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HEAVEN VARIANT
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Genre: Action, Casual, Shooter, Arcade
Platforms: PC
Languages: English
Players: Single-player
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New Video & Feature Posted!
April 11th, 2013 - Zanrai Interactive

Hey guys and gals! We've just posted a brand new video highlighting a new feature our team is very proud of. I hope you'll take a look, it's been a long while since we posted new information, but I think you'll really dig what we've been up to! And be sure to drop us a line!

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Indie Statik includes Heaven Variant as one of their top 50 most anticipated indie games!
January 11th, 2013 - Zanrai Interactive

Huzzah! Indiestatik.com listed Heaven Variant as once of their most anticipated indie games for 2013! Special thanks to everyone that's helped us spread the word! Check our their full list here:

http://indiestatik.com/2013/01/01/top-50-most-anticipated-indie-games-of-2013/

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Description
Release date: 2013
A modern horizontal shoot 'em up infused with an offbeat style from the late 80s and early 90s. Rad, baby!

"Indie shmup Heaven Variant looks amazing."
- Destructoid

"The high production values are all the more surprising when you consider that Zanrai Interactive are a three-man team."
- DIYGamer

"It's looking great so far -- the colorful backdrops are quite appealing!"
- IndieGames.com

What the heck is HEAVEN VARIANT?
Heaven Variant is a 3D non bullet-hell shoot 'em up that takes the form of a love letter to horizontally side-scrolling action games of the 1990s with a blatantly retro visual and musical style.

Features:
- Gameplay is a homage to 3D shooters during the PSX and Saturn era (especially Einhander and Thunder Force)
- The player can transform from jet to mecha and back again for different fire modes and bullet damage
- 3D art-style inspired by animation from 25 years ago
- Steal all kinds of weapons from enemies including missile launchers, machine guns, and flame throwers, to swords.
- Late 80s/ Early 90s "Japanese arcade era" inspired soundtrack
- Extensive enemy armor system, over the top building collapses and crazy effects all powered by the Unreal Development Kit.
- Join forces with the DIVINITY Space Military Corporation as you pilot the Heaven Variant Soul-Capable space fighter in an attempt to silence an Earth-sympathizing colony uprising; preserve the peace of space!

If you dig what we're doing, please upvote us and tell your friends. We can't do it without you!

http://www.heavenvariant.com/
http://www.twitter.com/zanrai_int

Tentative System Requirements
Generally speaking, if you can run Unreal Engine 3 based games you should be okay at a minimum. We still need to test a few things as we get closer to release to determine specific system specs.

Minimum:
Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista
2.0+ GHz processor
2 GB system RAM
SM3-compatible video card

Thanks everybody! We really appreciate your help!
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Nov 14, 2012 @ 3:39pm
Thanks for voting!
Zanrai Interactive
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anstellos 21 hours ago 
I just want to play this game right now !
KikerAll May 22, 2013 @ 9:05pm 
Gameplay
Excelsus May 16, 2013 @ 4:49am 
Dual gun pods power, son!
mccaTachikoma May 15, 2013 @ 5:41pm 
mechpower!
nickarvanit Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:30am 
Gundam?
Zanrai Interactive  [author] Apr 22, 2013 @ 8:39pm 
@ Larva : Yeah, Einhander is totally a major major inspiration, especially with the way it animated enemies in and out of the camera, but we also draw heavy inspiration from Thunder Force, Ikaruga, and a whole slew of other games.

@ Longsun Zhao : Besides telling your friends and voting, that's about it for now. Definitely follow us on Facebook or Twitter (or here on Steam) so we can keep you in the loop as to how things are going. But any message boards or social media places you frequent, if you can just pass our link along or just a youtube link to our video or website, that'd really help us out a lot. Our biggest challenge is getting noticed right now and getting votes here, so the more people see us, the more newsworthy we'll become, which means more votes and a solid spot on Steam hopefully. :] But just knowing your rooting for our team means a lot to us, too!
Larva Apr 22, 2013 @ 8:25am 
Reminds me of the Ps1 game; Einhander. Not like that is bad, I rather like the "revival" if you can call it that. Voted up. I just "hope" it is just as hard and unforgiving. :)
Longsun Zhao Apr 21, 2013 @ 9:57pm 
If there is one thing I can do to help besides tellings my friends and voting here, what is it? not that I only want to do one thing, but still.
Zanrai Interactive  [author] Apr 20, 2013 @ 7:39pm 
@ Norrdicus Thank you! Glad you dig the music. Quite a few souls were sold to make it happen, but their sacrifice was necessary to make sure the music rocked hard enough. :D
Norrdicus Apr 18, 2013 @ 12:25pm 
Okay, how many souls did you have to sell to make such an awesome soundtrack?
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