Another Duality ZF ad in XNA Roundup #26

Yet another Duality ZF ad in XNA Roundup.  It's our fourth.  Here's number one, two, and three.  Fast forward to our trailer and comments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIo8a9EeoFs#t=3m33s (trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIo8a9EeoFs#t=5m01s (comments on trailer)

It's very cool to see they picked up on Novaleaf's Biology Battle (available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace), which I bought for 800 Microsoft Points but is now permanently on sale for 400 Microsoft Points.

It seems a lot of Xbox LIVE Community Games* developers are not willing to put money into marketing their games.  We won this ad spot on eBay for $61 USD, easily.  This wasn't even close to our top bid.  When I first heard of the auction, the highest bid was only $30 USD with 30 minutes left.  It feels like many indie game developers are not willing to risk money on their games, but expect gamers to risk buying them.

*Xbox LIVE Community Games soon to be renamed to Xbox LIVE Indie Games.

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Also See:

• Duality ZF (official xona.com developer site)
• Duality ZF April 2009 Trailer (video)
• Interviews (Xona Games, Duality ZF)
• Duality ZF Promo Materials
• New Duality ZF Screenshots

External Links:

• Duality ZF (official dualityzf.com game site)
• Duality ZF Forums (hosted on xbox.com)
• Xona Games (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo)
• Xbox LIVE Community Games* (xbox.com, Xbox Forums)
• Imphenzia Music (creator of the Duality ZF soundtrack)
• XNA Roundup (official site, YouTube, Twitter, iTunes, Mevio)
• Biology Battle (from Novaleaf Game Studios)

*Xbox LIVE Community Games soon to be renamed to Xbox LIVE Indie Games.

About the Author:  I am Matthew Doucette of Xona Games, an award-winning, team-of-two indie studio concentrating on "intense retro" games (Xbox LIVE, PSN, WiiWare, and Windows PC). We've released Decimation X (XBLIG), a 1-4 player shmup, #1 best selling and #1 top rated XBLIG in Japan. We're working on Duality ZF (XBLA), a groundbreaking 1-4 player shmup, which placed #1 in Canada and #5 in the world in Microsoft's Dream Build Play 2010 contest. It features dual play, the ability to control two fighters at once, and a massively upgradable 32-stage spread/laser weapon system. 4 player dual play allows up to eight fighters at once.  Many of these features are never before seen shoot'em up firsts. Both games feature beautiful electronic Imphenzia soundtracks.  Help spread the word with our official dualityzf.com and decimationx.com websites.

P.S. Watch out for Score Rush (official website scorerush.com), another 1-4 player shmup. Coming soon to XBLIG.

*Shmup also known as: shoot'em up, 2D shooter, scrolling shooter, space shooter, spaceship shooter, retro shooter, etc.