Bonesaw Preview

Posted by Shabadage Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:04:00 GMT

I’ve been watching the development of this game for quite a while, and now the embargo is over! I present to you Bonesaw, a game by Xerus; that’s based on an college inside joke that he hasn’t revealed yet. Regardless, this game has been extremely fun from very early on, and it’s getting pretty close to release. Don’t let the Kirby like graphics fool you, this game is fast and hard!

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  1. dan said about 1 hour later:

    cave story

  2. Jaunty said about 1 hour later:

    Now this looks awesome. Also, if you want more on the in-joke just check out the url’s at the end of the videos. They’ve got the history on “bonesaw” up there and everything.

  3. Lim-Dul said about 1 hour later:

    cave story

    Well - that was a lame attempt at joining in on the meme…

    This doesn’t look like Cave Story at all (unlike some other games, khem, khem). It looks more like a cross between Sonic, Super Mario and MegaMan (which is potentially awesome =).

  4. Eclipse said about 2 hours later:

    it doesn’t look like cave story at all… seems also much more fast paced. characters have a 8bit feeling and scenarios an early 16bit style witch is not bad at all.

  5. Eclipse said about 2 hours later:

    uhm.. is the character an hockey player? o.o

  6. MisterX said about 2 hours later:

    Damnit, I wanted to start the “Cave Story ripoff… oh wait, wrong topic olol” joke :/

    Anyway, Bonesaw truly looks greatly polished and especially “smooth”. Also I love such boomerangs as weapons in games, but a hockey stick, that’s sweet as well :) I now just wonder why we haven’t heard of this game before. Needs more fuzz!

  7. Victo said about 2 hours later:

    Me want!!

  8. X_Sheep said about 2 hours later:

    That does look like a hockey player.

  9. Gr.Viper said about 2 hours later:

    Looks crazy… in a good way.

  10. Redhades said about 2 hours later:

    wow, I’m interested

  11. Space Ranger said about 2 hours later:

    Hi Redhades! Hows it going?

    I love the penguins and the deer (I think it’s a deer it all happens so fast) in this trailer, Xerus is a busy little bee indeed!

  12. AmnEn said about 3 hours later:

    This looks like Kaizo Mario on Fast Forward. I expect some brutal difficulty from that game :D

  13. Mr E said about 3 hours later:

    Wow, the game doesn’t just look like Kirby, it is Kirby. Faster, and harder maybe, but not terribly original.

    Let us hope that the game play is something special.

  14. Stij said about 4 hours later:

    kirby story ripoff lololol

    But seriously, this game looks pretty promising.

    If there’s anything I disliked about the Kirby series, it was the low diffculty and slow pace. This game seems like pretty much the opposite of that. It looks like the only things they have in common are the graphical style and the ability system.

  15. xerus said about 4 hours later:

    I actually ripped off Kirby in honor of ripping off Cave Story! =D

    If you guys say it looks like Kirby, and the gameplay resembles Kirby, then you’d be right since the game is heavily inspired from Kirby… in fact I started development on the engine when I was playing Squeak Squad on the DS! =D

    I hope that some of you arent too turned off with this though! =D

  16. xerus said about 4 hours later:

    Oh, and =D!

  17. Stij said about 4 hours later:

    Squeak Squad was pretty good, although I was kind of disappointed with the “ability combining” thing. I was expected something more like Kirby 64, where you could combine any ability.

    Still fun though.

  18. Stij said about 4 hours later:

    *abilitES, d’oh

  19. Zeno said about 4 hours later:

    Is Bonesaw played by “Macho Man” Randy Savage?

  20. skaldicpoet9 said about 4 hours later:

    Man, you don’t even know how bad I want to play this game now, damn you.

  21. xerus said about 5 hours later:

    “Is Bonesaw played by “Macho Man” Randy Savage?”

    Oh, yes. You’ll have to play the game to find out more… ;D

  22. axel said about 5 hours later:

    Hahaha, it’s like Kirby on speed or something. Definitely going to check this out.

  23. Kemo said about 6 hours later:

    What kirby ? Are you people blind ? Its Commander Keen !

  24. Advenith said about 6 hours later:

    I hope coming soon means coming now, because I wanted my puppy when I was five. Especially considering that my parents had forgotten to put holes in the puppy box. That was a bad Christmas.

  25. Shabadage said about 6 hours later:

    Kemo, the tilesets for the levels are definately in the Kirby’s Adventure style (Awesome NES game, even if it was the beginning of the easier Nintendo games)

  26. turn_self_off said about 6 hours later:

    cant wait to play it!

    got to love small games that can go up against the big players in the field on playability :)

  27. crackers said about 9 hours later:

    I really like how this visually looks better than the majority of the retro-influenced freeware games that are around these days.

  28. johnsprogram said about 9 hours later:

    niiiiiice one! Can’t wait to try it ^_^

  29. chutup said about 9 hours later:

    That looks absolutely brilliant. Can’t wait.

  30. chutup said about 9 hours later:

    Also, I might be wrong but I think the music is a heavily remixed Kirby tune…

  31. xerus said about 9 hours later:

    chutup:

    I think you’re just imagining some connection now ;p The music is an original soundtrack composed by Josh Whelchel.

  32. Zeno said about 9 hours later:

    This looks really awesome. So what if it looks heavily Kirby-influenced? Kirby rocks out loud. Plus, the pace of the game gets me excited.

    Also, the guy reminds me of a hammer Bro. Does he get a hammer power?

  33. curezen said about 10 hours later:

    okay im thinking metroid and kirby and zelda and megaman and street fighter thrown together. aka an orgasm of awesomeness

  34. haowan said about 10 hours later:

    game of the forever!

  35. Exoduster said about 10 hours later:

    Fast and hard? Like Brannigan’s law?

    The Kirby-ness is undeniable, but it looks awesome.

  36. wert said about 10 hours later:

    in any case;… … … …

    … … looks to be good.

  37. willy said about 11 hours later:

    omfg, lol its kirby cave story rip off!1 someone call 911!

  38. Ok said about 12 hours later:

    It’s obviously heavily influenced by megaman. If you can’t see and hear that you are not fit to be posting.

  39. Bob said about 15 hours later:

    Wasn’t Bonesaw the wrestler in Spider-Man 1?

  40. Nikica said about 16 hours later:

    Cool !!!

  41. Siiseli said about 17 hours later:

    So whats this made in?

  42. axel said about 18 hours later:

    It’s made in Multimedia Fusion 2, methinks.

  43. Pixel Mort said about 21 hours later:

    Sweet game : )

  44. ChevyRay said about 21 hours later:

    Lookin’ spiffy, I’ll definitely be in line for this one. Being a big fast-paced Megaman game fan, as well as a Kirby Superstar veteran, I’m getting good vibes from this.

    Though throwing in comparisons like that is just shallow. Sure, it may be influenced, but I’m sure it’s a game completely unto itself, deserving to be recognized as so.

    Keep up the good work.

  45. cactus said about 22 hours later:

    Looks great!

  46. Anthony Flack said about 22 hours later:

    Does anyone seriously expect this game to play anything like Kirby? Because I have played Kirby games, and I have watched that video, and that video does not look like Kirby gameplay to me. The blocks look quite Kirbyesque, but then so do the blocks in six billion other games.

    I am really very impressed with the large number of quality block platformers coming out of the indie community these days. It looks like there are some really talented level designers out there (level design is the part I always struggle with).

  47. BMcC said about 24 hours later:

    Looks awesome to me!

  48. Dusty Spur said 1 day later:

    Man, I was totally pumped after watching the video, but then I read the post and realized it hasn’t yet been released.

    xerus, the song in the video is in the game, right? Because that is an awesome tune.

  49. Movius said 1 day later:

    moar!

  50. Joseph said 1 day later:

    Badass dude!

  51. Alex said 1 day later:

    It looks really fun, but I’m not a big fan of those springs. They look too squishy.

  52. Melly said 1 day later:

    Fools, this ain’t no Kirby, this is BONESAW!!

    That is one item that should be used more in games as a weapon.

  53. Zeno said 1 day later:

    BONESAW! BONESAW! BONESAW!

  54. curezen said 1 day later:

    ME WANT

  55. TakaM said 1 day later:

    looks god damn awesome, can’t wait.

  56. Sigvatr said 1 day later:

    IF I HEAR THE WORD CAVE STORY ONE MORE TIME, THEN I’M GOING TO TURN THIS CAR AROUND AND NO ONE GETS TO GO TO DISNEY LAND

  57. Golds said 1 day later:

    those springs look badass to me.

  58. xerus said 1 day later:

    CAVE… adventure.

  59. Grawl said 1 day later:

    Actually, it’s a rip-off of the greatest Barbie games combined!

  60. dan said 2 days later:

    it is illegal to copy a game

  61. Kvalsternacka said 2 days later:

    I call dibs on first download!

  62. mr said 2 days later:

    Tell your parents to buy you Bonesaw or go to hell!

    (Extra points to anyone who gets that reference…)

  63. dog biscuits said 3 days later:

    go shove it in your stocking

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