Defenders of the Last Colony

SergioSantos · Nov 2011

Hi,

we are some fellow polycounters that recently started to develop an indie game called Defenders of the Last Colony.
http://knittedpixels.wordpress.com/defenders/

we have a wip thread here:

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89257

and latest video:
[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJfqOYTFQ8&feature=channel_video_title"]Defenders of the Last Colony - Video Diary #4 - YouTube[/ame]

thanks for watching!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

I'm posting you some artworks and stuff of the game:

Very first concept:
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Artwork:

Concept art:
Enemy class 1:

Enemy class 3:

Colony escape ship:

We hope you like it!!

Cheers!

SergioSantos · Nov 2011

if you have a creators club account you can go grab it and play it!
let us know what you think,
latest version screenshot:
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VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Hi there!!

We're very exited with the launch of the beta playtest on xbox live arcade!

I'm glad to present you the attack ship! One of the main classes of defenders!

I will start tomorrow with the defensive ship!

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

We got some... Boxart!! It's the colony escape ship running away from the planet.

What do you think? We should do it more lighter, darker or just leave it like this?

We'd love to hear your opinion!

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Hello there!

I just finished the engineer class of the defenders so we have the main classes finished and working on the game:

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

We're very happy to announce the first trailer of the game!!
[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toVXBYNH0pA"]Defenders Of The Last Colony - Trailer #1 - YouTube[/ame]
Thank you so much for your interest!!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Hi There!!

We're close to complete the game so we updated the look and the design of the website and twitter.

http://knittedpixels.wordpress.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/KnittedPixels

Hope you like it!

Cheers!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Greetings folks! Welcome to the Defenders of the last Colony Galaxy!

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VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Background for the "Moon of Gea" level.

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VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Friday!!

Enjoy the worlds of Defenders:

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ortMKeuoeU"]Defenders Of The Last Colony - Worlds Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

The mysterious world of Danae...

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

The galaxy's most populated system, Prometheus!

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VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Bradbury, one of the last strongholds of the galaxy.

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VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Clarke, one of the ancients worlds of the galaxy.

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VictorSantos · Nov 2011

Eneas, gonna be a risky fight, the collapsing planet is about to explode.

VictorSantos · Nov 2011

The strategic system of Calypso.

mystichobo · Nov 2011

How the hell have there been no comments for this thread?

This looks awesome!

gaganjain · Nov 2011

Look awesome
Will wait for release

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

Thank you mates! I was starting to think I was alone heheh

I'm glad you like it, here is another artwork for you! The world of Hines, the first colony attacked by the aliens.

I hope you like it!

Cheers!!

r4ptur3 · Dec 2011

nice work dudes! how has this gone unnoticed???

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

r4ptur3 wrote: »

nice work dudes! how has this gone unnoticed???

Thank you r4ptur3!! We're very happy for the comments, from the first time this post was made to share the developement and for you to contribute with it so you can be a part of the game too!

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

Hi there! This is the FX for the cast of the ray shoot, it's a bit slower than the original of the game because of the gif maker.

I'm having fun with the gif maker so I made another two, the relic (you have to gather this relics to learn new habilities) and the question of the tutorial.

Cheers!!

SergioSantos · Dec 2011

Remember to follow us in Twitter!

@knittedpixels

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

We're enormously glad to be at the front page of armless octopus!!

http://www.armlessoctopus.com/

Armless Octopus is one of the most viewed website of indie games magazines and we're very happy to be a part of the magazine.

Thanks to all!!

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

You can vote for Defenders of the last Colony as Indie of the year here!

http://www.indiedb.com/games/defenders-of-the-last-colony

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

Last day to vote Defenders as Indie of the year!

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

New video!

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP5If6n2fXQ"]Defenders of the Last Colony - Video Diary #5 - YouTube[/ame]

So lets see what we got:

Relic system working, checked!
Harvest blue matter, checked!
Blast special ability, checked!
coop up to 4 in one screen, checked!
Galaxy map, checked!
Orbs to charge the core, checked!

We hope you like it!

VictorSantos · Dec 2011

So... We're gonna have a little rest for the holidays so we will return to work hard by the start of the new year!

We have some cool ideas for the game, and It's impressive how this is turning to be "real", thanks so much for passing by this thread.

Best regards.

Knitted Pixels team.

Happy holidays and have a happy new year!!

SergioSantos · Jan 2012

more on the fighter ship:

let us know what you think!

yodude87 · Jan 2012

wow, and this thread passed unnoticed... hahahah

nice work you guys, keep it up

totally liking it

nyx702 · Jan 2012

Wow great job so far guys. I will defiantly pick this up "WHEN" it gets done. If I have learned anything from Indie projects.... it's that scope creep is the silent killer. Keep that in check.

SergioSantos · Jan 2012

yes!
we are aware of that,
we are working on the online aspect,
and we are looking for publishing deals, which I have to say is shaping up nicely,
only thing is that we are part-time developers, so sometimes deadlines are off the table, because development time is influenced a lot by personal stuff in your life...

I'd love to say that in a month or two this baby will be playing out there, but you never know...

thanks for check in though,
and keeping our hopes alive too

we appreciate it!

VictorSantos · Jan 2012

Hey guys, thanks for the support and the comments! We really love to see your critics, comments and ideas so you're very welcome to share your thoughts.

Today I brought you a brand new artwork, this time from the intro of the game.

"The escape"

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Hope you like it!

Cheers!!

Orangeknight · Jan 2012

From the gameplay it just looks kinda dull, I would just hi-score and stuff like that. Also make the ships a little bit bigger. So its more like your these ships that are defending your BIG mother ship. Maybe add alien mother ships in the background, and make your ship alot better so you can see detail in it and its not like a pinprick on the map.

VictorSantos · Feb 2012

Thanks for the tips Orangeknight, we're working hard on the gameplay!

Today, we have for you the new Worlds trailer with all the environments of the game.

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7FLgVyedk&hd=1"]Worlds of Defenders - YouTube[/ame]

We hope you like it!

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Feb 2012

We're now improving the gameplay, meanwhile you can check a new concept for the title of the game.

Cheers!!

Seirei · Feb 2012

This reminds me of Tron, I like it.

VictorSantos · Feb 2012

Seirei wrote: »

This reminds me of Tron, I like it.

Thanks Seirei!

I tried to mix Tron and Alien, something like good old SciFi movies!

Cheers!!

AimBiZ · Feb 2012

Looks like a mighty fine project. Dunno if the gameplay would be my cup of tea but I sure like contrasty space scenery and think it's great that polycounters team up to create something that goes beyond just being a hobby project.

SergioSantos · Feb 2012

Hi!
Thanks for the reply!
here is a pic of the level editor

VictorSantos · Feb 2012

Hi There!

We have some great news!

My brother is finishing the level editor so the beta test is coming right up (a couple of weeks maybe), if you want to test the game in PC and tell us what you think about it you can be part of the open beta by sending us an email to

knittedpixels@gmail.com

with "BETA" as subject.

Thanks so much in advance!!

Cheers!!

VictorSantos · Mar 2012

We have a new FORUM for the game!!
And for the games that will come in the future too!

http://knittedpixels.foroactivo.com/

You'll be able to post your doubts, issues or ideas of the game there!

Cheers!!

praetor187 · Mar 2012

This looks awesome I want to play this game

keep it up guys and congrats on the Armless Octopus guys!

VictorSantos · Mar 2012

praetor187 wrote: »

This looks awesome I want to play this game keep it up guys and congrats on the Armless Octopus guys!

Thanks for the kind words Praetor! We're very glad you like it mate! If you want to test the BETA you just have to send us an email to:

knittedpixels@gmail.com

Or you can find a contact form on knittedpixels.wordpress.com

We just made a whole new look for the website.

Cheers!!