As teased several times before in other posts, I said that several characters from other known indie games would make their appearance in UFHO2. Finally it's time to say the names, and the first is:
COMMANDER VIDEO
(from the BIT.TRIP series)
STORY In recent times, traces of Commanders have been reported by an UFHO flying too close to a black hole, and getting sucked in. The Gooys on board reported via radio - before disappearing - about the casual encounter with a very dark friendly race, with one white glowing eye. They sad that even if they were black, these wordless creatures left a trail of coloured spots as they moved, as if they were made of the matter of every living jelly being. GAMEPLAY In fact, they can move 7 times during a turn (vs. the 6 moves of most other races). Unfortunately, being not used to modern mechanisms, rotating an area costs to them 3 moves instead of 2.
The first guest star, provided by the nice guys at Gaijin Games, is the black alien known as Commander Video, starring in the awesome BIT.TRIP series (I personally love BEAT and RUNNER). He will not be only one character, but an entire race of aliens in the UFHO2 universe.
The 'Commanders' are an ancient race of aliens, which was thought to be extinct long time ago. They were the first form of intelligent jellies, and all the jelly-like races in the universe are thought to descend from them.
There are also legends on how the blue Gems are actually an artifact created by Commanders, to encase and use the power of all the living things in the universe.
When compared to the other races in the UFHO universe, Commanders are very quick and smart.
When talking about powerups they make very good use of them, and their increased move count allows them to use expensive powerups and still have some moves to spend to complete their strategy. This makes them very complicated opponents to overcome, although trapping them in the wrong area can slow the Commanders down considerably.
Just for the record, some time ago a character (a Jeevil) from UFHO appeared in BIT.TRIP Runner, although he was quite hidden. Here's the proof!
We hope you enjoyed this small surprise! Keep following these updates because Commander Video is not the only guest character, there's still 3 more to go! Can you guess from which games?
As always, don't forget about supporting UFHO2 on Kickstarter! Over and out.
That awesome, how did you get the permission to have commander video?
Well we just... asked. After having participated in the pixel art contest mentioned at the bottom of this news.
The guys at Gaijin Games (in the form of Alex Neuse) were super kind and agreed promptly.
Wow thats so cool, cant wait to try your game! Look pretty sweet.