Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, by Tales of Game's Studios

bort · Last edited by bort on Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:33 pm; edited 6 times in total

The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the "B-Ballnacht". Thousands upon thousands of the world's greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the "Verboten Jam"...

Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk. Joined by allies along the way, including his son Hoopz, Barkley must face the dangers of a life he thought he gave up a long time ago and discover the secrets behind the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.

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Krabjuice Gaiden · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:44 pm

Epic and gripping. Amazing production values.
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Laurel Soup · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Hitsville, USA

I can't wait to fire this up.
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shnozlak · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:17 pm

this game is... actually a lot of fun. People need to try it! (hey hey its free!)
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Daphaknee · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:10 pm

OH GOD FINALLY yay
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Drule · Joined: 13 Jun 2007

a game a bout b Ball? ay carumba

Gin · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Sweet I've been waiting for this

BotageL · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:06 am

That was an experience I will never forget.
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Swimmy · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Oh man, this is killing me, but I can't play it! All the options on the opening menu work except for New season, which casues the game to freeze instantly. Also the title screen is only half on-screen. Related?
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bort · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:57 am

Does it look like that, Swimmy? This is because of music believe it or not. Try renaming the game's "Music" folder to anything else and it should work. But don't play it like that, the music is important. We feel stupid about this but it never came up when we tested it. So yeah, sorry! We will have a fix for it soon but our programmer guy is super busy so it might be a week or something.

It is a very lame fix but the best thing I can say is... wait or play it on someone else's computer! :(

Anyway thanks for playing or wanting to play, all of you. It is lame this thread only has like six replies though. Maybe I should not have put it in Force Feedback! Anyway, it is the kind of game I would think you selectbutton types would like, so lemme see if this works: ico ico earthbound shadow of the colossus homeworld halflife half life 2 metal gear solid Pikachu literary postmodern narrative Pikachu mgs shiren killer7. Hi! Now that you are reading this thread play our video game please.

Mr Mustache · Mean Mr. Mustache Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Bushwick

I would like to play your game, but I can't.
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Swimmy · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

:(
Oh well. I will await patiently for the sound thing to be fixed.
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Six · Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Location: cph

bort i haven't commented because i have nothing useful to say, is all. rest assured i am sending hella virtual high-fives your way.

bort · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:56 pm

Swimmy · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Woohoooooo!
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Swimmy · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

There's a bug in Cesspool X. Since the music is set to repeat the previous sewer music, if you save, quit, and restart here, the music will continue from the title screen.

That aside this is so far the greatest vidcon I've played in my life. Surely the designers were all Japanese?
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:D
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Ebrey · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles

Are the save machine dialogues taken from actual forum posts, or made up?

This is awesome. The dialogue is perfect, as is the use of real NBA players and the tie ins to frickin' Space Jam!

Chef Boyardee · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:13 pm

they are made up, but a few of them are based on forum posts. one of them quotes benoitren when he was talking about eroge, and the one in the b-ball dimension is what someone posted about the demo.

wasted potential · Joined: 19 Jul 2007

http://boards.1up.com/zd/board/message?board.id=egmofftop&thread.id=1535994

http://boards.1up.com/zd/board/message?board.id=egmofftop&thread.id=1535696

thought you might like to see some of the positive feedback.

Swimmy · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

While this is undoubtedly the best vidcon ever created (after Angelique: Tenkuu no Chikonka, of course), I can't find the gatdamn library cards to save my life.
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Ebrey · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles

The link to the patch doesn't work.

Six · Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Location: cph

Taking a peek in the folder index, I'd assume that's because this one's available now.

Swimmy · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Is _toot.mp3 supposed to play when you blow the whistle? I get dead silence for a few seconds. I thought the game had frozen the first time.
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bort · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:25 pm

Daphaknee · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:17 am

god everyone knows about htis game, my ex boyfriend messaged me the other day asking if i played

and then someone else from a random corner on the intenret was going on and on about it

enter it in the igf next year or something this game is tooo good
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L · ⌐ Joined: 05 Dec 2006

My question is: the only other time I've seen a title screen like that is the inside front cover of Twilight Princess's manual. Specific reference, or indicative of a larger visual trope?

negativedge · banned Joined: 04 Dec 2006

I haven't played this yet but I'm going to call it the greatest thing ever created. I mean, this shit just hits a sweet spot.

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L · ⌐ Joined: 05 Dec 2006

I was more thinking of how the two diametrically opposed background figures makes it look an awful lot like the top half of this. I guess it's just a thing, though!

Eudaimon · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Location: Space City

~~GAME~~ VIDCON OF THE Fucking YEAR, I don't care if it's just January.

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I just finished this, yeah. I apparently skipped a portion of the game (the B-ball Dimension), but it was still a damn good time.

Okay, so maybe some of the jokes wore a little thin.

But damn.

Also, I had a bug: Hoopz's Mega Shot didn't work right. When starting it, the charge bar flashed for a fraction of a second and then it fired off a weak shot, didn't matter whether I was holding the button down or not.

IceTyger · Joined: 07 Dec 2006

Okay, I just beat the damn thing. Best game ever made this year/month, 12/10, will play again.

But seriously, I'd been dreaming of the day this game would come out since the demo. Now all I have left to look forward to is the day I can go back in time and dream about the day the demo will come out, before the idea's ever even concieved.

Jeez, guess I'm not really cut out for serious-sounding compliments. Honestly, this is the best thing to come out of indie RPG land, which I for some reason want to call RPG India.
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showka · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

I've been playing the shit out of this ever since the fix. I'm enjoying the hell out of it and it's getting in the way of productive work.

In fact, despite it being late, and the fact I just quit, I'm thinking of starting it up again...

Great job guys.

Sushi K · Joined: 08 Dec 2007

I wish I was in the room when you guys came up with this.

The humor and excellent RPG elements combine perfectly. Amazing.
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Laurel Soup · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Hitsville, USA

I'm three hours in and dude, this is so good. The writing is perfect, and the battle system is just plain old fun!
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Marshmallow · just call him badass Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Congratulations! This game has been selected as a FREEWARE GAME OF THE MONTH in PCPowerPlay, Australia's leading gaming magazine!

Of course, I only had 50 words to talk about it, so I couldn't pimp it all that much. But a screenshot is next to it and it will be on the coverdisk! So, yeah! Woo! I'm sure this will be a hit all over Australia!

Chef Boyardee · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:28 am

no way dude, that is unbelievable. are you serious? is this real? if this is real i will pay you for shipping to send it to me. i am totally speechless. thank you so much, man. bort and gz and i and everyone who worked on this game appreciate this more than you can imagine.

wow. seriously, thank you.

Marshmallow · just call him badass Joined: 05 Dec 2006

It's really no trouble at all! It's actually the second time you've been mentioned... in a previous INDIE GAMING article I asked various people what their favourite indie games were, and Derek Yu listed yours. This was the earlier release, obviously.

I'm certain this won't be the last time it will be talked about in print too, I'm sure other publications will appreciate it.

108 · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:21 am

man if you guys got linked on kotaku that would be so sweet

you might even all get like big jobs and tons of $$$$$ for funding

;-)))))))))
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Marshmallow · just call him badass Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Imagine where you could go from Kotaku! Destructoid, GameSetWatch, TIGSource, Shacknews! The possibilities are endless!