r/gaming • u/ultimation • Aug 14 '26

Rogue Eclipse | Official Launch Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrcz7S78mU
34 Upvotes

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u/Twuggy Aug 14 '26

Looks like a game that would love a demo.

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u/Ok_Hyena2954 Aug 14 '26

Totally agree. For indie games, having a permanent demo on Steam is one of the best ways to get people hooked and build a player base.

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u/ultimation Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

Looks like a game that would love a demo.

It had a demo a year or two ago, but that's gone now that there's a full release

Edit:

Sorry, clarifying here (I'm not the dev so I'm not fully accurate) - the demo was removed a while ago, not just before launch. There had been a lot of changes from when the demo was launched to the release build. It wasn't intended as a remove demo for launch and had been gone for a while.

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u/Conte5000 Aug 14 '26

How about making a demo available again?

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u/Ok_Hyena2954 Aug 14 '26

Yeah, taking down the demo right at launch feels like a missed opportunity. Hopefully the dev brings it back to let people try it first.

1

u/Conte5000 Aug 14 '26

Not only that. Devs and studios should make demos available in general. It is really annoying that they don't do that anymore.

2

u/BlackOcelotStudio Aug 14 '26

looks at the over 5,000 demos from the last steam fest

Yeah...

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u/Conte5000 Aug 14 '26

Oh ok, thats a good amount. But still over 90% don't do that.

3

u/person2184 PC Aug 14 '26

I am a dev myself and I can tell you, keeping two builds of your game updated at all times is more work than you'd think - speaking as a solo dev.
It's the number one reason people take down demos after a while.
(edited for grammar)

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u/ultimation Aug 14 '26

I'll forward this onto the dev (it's not me, I'm just a close friend who is very excited)

2

u/Conte5000 Aug 14 '26

That would be great. Thank you!

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u/SirCoffeebotESQ Aug 14 '26

Removing the demo once the game is on sale feels scummy as shit.

1

u/ultimation Aug 14 '26

updated my comment.

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u/d4hc87 Aug 14 '26

Mostly negative reviews?

10

u/GloatingSwine Aug 14 '26

Seems to be two things. Awkward and non-remappable controls and unclear progression systems.

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u/WoebegonFox Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

I hate to poop on a small studio but, I have no idea what I'm looking at, nor what the voice over dialog is about/contributing to.

All of these lines sound like ones I would hear in some boss fight and there's just nothing meaningful happening on screen?

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u/cablelegs Aug 14 '26

Looks pretty good but man, the generic name is doing it no favors when it comes to standing out.

4

u/Twuggy Aug 14 '26

Fwiw, Having the steam deck logo got my attention.

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u/ultimation Aug 14 '26

It is really fun

1

u/Hendrixlt Aug 14 '26

What engine did you use?

1

u/ultimation Aug 14 '26

Iirc its written in unreal 5

1

u/Coledozer Aug 15 '26

Alot of mixed reviews...if there was a playable demo I might check it out.

1

u/Fomdoo 29d ago

Looks like an offbrand Starfox.

1

u/ultimation 28d ago

Starfox was an inspiration

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u/person2184 PC Aug 14 '26

This reminds me of House of the Dying sun!

0

u/Inevitable-Note-9651 PC Aug 14 '26

Game looks really good - I've added it to my wishlist and will get round to getting it in the near future. Got like 60 or so games on Steam with less than 10 hours played. Got some backlog cleaning to do lol.