June 25th, 2007 - Xeno Tactical Mayhem! [Archive]

Robyn

06-25-2007, 04:05 PM

Fire up the guns, the Xenos are on the run! Xeno Tactic (http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/xenotactic/) is the latest work of flash art to be featured, so enjoy (http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/xenotactic/)!

The X Prize Foundation Announced (http://www.space.com/news/070621_xprize_challenge.html) the 2007 Lunar Lander Competitors for the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge today, and they have a bunch of video clips (http://www.space.com/xprizecup/video/) featuring some of the competing crafts and interviews with their designers. Among them is John Carmack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack) of id Software (Creator of Doom and Quake), with his "hobby" company Armadillo Aerospace. His lander, the Pixel (video (http://www.space.com/xprizecup/video/player.php?video_id=PixelPostMortem)), could be set to win this year's competition.

Rotten Tomatoes is ticking down the top 100 (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/scifi/) science fiction movies of all time. Wicked stuff for geeks of all sorts.

Justin

06-25-2007, 04:21 PM

Very cool stuff. I love how NASA is farming out all it's R&D by making it a 'contest'.

Blastedt

06-25-2007, 04:51 PM

I can't believe even Xgen hopped on the Tower Defense bandwagon.

Generic

06-25-2007, 05:17 PM

At least they didn't make one (yet).

The original was better.

Honeycomb

06-25-2007, 05:20 PM

Pretty cool game but PLEASE do not turn into Miniclip where you have like 5 Xgen games and 320 non Xgen games.

Danny

06-25-2007, 07:01 PM

If we dont like them, we dont host them.

We are offered to host losts of crap games that we turn down.

redips

06-25-2007, 07:18 PM

If we dont like them, we dont host them.

We are offered to host losts of crap games that we turn down.
My games are crap games.
Pretty cool game but PLEASE do not turn into Miniclip where you have like 5 Xgen games and 320 non Xgen games.
Don't forget when they actually email youu new games they host.

XGEN-CRaZeD

06-25-2007, 09:22 PM

If we dont like them, we dont host them.

We are offered to host losts of crap games that we turn down.

So, if I sent in a game called "Che3ze Rox0rz" that sucks miserably, you wouldn't accept it. Yet if I sent a game in called "KAJIGA FIRIN MAH LAZRZ!1" and it was awesomeness, you would accept it. It's not based on views in places like Newgrounds and Flashportal, but on score?

skye

06-26-2007, 09:46 AM

The decision to feature a game is based on the team's collective perception of quality and entertainment value. Because our development cycles are long, we feel there is value in keeping our portal fresh, and our fans entertained, between internal releases by periodically featuring the best of what 3rd party developers have to offer.

We've made the decision to differentiate ourselves from the growing mass of flash portals which typically host anything and everything regardless of quality. The XGen team hand-picks only the best games for our fans, and only those titles we feel are well-suited to XGen.

XGen is a Flash Game Developer and Publisher, and our primary focus will remain on internal development and publishing. You'll always be able to locate the games developed by XGen in the big box at the top of XGenStudios.com, and by looking for the Helvian (our winged 'X' mascot) beside games on our 'Play Games' page. (http://www.xgenstudios.com/games/)

Blixinator

06-26-2007, 09:51 AM

I love this game. At first I was wondering why I sucked so much at it; but then I realized that you need to use the cheap turrets to make them go through a maze. Then put a sonic turret where it is exposed the most.

Justin

06-26-2007, 12:22 PM

Indeed.

Although the boss units still kick my ass every time.

theryman

06-26-2007, 01:08 PM

Damn. Tower games waste so much of my time. They are all the same, but I still play them all for hours...

AssaultRifle

06-26-2007, 01:28 PM

Here is a question:

Has a game made by an XGen Forum Member ever been featured?

skye

06-26-2007, 01:29 PM

We've featured games by developers who are forum members and not part of the XGen team.

AssaultRifle

06-26-2007, 01:32 PM

Really? Which game(s)? I never even realized.

Justin

06-26-2007, 01:42 PM

Chicken Jockey was featured before Fiz joined xgen... And there was one other, but I forget the details at the moment.

Skye, your new teaser sig is depressingly non-interactive.

skye

06-26-2007, 01:46 PM

Chicken Jockey was featured before Fiz joined xgen... And there was one other, but I forget the details at the moment.

Interactive Buddy, by Shock-Value:
http://forums.xgenstudios.com/showthread.php?t=8725

skye

06-26-2007, 02:18 PM

Skye, your new teaser sig is depressingly non-interactive.

Some methods of interaction require unconventional interfacing.

AssaultRifle

06-26-2007, 02:23 PM

He double posted.

Ban him NOW!

>_>

So, wait, your signature is a teaser for something?

Blixinator

06-26-2007, 02:23 PM

Wasn't Copper originally in the Xgen games section?

Gawd, this game is addicting. Nice find.

I also learned that you should always prepare for those damn flying guys. Took out 14 health in one wave.
-shakes fist-

LizardRob

06-26-2007, 02:35 PM

This game is great, I'm a HUGE fan of Tower Defence from playing Warcraft 3 Online (there were hundreds of Tower Defence games created and hosted by players).

It annoys me how it isn't very obvious where the enemy is coming from until after you start - my maze got screwed up because I was expecting the aliens to come from somewhere different in Mission Two.

Justin

06-26-2007, 02:40 PM

LizardRob

06-26-2007, 03:12 PM

Of course the arrows on the entrance/exits aren't a giant giveaway on that...

@MC: I know. I like to try to plunk a DCA right in the middle when I have the cash. Even then... a couple usually slip through on me.

This game has wasted way too much of my day...

I thought that but the fact that they'd put and arrow on an entrance and an exit made me think otherwise.

Blixinator

06-26-2007, 04:19 PM

Of course the arrows on the entrance/exits aren't a giant giveaway on that...

@MC: I know. I like to try to plunk a DCA right in the middle when I have the cash. Even then... a couple usually slip through on me.

This game has wasted way too much of my day...

Exactly what I do. They are cheap to upgrade, too.

Finally beat level 4. My computer sucks so it took me about an hour or so.

@chejrw The trick to beating the bosses is to switch the paths as they reach the end of it. Sell one turret blocking the side at the begining and then put one right infront of the boss. Force him to go back around the whole map several times.

Also: Gah! I hate the blob things. They divide then they get big? That's just not right! Sometimes, they get forced through my walls when they split.
Taking out a group of these things can take several waves to complete. And you don't even get more money for beating the parts it breaks into! What's with that? If I can get money for defeating a blob, shouldn't I get money for beating the giant ogre thing it turns into?

Justin

06-26-2007, 04:30 PM

Yeah, those blob things piss me off, too. They have a habit of launching one of their 'sattilite' creatures right over all my turrets and then they can walk right to the exit.

I'd never thought of that trick with the bosses. That's freakin' genius.

Blixinator

06-26-2007, 04:34 PM

I know!

Also, sometimes the path will have to go through one exit. This way it won't technically be "blocked".

I may write a guide for this game!
=D

One more thing, merge the two paths! For the love of god, merge them!

Justin

06-26-2007, 06:19 PM

Of course. The first thing I do is funnel the two entrances together.

Blixinator

06-26-2007, 07:12 PM

I finally beat level 5! That was annoying. there were two boss blobs with about 70k health each. They then both split into two monsters with 70k health each!

This was my map.
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7941/mapci5.png
=/

Those two blobs still had about 10k health left. Yikes.

LizardRob

06-27-2007, 10:24 AM

I never thought of that changing the track tactic... Problem is that if you open up the beginning so the boss has to go back, the next wave will get an easy ride to the finish.

Blixinator

06-27-2007, 04:23 PM

Mission six is going to take forever! 100 waves.

Nick69pd

06-27-2007, 05:10 PM

I can't beat the second wave. Great game by the way.

ccc.money

06-28-2007, 01:06 AM

Pretty cool game but PLEASE do not turn into Miniclip where you have like 5 Xgen games and 320 non Xgen games.

I do not think Xgen will ever turn into that. The more games they accept though, the more money Xgen makes, correct?? We want Xgen to have Money. We want updates. Lots and lots of updates.

Jacob

06-28-2007, 11:08 AM

So, wait, your signature is a teaser for something?

Yup ;)

Justin

06-28-2007, 11:31 AM

http://www.xgenstudios.com/graphics/banners/teaser_2.jpg

No, it's an elephant.

Logic

06-28-2007, 12:44 PM

You know Skye's giving you a whole bunch of teasers actually - the "1" is an index starting with zero for a whole bunch of other imagery.

http://www.xgenstudios.com/graphics/banners/teaser_0.jpg

http://www.xgenstudios.com/graphics/banners/teaser_1.jpg

http://www.xgenstudios.com/graphics/banners/teaser_2.jpg

They should probably add index pages for their own protection.

Justin

06-28-2007, 01:00 PM

Heh. The DYC castle is on that planet in teaser 1

ManUpstairs

06-28-2007, 03:00 PM

Those teasers are rather intriguing. Can't wait for teaser_3.

LizardRob

06-28-2007, 03:13 PM

I don't understand them. Explain please? All I noticed was the Castle from Castle Game in Teaser_1.

Jacob

06-28-2007, 03:46 PM

I don't understand them. Explain please? All I noticed was the Castle from Castle Game in Teaser_1.

Thats why they are called "teasers" ;)

Jonanin

06-28-2007, 05:00 PM

Thats why they are called "teasers" ;)

I'm guessing this is the project you are involved with?

denacioust

06-28-2007, 05:01 PM

It doesn't seem particularly 'X-Gen'

Jacob

06-28-2007, 05:10 PM

I'm guessing this is the project you are involved with?

Yup.

TwiZted Jok3R

06-28-2007, 06:00 PM

It doesn't seem particularly 'X-Gen'

Just because it's not a drill, fish, or a stick person, dosen't mean it's not xgen, silly.

Jacob

06-28-2007, 06:12 PM

Trust me...its 'XGen'

Jonanin

06-28-2007, 06:34 PM

Trust me...its 'XGen'

Any information on why there is a DYC Castle?

A hint? Clue? Bit of information?

Jacob

06-28-2007, 06:40 PM

Any information on why there is a DYC Castle?

A hint? Clue? Bit of information?

You'll have to get that info from Skye :)

TwiZted Jok3R

06-28-2007, 07:08 PM

You'll have to get that info from Skye :)

Whatever it is, I hope it's out before 2010.

denacioust

06-29-2007, 05:03 AM

Just because it's not a drill, fish, or a stick person, dosen't mean it's not xgen, silly.

Well, considering those are the only games that X-Gen have released before, then yes it does mean it's not X-Gen.

Danny

06-29-2007, 10:40 AM

Any information on why there is a DYC Castle?

A hint? Clue? Bit of information?

You have been given enough ;)

denacioust

06-29-2007, 11:01 AM

So I take it's an updated DYC!?

Sharpryno

06-29-2007, 11:03 AM

Secret to the teaser warning:
Look at the third one, by right clicking on it and pressing play.
Now it shows
PTV Look Closer...

To the right of this if you adjust your brightness or look at it from an angle you will see something.

Should say:
2003: Fishy,DYC,StickRPG
2004: Motherload
2005: Stick Arena
2007: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ignore periods, they are spaces.

I guess it means a new game, and if you look even more to the right you will see an anime figure. I thought PTV was the initials for the game.

If you can still not see it, try putting it into paint and inverting the colors, might help.

theryman

06-29-2007, 11:14 AM

Secret to the teaser warning:
Look at the third one, by right clicking on it and pressing play.
Now it shows
PTV Look Closer...

To the right of this if you adjust your brightness or look at it from an angle you will see something.

Should say:
2003: Fishy,DYC,StickRPG
2004: Motherload
2005: Stick Arena
2007: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ignore periods, they are spaces.

I guess it means a new game, and if you look even more to the right you will see an anime figure. I thought PTV was the initials for the game.
Nice find. I should have though of the right click play thingie.

Sharpryno

06-29-2007, 11:17 AM

Nice find. I should have though of the right click play thingie.
Yeah took me awhile to think of right clicking and playing.
But then I told Justin Cabrera on AIM later, and he knew to press play like instantly o.O. Then he posted it on Ygen w/o telling I told him xD

theryman

06-29-2007, 11:21 AM

It is easier to see, too, if you inverse the colors. Like in my sig.
>.>
Turn the brightness down if you can't see it.

EDIT: Or like not in my sig. Silly admins.

Sharpryno

06-29-2007, 11:28 AM

LOL? They took it out of your sig? xD. Should have edited our post while they were at it ;)

denacioust

06-29-2007, 11:46 AM

I'd say we can say the title of the game is

P _ _ _ _ _ _ . THE . V _ _ _ _ _ _

And since Castle is on the planet, I'll assume the first word is Protect.
So Protect the V_ _ _ _ _ _?

Mr. Anderson

06-29-2007, 11:54 AM

Holy ####, Skye posted? 0.o
This game is very fun and very addicting. Hard as hell, though.

Nice addition.

theryman

06-29-2007, 11:57 AM

Protect the V...
aginas?

What is this, XXXGen?

denacioust

06-29-2007, 12:01 PM

Thats it!

The guy in the picture almost looks like the Cinderfall guy.

Sharpryno

06-29-2007, 12:10 PM

I'd say we can say the title of the game is

P _ _ _ _ _ _ . THE . V _ _ _ _ _ _

And since Castle is on the planet, I'll assume the first word is Protect.
So Protect the V_ _ _ _ _ _?
Protect the Village!

xD

denacioust

06-29-2007, 01:04 PM

Could be. But I'm thinking it'll be on more of a global scale.

game-bot

06-29-2007, 05:43 PM

Wow. This is great! good to know there's a brand new game coming our way in the next 6 months.

TwiZted Jok3R

06-29-2007, 08:26 PM

Protect The Vatican!

Logic

06-29-2007, 08:46 PM

Take a look (for lazy people):

Eh?

Edited because the picture has already been posted elsewhere and apparently you cannot post pictures here. My bad.

PTV - Protect the V ... I'm still lost.

TwiZted Jok3R

06-29-2007, 08:50 PM

Logic, delete that. The only reason no one else posted a pic, is because your not aloud. It's in the rules you can't post pics or URLs in the news forum.

That game does look cool, I can't wait, I hope it's an awesome RPG, but minus the gay combat fighting system like cinderfall.

Neoray

06-29-2007, 10:35 PM

Its a pretty cool game, i like it alot.

Blastedt

06-30-2007, 07:37 AM

I don't think it Protect The at all

Penises
Tit
Vaginas

TwiZted Jok3R

06-30-2007, 08:17 AM

I don't think it Protect The at all

Penises
Tit
Vaginas

Yeah, it has to be penises, because penis starts with a v, right everyone?

Blastedt

06-30-2007, 08:29 AM

The initials are PTV

TwiZted Jok3R

06-30-2007, 08:40 AM

That's why the game is called Penis Television.

Scornic

06-30-2007, 12:53 PM

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4386/xenogt2.jpg

I decided to just let the two 80,000 hp blobs pass, since I had so many extra lives. Same with the planes. I finally beat mission 5...

Sonic cannons are good, for about 30 levels. Then they cant keep up. I have tried with Sonic Turrets, regular turrets, and now I found SAM turrets are the best. They cost about 1/3 the price of sonic to full upgrade, has range as big as the sniper towers, attacks faster, and has such a bigger range of splash damage then sonic, and only about 1/2 the damage per hit.

np v2.0

06-30-2007, 01:21 PM

Everyone; If you want to discuss what you think the upcoming game will be, create a new thread in Spammer Land. This topic is not about that. Stay on subject.

Jacob

06-30-2007, 09:02 PM

For reference regarding the comment above http://forums.xgenstudios.com/showthread.php?t=99128

Zezerec

07-11-2007, 08:20 AM

That was amusing =).

Blixinator

08-08-2007, 10:27 AM

I can't beat the final level. Damn helicopters. How many DCA's Do I need? I have a nice blossoming pattern I use, and most of them are the third best upgrade. yet most of them get by. Last time I played, I figured out that freeze turrets help with them, but i figured that out too little too late.

Add that to my uber slow internet, I waste about two hours of my life every time I try.

D:<

Justin

08-08-2007, 12:08 PM

Yeah, I'm at the same point, although I havn't tried in a couple weeks.

Blixinator

08-09-2007, 02:55 PM

I give up. I had seven red DCA turrets and 8 red freeze turrets to slow the flying guys down. Yet they all still get through. Impossible!

game-bot

08-09-2007, 03:46 PM

Use the force, kid.

Blixinator

08-10-2007, 07:15 PM

Apparently the game is unbeatable.

D:<

http://forums.xgenstudios.com/showthread.php?t=102731

Justin

08-10-2007, 08:17 PM

I've never got past about wave 80, but then I don't know the cheats.

Blixinator

08-11-2007, 12:11 PM

I'm going to try and do it with infinite money. I feel so dirty.

Alright. Currently on level 98 and I can say that this game is unbeatable without cheating.

Oh shi- Level 99 is the blobs. That means level 100 is the helicopters. ****!

Whooo! 4 health left and no more new monsters. Just need to clean up the remaining ones.

ccc.money

08-11-2007, 05:10 PM

Justin

08-12-2007, 11:01 AM

Care to point me in the direction of the cheats? I'd really like to see the game through to the end, and it does seem thoroughly impossible without

game-bot

08-12-2007, 02:45 PM

http://forums.xgenstudios.com/showthread.php?t=102590

Money cheat.

http://forums.xgenstudios.com/showthread.php?t=102896
That may help you, too.

Blixinator

08-12-2007, 06:45 PM

I already PM'd him the answer.

Justin

08-12-2007, 09:20 PM

Yeah, even cheating massively, I still can't get past stage 96-97

Bah. I give up.

Dragon

08-13-2007, 12:24 AM

Yeah, even cheating massively, I still can't get past stage 96-97

Bah. I give up.

I gave up so long ago, look anywhere and you'll hear its unbeatable.

Who makes such a fun game then doesn't let you have the satisfaction of winning?