Guyver Rebirth Project - A Guyver Fan game

[odin]

I think it was a year ago or so that I was trying to make a game pitting the Guyver and Tekkaman Blade just for fun and to help me improve on pixel art, well I unfortunately I was not able to do it like I wanted because university study got in the way and for me that was my top priority as well as working for a local game development team for experience but that is all going to change, I finished my studies (for now, I finished my degree but I plan on continuing on my studies once I move to california on february hopefully) and I plan to do this little project as a way to increase activity on this site, meaning I will be very active from now on. So let me begin explaining what is my proposal for this project:

 

 

 

WHAT IS GUYVER REBIRTH?

 

The purpose of this project is to have another reason for the site to be visited aside from the scanlations that the Advocacy provides. The way this will work is that I would like as many people to help on this project as possible, be it on the art, music, voice acting, programming or just testing the game for feedback in general. Once a character sprite or demo has been finished it can be uploaded to the sites server so it will be exclusive to those that are members of the site, that is if the admins allow it, if not I can just provide extrenal link where it can be downloaded through mediafire. Ambitious? probably but that is just how I like to do things and considering the Guyver has never had a Video Game based on it I think it's about time we do something about it and bring even more support to the creator of this awesome series.

 

Now what the game style that I have in mind for this project is one of a Beat-em up in a similar fashion to Final Fight or Beats of Rage since the guyver series has such a huge monster gallery i think it is the most appropriate gameplay to give this project. It will have Co-op Multiplayer of at least 2 or 3 people at once with Guyver 1, 2, Aptom as selectable characters. I don't know how we will make the story yet since I want to focus on gameplay first which is a little more important, then we can decide if we make it an adaptation of the manga story OR a spin-off where we can put a non-canon story as well. The game will be in 2D sprites since that is the style I'm most experienced with and would like to give to this game and the Engine will be run in Game Maker so far.

 

 

If you got any question or would like to help out on this project please contact me on this thread or through PM if you like and now without delaying any further here is the first batch of sprites of Guyver 01 in action..

 

On an additional note to clarify I add the "in development" text on top of the animation to signify that the animation is not finished yet, I'm planing to make this character open source in the first place so if people are going to use it i would prefer when I think I have done the best that i could with each sprite.

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What will the game have?

 

• 2D sprites going for a Capcom vs Snk Art style
• Selectable stages taken from the Guyver Mythos that vary on difficulty.
• Each Stage will have a mini boss and a Boss with their own music theme.
• At the beginning there will be 3 selectable characters (Guyver 1,3 and Aptom), each with their own unique skills and support attacks.
• The game will support Co-op Multiplayer.
• There will be unlockable characters that you can use in the game to provide even more replay value.

 

 

 

 

THINGS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS PROJECT SUCCEED?

 

• Sprite Artists (not a demand since I can do it myself but it wouldn't hurt to have someone else)
• Music and sound effects that can catch the feel of the Guyver series, be it the stages, a specific boss or the menu screen. If you suggest a music track be sure to provide the authors name so it can be properly credited for his/her work.

• Voice actors for each character that will be introduced in the game. The current voices needed for the game are as followed.
• The Guyvers and Aptom
• Zoalords
• Regular, Hyper and Lost Number Zoanoids.
• Supporting cast such as Misuki and Murakami.

Edited February 20, 2013 by odin

[*Jess♥]

Animation is really nice.

I'm looking forward to seeing who comes on board with this.

I think you need to be a little choosy and have an application process so that people can be more committed.  If you leave it casual, people may approach it casually and produce sloppy work or take too long to produce a decent volume of work.

It is things like that can kill a project, so that is my advice.

of course it is up to you if you want to take that advice or not.

[odin]

I totally agree Ryuki, there will be a limit of people who can apply to do contribution on the game directly, once I get people who want to help I'll start providing a list of the people needed for the project and once the spots have been filled all other people who want to help would only be helping by testing the game or provide feedback. I thinking very carefully on how to approach this.

[Guyver0]

Odin this is very cool.  The only adaptation similar to this is with MUGEN that had their own Guyver that you can use, but it's a little bit on the sloppy side.

 

As for help with the project I have worked with Game Maker 7 Lite edition for my Community College and even received honors for the class and I am currently a Game Tester for Sony Online Entertainment.  I cannot provide a steady flow of contribution and 100% dedication to this project like what you need.  However when I know I have free or extra time to provide assistance and you need an extra hand or something looked at I am more than willing to help out.

[odin]

Alright then, much appreciated and thanks for taking your time to comment on this.

[odin]

Ok, as promised here is another update on the Guyver sprites, here I fixed the crouching animations and added the way Sho will look before Transforming,  the text has been removed since I think these sprites are as good as I could make them but feedback is still welcomed.

 

[river_chaos]

This looks awesome and promising so far, odin.  What kind of help do you need for this project?

[*Jess♥]

I actually smiled when I saw Shou.

I think that is enough to describe how well I think you did

[alkanfel009]

I find the idea very good,
 
I had planned to create a platform game megaman type, using sprites from megaman, edited cimilar a way to guyver,
 
unfortunately my pc, each time more fayado with GameMaker programs and the like, so that decistir tube, I'm not good at drawing pesimo but if it comes to creating a sprite, animated, I think till some extent could be useful here a couple of animations I have echo,
 
the drawing is not mine I just edictado
 

 
 
and Regarding the music I think some of eta selection would be good to play but it's just a suggestion
 

Edited January 15, 2013 by Ryuki
fixing code

[odin]

This looks awesome and promising so far, odin.  What kind of help do you need for this project?

 

so far any help available will be appreciated, be it doing sprites (background or characters), Music, voice acting or coding, I'm know some coding and as you can see I know how to sprite so I would need people to fill out on the areas that I lack. If you are interested on any of the things I said send me a demo of what you can do and I'll evaluate it to see what you can help me with.

[Cannibal]

Wow, sho is really looks amazing

[river_chaos]

This looks awesome and promising so far, odin.  What kind of help do you need for this project?

 

so far any help available will be appreciated, be it doing sprites (background or characters), Music, voice acting or coding, I'm know some coding and as you can see I know how to sprite so I would need people to fill out on the areas that I lack. If you are interested on any of the things I said send me a demo of what you can do and I'll evaluate it to see what you can help me with.

 

Well, I've never worked with programming and the other areas you've listed   I'm more of a story writer; you've already said you're not focusing on the story plot so I don't think I would be of much help at this point. 

[odin]

well, you could work on a draft, ideas and we could all contribute our ideas then by vote choose which direction to go.

[Abersanbn]

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Guyver breathe through a portable organ located on his neck? If so, why would his ribs be going up and down the way they do on your gifs, odin? 

[LordSpleach]

The Guyver has a secondary/assistant lung system on the neck with the tubes going to the head. The Guyver still uses a set of lungs as well.

[*Jess♥]

I do think the main lungs are actually the megasmasher. It is labelled that way on the diagram. but aside from that, the OVA and tv series animations show his chest heaving for artistic effect. I think.

but it is good to have some creative input IMO.  it keeps people involved.

[LordSpleach]

I thought the VDF stated his lungs are replace with bio boosted lungs that are just behind the megasmasher.

[odin]

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Guyver breathe through a portable organ located on his neck? If so, why would his ribs be going up and down the way they do on your gifs, odin?

I'm not very knowledgeable on the Guyver's Biology but I have seen the hosts doing breathing motions while bioboosted on the OVA and the 2005 series so if it is as you say you can consider it an artistic as an artistic effect like Ryuki mentioned, Sho is not a martial artist so I can't give him a different pose where he bounces around cause he is not like that and if I just remove that breathing animation it would just look weird and lifeless, sometimes being 100% accurate is not a good idea when adapting things in video game form, I hope I was able to answer your question.

EDIT: while I'm here can anybody here provide me an Image with the accurate colors of Aptom's most recent form? I have seen a few in deviantart and google but I'm not sure if those are his true colors in that form.

Edited January 16, 2013 by odin

[Cannibal]

odin, Here's official picture from 25 book:

[odin]

That helps a bunch, thank you. I'll make another update later today, need to take care of some other stuff first. So far I'm thinking of making Aptom, Sho and Agito playable characters, not sure if I'll add murakami, maybe as a support attack for Sho, that way I can make one for Agito using Griselda and her Libertus although I'm not sure what kind of support move I can give to Aptom since he works alone most of the time, any Ideas?

[Aether]

nice work odin.

i cant really help, but i do have a voice - so if you need a voice actor, im here..

[odin]

nice work odin.

i cant really help, but i do have a voice - so if you need a voice actor, im here..

 

Well you can send me a demo reel (I think that is the word) with the different voices you can make consistently and I'll see what characters are available for you to voice in the game.

 

Thank you all for the support so far guys, it really helps motivate me to continue working on this.

Edited January 16, 2013 by odin

[Abersanbn]

That helps a bunch, thank you. I'll make another update later today, need to take care of some other stuff first. So far I'm thinking of making Aptom, Sho and Agito playable characters, not sure if I'll add murakami, maybe as a support attack for Sho, that way I can make one for Agito using Griselda and her Libertus although I'm not sure what kind of support move I can give to Aptom since he works alone most of the time, any Ideas?

Odin, in January issue when Guyver and Aptom invade Chronos' headquaters, Aptom serves as a protective suit wrapped around Guyver 1's body (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/330/f/b/pagina_de_guyver_tomo_29_orgasmo_orgasmo_friki_by_alkan009-d5mb9g7.jpg). I think that can be used for a support move in game, i.e. give Guyver additional protection or even make him invincible for a short time. It's a matter of balance, you can work it out later in the process. 

[odin]

That is an interesting suggestion, although not much has been seen on what they can do on that form so if they use that form again then I may consider using it, that form looks like a one time thing and frankly I don't want to add abilities to that form that we don't know it can do. Thanks for the suggestion Abersanbn. now speaking of support moves, I totally forgot that aptom can make clones of himself so I would probably do that and make his clones attack. Anyways, more sprites coming later today , fixing some of sho's animations.

[odin]

Not much of an update but oh well, here are so far the alternate colors that Guyver 1 will have the ones from Warrior Guyver C to Crimson are colors of Fan Made characters, mine included (Epsilon) hope you like it and if you want to contribute on the Alternate colors feel free to post your own.

 

 

Edited January 19, 2013 by odin