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~Beyond the Border~ => Akyu's Arcade => Topic started by: Marina2 on September 26, 2009, 02:33:43 PM

Title: [Demo] Alternative Sphere (shooting Game)
Post by: Marina2 on September 26, 2009, 02:33:43 PM

2009/11/23
They upload the demo now. You can download for free from their site.  (Demo is about 180 MB)

http://blue.sakura.ne.jp/~loop/game/as/download.html


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Alternative Sphere
Officle Website : http://blue.sakura.ne.jp/~loop/game/as/index.html

If any of you known Dojin shooting game called "TWIlight INSanity" and "TWIlight refrAIN" this is another sequel of them. There isn't any demo avaliable right now ,but you can watch the video of the first stage here: http://blue.sakura.ne.jp/~loop/game/as/screenshot.html

Or this site for high res:  http://zoome.jp/kzm/diary/12/

The full game should be out in next or later comiket. (maybe)


P.S. If you don't know"TWIlight INSanity" and "TWIlight refrAIN" you can download demos from thier Offical Website here:

TWIlight INSanity
http://www85.sakura.ne.jp/~loop/twins.html

TWIlight refrAIN
http://www85.sakura.ne.jp/~loop/twain.html

Title: Re: [Shooting Game] Alternative Sphere
Post by: Grand Octopus on September 26, 2009, 06:27:01 PM

The first two were fairly decent, this one looks more interesting from what I could see of the video. And Aozora Market's still drawing some of the characters, which is good to see.

Title: Re: [Shooting Game] Alternative Sphere
Post by: Third Eye Lem on October 02, 2009, 06:42:17 AM

I played a little bit of TWIN1, it was fun. The danmaku's not quite the same level as Touhou is, but it's got a lot of things Touhou does not (like the character-swapping aspect and multiple paths to take). AS looks interesting though, seems like your "bomb" works more like a shield ala Reflex or Samidare, and the tension gauge seems to run FAST in this game.

Title: Re: [Shooting Game] Alternative Sphere
Post by: An Odd Sea Slug on October 02, 2009, 07:30:47 PM

Awesome news, as TWIlight refrAIN is one of my all time favorite not-Touhou shmups. I will most definitely be watching for this one. The changes to the Tension system seem interesting.

Title: Re: [Demo] Alternative Sphere (shooting Game)
Post by: Marina2 on November 25, 2009, 03:59:36 AM

Demo is out. Hmm.....It quite hard if you don't use Bareer system (button C). Character spite are cute. OH you should set shift button for Focus mode.

Title: Re: [Demo] Alternative Sphere (shooting Game)
Post by: Observer on November 25, 2009, 12:57:29 PM

Been playing this like mad. There are also online scoreboards now.

My only gripe is that if you get hit even once past stages 1/2 your score goes down the drain. So, at first, the twin sphere/shield system seems way too overpowered but later on it'll require a lot of strategy in order to keep the score from sinking astronomically down.

Agreed on the tension meter. Works like a charm. I also like the fact that you can move a lot around the screen.

The selection of characters is also a bit better than the previous game and the loli-twins partners are a welcomed addition.

Title: Re: [Demo] Alternative Sphere (shooting Game)
Post by: Grand Octopus on November 25, 2009, 03:51:20 PM

Downloaded the demo, but my first attempt at playing it saw the game going at approx 300FPS. Any idea how to fix it at 60FPS?