Hi everyone, I’m Danilo from JoyMasher and I’m tremendous excited to inform you extra about Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, our subsequent large recreation! And imagine me, it’s fairly a journey.

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After tackling the run ‘n’ gun style with our earlier recreation Blazing Chrome (impressed by timeless classics like Contra), I needed with Vengeful Guardian Moonrider to maintain the retro goodness of ‘90s action-platformers whereas updating the expertise in enjoyable new methods.

For that, I dug deep into the territory of 16-bit video games and even some early CD video games, and tried to craft an genuine expertise, simply as if you happen to simply present in your basement an unreleased MegaDrive/Genesis recreation. For that, I for instance used redbook model audio and even recorded speech with a view to give Vengeful Guardian Moonrider an genuine really feel of this period.

But video games weren’t our solely inspiration for Vengeful Guardian Moonrider and I additionally tried to combine many alternative cultural influences I had throughout my childhood, taking part in superb Japanese motion video games, watching darkish anime and studying speculative and questionable pulp science-fiction novels. Genocyber, Cybernetic Guardians, Kamen Rider Black, and Hakaider had been all rewatched to assist chisel the kind of universe through which Vengeful Guardian Moonrider takes place. Rewatching all these superb exhibits was in fact very critical work and by no means an excuse to spend some nice high quality time, hehe… 

All the character designs in Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, and basic artwork path of the sport, had been closely impressed by Japanese artist Keita Amemiya, the designer behind plenty of video video games, anime, and tokusatsu from that period. I additionally took lots of inspiration from H.R. Giger, the artist behind the otherworldly visuals of the Alien collection.

Most of the enemies have plenty of biomechanical elements and have a really creepy feeling to them. The boss rooms’ backgrounds even have their share of physique horror and natural parts, giving one other good layer of that creepy feeling I used to be searching for whereas preserving a really cool look to them! I used to be additionally very a lot influenced by yokais (japanese demons) and their depiction in conventional Japanese artwork.

As you should have guessed by now, references are essential to me and an incredible supply of inspiration, and I believe they had been necessary to get me to the correct mindset for making a horrific sci-fi ambiance you wish to discover. Everything in Vengeful Guardian Moonrider is harsh, darkish, and moody, however not with out purpose. The story can be a darkish story about an alternate actuality the place an oppressive state makes use of its weapons – the guardians – to subdue different nations and its personal folks. Moonrider is a guardian that, after an incident, decides to battle for its folks and destroy the evil regime.

We know that there are many action-adventure indie video games round, nevertheless, we’re attempting actually exhausting to create one thing particular, one thing that replicates the sensation of the action-adventure video games of the 90s whereas bringing a brand new edge to it. The ambiance is in fact an incredible device for that, however the gameplay can be basic. 

Vengeful Guardian Moonrider is an old-school motion platformer, however we tried to make a mixture of quick arcade model with a bit little bit of merchandise searching and exploration with the Chip System, providing you with new skills and powers throughout your playthrough. For occasion, there are energy chips that may grant you double soar, weapon vary extension, HP regeneration, and many different helpful skills, permitting you to essentially select and to play the way in which you wish to.

And that wraps it up for this weblog put up! I hope you’re as excited as us about Vengeful Guardian Moonrider and hope you’ll take pleasure in it as a lot as we’re having fun with making it. Stay tuned for extra retro love and hold a watch out for Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, coming to PlayStation.