Duality ZF - 2008-OCT Alpha Demo - Dual Play (Xbox 360/PC; Shoot'Em Up; Shmup; 2D Shooter; STG)

October 2008 Alpha Demo of Duality ZF, an Xbox 360 game by Xona Games. Showcasing an early stage 1 and DUAL PLAY, where one player controls two fighters at once.

Release Date: Summer 2009 on Xbox LIVE Indie Games (XBLIG)*.

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 is a 2D shooter with simple but high-intensity, quick-reflex gameplay.

DUALITY ZF introduces two duality features:

1) DUAL-SL, a weapon system with spread and laser features. It morphs from spread to laser and back via trigger controls.

2) DUAL PLAY allows you to control two players at once. Its an underground concept born in Japanese arcades by expert gamers. DUAL PLAY offers double the firepower. It suits newcomers in easy modes and allows experts to challenge extended expert modes.

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

(This is an alpha demo of DUALITY ZF, showcasing an incomplete engine and stage one.)

*Xbox LIVE Indie Games (XBLIG) formerly known as Xbox LIVE Community Games (XBLCG).

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[Dgamer5000]

the game looks awesome, but im more impressed at the guy being able to control 2 ships at the same time, and do as well as he did

[DrywCM]

looks great! you should make another with some type of score system to keep people coming back for more. nice music too

[matthewdoucette]

@needo2new lol this video is so old now! check out duailtyzf . com for the trailer as well as a bunch of vids of the game!

[JDoucette]

@iforce2d ha ha ha, that's funny!

Wow, this video is old, almost 2 years! Duality ZF has improved so much since then. We should have a Bullet Hell game mode video up soon. In the meantime please check out some of our newer videos...

The song at the beginning is Legacy by Imphenzia, I love it!

P.S. Imphenzia is supplying our entire soundtrack for Duality ZF! ;)

[iforce2d]

awesome!!

i can just see the enemy commander's reaction to all 1200 of his ships being destroyed.... "but did you use the bullet hell? what do you mean theres only two of them?!?" haha

btw whats the music right at the beginning?

[mrblackout2000]

@matthewdoucette scare gamer..

i want in on xbox live.

whats taking so long.

[matthewdoucette]

click through the video responses to see our improvements... this video is a year old now!

[manlykperry]

thats solid

[JDoucette]

We created all the artwork ourselves.  Most of it is hand drawn, but there's a lot of procedural artwork as well.

[Infinite101001]

wow!

did you guys make the sprites or get them from somewhere?

[matthewdoucette]

this alpha demo is now 9 months old. check out our latest trailer, currently the april 2009 trailer.

plus, duality zf features "Custom Soundtracks" which means you can replace the music with your own if it's really that big of a deal. the imphenzia soundtrack is hard to showcase in a video clip, but the unique songs per each stage, each game mode, each boss fight, etc. really match the mood of the game. no one has put techno to a shooter before, so it's something extra for us to stand out.

[Wargargble]

nice thing but its for xbox so it sux anyway and of techno music in background so it sux even moar