Hero or Villain: Genesis (Thread for reporting bugs etc)

Is there like a summary of what it will be about? Lol i know it has something to do with superheroes. I’m just curious… I’m new around here :slight_smile:

Basically you have to balance your life as a hero/villain, while facing a number of supervillains. There are side stories, and at a certain point you need to choose whether to pursue the main villain (or join her), join a group of superpowered individuals, take down the main crime lord in New York city, or try to take him down. I guess one of the main features of the game is the range of powers you can choose from… there are quite a lot (apparently some people were having difficulty just choosing the powers).

And… not sure what else to say? Can anybody else think of what unique points this game has?

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Rob a bank :o

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Ah, yes :slight_smile:

You can also rob a bank, kidnap the mayor, attack Central Station… Well, all that on the villain path…

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Not sure about this one: Get eaten by a giant snail/slug thing.

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I guess you can “battle giant robots, monsters, heroes or villains”! :slight_smile:
(I guess there are more androids, vampires, the police, or an army! )

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Can I be apart of the private thread

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Testing at the moment is closed (as the game has been submitted). I might do another quick round of testing before the game is released (given the complexity in it…). This might take place in August, so please check this thread again around this time…

The game isn’t on dashingdon anymore?

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No, sorry. It is currently being copyedited, so in order not to create confusion I took it down (I didnt want people to be posting bugs that were getting sorted elsewhere). I might have a last round of testing before it is released, so please stay tuned for an announcement about that (possibly in August)

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Just curious but powers do we have in this game?

Lots :grin: (No seriously they’re heaps of options.)

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Cool just sad I missed the chance to play it sooner.

I never counted them, but the list of variables used is below… so there are about 80? (one complaint has been that it can get very difficult to choose the powers!)

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*create allow_power_animal_speed 0
*create allow_power_speed 0
*create allow_flight 0
*create allow_climb_walls 0
*create allow_super_jump 0

*create allow_strong_skin 0
*create allow_scales 0
*create allow_metallic_skin 0
*create allow_force_field 0
*create allow_armour_skin 0

*create allow_enhanced_agility 0
*create allow_enhanced_strength 0
*create allow_enhanced_endurance 0
*create allow_enhanced_intelligence 0
*create allow_enhanced_psyche 0

*create allow_super_agility 0
*create allow_super_strength 0
*create allow_super_endurance 0
*create allow_super_intelligence 0
*create allow_super_psyche 0

*create allow_hellfire 0
*create allow_fire_blast 0
*create allow_fire_bolt 0
*create allow_water_blast 0

*create allow_resistance_electricity 0
*create allow_resistance_acid 0

*create allow_slow_regeneration 0
*create allow_regeneration 0
*create allow_fast_regeneration 0

*create allow_telepathy 0
*create allow_mind_control 0
*create allow_emotion_manipulation 0

*create allow_claws 0
*create allow_melee_weapon 0
*create allow_ranged_weapon 0
*create allow_combat_reflexes 0
*create allow_eyesight 0
*create allow_engineering 0

*create allow_lightning_bolt 0
*create allow_plasma_cannon 0

*create allow_learning 0
*create allow_teleportation 0
*create allow_precognition 0

*create allow_freeze 0
*create allow_acid_bolt 0

*create allow_darkness_bolt 0
*create allow_light_bolt 0
*create allow_darkness_bolt 0
*create allow_darkness_blind 0
*create allow_microtermors 0
*create allow_light_blind 0

*create allow_time_control 0
*create allow_dream_manipulation 0

*create allow_invisibility 0
*create allow_pyrokinesis 0
*create allow_telekinesis 0
*create allow_gravity_increase 0

*create allow_ice_thin_armour 0
*create allow_ice_thick_armour 0
*create allow_ice_blast 0

*create allow_no_slip 0
*create allow_materials 0
*create allow_aim 0

*create allow_wings 0
*create flight_power_description “”

*create control_fire 0
*create control_cold 0

*create allow_vines 0

*create power_see_dark 0
*create allow_see_dark 0
*create power_photo_memory 0
*create allow_photo_memory 0
*create allow_resistance_fire 0

*create allow_become_shadow 0
*create allow_discover_weak_point 0

*create allow_inventor_stun 0
*create allow_inventor_weapon 0
*create allow_inventor_hand_weapon 0
*create allow_inventor_slow 0
*create allow_inventor_targetting 0

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I think I have found my new favourite hero game. But you are right it is going to be hard to choose. I just hope there are descriptions for these in game because some of these are vague. But I will definitely be getting this one.

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Well yes they are described in a bit more detail. To make choosing easier the MC has to choose the origin of the powers, which restricts a bit what you can pick (otherwise people were complaining there was too much to choose from). There are also different difficulty levels, etc…

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Just posted some of the latest artwork for the game on my facebook page.

Basically, this will be the last artwork that I will commission for this game (all in all there are about 44 illustrations… which I think is more than any other CoG or HG? Please correct me if I am wrong…). For those that didn’t play the extended version of the game some of the artwork for the second half of the game can be seen on the facebook page.

In terms of progress, it seems the game is quite advanced along the editing progress. My feeling (though no dates have been given to me, and I believe in letting people do their work nicely at their own pace) is that this could be finished in August. I am thinking of also possibly writing a couple of extra side missions that have been turning in my head, and then hopefully the game will be released in September (though, as I said, no discussions have taken place with CoG, and they have their own considerations on this, so it could be later).

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Also just posted the new cover…

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I had, a lot of fun playing the demo. I also like how many power choices we get.

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Glad you liked it, and the range of powers. I was really trying to give a wide range of options, hopefully this gives people the sense that their choices matter! (well, especially the choices of powers greatly influencing things…)