Rad Rodgers, a 90's era platformer!

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ey everyone!
Luos here, or… perhaps… for some of you better known as “that vfx guy”
A few months ago I was contacted by the awesome Interceptor team to make particles and other neat effects for a game called Rad Rodger!
Rad Rodgers is an action-packed 4th-wall busting 3D side-scroller inspired by the precision platformers of the 90’s, powered by today’s Unreal Engine 4!

After not being able to tell about this awesome game for so long, today the official release trailer got released and I am happy to share it with my fellow devs!
(note, liiiitle bit of nsfw if you arent allowed to listen to curse words)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4HHZfVCbssE

I dont know about you, but I for one think this game rocks!
In the upcoming month, while we are trying to get the game kickstarted I will be releasing some “making of” and “speed create” videos of some of the effects I made for Rad Rodgers, and perhaps even do a livestream of me making an effect for it :slight_smile:

The game is still very much work-in-progress but we are all pouring our souls into it to make it a kickass platformer.
Not to mention we just launched the kickstarter for it, to make sure we have the funds to get this game up to snuff!
I’d appreciate it if you checked out the kickstarter for Rad Rodgers as it contains loads of cool images, gifs, videos, info, and some nice pledge-related content!
http://kck.st/2cDwhgk

If you want to follow Rad Rodger’s progress, be sure to check out the following links:
Official website: http://radrodgers.com/
Facebook: Rad Rodgers
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RadRodgers
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/radrodgers
And dont be afraid to ask me, the interceptor team, or even Rad and Dusty themselves anything you want!
We will do our best to answer any and all questions :slight_smile:

  • Luos out!
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Congratulations, and also early bird.

Cheers.

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Awesomesauce! thanks :slight_smile:

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Looks awesome! Congrats man! :smiley:

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nice work, congrats

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This looks amazing! Congrats, and good job!

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Thanks for the support :slight_smile:

First update/post got published, revealing the theme-song!

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I saw your project thanks to Unreal advertising, it looks so great! This is the kind of game I played in my childhood and that I would like to play again. Good luck, I’m with you! :o

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Going to back this as soon as I am able :slight_smile:

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Awesome! thanks buddy!

We also had a kickstarter update today, showing a new reward tier to celebrate us hitting the 30% funded mark :slight_smile:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1093001909/rad-rodgers-the-return-of-the-90s-era-apogee-platf/posts/1675469

booya!

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Nice was it in C++ or Blueprint?

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heyhey!
Its a lot of both. we have dedicated coders, but also a lot of people who work their blueprint magic.
Whatever is best suited for the job :slight_smile:

We do often start out with blueprint for concepts, and if its deemed usefull we often turn it into c++ to which blueprint stuff can be hooked into.

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I see. That great.

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Join us on twitch tomorrow :slight_smile:

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Hey all :slight_smile:

Just a tiny reminder, in less than an hour we will have a live-stream :slight_smile:
We will talk about the game, the art, stretch goals, UE4, and much much more!

Be sure to say hi!

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Awesome work! Looks great so far, good luck with the project!

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Going to try and back at the big box level if my bank account loves me on payday.

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Awesome color and texture work. Captures the spirit perfectly!

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The game looks fantastic. The visuals are tremendous.

Looks like you have a great team there.

I have just pledged (Pledge of Persia - all I can currently afford, sorry). Looking forward to seeing more on this masterpiece.

Cheers

Jay.

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This looks amazing, I love the look of the game.