It's not just the Mega Drive, Game Boy and SNES which are getting new releases these days – the humble NES is also getting in on the action.
Indie developer Somethin Nerdy Studios is currently working on a new RPG called Former Dawn, and has been showing off some brief footage – and it's looking pretty impressive so far.
It sounds like a crowdfunding campaign is in the works, complete with stretch goals which will impact the level of detail that goes into the battle system. "A stretch goal is to make the action battle system optional. If we get to do that, it'll mean many more background graphics like this and equivalent behaviour of the enemies in both systems," says Somethin Nerdy Studios.
It has also been confirmed that the NES version will be getting a physical release, as the developer already has an established relationship with a manufacturer and has even completed a prototype of the cartridge.
The plan is to release the game on PC as well, but Somethin Nerdy Studios isn't against the notion of bringing it to other consoles.
"We are developing the game in parallel on the NES and PC (Windows). The PC version uses SDL2 specifically so it'll be easier to port to the Switch," the developer says. Sadly, there are currently no plans for an Xbox version.
It's all sounding very promising indeed; we'll keep you informed of when the crowdfunding campaign goes live.
[source twitter.com]
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Yeah, for a NES game, this one has left me dang impressed with what I've seen so far.
Genuinely, there's moments where if someone told me this was an early PC Engine or Genesis game, I'd not have blinked an eyelid.
And, I feel I have to get this in there and say, when developers can push the NES like this given the right tools and enough time, dedication, and talent, I can only imagine what they might be able to achieve on the SNES under the same conditions.
Maybe one day we'll get to see more examples of that.
This looks neat! Hope it comes to consoles. What do they mean, action battle system? Is it not turn based? Or they mean Mario rpg style button tapping with the turn based system?
@jesse_dylan Probably Active Time Battle, which is what they use in for example FF6 or Chrono Trigger, which is turn based but with a timer, so some characters get to act more often because their timer fills more quickly.
Looks impressive. I know it's only a screenshot and short video of what I assume to be a boss battle. But when I first saw it, it looked more like an RPG you might see on the SNES or Sega CD.
@Daniel36 I really liked it in dungeon encounters (design by the guy who did the original active time battle in ffiv, its first appearance). It’s aged well! I liked how it would pause in dungeon encounters and had a timeline.
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