Duality ZF - 2009-MAR Tech Demo (Xbox 360/PC; Shoot'Em Up; Shmup; 2D Shooter; STG)

March 2009 tech demo of DUALITY ZF. Introducing SURVIVAL MODE, a one life score run dubbed the "Geometry Wars Killer". Only one of six game modes. Showcasing DUAL PLAY where one player controls two fighters at once. Only one player is playing.

Note: GROUND ANIMATIONS ARE DISABLED in this video. This is only a tech demo.

Release Date: Summer 2009 in Xbox LIVE Community Games. Price: ??? Microsoft Points. SUBSCRIBE for notification.

DUALITY ZF placed 2nd in Canada and 7th in the world in the global Dream Build Play 2009 Challenge (Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Contest) out of over 350 entries from over 100 countries. http://xona.com/2009/09/05.html

Duality ZF features:
- 6 game modes (home, survival, arcade, score rush, bullet hell, boss rush)
- 4 control modes (solo play, dual play, multidirectional, and one secret control mode)
- 4x local multiplayer
- 96 different game styles
- 96 online scoreboards (including individual and team scores)

Every game mode can be played with every control mode. Every game mode and every control mode can be played with one to four players. Every game mode and every control mode and every different number of players has its own unique online scoreboard. Two to four player games count as team efforts in which every player received the team score and competes against other equally-numbered teams globally. Duality ZF is locally cooperative and globally competitive. It kicks ass. Unlike some other Xbox LIVE Community Games, your scores will never "drop off" the bottom of the scoreboard list. Duality ZF will be one of the most fun and competitive video games on the Xbox 360.

Duality ZF is an Xbox 360 game by Xona Games.

Duality ZF: http://dualityzf.com/
Xona Games: http://xona.com/
Imphenzia Music: http://imphenzia.com/

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[TledgEs]

Wow guys looks mad good,

i take it you wont be submitting this to DBP considering your releasing it to community games.

It sounds like you guys put alot of effort in and this should be way better than so many other shmups on community games or anywhere.

It also seems like you have quite a group of people following you, good luck with everything.

[PixelOutlaw]

Looks very solid gents.

[matthewdoucette]

@NickRoeder we've thought about it!

[NickRoeder]

Make this a Kinect game and I'll consider getting a Kinect.

[JDoucette]

@FuturedaveyP Yes it's my game. I am the lead programmer, and I designed it in conjunction with my brother Matthew. We form Xona Games -- a two man crew. I love these type of shmups too. My fav. A side scroller will be in our future...

Sorry I know of no such list... Perhaps people who frequent some of the shmup forums would know?

[FuturedaveyP]

@JDoucette is it your game (you designing it?)? I love side and upwards scrolling shooters. Is there a complete list of them anywhere that are on xboxlive do you know?

[JDoucette]

@FuturedaveyP Nope, not yet. It's scheduled for 2011. XBLA hopefully.

[FuturedaveyP]

is this out on xbox live? sorry if youve mentioned it somewhere, but ermm.. i cant read.

[matthewdoucette]

thank you so much! btw, you saw exactly what i saw and liked in this video. this video has an extra glow (which we are working on reproducing to some degree) as well as blurred frames (multiple frames from the xbox merged into a single frame of this video) which the software we used to make our trailer does not do. we are looking for better video editing software that can blur multiple frames together for these lower frame rate video trailers on youtube.

[KaZuAltY]

Phenomenal. If I didn't know any better, the game actually looks better than the trailer; but then again, I think it's the TV giving off that extra glow. ;)

Nonetheless, excellent work. I hardly buy any Live/Indie titles, but THIS is certainly on the list!

[Adropacrich2]

I'm sure you will do very well with this one