Factsheet
Developer:
Heartfelt Games LLC
Based in Bossier City, Louisiana
Release date:
November 19, 2019
Platforms:
PC / Mac / Linux
Steam
Website:
heartfeltgames.org/alphaman
Regular Price:
| USD | $4.99 |
| EUR | €3.99 |
| CAD | $5.69 |
| GBP | £3.99 |
| JPY | ¥520 |
| RUB | ₽133 |
Description
Alphaman is a Mega Man / X inspired action platformer with 8 hand-crafted stages, each with unique bosses. In 20XX, android AI now has the capacity to serve humanity by replacing dangerous, servantile, and repetitive jobs. With that power, comes a dire responsibility. Recently group of hackers known as the Red Bombers have taken over personal androids enjoyed by the population. It's up to Alpha to burst into action and take them down! You will control Alpha running, jumping, dashing, climbing, and shooting your way into action against the Red Bombers and their infected bots! Taking their powers when you defeat them, you will be able to charge your shots with new abilities such as the Triple Blade and Clean Sweep which allow you to shoot in 3 directions and dash in mid-air respectively! Take down the Red Bombers with the support of the cute operator specially designed to aid Alpha with intel on his missions.
History
Alphaman was originally intended to be a prototype of a more dark and serious Mega Man X - like, but during development, I decided that in order to drum up a fanbase, I would create a prequel game or series to gather up a fanbase and hype. All of my love of action platformers from the 8-bti and 16-bit era of gaming went into this first incarnation of an action platformer. I hope that this will be a stepping stone to much greater and more abitious platformers in the future as well.
Features
- Features 7 uniquely handcrafted stages + 1 final boss stage!
- At least one boss per stage
- Play on PC, Mac, or Linux!
- 4 additional weapons, gained from defeating the first four bosses
- Featuring a classic 8-bit chiptune soundtrack composed by Kezia Salmon
- Featuring classic 8-bit styled graphics by Trey Cockrell and Buko-Sudios
Videos
Alphaman Official Game Trailer (2019) YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
Selected Articles
- "Alphaman is a nostalgic trip down retro lane with 8-bit inspired graphics, but a 16-bit era control scheme allowing for not just running, jumping, and shooting, but also dashing and wall climbing!"
- Alison Jones, Invision Community - "Unlike the old Mega Man games, though, you’ll have access to more than just your peashooter and a few attachments. You can also make use of Alpha’s melee attacks, which allow him to do perform jump-cancels into slash strikes, as well as combine his powers to perform dash swipes as well."
- Billy D, One Angry Gamer
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Additional Links
Original Soundtrack
Available to stream at soundcloud.com.
Main site
Homepage for Alphaman heartfeltgames.org.
About Heartfelt Games LLC
Boilerplate
Heartfelt Games LLC was founded by Trey Cockrell to enable him to make games with passion from the heart!
More information
More information on Heartfelt Games LLC, our logo & relevant media are available here.
Alphaman Credits
Trey Cockrell
Programming, Game Design, Graphics, Some Music
Kezia Salmon
Musician, Freelancer
Buko-Studios
Artist, Scene Art, Some Tilesets, Some Backgrounds
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks