Rag-doll kung fu comes to steam.

[SAJ]

Im amazed that theres no discussion anywhere about this on the boards here.
I have been looking out for news of this game for more than a year, and the move to steam(for distribution) is the best move for a small scale, budget-priced project like this.
Most people will I think, be scratching their heads and wondering what on earth this odd-looking thing is , and the steam update doesnt do much to enlighten anyone about the project.
In short its a beat-em-up where your body is sort of physically simulated(rather than button mashing), but Id rather leave the explanations to those better aquainted with rdkf.

Imagine having a Kung Fu Fight with string puppets, except you don’t have to worry about getting the strings tangled up, and you don’t have to have a kung fu fight.

You control the characters on screen with the mouse – there are no pre-scripted animations in the game – it’s all up to you – to walk, you have to literally pick up one foot, then place it in front of the other.

Sounds tricky maybe, but it doesn’t take long before you're spinning through the air like a Russian gymnast.

This means you get to create your own style, and can act out whatever you feel like, and of course, if you really feel like it, you can have a fight.

So heres some links that might help:

http://personal.lionhead.com/mhealey/ (rdkfhomepage)

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/19/news_6116647.html (interview)

http://allboards.lionhead.com/forumdisplay.php?f=76 (lionheadsrdkf forum section)

Hope this helps.

 

[Frank]

How about fixing those links...

 

[SAJ]

Links fixed.

 

[Lucid]

Game looks intriguing.
Will probably be a bitch to control.

 

[SAJ]

I understand that there will be a learning curve involved in such an unusual control method, but the controls are all down to mouse movement (as far as I understand it). So it should become quite fluid after some practise.

edit:Also , there should be some form of multiplayer available, but its not clear whether that will be part of the intial release or patched in later(apparently its abit laggy atm).

 

[Cole]

There has been discussion in http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1544908#post1544908

Anyway it looks really fun .

 

[Gargantou]

Awesome, I've been following this ever since it was first announced.

 

[CyberPitz]

thats kinda freaky. It's on the front page, but oh well. I could play a game like that and actually enjoy it lol.

 

[mrNinya]

Yes, this is a wonderful game. (Im a beta tester)
It doesnt take too long to learn to control the character.

And to mention something about the multiplayer, it will be in in the first release and it have pretty recently gotten very smooth thanks to Alex Evans and Dave Smith (Mark Healeys little helpers )

 

[specialmax]

I really want to play this game ME WANTS 2 BE BETA TESTER!!!

 

[specialmax]

I'd SELL MY SOUL TO BETA TEST IT!

 

[Gargantou]

Hey mrNinya, remember me?
Capuchin's "Butch"?

 

[CyberPitz]

Well, now we know MP is added in straight off. wonder how much it wlil cost over steam?

 

[Gargantou]

CyberPitz, I've heard around 10-15 USD.

 

[Bobcat]

Aww, I was under the impression it was going to be free at first... Silly me.

 

[OCybrManO]

I made a few HL2 skins with the RDKF Skin Test program, Photoshop, and the HL2 Model Viewer. Someone else should make the rest of the cast. I doubt I'll be doing any more... maybe one or two, at most. Anyway, here's what I have so far:

EDIT: Added Breen...

 

[mrNinya]

Hey mrNinya, remember me?
Capuchin's "Butch"?

Think so. Nice to see you. ^^

And I just like to add: 'Whatever the price will be on RDKF, I'd say it's worth it.'

 

[OCybrManO]

It's 5AM and I can't sleep... again.

So, what do I do?

... hack together another skin, of course.

I would have just kept editing the other post to add new ones, but I can't. The editing time limit ran out.

Anyway, here they are:

Am I the only one (other than mrNinya) that's anticipating this game?

Whatever... I'm going to try to fall asleep again.

EDIT: I just noticed that the little American flag is backwards and on the wrong side. Why is the torso flipped horizontally from the way you put it in the skin? I can't imagine any reason to do it that way.

EDIT2: Added Terrorist.

 

[sinkoman]

Am I the only one (other than mrNinya) that's anticipating this game?

Whatever... I'm going to try to fall asleep again.

No way man, this looks like it could win "Most Original Game of 2005" for me.

I'm anticipating this about as much as LC, if not more.

Something comming from Moleneux's house can only be good.

 

[Gargantou]

I'm anticipating it has hell, I have as already stated been following it for quite some time.

 

[Lucid]

Think so. Nice to see you. ^^

And I just like to add: 'Whatever the price will be on RDKF, I'd say it's worth it.'

Ehh, Anything over $20 is overkill.

 

[mrNinya]

EDIT: I just noticed that the little American flag is backwards and on the wrong side. Why is the torso flipped horizontally from the way you put it in the skin? I can't imagine any reason to do it that way.

Nice skins!
The reason to this is because the skins used in RDKF erlier came in many diffrent graphic files (one for the head and one for the hands and so on) and now it have changed, just because it would get easier to make your own skins. So when it changed, some stuff got a bit messed up.

Ehh, Anything over $20 is overkill.

Well, earlier it was said that the game would land on about £10.
This might have though.