Assault Android Cactus Dev Diaries

[Cheeseness]

Hey people!

For anybody who hasn't noticed, Assault Android Cactus composer Jeff van Dyck and Vespula voice actor Angela van Dyck have been working on a series of short videos that look at Cactus' origins and the game's development.

Chapter 1 - A Cactus is Born
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYot3Rrf0JA

Chapter 2 - The Core of the Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI2Y4OqoS9E

Chapter 3 - Characters & Weapons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKe2b3-7GSQ

Chapter 4 - Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AZmgrVVaM

Chapter 4 - Robotron & Cactus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ynO1iYi5i8

[MoonsPod]

these are cool :)

[Cheeseness]

Updated with video 3.

I'm really digging the opportunity to see some examples of early concepts/prototypes in these :)

[Memph]

Nice. Knew the game would be something awsome when I first saw it hit EA. Only after trying the demo though, did I realise just how awsome it was.

The visual style and music alone, lift it far above any competition, imo. Simply adore the Dreamcasty asthetic to it. In fact, I'd proclaim that this, as the Shovel Knight is to 8-bit idiom goes, would essentially be the 32-bit console era 'classic that never was'.

[[DEV] Noze]

Thanks for putting these here Cheeseness :)

[Cheeseness]

No probs! Thanks for putting them together :D

[Cheeseness]

Updated with chapter 4!

[Cheeseness]

Updated with chapter 5, which touches on some of Robotron's influence on Cactus

[Manta]

Originally posted by Cheeseness:

Updated with chapter 5, which touches on some of Robotron's influence on Cactus

Except you called it chapter 4 again. [/nitpick]

[Cheeseness]

Originally posted by Manta:

Originally posted by Cheeseness:

Updated with chapter 5, which touches on some of Robotron's influence on Cactus

Except you called it chapter 4 again. [/nitpick]

So I did.

[♂verfiend]

We need a sequel. I miss this game so much. Still play it after 100% Completion.

[jr2]

+1 for a sequel, also, I'd like Campaign+ on Xbox as well if possible. I helped my son beat the final level on Xbox and I was like "lemme show you this..... wait, what??"
PS An over-the-shoulder camera would be pretty cool for AAC. Tried FPS but heh, I was on Vespula and you can't see the discs she throws as they are 2D sprites.

[DeltaWing]

picked this game up a couple of days ago. found it through the forts community because nozehed. I smashed out the campaign in a 5 hour long non stop playsession, and have been s+'ing all the levels over the past few days. a sequel would be amazing! and a discord server. that'd be nice too.

[Manta]

Originally posted by DFC Gxaps:

picked this game up a couple of days ago. found it through the forts community because nozehed. I smashed out the campaign in a 5 hour long non stop playsession, and have been s+'ing all the levels over the past few days. a sequel would be amazing! and a discord server. that'd be nice too.

https://discord.gg/sRgqSVF

Discord server, you say?