Ctesiphon

absolute banger. frickin love it, the OST is one of my favorite things in this game, where i can find it?

Just got this game. I played the first level. Really neat.

 I was wondering if there is a way to remap keyboard controls that I missed? I couldn't find anything on the controls menu? I have one keyboard key broken. I can play the game but I find it a bit annoying. I am using Windows 10 if it matters.

For demo v1.02:

I beat the demo on Hard and didn't have any balance concerns. I spent a pretty good amount of time looking for all the secrets, but didn't find them. I think I ended up sequence breaking stage 2 by jumping from a tree up onto the highway; I'm glad the game lets you do stuff like that. Great music and visual direction, and the controls are fluid. Source-style crouch jumps are a nice addition. The further in I got, the more I was impressed. The attention to detail in the city really stuck out, but I shudder to think about what 10% of the Milky Nut is recycled.

You might want to lower the default sound effect volume some. I appreciated being able to break the cacti (PLEASE add a Steam achievement with the full release for breaking them all). The flinch effect on hitting basic enemies feels really good. I did find that the saw-hand enemies had a hard time navigating stairs. The secret jingle is great, but also way louder than the rest of the music.

The controls menu is a little wonky and could use a little work if you get to the time. The setting for which controller you're using being the only text heading in the menu made me think at first that all the settings below it were for XInput Controller No. 1, so you might want to encapsulate the text in a box together with the Select Gamepad UI elements. Gamepad selecting being a scroll bar instead of radio buttons is also bizarre, but if it works, it works. You might also want to add the text about pressing a bound key to unbind it in the popup text where it says "Push a key/button to bind to [INPUTNAME]." These are minimal concerns, though.

I didn't know that alt-fire actually did anything until seeing the "walk while zoomed in" option while writing the above. It might be a good idea to throw up a tutorial for alt-fire somewhere, like maybe when you pick up the first SMG, then another saying "some weapons have a different alt-fire" when you first grab the shotgun.

I did find one tiny bug where walking off of some surfaces would instantly kill your horizontal momentum and you'll fall straight down instead of running off; it happens sort of consistently but not every time with the little standing lights on level 1 (pic related). It also happens sometimes when running off the roofs of cars.

I also try to make a commitment to getting into places where I'm not supposed to be, and in the start of stage 3 where the magenta terminal is (near the mech enemy), I jumped from the boxes to the slanted pipe onto the building, and you can see OoB. If you walk into that garage area on the right, you get softlocked.

I had a great time with Ctesiphon and I'm excited for more. You did a damn good job.

Do you plan to release full version also on Itch.io?

Very nifty! By the way, if you ever need a voice actor for this, feel free to giz a shout!

I completed it and I liked it. Reminds me of Zortch, which also use custom engine.

Can you add option to enable texture filtering?

Linux Version:Unable to kill the first guy using the spike.

Really fun to play, and I love the art style! How did you do the texturing? Did you paint everything or use images etc?

I'm liking what I'm seeing so far.

Pros:
+The game flows well and the art direction is solid.
+I noticed that magazines and shell casings make noise and collide with your body, nice touch.
+The music fits well.

Negatives:
-MG ammo was a bit generous, I could get enough of it that I rarely had ammo issues.
-Enemies were easily stunned and encounters felt a bit easy.

Stuff I'd like to see:
*Might I request that the Data Spike get a melee attack button? It seems difficult to justify the spike being just another weapon when it's an extension of the player character's body. You can even pull a Duke Nukem and keep the spike's weapon slot.

I love your game, but I feel so dark that I need a flashlight (ps: Chainsaw robot scared me many times)

Great and sometimes scary game! Excellent movement mechanics and diverse weapons, and it's really satisfying to shoot! Feels like some old-school Doom, but cranked up to the max :) I enjoyed it! And a few levels really add to the game pleasure! :)

i cant see any of the buildings, just the sky

please help

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Fun game! Look sensitivity is a little weird though, like the vertical look is slightly slower than horizontal. Would be OK with the difficulty being a bit higher (taking more damage and doing less) in exchange for some faster default movement speed (like CSGO does). I just like the sensation of rushing around though like you can in Hotline Miami (kinda feels like a similar vibe). Also might suggest making the atmophere a little darker, if you are trying to go for cyberpunk

Was pretty fast-paced though, was very fun to rush though. And it worked. And it was written in java of all things! Why on earth would anyone want to do code in that!

Nice work though