Star Fox Inspired “EX Zodiac” In Development
For the past two years, Ben Hickling has been slowly working on a Star Fox inspired game called EX Zodiac that pushes all the nostalgia buttons. It's go low-poly models, sprite-based effects, vertex coloring, gibberish communications from the characters, and genuine Star Fox gameplay. It looks like something that we might have seen from a Super FX version 2 if there ever was such a thing. Truth be told, I'm kinda jealous he's working on this. I wanted to make something like this myself!
So far, there's video of a Corneria-like level with tons of different enemies, obstacles, and showcasing both laser and missile weapons. There's over-water level with floating mines, rings to fly through, and cool sprite effects. Here's video of a boss enemy, a giant scorpion robot thing. Check out the links for even more footage and details.
The game is being built in GodotEngine. You can follow the game's development on Twitter, see more footage on the youtube channel, and the project homepage.
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“Truth be told, I’m kinda jealous he’s working on this. I wanted to make something like this myself!”
With the same graphic style?
@GeroVort
Not exactly the same. Simplified poly, but not necessarily low-poly. Think the style of The Witness. Vector coloring, simplified shading, and high contrast color choices.