Viper Twins (Alpha) by Neonlare

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made by Neonlare for LD31 (JAM)
--SETTING--

Biff and Smith are two crude dudes, living in a run-down apartment located squarely in the centre of Neo Los Metro Angeles. By day they work as gym instructors, pumping out Xtreme exercise videos and trying to make a living from selling bad fitness products and even worse time-shares.

However when a secret vial of Powerton Chemicals were accidentally hidden amongst the Gym's power drink supplies Biff and Smith were transformed into the dynamic duo, the Viper Twins! Assuming their alter-egos Acid and Sting, the two fight evil and keep the streets of Neo Los Metro Angeles clean of criminals and villainy.

Of course with these new superheroes come the arrival of new super-villains, and one cunning and obsessive mastermind known only as "The Fanboy" has found a way to lock our heroes inside of their own television! Will they ever find a way out of their Mega-HD, 105 inch television, or will they be glued to their sets for the rest of time?

--GAMEPLAY--
*Note* - Right now for the Jam submission the game doesn't support Online netplay or it's Adventure mode equivalent, the game WILL get these modes and additional levels, content, etc but since this was made within the Jam constraints I wanted to post up what I got done and ready so far for LD31.

Control your characters and try to knock each other out by blasting towards them. Holding the jump button will allow you to charge up a blast, pressing a direction shortly after this will set you launching off towards that direction.

--CONTROLS--
*Note* The game has controller support, but I'm unfortunately unable to test the second controller, if the second controller doesn't work properly, Joy2Key will work in the meantime whilst I get around to fixing these issues. Sorry guys!

Global Confirm - Enter is always Confirm, regardless what menus you are in.

Player One - You can customize your controls on the Customize Control menu by pressing Confrm/Jump whilst Player One is selected on this menu. The controls below are default controls.

Arrow Keys - Move through the menus & move the player. Left and Right will scroll through the Level select for Battle Mode and which controls are to be edited in the Configure menu.

Right Control - Will Jump and Charge up your Blast, it will also confirm on menus.

Player Two - You can customize your controls on the Customize Control menu by pressing Confrm/Jump whilst Player Two is selected on this menu. The controls below are default controls.

WASD Keys - Move through the menus & move the player. Left and Right will scroll through the Level select for Battle Mode and which controls are to be edited in the Configure menu.

Space - Will Jump and Charge up your Blast, it will also confirm on menus.

--AN AFTER WORD--

There's a few things I wish I could have nailed down and finished up before the end of Jam. The theme threw me for a loop for a while but I think I managed to get a prototype down and dusted that actually feels a LOT of fun when you have two people together to play it. There's definitely more coming with this, cutscenes, additional levels, online multiplayer and more but for now this is what managed to achieve and get done/dusted for the Jam, I hope you guys enjoy it :D. If there's any bugs or issues you find throw them my way and I'll fix them up for post Jam releases.

If you're interested in following this game or our games more, you can find us at;

https://twitter.com/MthisG - My personal Twitter
https://twitter.com/StudioAnjin - Studio Anjin Twitter
http://studio-anjin.co.uk/ - A list of our games and updates on our projects.

Overall this LD was a blast like always, I really loved working on this and it's obviously something that will continue until it's completed and finished in it's entirety. Thanks for checking this out guys, I'll be seeing you around soon ;).

Ratings

Coolness 32% 1934
Overall(Jam) 3.59 214
Audio(Jam) 3.71 104
Fun(Jam) 3.82 62
Graphics(Jam) 4.18 110
Humor(Jam) 2.75 408
Innovation(Jam) 3.27 350
Mood(Jam) 3.59 163
Theme(Jam) 3.77 296

Feedback

lion123
08. Dec 2014 路 09:10 UTC
If only this game had more levels/modes that would be 10/5
馃帳 Neonlare
08. Dec 2014 路 09:33 UTC
it's coming! Keep your eyes peeled, we'll get some more stuff in it after the Jam :), thanks for the comment! :D
Alendro
09. Dec 2014 路 18:52 UTC
great art, brings me back to my youth!
BlueTheLemon
09. Dec 2014 路 18:58 UTC
YES, YES AND YES ! This is a good game, i love it :3 Congratulation, my friend !
harley77
11. Dec 2014 路 20:38 UTC
Interesting, the artwork reminds me of old Arcade games.
anotak
13. Dec 2014 路 07:24 UTC
This is some quality spriting. The game feels really good to play as well, and the SNES sampled music is great.
NormalKarl
16. Dec 2014 路 08:06 UTC
This is great!
freaknarf
16. Dec 2014 路 17:39 UTC
Hey this looks great, sadly i played with myself but that seemed very fun! Also it reminds me megadrive era badly, and music/sfx are ultra nice!
Cheers!
Sharky
16. Dec 2014 路 18:44 UTC
Really fun game wish you had done another mode first before multiplayer, I'd like to see it finished post LD
BoaHeck_ArtGent
24. Dec 2014 路 12:45 UTC
I want this to be more.
Darkfrost
24. Dec 2014 路 20:31 UTC
Love it! Awesome arcade feel! The polish is great
01rafael
25. Dec 2014 路 07:04 UTC
The description is so great! ;)