Dyflexion Presskit

Factsheet

Developer:
Pisces Studios
Based in United States

Release date:
March 8 2022

Website:
dyflexion.piscesstudios.com

Available From:
$4.99 - Steam
$2.49 - itch.io

Description

Journey through space to save Earth from evil inter-dimensional beings and their annunaki serpents in this sci-fi vertical scroll shooter where deflecting enemy projectiles is key to success. Destroy your enemies with upgradeable lasers, targeting torpedoes, area of explosion cannons, or deflecting their own projectiles. Get help with power-ups, upgrades, tips, and exchanging your score for munitions, life, and upgrades or vice versa in the armory. Play the survival mini-game that takes you through endless waves of bullet-hell.

History

It all started as a high-school final project for computer science class over 10 years ago. Throughout the years I've revisited the project to rebuild, expand, and go for a commercial quality game release, but had no success. Dyflexion (formerly known as Aberration) is my 4th iteration of the project and will be my first commercially released game.

The first rebuild involved a custom game engine programmed in c++, but a custom game engine was a major road block.

The second rebuild was in Game Maker: Studio, which was nearly feature complete with 12 levels, training level, 3 mini-games, and online leaderboards, but the quality wasn't something I was proud of charging money for, secondly, Steam Green Light was hard to get votes and Desura went out of business at that time, so, finding a suitable store was also out of the picture.

The third iteration was also in Game Maker: Studio, but this time quality was a priority, especially graphics. The game used orthographic 3D graphics. The game failed because Game Maker: Studio was being replaced with Game Maker: Studio 2 ( which didn't support d3d functions that my game was using ) and there was no long term support for the original engine, moreover, modules to port to other platforms were no longer available for the original engine.

Dyflexion now uses Unity. It continues to use orthographic 3d playing field, but now with a background rendered by a perspective 3d camera to give the illusion of flying through space. The engine switch was a gift and curse. Learning a whole new engine brought many setbacks, but also opened the game up to new possibilities.

Features

Deflect enemy projectiles back at them
Encounter epic boss battles
Dodge and deflect your way through obstacles
Pick up the game easily with the tutorial level

Videos

Dyflexion Gameplay Trailer YouTube

Dyflexion Boss Compilation Trailer YouTube

Images

Download all screenshots & photos as .zip

Logo & Icon

Download logo/icon assets as .zip

Monetization Permission

Pisces Studios allows for the contents of Dyflexion to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from Dyflexion is legally & explicitly allowed by Pisces Studios. This permission can be found in writing at https://www.indiedb.com/games/dyflexion/presskit.

Additional Links

Steam
Store Page store.steampowered.com/app/1727440/Dyflexion.

Itch
Store Page pisces-studios.itch.io/dyflexion.

Game Jolt
Store Page gamejolt.com/games/dyflexion/369903.

About Pisces Studios

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Pisces Studios is a startup indie developer and publisher founded by Matthew Gianfrancesco October 4, 2018 and operates from his home office. Matthew Gianfrancesco is the sole proprietor of Pisces Studios and has zero employees because he prefers outsourcing labor. Matthew Gianfrancesco started his game making journey at the age of 12, self-taught using RPG maker 2000 and Game Maker 5. Throughout the years he's always wanted to make his hobby his day job and hopes one of his indie games will be the start of such a dream.

More information
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