The Hardcade Project

New trailer + Demo

2009-11-02T15:26:00.005+01:00

Hi again.
There is a new trailer of Vapor Mayhem.
In fact, this video is the one that the game plays when the player is idle at the menu screen.

But that's not all.
You can download the game from here.

The IGF student contest deadline ends at 15th november and we are making few improvements.
So we may upload a newer version with better 2D art and easier Quick Times.
But right now, you can play with the version we submited to Art Futura.

Vapor Mayhem , finalist in Art Futura.

2009-10-28T13:02:00.004+01:00

As we commented in our last post, Vapor Mayhem was delivered to the Art Futura videogame contest.
Now we know we've been selected for the final.

Here you are the full finalist list:

Cubyshot
Day After Order
Ectoplasmic Wars
Hack Attack
Luxi
Rotorscope
Steam Rust
The Last Dance
Vapor Mayhem
Zezen

The winner will be revealed next sunday, after Tim Schafer's speech.

Final Boss teaser.

2009-10-14T15:52:00.001+02:00

That's it.
We have a final boss and this is his intro:

Art Futura Delivered

2009-09-19T20:33:00.002+02:00

Well, in one month we are delivering the final work to the master.

But this weekend we have submitted or current version to the Art Futura contest, the most important digital art contest in Spain, that takes place in Barcelona.

So this is the video that we submitted to them. We had a time limit of 4 minutes, so the video is cut into pieces.

Vapor Mayhem Art Futura from Alex Urbano on Vimeo.

Enjoy it!

Achievement Unlocked!

2009-07-02T15:35:00.002+02:00

And yes, we have video in pure HD awesomeness!

Vapor Mayhem Demo 3 from Alex Urbano on Vimeo.

Level art

2009-06-13T17:22:00.006+02:00

The second area of our game plays in an abandoned train station on the outskirsts of a victorian city!

New gameplay video

2009-05-04T20:23:00.002+02:00

We've reached our second milestone, and this is how it looks. Let the awesomeness begin!

Vapor Mayhem Demo 2 from Alex Urbano on Vimeo.

At the beginning was the screenshot...

2009-04-29T22:31:00.006+02:00

...then, the fan art came.

Done by Pau

WIP Screenshots

2009-04-20T00:06:00.005+02:00

Some random screenshots! Yep, that's all I have to say... emmm... kthnxbye.

Googling "Steampunk Music"...

2009-04-08T02:44:00.005+02:00

...makes you discover things like this:

Funny and very apropiate lyrics, but I cannot imagine playing our game while listening to this.

Well, next videogame milestone at univesity is at the end of april, so expect big news soon.
So this is just a "we're still alive" and "work is in progress" post. :p

The Hardcade Project Crew really loves sexy victorian costumes.
Image taken from Abney Park site.

Steampunk inspirations

2009-03-16T22:02:00.004+01:00

This one goes for those of you who enjoy watching any good steampunk or sci-fi ilustration.
CG Society is a reputated site where great digital artists around the world show their work.

Some months ago they anounced the "Steampunk Myth & Legends Contest", where people were suposed to submit vapor, coal and iron versions of their favourite story/tale.

Now it has finished and the winners have been anounced.
Check them out because they all are great!

This one is my favourite.

They are coming !

2009-03-14T15:39:00.001+01:00

First gameplay video!

2009-03-07T18:12:00.006+01:00

Our first inhouse playable with a nice gameplay!
Although we´ve a lot to add, improve and change with this playable we have the gameplay near the final version.
Soon you´ll be having fun with Vapor Mayhem!

Vapor Mayhem Demo 1 from Alex Urbano on Vimeo.

Hey, that looks like a game

2009-03-03T10:21:00.004+01:00

We've reached our first milestone and here it is, the first official not-bugged Vapor Mayhem's screenshot!

Viral Makerting

2009-02-13T09:46:00.004+01:00

OMG! Vapor Mayhem's first leaked screenshot! Also known as Alex's programmer art:

Bugs can be somewhat beautiful...

Destroy Mayhem !

2009-02-03T23:07:00.003+01:00

And for your viewing pleasure, the original concept of what are to become our enemies in the game :

It's chests' symbol is in reference to their origin - they come from the same prefectural hometown Mie as Edogawa Rampo.

We call them BukkakeBots , some call them Boss, you can call them GULP!

by Alexandre Piedade

Character Design_02

2009-02-01T17:47:00.010+01:00

He aquí más conceptos de la que será nuestro personaje principal XD

By Pau terol Silvestre

Character Design

2009-01-31T17:47:00.003+01:00

Righte-o ! in advance, a character concept we've been working on!
How 'bout some feed back ?
Bigger mech-arm ? Less cool ?

by Alexandre Piedade

Programmer art in action!

2009-01-17T13:20:00.000+01:00

Looking for more concepts?
Well that's not exactly what you've been waiting for ;p

But no good game comes without a little programer art dosis. ;)

So here we go!

The one in the top is original 100%, the one below is a copy of another robot wich I found interesting.

I loved the shape of the arms, and the diferent alignment of the shoulders of the last one, and the old diver helmet of the other (closer to the steampunk style).

So finally they became one!

So enjoy or laugh at them while waiting for the real enemies concepts.

Level design

2009-01-14T14:33:00.005+01:00

OK. Enough fun and games. Now back to actually creating fun and games.
Here with you a first screenshot of how the levels are to be set out :

Wishes of little procrastination to all and a good 2009!

Too good to be called fan-art

2008-12-17T16:52:00.007+01:00

Here there are some concepts our friend Pau, inspired by our game idea, submitted us.

Breast and arm implants

Poe's new watch

The Harcade project proudly presents Vapor Mayhem: a Hideous Heart Beat

2008-12-15T19:07:00.007+01:00

Hi again, it's been few posts since we first introduced our project, and we haven't told you anything about the game yet.

Time to solve this! Now we're finishing the design document, so we can explain how the game will finally be.

As it's been said, we're doing a videogame for the UPF videogame creation master. Our intention is to create a fast, addictive, hardcade game.

It's called Vapor Mayhem and its all about a girl's revenge in a Steampunk universe, where some clumsy robots have devastated the character's homeland. Why? You'll see! xP
More o less this is the main plot.

About the main character: She is a sexy young girl with a mechanical implanted arm. (yeah, now the concepts make more sense) who is constantly hearing some kind of music.

We also want to make it look like if it were a Sci-Fi novel written by Edgar Alan Poe, to conmemerate his 150th death aniversary (next year). So there will be some Poe literature elements involved in story.

The game mechanics:

The main idea is to create a shooting game, Devil May Cry style, where the player doesn't need to worry about aiming.
Otherwise, there will be a rithmical beat that the player is meant to follow to unleash special attacks (rythmical quick time events), so the music is an important element in our game.

Thats all for today.
See you!

More Character and foes concepts

2008-12-09T20:34:00.001+01:00

Here we are, with few more concepts about Steampunk implants.

By PauTerol

Character and foes concepts

2008-12-07T17:45:00.004+01:00

Some quick concepts to illustrate the low-profile coolness of our main character, by Alexandre P.

Hard work is hard

2008-11-26T08:08:00.002+01:00

And we've got a lot of work to do...

CDV 2008

2008-11-23T13:40:00.005+01:00

The Hardcade Project has made itself repre-
sentative at the

Congresso de Desarrolladores de Videojuegos, Spain's own GDC.
Amongst quality liquor, praises towards our University, hyping our game and good advices from the spokespeople, The Hardcade Project returns to its lairs to down some more pizzas, forget all of it and improve focus on development!

Attendants and chinese prostitutes go by the name of:
- Alvaro Vasquez , GRIN studios
-Enrique Saiz , VIRTUAL TOYS
-Daniel Medrano, PYROS studios
-Daniel Blazquéz, EXELWEISS
-Felipe Busquets, ROCKSTAR NORTH
-Ricard Pillosu, CRYTEK
-Visctor Ucero, DIGITAL LEGENDS
-Xiang Lee , MOONBEAM services

We Suck Old Blood

2008-11-19T16:02:00.003+01:00

Poe

Still no trailer available yet the script has been leeked. Stallone claims to have pitched it to the likes of Stanley Kubrick and Roman Polanski for direction.

Yeah , right.

The Hardcade Crew salutes you!

2008-11-17T21:34:00.001+01:00

Hi there! Welcome to The Hardcade Project.
We are a group of students coursing the Videogame Creation Master at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona.

This is our brand new dev-blog, and its pourpose is to keep you updated about our project evolution.
(Ok, I admit, this is also a great self motivation and promotion tool)

Ok, by now I just wanted to introduce ourselves, so here we are:

Our group is composed of 4 programers and 2 artists.
So, in our (future) game credits you'll probably see something like this:
-Programers : Alex Urbano, Jacobo Andreu, José Rodolfo Freitas and Sergi Montaner (that's me)
-Artists: Alexandre Piedade and Pau Terol
-X cokes and Y pizzas were invested in the development of this game.

We are just starting to sort things out. It means playing a lot of games (life's hard, I know) , drawing concepts, designing the gameplay, the plot, and all that stuff.

That's all for today. Welcome on board!
See you soon! And don't forget to subscribe to our rss.

PD: Sorry for my Engrish.