Punch Club (ex. VHS Story) [streetfighter manager]
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Topic: Punch Club (ex. VHS Story) [streetfighter manager]
Posted By: Dartius
Subject: Punch Club (ex. VHS Story) [streetfighter manager]
Date Posted: 10 March 2014 at 11:44pm
VHS Story streetfighter manager for PC, MAC, Linux. GREENLIGHT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345g7VNvnOo/"> 
ABOUT THE GAME Punch Club (ex. VHS Story) is a strategy / tycoon / streetfighter-manager game with 80-90s atmosphere, nostalgia and lots of games/movies references. You have to manage your time and money to improve your fighter skills on one side and your training equipment on the other. You will start as an unknown fighter in the underground club and must work your way to the top and solve the mystery from your past. Improve your characteristics, learn new fight moves and unlock new abilities in the skill tree. Make your setup for every fight to suit the particular situation and opponent. Choose your way wisely. Every decision matters. You can be a super-hero, a criminal or waste your life watching TV, or even run your own gym. The game is a mix of a non-linear storyline, a tycoon-like gameplay, RPG elements and a tactical fight. 
Take a look to our image http://vhs-story.com/en/gallery/vhs-story-gallery/ - gallery . FEATURES Nostalgia of the 80s and 90s. Lots of references to movies and games 80 – 90s. (i.e. if you get a job as pizza guy – it’s a chance to meet the Teenage Mutant Ninja Alligators). A lot of irony. Leveling up and character progression. Perks: Some are partly gained at birth and others after quests have been completed and come to a decision. (Perks during the game are very important). Nonlinear story line. You have an opportunity to prepare for every fight, to study and analyze the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. Don’t manage to beat an opponent, try to buy information about his weaknesses in advance, or for example poison his beloved hamster. ABOUT US We are "Lazy Bear Games"- a small indie game studio based Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Studio was founded 6 years ago by two friends as "Game Jam Studio" and changed its name to "Lazy Bear Games" in April 2015. We started game development as a hobby and now it is our full-time job. We are about 30 years old, so we spent our childhood in the era of NES/Sega consoles, TMNT cartoon series and movies with S.Stallone, A.Schwarzenegger, J.K.Vandam spread on VHS cassettes. We love that era and want to make a game full of nostalgia and different references to the culture of that time. We are big fans of strategic games of all kinds. So, we decided to mix these 2 things and the idea of Punch Club (ex. VHS Story) came out. We have been working on Punch Club (ex. VHS Story) for 1 year now. We’ve been greenlit on Steam, and we’ve made it just in 5 days! We ended up with 70% yes votes! http://vhs-story.com/en/"> 
Follow us on  https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames - @LazyBearGames
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 12 March 2014 at 9:53am
Meanwhile we are working on more cool animation for our hero.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 16 March 2014 at 3:18am
This is how our artist makes our cool pixelart. From sketch to final look.
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Posted By: skittle
Date Posted: 16 March 2014 at 5:59am
| Ooo, very nice process of creating that tree. Thanks for sharing that! |
Posted By: Damian
Date Posted: 16 March 2014 at 2:24pm
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The art and animations so far in this game look great. The only thing that doesn't look right to me yet, is the leaves on the tree, but only the darkest colour. I almost feel like, either it should be changed to something a bit more desaturated, or have another shade of a desaturated green introduced in there.
Btw, love the process shown above, thanks for sharing. |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 17 March 2014 at 9:56am
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VHS Story Teenage Mutant Ninja Alligator wish joyful celebration to your dear ones on this St. Patrick’s Day!
Here is our version of TMNT! 
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 20 March 2014 at 9:10am
Do you recognize this guy?
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 24 March 2014 at 2:22pm
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Our prototype got a Grand Prize in GamesJamKanobu, a festival that lasted for the whole month with more than 400 projects. You can read more here: http://red-buzz.com/2014/03/and-the-winners-are-in-for-gamesjamkanobu/ - http://red-buzz.com/2014/03/and-the-winners-are-in-for-gamesjamkanobu/ |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 21 April 2014 at 9:35am
Here's a small part of a shop with many interesting stuff ;)
More information in our http://vhs-story.com/en/ - blog . Keep up with VHS Story news on the official https://twitter.com/VHS_Story - Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/VHSStory - Facebook pages. |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 21 May 2014 at 11:45am
Just started sketching our first female character.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 22 May 2014 at 3:51am
Further progress:
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Posted By: revolver
Date Posted: 22 May 2014 at 8:54am
| I'm jealous |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 23 May 2014 at 3:59am
Here is the whole progress:
More information in our - blog . Keep up with VHS Story news on the official - Twitter and - Facebook pages. Try VHS Story alpha version http://gamejam.ru/vhstory/eng.html - here . |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 25 May 2014 at 5:43am
Here's the animation: |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 28 May 2014 at 9:06am
Do you know how to combine these things? 
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Posted By: pixelllover
Date Posted: 02 June 2014 at 7:58am
| Definitely keeping an eye on your game's development! Good luck with the game! |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 05 June 2014 at 4:34am
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Recently we've published our pre-alpha build at GameJolt and several days later it became No.1 in "top rated games": http://gamejolt.com/games/best/ - http://gamejolt.com/games/best/  |
Posted By: Damian
Date Posted: 05 June 2014 at 6:48am
| Congrats, good to see hard work paying off. |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 06 June 2014 at 9:01am
What movie/video games references do you recognize here?
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 19 June 2014 at 8:27am
The hero of VHS Story is watching WorldCup2014. What is your favourite team?
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 31 July 2014 at 5:05am
Work in progress! VHS Story team.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 31 July 2014 at 5:10am
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VHS Story hero earns his first money.
[IMG]http://vk.com/doc399294_315890709?hash=65f64867a71846266b&dl=055a6f375632093e78&wnd=1[/IMG] |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 01 September 2014 at 5:19am
Do you remember Rocky 4 and winter? We've got it in our VHS_Story game!
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Posted By: AimlessZealot
Date Posted: 01 September 2014 at 5:45am
| One day, if I'm very lucky and the pixel gods smile upon me, I'll either learn or hire someone to do voodoo like this. The envy is real. |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 30 September 2014 at 8:41am
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Hey guys! :)
Take a look at our blog post. VHS Story project news is http://vhs-story.com/en/report_gamesjam2014_and_news/ - here . Keep up with VHS Story news on the official https://twitter.com/VHS_Story - Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/VHSStory - Facebook pages. 
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 31 October 2014 at 3:28am
Wishing you a Halloween full of moonlight and magic! ... Happy Halloween!!!
Keep up with VHS Story news on the official https://twitter.com/VHS_Story - Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/VHSStory - Facebook pages. |
Posted By: Finlal
Date Posted: 31 October 2014 at 8:44am
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This whole thing looks really great.
Originally posted by Dartius
What movie/video games references do you recognize here? Indiana Jones, TMNT (twice), Mortal Kombat (twice). Hmmm... Nothing else. I guess I'm not really good at reference spotting. |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 17 November 2014 at 7:36am
Working on the new GUI for our game VHS Story. That is the 3rd time we redraw the GUI from the scratch. We hope that is the final version.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 25 November 2014 at 11:25pm
Testing character skin system.
Keep up with VHS Story news on the official https://twitter.com/VHS_Story - Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/VHSStory - Facebook pages.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 27 November 2014 at 8:17am
Playing with script engine for mini-cutscenes in VHS Story.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 28 November 2014 at 5:39am
Here's our new kitchen. Our hero has got a cat! :) meow :3
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 01 December 2014 at 2:39am
Here's how our VHS Story looks like in Unity editor.
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Posted By: eishiya
Date Posted: 01 December 2014 at 6:27am
| Is all the scribbliness part of the overall look for the game? I find it very unappealing myself, but I suspect I'm not part of the target audience for this game. If it's an intentional thing that adds to the atmosphere you're going for, then stick with it! |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 02 December 2014 at 9:41am
Here's a map of our city. Work still in progress. A lot of content coming…
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 04 December 2014 at 4:33am
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Keep up with VHS Story news on the official https://twitter.com/VHS_Story - Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/VHSStory - Facebook pages.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 04 December 2014 at 4:34am
Street fight scene from our fighter sim/tycoon VHS Story.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 05 December 2014 at 7:47am
Scripting cut-scenes in VHS Story using uScript engine.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 13 December 2014 at 8:27am
Making an intro cutscene.
Take a look at our blog post. VHS Story project news is http://vhs-story.com/en/report_gamesjam2014_and_news/ - here . Keep up with VHS Story news on the official https://twitter.com/VHS_Story - Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/VHSStory - Facebook pages.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 22 December 2014 at 6:46am
The year 2014 overview and upcoming plans. Read http://vhs-story.com/en/theyear2014_overview/ - here . ;)
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Posted By: RebeaLeion
Date Posted: 23 December 2014 at 1:42pm
| I personally don'ť play fighting games, but through that this game is very promising and has it's own pixelart style and a good one. I think it might do good @steam, kickstarter, etc. So have fun with it :o) |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 15 January 2015 at 4:11am
One screen from the VHS Story intro.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 26 January 2015 at 6:51am
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We're on http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=379919825 - STEAM GREENLIGHT and need your support to get greenlit! Please vote for us.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=379919825"> 
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 19 February 2015 at 4:58am
We've been Greenlit! It took exactly 5 days! Thank you for your support! :)
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 19 February 2015 at 4:59am
Designing perks/traits icons for our VHS Story.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 03 March 2015 at 3:48am
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Hello and welcome to the #FCOVilnius (podcast): Steam Greenlight — experience of Train Valley & VHS Story. We participated as guest speakers. :)
You can listen to us by clicking http://sergeiklimov.biz/2015/02/fcovilnius-1509-steam-greenlight-experience-of-train-valley-vhs-story/ - here . 
http://vhs-story.com/en/vhs-story-preorder/">
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 17 March 2015 at 4:07am
More charts and metrics of our passing Steam Greenlight are available in http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/SvyatoslavCherkasov/20150130/235409/How_to_get_greenlit_in_5_days.php - Gamasutra article.
Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/SvyatoslavCherkasov/20150130/235409/How_to_get_greenlit_in_5_days.php - http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/SvyatoslavCherkasov/20150130/235409/How_to_get_greenlit_in_5_days.php |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 18 March 2015 at 9:29am
Playing with character constructor for VHS Story. Made exchangable heads/body/pants.
Keep up with VHS Story news on the official https://twitter.com/VHS_Story - Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/VHSStory - Facebook pages. 
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 20 March 2015 at 2:52am
Designing our first fight league. 11 different opponents with different characteristics.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 20 March 2015 at 9:30am
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Trying to make all 11 opponents recognizable. We want you to remember the guy that beat you. :)
Actually, if somebody has a "suitable" names for our fighters in his mind, feel free to share! 
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Posted By: Iscalio
Date Posted: 23 March 2015 at 6:33am
| I note there are no Wesley Snipes skin tones in this crowd of fighters. :) |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 24 March 2015 at 7:58am
Designing a small tutorial. First public alpha version is coming soon…
If you want to play a closed alpha version and get extras (preorder bonus pack) you can place your pre-order by clicking http://vhs-story.com/en/vhs-story-preorder/ - here . (There’s more info about the pre-order on our site.) http://vhs-story.com/en/vhs-story-preorder/"> 
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 27 March 2015 at 5:38am
Making pictures for perks. How do you like it? Any ideas what all these perk mean? ;)
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 30 March 2015 at 8:52am
LOL! We wanted to draw a "beard lover" perk, but our artist misread a task as a "bird lover" :D
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Posted By: MasterSky
Date Posted: 30 March 2015 at 7:31pm
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congrats guys on being greenlit! great game and art you have here! no doubt this game will take off in an instant  |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 06 April 2015 at 3:40am
Here is how our gym looks like in Unity. Colliders, pathfinding grid and other stuff.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 10 April 2015 at 9:24am
Waaagh!!! Da red shoes go fasta... If you know what I mean ;)
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 14 April 2015 at 2:53am
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We've just released our first public alpha version. You can purchase it http://vhs-story.com/en/vhs-story-purchase/ - here.
http://vhs-story.com/en/vhs-story-purchase/">
http://vhs-story.com/en/vhs-story-purchase/"> 
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 23 April 2015 at 3:06am
New NPC - a coach will be available in version a.0.2.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 23 April 2015 at 3:06am
Train your skills with a coach and don't lose health. Coming in version a.0.2.
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 23 April 2015 at 3:09am
Tired after hard training? Watch TV! Coming in version a.0.2 in a few days!
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 05 May 2015 at 6:33am
Thanks Indiegames.com for reviewing our game: http://indiegames.com/2015/04/manage_your_fighter_from_rags_.html
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 05 May 2015 at 8:44am
Here's a cafe coming in version a.0.3 where you will meet one important guy!
You can purchase VHS Story by clicking the button below: http://vhs-story.com/en/vhs-story-purchase/">
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 07 May 2015 at 3:49am
Hey, we have a cook in our cafe. Do you recognize him?
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 12 May 2015 at 9:29am
Here's a small post describing changes of a.0.3 in case you missed it. http://vhs-story.com/en/alpha-a-0-3/
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 01 June 2015 at 6:44am
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We're renaming our game to PunchClub. Some explanations will follow soon.
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 01 June 2015 at 8:34am
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Good name, and good logo! Fits the game MUCH better :) ------------- |
Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 16 June 2015 at 4:06am
Punch Club - prison time!
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 19 June 2015 at 7:07am
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E3 reveal trailer of PunchClub. Release coming this fall!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345g7VNvnOo/">
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 03 July 2015 at 7:24am
PunchClub : vacation in Siberia!
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Posted By: Dartius
Date Posted: 06 July 2015 at 2:42am
A little teaser: we're working on the iOS version of PunchClub too!
Follow us on https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames - @LazyBearGames
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