Osnap!

[shawn]

I'm back, after a looooong time...
I'm a bit used to my classes now (in my sophomore year, hoorah), and I'm resuming development on many of the games/projects I had underway.
I never forgot about Tyrian, though.
Thus, I had a breakthrough with legacy support - me and my friend Jace got together and created emulated Gravis Ultrasound soundfonts. I did all the composing, and I'm starting back up my Tyrian - Rebirth project.
You can find it at www.visualsoftworks.com/tyrian_rebirth.htm.
Do enjoy.

I'll update this post as I go.

10/08/07

• I finished the basic scrolling/fighting engine, which I dub TE-01 (Tyrian base Engine write 01). It's got a futuristic interface with animated panels and some shiny energy bars, but it's not much right now in terms of those actually working; point is, the basic engine works.
  
• Video of Build 1 done; check it out on the official site. Sorry again about the low sound quality.
  
• I got the condition checks working also (determining equipped weapons).

Anyone have that shop screenshot? It would really, really help me out, since I can't take SC's of the original because DOSBox is mucked up on my machine.
I need a purchase screen (after selecting a category; not all of these needed), and a main shop screen. Also, the deployment screen would be a valuable addon.
Doing so will score yourself in the entry of Contributions in the credits section.

[yuriks]

Sounds interesting. But what exactly is Tyrian: Rebirth? A Tyrian remake/unnoficial sequel?

[shawn]

A remake, loosely based off of Tyrian. Name not yet official.

By the way, does anyone have a compilation of tilesets or images used ingame? I found old posts but the links were dead, and I don't have the ripper anymore.

[yuriks]

it.travisbsd.org/foo/tyrian/tyrian2k_rips/

Also, the music sounds great, tho Rock Garden has some weird songs in the background. (They seem like they are supposed to be the "Fret buzz" special effect that was on the original songs.)

[shawn]

Ah, thanks for that. I'll try to get a playable demo going as soon as humanly possible.