Them's Fightin' Herds

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callback wrote on 2015-09-28 14:37

Surprised this hasn't been posted about yet.

http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/21/from-ponies-to-something-more-mane6-talks-thems-fightin-herds-development-crowdfunding-and-more/

TL:DR It's a fighting game featuring hooved quadrupeds such as a cow, a reindeer with ice magic, and yes, even an alpaca. :llama_youreadorable

The team was originally working on a MLP fan project, but Hasbro caught wind and it had to be cencelled. Still, in that original project they went WAY above and beyond as far as in-depth fighting mechanics, and had caught the eye of the fighting game community at large. After Lauren Faust offered to draw up some original character designs for the team and the project was rebooted, Lab Zero (makers of Skullgirls) who had heard about the level of polish the original had, donated their engine to the new project. The result we are looking at here is going to be a mechanically solid, deep in complexity, yet also somewhat beginner friendly fighting game with a unique aesthetic.

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Fully Crowdfunded!!!
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And Greenlit for Steam!

I'm really cheering for these guys. I'm a big fighting fan, and love the 4-button 2-D style the most (Blazblue). What about you guys? Favorite fighting game? Who do you think you would main in this? I would probably be Oleander or Velvet. I like the Lambda/Nu-style ranged juggles and anti-air combo punishment.
Chiyuri wrote on 2015-09-28 22:30

looks promissing. Seem to have a lot of chain combo
Kaeporo wrote on 2015-09-30 13:02

The last time I saw this project, it was still pony themed. It was surprisingly well made for a fan game and it's a shame that Hasbro stepped in since it's not like they're going to release a fighting game any time soon. Good on faust for stepping in.

I checked it out some more and the visual lobby is fucking rad.
callback wrote on 2015-10-02 13:39

Steam greenlight has been met. Crowdfunding is halfway done with 20 days left.
callback wrote on 2015-10-06 19:25

Update: Crowdfunding is at 57% at the halfway timestamp.

Please contribute and help spread the word so we can get the push we need to get this thing made!
Drizzit wrote on 2015-10-06 21:58

I kinda lost interest after it stopped being about ponies. My favorite thing about it was how well they designed moves for each of the mane 6.
callback wrote on 2015-10-07 08:15

Quote from Drizzit;1288128:
I kinda lost interest after it stopped being about ponies. My favorite thing about it was how well they designed moves for each of the mane 6.

They're keeping the basics of the movesets they designed. It's far from a carbon copy, they've rebuilt from the ground up and heavily tweaked since the first project, but the actual inventiveness of the team is their own and they are finally getting a chance to display it. The archetypes and playstyles match the first project, along with many moves. It's the mechanics and how they might flow that's different, so don't expect to get good at this game by playing the old project's leaked build.

It's all of those original ideas that the team had on the first project, just with a fresh coat of non-copyrighted paint.
callback wrote on 2015-10-16 14:11

82%, 6 days left. It's on a good pace to hit goal but it needs the contributions to keep coming. We're under $100k away. We can do this!
Chiyuri wrote on 2015-10-25 12:57

kinda like how the music dynamically switch to versions inspired by the character while the battle progress, favorizing the winning side