Project Z.E.D

[SeanE]

Hey all,
I know someone mentioned this project on this forum before but I decided to make a thread to show my progress with the game.

I'm getting pretty close to releasing a public demo. Once I get Jonathan finished, I'm gonna polish and balance some things and then release a demo to get some feedback on it.
If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to comment.

Plot

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Giant technological corporations within the Zentrix foundation compete against each other to create the ultimate driver which will greatly enhance the abilities to what the average person can do but had no one who was willing to test it.

They all agreed to set up an underground game, where people are used as guinea pigs to test their version of the driver. Most people who competed in these games were looking to earn some money or compete their for personal goals. The drivers were successful in enhancing the users human capabilities giving them superhuman powers but had negative side effects, the user would lose a trait/ability that they held dear to them.

The goal of the games are:
Each company's team are given confidential data that the team must protect and they must obtain the opposing team's confidential data by all means possible. The team with both their own and their opponents data is the winner.

Gameplay

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For those of you who are familiar with the Guilty Gear Series, the gameplay will be similar to that with some twists in it.
The game uses four buttons - Light Punch, Hard Punch, Light Kick and Hard Kick.

Features a guard break system, Stun Gauge system like in SF3 and a burst system like in Guilty Gear.

The dash system plays a big role in the game. You can dash in four directions in the air or on the ground (except dashing down which can only be done in air). Dashing forward and up hits the opponent but dashing back and dashing down doesn't. When you connect a forward/up dash you'll be able to chain a normal to start/continue a combo or continue applying pressure. You'll be able to dash cancel from normal moves and special moves to continue combos.

Blue dashes cover a short distance and uses 50% of one bar of super meter.
Red dashes cover a long distance and uses 75% of one bar of super meter.

Character Roster

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Some Idle animations

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Screenshots

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Videos

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http://youtu.be/Ui1HIJ3HAiQ http://youtu.be/u3WbhoAmlWU http://youtu.be/bEAjh4x5Bug http://youtu.be/QvwVye5zhpk http://youtu.be/fB9uMPEXUWs

[Tha Lando ( Le CROM )]

  duuuuude! good to see you back around man! i def been looking forward to this project for a hot while too.  love the original characters and gameplay.  you are beast with this. my respects man.

[Uche_of_IMT]

Whoa! I'm blown by the commitment.

[SeanE]

Thanks guys!

New Jonathan video up!

This time we explore his options when he has meter. In this video I pretty much scratch the surface as far as gimmicks and combos go.

As you can tell from the video Jonathan doesn't excel in mindlessly rushing his opponent down since he lacks the normals to do that. His main offence is heavily reliant on locking the opponent down, while he continues to mix them up.

Since his normals are pretty crappy, he makes up for it with his amazing special moves. His combos are so much fun to pull off, especially his Freeze Cinder Loops.

I hope you enjoy the video!

[O Ilusionista]

oh I remember that project. Its very nice indeed.

[MatreroG]

Really, really cool!  Good luck with this!

[SeanE]

Hey guys,

I've been meaning to update this thread for quite a while now, but I have returned with a new trailer this time exploring Jonathan's supers.

This is the final Jonathan trailer since Jonathan is pretty much now complete. You can find a link to the demo in this thread:

http://www.infinitymugenteam.com/Forum_345/index.php?topic=43275.0

Hope you enjoy!

[Chimoru]

Wow!  It's like you even have a storytelling element in gameplay.  The feel during the supers is inspiring!

[SeanE]

Hey guys, I'm back with another update. I've updated the life bars and made new hit sparks for blade based attacks.
I've also started work on Tomoe and Jinzai.

[Tha Lando ( Le CROM )]

  Love it all. HOBO KING LANDO  approves the project. Hope more will come out and try doing this type original games one day. Keep rockin man. 

[SeanE]

@C.R.O.M - Hobokenlandojutsu
Haha, thanks Hobo King Lando for your approval. XD

Here's some progress that's been done on Jinzai so far.
In the spoiler is a small snippet of what his general gameplay will be like.

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I've finalized Jinzai's moveset and gameplay. He will have a sub system called the 'Beast Mode'. He will have 3 levels of beast mode and each level affects the way he plays, your overall goal is to reach Beast mode level 3 because that's the mode that will allow Jinzai to do the most damage. Each time he levels up he will lose something in return.

Level 1 - Has access to chain combos and special cancels but low damage output.

Level 2 - Loses ability to chain combo, damage output increases and some special move properties will change.

Level 3 - Loses ability to special cancel, damage output increases and special move properties will change.

Stand Light Kick

Stand Light Punch

Forward Hard Punch (Overhead)

EX Beast Palm

[Tha Lando ( Le CROM )]

No problemo bro sean. I am a fan as well a student of the style. 
Diggin the gameplay mechanics layout and the ex beast palm looks well done.