Soon to be [officially] entered into Homebrew Idol 2, and it’s no doubt bringing some stiff competition, is Lokiare’s Merc Roid: a 3D Metroid Clone developed using the LTE Game Engine. Lokaire has made slight modifications to the LTE engine in order to accommodate certain things; we’ll have that available for you after, should you need it.

Merc Roid is currently in the alpha stage of development; meaning, bugs do exist, you can expect bizarre behaviour at some points during game play, and it of course lacks certain functionality. Needless to say, Merc Roid is a work-in-progress.

Please report any issues via the forum release thread.

Controls:

• L-Button: Jump (later I will have a system where you jump higher/further based on how much you do it).
• R-Button: Shoot, hold for charge beam (shoots missiles when in missile mode, appears to charge but has no effect on the fire-power when in missile mode).
• Analog-Nub: Aims the gun (moves the camera).
• Triangle: Moves forward (move speed will vary based on how much you move).
• Square: Strafe left.
• Circle: Strafe right.
• Cross: Move Backward.
• Select: Switch between missiles and beam mode.

TO DO:

• Create a story-line.
• Create a menu screen.
• Add a save feature.
• Add more monsters.
• Add a few boss monsters.

Download: Merc Roid v0.3 (Alpha)

- release / discussion thread -