Mouse - also known as DOOM Cuphead - One of classic Mickey's first major venture into the public domain will be in videogame form

[Sugriva]

I think the art style is neat. The gameplay looks like generic boomer shooter fare though. Hopefully it has a couple of unique mechanics that give it an identity besides "lol remember steamboat willie?"

 

[Sparky Lurker]

This has more in common with modern calarts than it does with 90's style. No need to correct the OP since it's not even out yet.

The animation from that game was likely inspired by Bruno Bozetto from Italy, they even made a series with 13 episodes:

Also Fumi is an animation studio that worked on multiple projects on the past rather than "creators of nothing" that you said on the OP:

https://www.fumistudio.com/

 

[The Pulverizer]

Also Fumi is an animation studio that worked on multiple projects on the past

I couldn't find their previous stuff. I will update the OP accordingly.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Looks like a black and white Flash game with Cuphead assets filtered through a CalArts lens.

Exactly.

 

[Mr. Duck]

The 2D sprites look good, but i'd wish the levels themselves looked more like an old cartoon, they look more like TF2 maps in black and white.

 

[ducktales4gameboy]

I want this concept except with actual working cartoon physics like squash and stretch, rubberhose physics and pits not affecting you if you can't see them. As is, it just looks like a Unity template shooter with some textures replaced.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

I want this concept except with actual working cartoon physics like squash and stretch, rubberhose physics and pits not affecting you if you can't see them. As is, it just looks like a Unity template shooter with some textures replaced.

Imagine if there was a game where you could somehow (I'd have to think through how controls work) squash and stretch arbitrarily to avoid being hit.

Your pit thing is brilliant, shows you've already put more thought into it than they have.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

So is Fallen Aces going to steal all of Mouse's thunder?

Fallen Aces on Steam

The A.C.E.S. Watchful guardians of Switchblade City. Being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks right out of the comics.

store.steampowered.com

 

[The Pulverizer]

So is Fallen Aces going to steal all of Mouse's thunder?

Most likely, but I personally think the clipart tier art style of Fallen Aces is worse.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

So is Fallen Aces going to steal all of Mouse's thunder?

Fallen Aces on Steam

The A.C.E.S. Watchful guardians of Switchblade City. Being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks right out of the comics.

store.steampowered.com

Reminds me more of Archer than old cartoons

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Mouse really ran out of fuel after the second trailer, lack of enemy variety is concerning and the scenarios still look very plain.

 

[Nick Gars]

Imagine if there was a game where you could somehow (I'd have to think through how controls work) squash and stretch arbitrarily to avoid being hit.

Map each to a key or shoulder button, it locks you place while held, and your direction inputs shift your hitbox relative to the effect being held. It would have to be a quick and snappy sequence though to be useful in anything like combat depending on how demanding it is. For slower, more correographed combat it could probably be a more free-flowing mechanic, but for higher intensity stuff you may want some kind of "tell" for which should be used and make them "dodge variations", but that's extremely lazy imo. Slower and free-flowing would probably be more fun for a mechanic like that.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Map each to a key or shoulder button, it locks you place while held, and your direction inputs shift your hitbox relative to the effect being held. It would have to be a quick and snappy sequence though to be useful in anything like combat depending on how demanding it is. For slower, more correographed combat it could probably be a more free-flowing mechanic, but for higher intensity stuff you may want some kind of "tell" for which should be used and make them "dodge variations", but that's extremely lazy imo. Slower and free-flowing would probably be more fun for a mechanic like that.

Bullet time.

And then if it has a replay feature you can see it sped up to full goofy cartoon speed.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

New trailer: