Aliens Infestation dev diary recounts the genesis of a marine (and more)

by David Hinkle on Sep 29th 2011 8:00AM

When it comes to 2D action titles, it seems there's nobody as capable as WayForward. Recent entries in the genre, Contra 4 and Bloodrayne: Betrayal, speak volumes to the company's capabilities -- and, the developer's latest, Aliens: Infestation, seems destined for the same fame. Yet, as easy as WayForward makes it look, developing a stellar 2D action title is anything but.

Director Adam Tierney offered insight via a diatribe on fan site AvPGalaxy, discussing in great detail how he and company came up with these characters. For example, did you know that there are unique bios and art for each of the game's 20 different marines, which are then added to the Extras menu once the player comes into contact with any given marine for later perusing?Interesting stuff!

Head on over to AvPGalaxy for the full developer diary.

Via: Sega
Source: AvPGalaxy

Tags: aliens-infestation, dev-diary, ds, nintendo, sega, WayForward

Reader Comments (4)

They never quite nailed Aliens as a video game.

@Timjoy
Not a pure Alien title, but generally well received: http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Games/G9-AlienVsPredator

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@Timjoy
I'll argue that Alien 3 on the Sega Genesis had the right feel. Very dark, very tough and just plain enjoyable as a fan of the movies. Yes, it did give Ripley weapons on Fiorina 161 when in the movie she didn't, but I'm fairly sure the game would have been boring otherwise.

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That was a pretty cool game. I rented it as a kid, beat the first "list" of missions the computer gives you, thinking i'd beat the game but then it just gave me a new list of stuff to do :(

This new aliens title looks great. If I can pick up a used DS at a shop around here I might get this one.

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