PolyGunR (by RetroNinja) - (sneak peek in VCS Store)

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[Atari_JaguarVCS]

Looks fantastic. This will be a day 1 purchase on the VCS for me and if I enjoy it I’ll pick it up on the other platforms also. 

[THX-1138]

Nice.  I'll be buying that.

 

[RollOut]

This looks fantastic. Is this likely a third upcoming retro ninja release, or is this the evolution of a previously announce title (like chaos chassis)?

[SizzleAtari]

Didn’t know Tony Barnes made Strider (2014) , I love that game.

[Atari_JaguarVCS]

I recently picked up Strider from the Steam sale and have been enjoying playing it on my Steamdeck. Amazing game for sure. 

[+swlovinist]

Day one purchase! 

[Tony Barnes]

On 3/20/2023 at 5:58 PM, SizzleAtari said:

Didn’t know Tony Barnes made Strider (2014) , I love that game.

 

Yeah, from what I can tell, that Tony Barnes has made quite a few games over the past 40 years. 😎

[Tony Barnes]

A couple of screenshots from PolyGunR, showing the game uncompressed and all that.

 

On 3/20/2023 at 6:51 AM, RollOut said:

This looks fantastic. Is this likely a third upcoming retro ninja release, or is this the evolution of a previously announce title (like chaos chassis)?

This is one of many projects I've got going on. It's closest to release, therefor getting the attention and promotion. 

It isn't an evolution of Chaos Chassis or Project Orbit, those are two other shmups, but very different. 

Chaos Chassis is a co-op / split-screen / mission-based shooter, similar to my old Strike Series (Desert, Jungle, Urban, etc).

Project Orbit is an homage to Gyruss (much in the same way BPM Boy is an homage to Marble Madness), with some light Rogue-lite kit-building, like all the games seem to be doing these days.

[Atari_JaguarVCS]

This is looking insane for a VCS game! Visually stunning just like BPM was. I’m really excited for this game dropping it’ll be an instant day one purchase for me to. I’ll be sure to pick it up on other platforms as well in time. It’s great this is coming to the VCS first hopefully it will help sell a few consoles. 

[tripled79]

On 3/27/2023 at 10:19 AM, Tony Barnes said:

A couple of screenshots from PolyGunR, showing the game uncompressed and all that.

 

This is one of many projects I've got going on. It's closest to release, therefor getting the attention and promotion. 

It isn't an evolution of Chaos Chassis or Project Orbit, those are two other shmups, but very different. 

Chaos Chassis is a co-op / split-screen / mission-based shooter, similar to my old Strike Series (Desert, Jungle, Urban, etc).

Project Orbit is an homage to Gyruss (much in the same way BPM Boy is an homage to Marble Madness), with some light Rogue-lite kit-building, like all the games seem to be doing these days.

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why I don't see your name on the opening title sequence on Desert Strike for Sega Genesis? Did you use another name?

[Tony Barnes]

11 hours ago, tripled79 said:

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why I don't see your name on the opening title sequence on Desert Strike for Sega Genesis? Did you use another name?

I've been shafted out of credit often. my name doesn't appear in a lot of the initial games I worked on at EA, like Crue Ball, General Chaos, etc. I stopped caring about such things a while ago, because the whole credits thing is often a lot of political BS and places like Rockstar had (have?) a standing policy; If someone leaves even an hour before the game ships, their name is removed from the credits.
🤷‍♂️

 

A quick and lazy google search ...

And who's that handsome guy? 😎

[WAVE 1 GAMES]

Tony this game actually looks pretty bad ass. This is exactly the type of game I enjoy playing. Good work man! I bought BPM Boy and there is nothing wrong with it that I have experienced its just not a genre of game that I usually pick up and play. This on the other hand is right up my alley! I can't wait to play this. Keep up the good work!

 

I'm getting FUTURE COP L.A.P.D. vibes here......... That is definitely a good thing sir!

Edited April 6, 2023 by WAVE 1 GAMES

[+swlovinist]

Looks like a great game.    Cant wait to check out.  

[justclaws]

For those of you with Facebook, RetroNinja posted an updated video modern VCS group.
@Tony Barnes may post it on YouTube to link here later perhaps. 🙂

https://www.facebook.com/groups/atarivcsfans/permalink/1378763062708009/

 

[Atari_JaguarVCS]

This game just keeps looking better and better each time i see it! I'm really looking forward to the release of PolyGunR, aparantly it'll be out before Christmas 🙂. 

[Skydog]

@Tony Barnes I’m totally up for this! How does the VCS version stack against up against the other platforms - any compromises?

[+Sauron]

Now this game looks impressive. Day 1 purchase for me for sure.

 

[Atari_JaguarVCS]

PolyGunR - Sneak Peek Demo is now available to download free on the Atari VCS Store! First impressions from my end are extremely positive! I really cant wait for the full release. 

[Tony Barnes]

1 hour ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said:

PolyGunR - Sneak Peek Demo is now available to download free on the Atari VCS Store! First impressions from my end are extremely positive! I really cant wait for the full release. 

Very true! I just stealth dropped a small pre-Alpha (Alpha, maybe?) demo of PolyGunR, exclusively for the Atari VCS!

Please check it out (it's FREE) and let me know what you think.

[scifidude79]

3 hours ago, Tony Barnes said:

Very true! I just stealth dropped a small pre-Alpha (Alpha, maybe?) demo of PolyGunR, exclusively for the Atari VCS!

Please check it out (it's FREE) and let me know what you think.

Thanks a lot for the demo. I wasn't expecting that today, so it's a nice treat. I love the graphics and sound. I especially like the music. Controlling the vehicle is a bit tricky, but I'll have to work at it.

[Atari_JaguarVCS]

8 hours ago, scifidude79 said:

I especially like the music.

The music is so so good in this one!

[PowerDubs]

16 hours ago, Tony Barnes said:

Please check it out (it's FREE) and let me know what you think.

 

 

I tried it- and maybe it's because I play a lot of Yars Recharged- but I just can't help but want to be able to move, aim, and shoot at the same time.

 

Having to choose between taking the shot or evading fire just didn't mesh for me so I turned it off and went back to Yars. 

 

For people that like the control method though- it looks like it could be fun.

[ballistik]

Loving the PolyGunR demo! What a game! I can't wait for the full version! I'm loving the game as is, btw, graphics are incredible, music is great, can't put it down. Gameplay coming up on my channel of course. Congrats, Tony!!!

 

BCB

Edited January 20 by ballistik

[Tony Barnes]

17 hours ago, scifidude79 said:

Thanks a lot for the demo. I wasn't expecting that today, so it's a nice treat. I love the graphics and sound. I especially like the music. Controlling the vehicle is a bit tricky, but I'll have to work at it.

 

3 hours ago, PowerDubs said:

 

I tried it- and maybe it's because I play a lot of Yars Recharged- but I just can't help but want to be able to move, aim, and shoot at the same time.

 

Having to choose between taking the shot or evading fire just didn't mesh for me so I turned it off and went back to Yars. 

 

For people that like the control method though- it looks like it could be fun.

I'm going to have to work on on-boarding people, since there's ~50% who just want another bog-standard twin-stick shooter vs. something far more expressive and with depth in the controls. I could just turn it into a twin-stick shooter, but it would then just be one of tens-of-thousands where you kite enemies into columns of your bullets.

 

One of the biggest things is people's insistence on tapping the fire button vs. actually holding down the button to aim+shoot and using their momentum from moving for placement.

 

But thanks for playing.