SolxBaiken Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 (edited) From the ashes of My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic . . .[ Dev Blog | Indiegogo page | YouTube Channel | Twitter ] Personally, I know nothing of modern MLP nor do I particularly care about it, but I was always interested in this project, and this new re-tooling is doing some pretty interesting things (I highly recommend checking out their YT channel to see their dynamic music system and reading their recent blog post on color palettes; the former has me especially intrigued because of the level of detail they're going to.)The story behind the project (in a nutshell):So as many may know (for better or worse) the 2010 animated series of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic created an unbelievably huge and successful renaissance for the toy line which quickly created a massive fan base that is not shy to show off their devotion to the series. Regardless of your feelings on the matter, I personally felt that one of the most interesting passion projects came in the form of "Fighting is Magic," a fan made fighting game that truly shone as a love letter to not only pony fandom but virtual pugilism enthusiasts as well. Sadly the project was canned by copyright holders Hasbro Inc. but the dedication of the dev team would not be wasted as a number of key individuals stepped in to ensure the spirit of the project would live on!Mike "Z" Zaimont", tournament level fighting game player and one of the leading visionaries behind Skullgirls, offered up his own personal "Z-Engine" (that was built specifically to develop Skullgirls). Lauren Faust, the woman responsible for the very conception of what My Little Pony is today, offered up her talent to create all new, original character designs.The now reborn, heart warmingly cringe sounding, Them's Fightin'n Heards is clearly more than just a half-hearted hobby piece.More to follow . . . Edited September 22, 2015 by SolxBaiken
TekkamanArk Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 Huh. I liked the older one that was based on MLP, and was wondering what happened to this thing. Sweet news. That name is just awful though.
SolxBaiken Posted September 9, 2015 Author Posted September 9, 2015 New teaser released yesterday, pretty much just shows off that the old gameplay designs are indeed carrying over with some new flourish.
SolxBaiken Posted September 9, 2015 Author Posted September 9, 2015 Yes, how dare they take so long after being slammed with a C&D and having to redraw the entire game and work with a new engine. ' x'
Crimefighter Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 There are two more characters that have been teased but not shown in full or given names yet. One is some kind of unicorn (some people think a goat of some kind) that has a book one is an alpaca (the one on the far left, the other two are the ones in the trailer). People assume that the designs from fighting is magic are being ported over to fightin' herds (can we all agree on calling it TFH instead to sound less stupid?) so probably 6 characters at launch. I'm sure there'll be more info when the crowdfund campaign starts.If you watch the trailer you can see that there's health with Vsav style regen, super meter, magic meter which seems to be basically the same as the old fighting is magic magic system, and some kind of third meter underneath the healthbar that looks like some kind of stun or Skullgirls style undizzy. I wanna say I remember an interview/twitter conversation where they said they didn't want the game to play too much like skullgirls so maybe not? IDK I can't find that interview/tweet anywhere though so maybe I made it up.
Hecatom Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Yes, how dare they take so long after being slammed with a C&D and having to redraw the entire game and work with a new engine. ' x'LMAO, why the hostility? Jesus girl, chillax.
Crimefighter Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 New character teased, evidently a lambhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/COqui-6UAAAACFG.png:largeLooks like s/he has a squad, possibly for assists/puppet stuff.
SolxBaiken Posted September 21, 2015 Author Posted September 21, 2015 Raw gameplay footageSeeing all the SG effects [placeholders I'm sure] gives me nightmare ' x'
Crimefighter Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Judging from the change in hitsparks, it looks like the green bar under health is SG style undizzy, although they never bursted so maybe not. I hope it's not.Edit: They said on tumblr the green bar is related to combo length but isn't harsh, so it's possibly a mechanic different than undizzy. Edited September 21, 2015 by Crimefighter
Crimefighter Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) The indiegogo is live.Gameplay details revealed for Paprika (alpaca), Oleander (unicorn), and Pom (sheep)Paprika has good movement and randomized attacks (probably a-la faust/plat)Oleander reads her book to get more moves (as in straight up new moves apparently, like Shun Di, not powered up versions of specials like HOS)Pom is a puppet character who has a pack of puppies.The 6th character hasn't been revealed, might be the boss? mane6 says they'll reveal details soon.oh, and it has ASW style lobbies Edit: I missed it but they explain the combo poration. That green bar isn't undizzy, it's a juggle decay bar. Sounds like progressive gravity from guilty gear/HNK (but without basketball combos probably) but the progressive gravity only kicks in after that bar is filled. Edited September 21, 2015 by Crimefighter
Shadowfury333 Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 Calling it now, lobby system will be an RP hub within a month of release.
SoWL Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 Calling it now, lobby system will be an RP hub within a month of release.So, just like any other online lobby out there?
SolxBaiken Posted September 22, 2015 Author Posted September 22, 2015 Hmm, think I'll go with the $200 pledge tier [need all those musical variants! ' 3' ] and the visual hub world is cool, it's like a mini-game inside of a game, I hope ARC takes note as I still feel like they aren't utilizing their brand of it to the fullest of its ability [I want to interact with the useless shit in My Room! >.<]Right off the bat I'd main Oleander for that sweet Evil Dead reverence lol but I'm bad for wanting a Predator playable ; -; [someone on the comments expressed interests in a wolf before the IGG went live and it made me want it Q.Q ]
Crimefighter Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) RC88 (the game's composer) put some full tracks on his youtubeMain themeVelvet's themeEdit: new character (it's some kinda dragon horse? sounds like it's a high mobility rushdown character, maybe a fly mode?) and a green light campaign.https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/them-s-fightin-herds#/updates Edited September 23, 2015 by Crimefighter
Crimefighter Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 They added some more pledge tiers and some stretch goals which will add mac/linux and a goat character who has wall walking abilities and her magic is some kinda high speed movement.They also mentioned how the beta will work if they get green lit. Basically everyone at 15 and up will get a steam code, and everyone at 40 and up will get into a backer-only beta. So if you backed at a low price point you might want to up it.
Grim-reaper Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 That arizona vs velvet match got me HYPE AS **CK !Wishing all the success to the devs !
Crimefighter Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 They uploaded videos from a stream they did a few days ago, mostly it's matches but they also showed off what they have so far of oleander and paprika
Danaiden Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 The pledges skyrocketed the last days so they managed to fund the project. There also will be a Mac/Linux port.https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/them-s-fightin-herds#/updatesIt is however doubtful that they receive another 50 thousand dollar in such a short timeframe (about 2 days) to lure the goat out of its cave.
Number 13 Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) Already less then 9k away for goat with a bit less then 10 hours left. They will make it. Edited October 21, 2015 by Number 13
TekkamanArk Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 I'm glad I got to support this. I loved Fighting is Magic and was really sad when it got stopped. I STILL hate this stupid name, but, i'm glad it came together.
TAI-X Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 There also will be a Mac/Linux port.I'm surprised that a brony game wasn't made as a Linux exclusive to begin with.*tips fedora*
Danaiden Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Welp, I was madly wrong... but it wasn't unexpectable.https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/them-s-fightin-herds#/updatesThey not only reached the goat-goal, they also managed to achieve the 560K$ tier: extra stages, new music and story mode.
GrayscaleRain Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Congrats to the dev-team! I look forward to seeing the finished product.
VioletMurakumo Posted October 7, 2016 Posted October 7, 2016 I really need to get back to watching Mane6's animation streams. I am super excited for the game and backed more on it than I backed on anything. I just am not much into streams.
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