Thursday, July 9, 2009
By: Matthew Doucette
Duality ZF will compete in Dream Build Play 2009 Challenge
We are going to submit Duality ZF, our Xbox 360 arcade shoot'em up, to Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Contest, Dream Build Play 2009 Challenge. Wish us luck.
Back to Dream Build Play 2008:
That's 2008, not 2009. Many loyal fans from the start will remember that we entered a two month alpha demo of Duality ZF into Dream Build Play 2008. We never placed, but it turned out the judges were looking for near-complete to completed games, not game prototypes as Duality ZF was back then. Two shoot'em ups that placed in DBP 2008 were Weapon of Choice, a Contra-style shooter which placed third and is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, and Zeit2, a time-travel space shooter which placed in the top 20 and is yet unreleased. It shows there is still hope for the arcade-style shoot'em up genre.
Preview Duality ZF / Interviews?
Preview Duality ZF with our promotional materials. Contact us for pre-release interviews.
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)
- Weapon of Choice
- Zeit2
*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 indie game studio that I founded with my twin brother. We make intensified arcade-style retro games. Our business, our games, our technology, and we as competitive gamers have won prestigious awards and received worldwide press. Our business has won $190,000 in contests. Our games have ranked from #1 in Canada to #1 in Japan, have become #1 best sellers in multiple countries, have won game contests, and have held 3 of the top 5 rated spots in Japan of all Xbox LIVE indie games. Our game engines have been awarded for technical excellence. And we, the developers, have placed #1 in competitive gaming competitions -- relating to the games we make. Read about our story, our awards, our games, and view our blog.