTICE: The version demonstrated CANNOT represent quality of final game, adjusting and Localization of World version is still in WIP status according to what I can get from the developers.
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: X on August 10, 2022, 10:06:26 AM
That strongly reminds me of Mega Man Zero.
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on January 08, 2023, 11:04:05 PM
The first public build of Virtual Unlimited Project is released: https://www.wegame.com.cn/store/2008327/Virtua_Unlimited_Project (https://www.wegame.com.cn/store/2008327/Virtua_Unlimited_Project)

About potential technical problems:
- Other languages are not included yet
- If receiving slowdowns, please be sure to force the game to run on individual graphic card instead of intergrated graphic card
- Please be sure to install the game on paths with only ASCII characters included in path names
- If anybody want to live stream or record videos of it, be sure to add statement ("*IMPORTANT NOTICE: The version demonstrated CANNOT represent quality of final game.) and included the developers' English social media link (https://twitter.com/VRS_VUP (https://twitter.com/VRS_VUP)) into description
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on January 11, 2023, 05:07:17 PM
Demonstration of new preview version is up!
 
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: X on January 11, 2023, 05:55:52 PM
After watching this new vid, I definitely feel that the game could use actual musical compositions rather then the presented J-pop it's currently relying on. That's one of the things that made games unique back in the 80's and early 90's was their compositions. Just listening to game music back then made them very interesting and engaging. Sadly this has been replaced with generic J-pop sounds that leave very little to the imagination. A good composed soundtrack would go a long way to help to flesh out this game.
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on January 13, 2023, 11:06:47 PM
Thanks for your feedback! We've contacted the person who composed the soundtracks to share your general thoughts. Hope the game goes well when it's fully prepared.
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: X on January 14, 2023, 09:00:20 AM
I hope you didn't make me sound too hard on the guy, lol. Making music is definitely not easy as I can't even wrap my head around the concept. But I also know that anyone who works with music should be able to compose an actual tune.
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on April 10, 2023, 03:54:02 AM
https://twitter.com/NeverLand_Entmt/status/1645317745763041280

It belongs to the features of NeverLand Entertainment to attend the Eastern Game Fest.
Title: Re: Virtual Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on February 04, 2024, 01:23:25 AM
Public demo is out! Very recommended to any 2D action fans!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1934030/Virtua_Unlimited_Project/





Honestly, I wonder what kind of reaction will Inti Creates or Capcom be towards this game since the public demo is out. Anyway, I think it did an outstandingly good job among the followers of the MMZX type of game design. Very much recommended to Inti Creates fans and Mega Man ZX fans.
Title: Re: Virtua Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on February 05, 2024, 02:51:50 AM
https://twitter.com/t_aizu/status/1754436766302654495

Because the similarity of this game's gameplay to Mega Man Zero, Takuya Aizu the CEO of Inti Creates retweeted a worrying tweet which doubts if this game is 100% lawsuit safe.
The argument is kinda eased eventually...Or are they?
Title: Re: Virtua Unlimited Project
Post by: Aceearly1993 on March 17, 2024, 11:58:24 PM
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/quantumgearstudios/virtua-unlimited-project (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/quantumgearstudios/virtua-unlimited-project)

The kickstarter project page is up