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Xenocider open for pre-order! New demo out!

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XENOCIDER KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS LIVE!!!!



http://kickstarter.com/projects/retrosu ... -dreamcast

Xenocider is a 3D arcade action game with retro-futuristic aesthetics for Dreamcast, Windows, Mac, Linux and 3DS!

An innovative approach to the on-rails shooter genre and the first 3D arcade game for the Dreamcast in over a decade, this is our personal homage to the classic Space Harrier, with a little influence from Galaxy Force and Sin & Punishment thrown into the mix!

As we promised, we made our playable demo available for download. Visit the Kickstarter campaign and enjoy!

Help us write a new episode of the history of the Dreamcast. Pledge now!
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OUR FIRST KS UPDATE!

Including videos by Alice Dreams Tournament and The Sega Scream, and a note about Xenocider steelbook edition ;)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re ... ts/1571545
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Backed and stoked.
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Our second update:

Xenocider on 3DS, soundtrack composition, 3D modeling, and Elysian Shadows support

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re ... ts/1575249


Nico0020 wrote:Backed and stoked.
Thank you! :)
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New update! Our demo is now twice as big. Download and enjoy the "Fantasy Land" stage! :D

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re ... ts/1579502

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I'm skeptical of Kickstarter projects in general, but this seems to be doing everything right. I especially appreciate the playable demo, and the new stage is giving me Master System flashbacks :lol:

Backed and shared on FB. Looking forward to the game!
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...Is the original version of the demo mirrored anywhere? I'm having trouble burning the Dreamcast demo, and I'm trying to determine whether the issue is with my software or with the file itself.

I'm on a Mac running OS X El Capitan and LiquidCD, which supposedly can handle all three file types (though in practice, I've never gotten it to burn a Nero image for Dreamcast successfully).

The DiscJuggler image only shows as having one audio track (usually, self-booting DC images have at least two tracks, either audio/data or data/data) and pops up an error if I try to burn it.

The CloneCD image shows as having four audio tracks and a data track, and it refuses to burn because it claims the complete disc will be 4GB, which is too big for a CD.



(Mac version was fine, but I was hoping to show this off on Dreamcast)
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DaMadFiddler wrote:I'm skeptical of Kickstarter projects in general, but this seems to be doing everything right. I especially appreciate the playable demo, and the new stage is giving me Master System flashbacks :lol:

Backed and shared on FB. Looking forward to the game!
Thank you! :D
DaMadFiddler wrote:...Is the original version of the demo mirrored anywhere? I'm having trouble burning the Dreamcast demo, and I'm trying to determine whether the issue is with my software or with the file itself.

I'm on a Mac running OS X El Capitan and LiquidCD, which supposedly can handle all three file types (though in practice, I've never gotten it to burn a Nero image for Dreamcast successfully).

The DiscJuggler image only shows as having one audio track (usually, self-booting DC images have at least two tracks, either audio/data or data/data) and pops up an error if I try to burn it.

The CloneCD image shows as having four audio tracks and a data track, and it refuses to burn because it claims the complete disc will be 4GB, which is too big for a CD.
Are you using a virtual drive or something? It may give you trouble burning DC isos. We have tested all the isos, burned them again last night, and they worked fine. I'm on a Mac with El Capitan as well, and I simply use Discjuggler from my Bootcamp/Windows partition... :\
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The Linux 64 version shows an xmessage window with signal 17 on Debian, while the 32 bit version works. Removing libpulse from the filesystem works, but I'm using alsa. Libpulse must be installed because it's a dependency of some software.
You should point out that pulseaudio is a dependency or fall back to alsa.
The game also doesn't seem to react to window resizing.
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Must be an issue with LiquidCD, then. It can handle burning Dreamcast images most of the time, but it isn't perfect.

And no, I wasn't using any sort of virtual drive; I was just using the burning tool LiquidCD to try to burn one of the downloadable disc images to a blank CD-R. I don't have Windows, either as a separate partition or in a virtualized form, so I'm stuck with the tools that are available natively in OS X.
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New KS update! More colors, more videos, more rewards!

http://kickstarter.com/projects/retrosu ... ts/1582383

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bogglez wrote:The Linux 64 version shows an xmessage window with signal 17 on Debian, while the 32 bit version works. Removing libpulse from the filesystem works, but I'm using alsa. Libpulse must be installed because it's a dependency of some software.
You should point out that pulseaudio is a dependency or fall back to alsa.
The game also doesn't seem to react to window resizing.
So you managed to solve the issue then? :\
DaMadFiddler wrote:Must be an issue with LiquidCD, then. It can handle burning Dreamcast images most of the time, but it isn't perfect.

And no, I wasn't using any sort of virtual drive; I was just using the burning tool LiquidCD to try to burn one of the downloadable disc images to a blank CD-R. I don't have Windows, either as a separate partition or in a virtualized form, so I'm stuck with the tools that are available natively in OS X.
Well, the demo is available for Mac too! It plays like a dream on the DC, though :P
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hombreimiginario wrote:
bogglez wrote:The Linux 64 version shows an xmessage window with signal 17 on Debian, while the 32 bit version works. Removing libpulse from the filesystem works, but I'm using alsa. Libpulse must be installed because it's a dependency of some software.
You should point out that pulseaudio is a dependency or fall back to alsa.
The game also doesn't seem to react to window resizing.
So you managed to solve the issue then? :\
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mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0.bak
Will fix the issue. I don't have the 32 bit library installed, so I think that the 32-bit game doesn't find the library and therefore falls back to ALSA, hence why that also works for the 64 bit library. The game should work normally on a standard debian system with pulseaudio installed, so don't worry too much.
But if you want to do this right, you should try to load pulseaudio first, and when that does not work, try alsa (I don't know how your code works).
You need to be a bit careful when you assume what libraries are installed.
The only way I found out what the issue was, was by using strace to see that it tries to load libpulse.so.0. A normal user could really use an error message "could not load pulseaudio" or something.
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bogglez wrote:But if you want to do this right, you should try to load pulseaudio first, and when that does not work, try alsa (I don't know how your code works).
You need to be a bit careful when you assume what libraries are installed.
The only way I found out what the issue was, was by using strace to see that it tries to load libpulse.so.0. A normal user could really use an error message "could not load pulseaudio" or something.
Thank you. I'll pass your comment to Chui (programmer) and let him know for future revisions :)
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Update 25/5/2016, youtubers play our demo!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ret ... ts/1585855

https://youtu.be/OkFYIFmuKK0

Update 28/5/2016, more youtubers, and shout outs to other cool KS projects:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ret ... ts/1588887
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We are back. Xenocider is now open for pre-order and we have a new, updated demo available!

http://retrosumus.com/2016/09/xenocider ... -new-demo/

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Well guys, how many of you have tried the new demo?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_xPe ... XpCdDRpNTA

Did you make it to this cute little boss? ;)

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New Dev Diaries episode coming soon with news about both Xenocider and Ameba! :D

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Huge update! Pre-orders, why (and how) limited editions are limited, our demo, your feedback, and a big thank you!

http://retrosumus.com/2016/09/xenocider ... thank-you/

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New video! Our underwater stage is now fully playable and features lots of new visual effects and animations!
http://retrosumus.com/2016/11/xenocider ... ter-stage/

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