Introducing "Shadow Gangs" an 80's arcade inspired ninja action game.

It kind of keeps with the spirit of things like Shinobi in a way. Copying Batman, Spiderman, and of course the Marilyn Monroe poster. Always had a soft spot for that kind of pop culture in games that wasn't official. Bit like pirate radio.

 

Oh, good old pirate radio. I used to scan the airwaves endlessly as a kid looking for pirate radio stations. Found quite a few back in the 80s. Some played great music. Most were found on the MW band although there were a few FM/VHF pirate stations too.

I even found a pirate TV broadcast once! The image was fuzzy and the sound was crackly but it was there. The station was broadcasting a test page. It sure wasn't one of the main 4 channels (there was no Channel 5 in the UK back in the 80s) so it must have either been a pirate station or some network testing the airwaves.

 

Hi Everyone;

I would like to share with you some good news, this month's last weekend I will meet the game background artist Toni Galvez, and we'll be making videos of the game.
So an actual game video will be available before the end of this month.

Another great news, I received Shadow Gangs's second and final music track for the demo.

Please find it here, it manages to be even better than the first track, I kept listening to it the whole day and still do now.

It is an exciting prospect to imagine the whole game having music of this quality from start to finish, which was my objective but I feel lucky to work with such a talented artist.

For you guys that wanted a ninja instead of Dan, Dan will transform to a ninja (you'll still play Dan for those that like him the way he is now, but he will transform to a ninja mid level (so he can use the sword and other ninja powers)).

Here an image showing Dan in ninja suit, as well as the first mission boss:


More detail on the news section of game website.

Hope you like it!

 

Thanks for the update! Glad to hear that everything is coming along so well. Looking forward to that video.

 

Hi Everyone;

Just a quick update, I received the final version of both Shadow Gangs music tracks.
Find them here:
Burning Fist
Shadow Gangs Theme

The video is of course coming this weekend!

 

Hi everyone;
Shadow Gangs video now available here:

 

Great job! Very Shinobi.

 

I thought I'll give a new Shadow Gangs update.

The game is being updated every day, the new backgrounds are under way and they will look nothing like the originals. They will be very detailed and will have an extra parallax layer that will add a lot of atmosphere to the game.

Shadow Warriors is now my inspiration in relation to the backgrounds variations and amount of static object, so expect a completely different and better looking backgrounds.

Other fixes are related to engine fixes, 3 checkpoints instead of 1, new knifeman with a new flying attack type, better AI, fixed camera, some prone guys will now stand up when Dan is near (not all will stand up!) and many fixes and new features have gone in.

I leave you with Dan in ninja form, hope you like it:



and the end boss of one of the games mission (yes, Freddy!):


Development is still going on, stay tuned!

 

I hope you learned from the Neo-Geo thread to actually fix your backgrounds, that's the only thing stopping me from actually wanting to play the game.

 

That thread had some opinions in it... (most of which, I agree with, but to each their own).

 

Kinda reminds me of ESwat and Rolling Thunder. Which isn't a bad thing.

 

Hi Everyone;

Finally I am proud to present the new Shadow Gangs, with new backgrounds (pictures bellow), and many more fixes and enhancements that pictures can't convey.

I am also excited to announce that the Shadow Gangs demo, and the new and final pre Kickstarter video will be both available at the same time at the end of next week, Saturday or Sunday, most probably Sunday 22nd of May.

Aside from preparing the demo, I will now prepare for the kickstarter campaign. To this end, I am going to dress up in big detail what

Shadow Gangs is about, what enemies are there, what levels, what new weapons can Dan and his ninja form use, how they can use it, and what

the ninja form add to Dan capability wise.

Rendez-vous at the end of next week, the demo will be available then for download (pc version), and a new video and final video will be uploaded, and I will also announce the kickstarter date!

 

That is looking so sweet. A big improvement over the older version! Can wait to try this out.

 

Thank you, demo will be available by the end of next week.

 

I am happy to announce that the Shadow Gangs demo is now available in the downloads section here.

It's the PC version, it should run fine on a 1ghz PC with Intel graphics, but let me know if you have any issues running it.
You may need to install Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable here if the Demo won't start, I didn't need to but just in case.

A new video has been uploaded here:


A new great music track is also available, here or in the downloads section. It's included in the demo and can be heard if you finish the demo.

The kickstarter date is now set, it's the 25th of June 2016. If you liked the demo and want this game to materialise, please contribute to the crowdfunding.

These kind of games like Shadow Gangs won't be brought back by big game companies, or the likes of Sega, Capcom etc...., they all seem to have moved to 3D and other new fancy gameplay styles etc..., so don't wait for them to release something like Shadow Gangs.

Also feedback on the game all over the internet, here and friends has been very important, and this new demo is showing that. Apart from the new backgrounds, many enhancements and fixes have gone in.

I really hope you enjoy it!

 

So, what is the kickstarter actually paying for?

 

Same thing the Might No 9 kickstarter did, A wild night in Roppongi nobody will remember.

 

The game is looking fantastic but do you know what it really needs? Some beefy sound effects when you hit the enemies. At the moment there's no sense of contact. You really need that sense of contact.

 

The full game!
This is just a demo, and will not even be in the full game.
In succesfull all tiers Kickstarter, this is what the game will have:

-6 mission, 6 bosses, 4 levels on each mission, (total 24 levels)
-1 or 2 different type of bonus stages (probably just one type)
-Many more great music tracks
-Many more original enemies, with different attacks and looks with no relation to Shinobi
-New original gameplay elements, not seen in Shinobi or the like
-New hostages types, pretty girls etc...
-Female enemies
-New one time use weapons, rocket launcher, smoke grenades and more
-NINJA form, perhaps the most important powerup, which will give Dan deadlier -weapons to dispatch enemies faster, and a powerful sword
-Ninja special powers double jumps (which will allow Dan to reach non reachable areas in his current UFC form)
-and many more

The demo is just a taste, and a foundation on which to build a solid game.
The full game will be much much better, while keeping the original foundations it is built upon.