Ctesiphon
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
Her long awaited vacation cut short by an orbital invasion, bounty hunter Ethelyn Dax takes on a whole army of mercenaries and their robotic auxiliaries to reconquer the resort city of Ctesiphon.
A Sci-Fi Boomer-Shooter currently in Alpha. Made by one dev over the course of nearly a decade, the game has been through multiple rewrites and on two long hiatuses,
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Development log
- Hotfix: HUD corners disappearing26 days ago
- The Atmospherics Update27 days ago
- New Year, New Demo, New DirectionJan 05, 2024
- Linux compatibility updateApr 07, 2023
- Demo Day 49Mar 03, 2023
- Demo Day 28Sep 06, 2019
- Demo Day 21 - First C++ DemoJul 08, 2018
- Demo Day 15Jul 01, 2017
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Absolutely gonna make it
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.
Thanks for trying it! It’s been a long time but it’s coming together.
I’m in the middle of an optimization pass on the AI to allow for a significant increase in the enemy count which should make the encounters in later levels ramp up. I will be adding some difficulty options later that can limit ammo and health pickups as well.
I can justify it on two counts: 1 - I’m looking for any possible excuse to cut things out of scope, and I wouldn’t want to do quick melee without proper animations. 2 - Even integrated into her arm, she still has to pull it back to throw a punch. Changing weapons represents having to commit to that. There’d be this annoying delay every time you hit the quick melee button, whereas in the melee stance it’s near instant.
All valid points regarding my suggestion.
Out of curiosity, what alt fire modes did you have in mind for the spike and rocket launcher? I'd rather hear your ideas before handing mine out.
I don’t have anything in mind for the spike, the rocket launcher already alt-fires the rockets as grenades which do extra damage but bounce around unpredictably
I love your game, but I feel so dark that I need a flashlight (ps: Chainsaw robot scared me many times)
Darkness has been the most consistent complaint I’ve gotten, the lighting changes a lot on different monitors. In the current demo I did add a flashlight, though it can give your position away to enemies who otherwise haven’t seen you yet.
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! :)
Manually placing all the enemies means I miss out on the shock of being ambushed by them, good to know it’s working!
Exactly as intended, thanks for playing!
Cool stuff, would love to see you do more in this vein, gave me a bit of an Immersive Sim vibe with the free roaming level design.
A short demo but with plenty of goodies inside. The movement is smooth as butter, the guns are satisfying and varied with two very interesting enemies to take on. All in all, it's already self-sufficient as a demo. There's a very solid FPS here and looking forward to seeing what comes from it!
was java is c++ feels the same
impressivei cant see any of the buildings, just the sky
please help
That's probably your system's version of OpenGL being too old, are you playing on Mac or Linux by chance?
I like this, clean gameplay, wacky enemies, looking forward to play it!
Great concept! Can't wait for it to be completed
This looks pretty darn fun. I'll give it a shot.
As is this is the best "unity FPS" I've ever played by far. I really liked how the guns felt, the level design and the overall style. Can't wait to play the finished thing.
Hi! here is my gameplay of the demo in a VHS style!
Great game, i can't wait to play it when more features are added
I tried this a while ago, it was kinda cool, especially the music:
OLD COMMENT (DD11):
Gave it a go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttey3YTycGI
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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
Thanks for playing!
I'm not sure what could be causing weird mouse behavior, it translates your desktop movement 1:01 to degress in both axes so it shouldn't be giving different sensitivities, I'll put in separate X and Y sliders if the problem doesn't go away.
I'm going to put in some more difficulty levels later that apply damage mods to the enemies, probably won't cause you to do less damage though as I think that's cheap.
Rushing around and cyberpunk are very much the idea. For now the map is really bright because I haven't put in the lighting system yet, when I do this map will be in the late evening rather than the middle of the day, and most other maps will be in the dead of night.
I want nothing more than to start again in C++, but I've come too far! If you must know, I simply found LibGDX to be very useful to get going with, after this project though I won't be touching Java again except for much smaller games.