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Saturday, December 20, 2008


First gameplay video from D-Pad Studios' Owlboy, an upcoming 2D platformer for Windows and Xbox Live Arcade.

Owlboy makes his game footage debut (Destructoid)
Destructoid interview: Owlboy

Posted by timw on December 20, 2008 8:47 AM | | Comments (18)

Comments

looks nifty, but i still want project rhapsody, too

Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2008 10:22 AM

This has to be the game I'm most anticipating right now, I think.

Posted by: Quetz | December 20, 2008 11:23 AM

The comments in the Destructoid article are interesting.

Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2008 11:42 AM

Oh, it's this cult classic game for the SNES that was loved by so many and which I just somehow happened to miss out on, right?
Seriously, I'm impressed :)

Posted by: MisterX | December 20, 2008 12:39 PM

If the gameplay of this little gem will be half as good as the beautiful visuals and music, this is going to be a masterpiece.

And a sidescrolling platformer that involves flying? Now that is obviously a Cave Story booster rip-off. :)

Posted by: Bellyache | December 20, 2008 1:05 PM

impressive! 2d awesomness!

Posted by: AuthenticKaizen | December 20, 2008 2:01 PM

I'm not a fan of the music. Sounds too 8-bit for the visuals.

Posted by: YuRiPa | December 20, 2008 2:38 PM

Totally opposite on the music here. Just the right mixture of bleepy-blippyness to make you feel like you're playing a retro videogame, and an edge of more modern, orchestral-sounding arrangement and sampling.

Posted by: Dominic White | December 20, 2008 3:08 PM

Indie games and owls seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Posted by: madamluna | December 20, 2008 5:06 PM

I agree with YuRiPa. It seems like having NES music for an SNES game.

Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2008 6:18 PM

I was looking forward to this game when they first announced it.

Now it just looks like Aquaria except you fly and don't have cool transformation powers.

Posted by: Some Guy | December 20, 2008 6:44 PM

Snake's pixel art is second to none, but the gameplay looks like it has a ways to go before this game is worthy of the hype it's getting.

Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2008 8:01 PM

It looks decent, but the thing for me in this trailer was the music - the second it started playing I had a sudden urge to listen to Pokémon Red's musics. I like it, I like it.

If this is a mediocre 2D-platformer, then oh well, but if this is a good platformer with musics like that, then... awesome.

Posted by: Tzi | December 21, 2008 8:31 PM

Is this Aquaria in the sky?

Pass...

Posted by: Gutter | December 21, 2008 9:35 PM

live needs more of this stuff

Posted by: farik | December 21, 2008 10:41 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone, and thanks for the mention, Tim!

Personally, I'm a fan of Aquaria, and I think it's such a wonderfully put together game- it really shows what a talented indie team can do!

But as far as Owlboy goes, the gameplay is more action oriented that Aquaria. To me, it's a mix between the old Zelda games and Mega Man. Oh yeah.. and you can fly ;)

Posted by: Blake | December 22, 2008 12:00 AM

Good to hear there you're going for more action in this game. It's looking very good so far.

Posted by: Legendary Hoamaru | December 22, 2008 10:27 AM

This music is directly from the final stage of the old sega megadrive game Bubsy!!!

I hope they have permission to use it (or maybe its just for the trailer?)

Posted by: MaelXD | December 23, 2008 1:21 AM

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