Brave earth prologue demo7/1/2023 I use bi/pansexual because I haven’t defined her sexuality granularly enough to choose between the two, and I don’t particularly care to. However, Marion is bi/pansexual in modern terms, and this is canon in the text (she has a romantic past with a woman, and it’s mentioned in the prologue and discussed in one of the lore stories in our Mega-Guide). Like Earth Medieval society, Avalon society doesn’t have a strong concept of an inborn sexual orientation, so I don’t use modern terms for sexuality in the game. She has a set gender identity and sexuality, both of which are part of the game’s plot. Long-time readers of our Tumblr know that Marion is not designed as a fully self-insert protagonist. This Pride Month I’m posting a bit about our protagonist, Marion. Either that, or they're reading my mind.This one goes out to my fellow in-betweenies, my lovers of liminal spaces, my boundary-walkers, my happily binary-escaping buddies. It's surprising to see so many games I'm excited for assembled under a single banner - Dangen are clearly doing something right. Dangen are also due to publish Team Sorcerobe's delightful dungeon-pummeler Fight Knight (publisher page here) and Brave Earth: Prologue (page here), a Castlevania-ish platformer from I Wanna Be The Guy developer Kayinworks. Some day, he'll have his own game, I'm sure.Īnd this was just their fresh trailer lineup. I also can't help but notice a cameo by the increasingly ubiquitous Zubaz. It may not have the official Sega license, but the spirit is there. Right now, The TakeOver stands as direct competition to Streets Of Rage 4, and will even feature music from Streets Of Rage composer Yuzo Koshiro. After seeing the trailer above (accompanied by some very Initial D Eurobeat), I really have to. Streets Of Rage-styled brawler The TakeOver has been on Steam in early access for ages now, though I've yet to try it, despite hearing good things. Expect fast-moving bullets, solid defensive options, huge boss sprites and a focus on big manoeuvres over 'threading the needle' through dense walls of bullets. It also helps that they've got Thunder Force 5 composer Hyakutaro Tsukumo on board. Despite coming from a western studio - Protoculture Games - Devil Engine looks like it captures the soul of the old games. 'Bullet Hell' may be in vogue, but I'll always have a place in my heart for Genesis/Mega Drive styled fast-moving shmups like the Thunder Force series. Also in development is a Game Boy-styled side game - Astalon: The Crystal Sword - a multi-pronged nostalgia assault. Astalon features art from the creator of old comedy-adventure manga Dragon Half, which I fondly remember from way back in the day. It's familiar NES-era stuff visually, but without the arbitrary limitations of the creaky hardware. Successor to Matt Kap's clever little platformer Castle In The Darkness, Astalon has you switching between three characters with different abilities - a fighter, a rogue and a wizard - to explore a cursed tower. Much as I love some good chiptunes, this is exactly the kind of freshness I need in my life. What IS striking is the music used in the trailer, apparently a taster of an eclectic mix including hip hop and "anime-inspired" rock from a bunch of talented artists. Kickstarted earlier this year and billed as a "high paced platformer", Octosoft's Renaine looks solid in its trailer above, with some nice flow and heft to it, but it's hard to get a broader feel for it. All four Momodora games have been excellent so far, and I don't see any reason to doubt Bombservice now. It's still relatively early in development, but the wait should be worth it. Described as a "spiritual sequel", Minoria looks to be building on that stylish gothic foundation, although it's not officially part of the series. We've not covered the Momodora games too closely in the past, so I'll just say that if you have any interest in metroidvanias (especially Souls'y ones), go play Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight right this second. Check out all of these below, and crank up your volume - there's some good tunes. They also had trailers for speedy platformer Renaine and its sizzling soundtrack, NES-styled fantasy adventure Astalon: Tears Of The Earth plus a new look at tribute brawler The TakeOver. Among their lineup at the Japanese event was the freshly announced Minoria (latest from the creators of the excellent Momodora series) and Thunder Force-inspired shmup Devil Engine. Little publisher Dangen Entertainment landed at BitSummit in Tokyo yesterday with a swarm of exciting trailers in tow.
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