Indie Game Pick: Trashman (Extend Studio)
The story of Extend Studio's Trashman is set in the distant future, where a space station has been built to clean up the heavy pollution contaminating Earth, using funds contributed by governments around the world. Everything worked according to plan and the planet was finally on the right track to recovery when an unexpected incident causes all robots on the station to go haywire. Playing as the super-robot Ares, you are sent on a mission to rescue task force members who were trapped while conducting an investigation to find out the extent of damage sustained by the ship.
This 2D platformer can be played using the keyboard, mouse or the Xbox controller, although you can only shoot in eight directions as full analog controls are not supported. Members of Extend Studio currently have plans to release Trashman for both Windows and Xbox 360 platforms.
There is only one level to play in this demo version, which you can grab from the official site for the game.
Comments
Promising game but seems that have some controls problems
Posted by: Nacery | September 6, 2009 11:30 PM
Intersting, makes me think of MegaMan, worse that there was a "Trash Man" in MM9, but this is more along lines of MMX series in terms of graphics/size of bosses...
...but at least its not handicapped by crappy anime and voice acting!
*win*
Posted by: Kenny | September 7, 2009 12:47 AM
Weird. How similar it that to Vectorman for Genesis?
Posted by: Teddy | September 7, 2009 1:08 AM
@Teddy:
Thats exactly what I was thinking since I saw this.
Fast paced 2D shoot-em-up set on a planet reduced to junk and the protagonist is a garbage man? Sounds awfully similar...
Posted by: willy626 | September 7, 2009 3:52 AM
@Nacery
Hey, I think that the control is weird when I played the early demo version but now after the team has updated the two types of combat mode, there is no problem about the control already.
Posted by: @Nacery | September 8, 2009 8:31 AM
er, how about the old Spectrum Trashman games. w00t.
Posted by: Raoul Duke | September 11, 2009 7:36 PM
i dl & played the demo thru, i really like it, i t reminds me of megaman
Posted by: logicanchaos | April 3, 2010 11:40 PM