Coming from someone who's actually played the game, the game has its long combos yea...but you have to get hit like 5 time before you're in danger of losing. If you cant block 5 times then I'm sorry get better.

Don't know how you'd come to the conclusion that Lab Zero would make it available for the general public.

What's wrong with animals?  We could use more fighting games branching out with characters concepts.  Beats the piss out of yet another round of "Karate man and his hot-blooded rival, featuring Kung-Fu girl and muscly grappler man."

He doesn't want to be a furry.

We have Darkstalkers, barely anyone there is human (B. B. Hood only, I think), Capcom is just being stupid for not making it. Anyway I find rather stupid this thing of animals doing things like the humans do.

Back on topic, yeah, I still like 2D, I'm glad it doesn't die.

actually, darkstalkers ressurrection didn't do well enough to justify it being a success, hence why it pretty much died.

you keep on saying that capcom should revive it, they ALREADY tried, its literally in the title of the game they attempted it with. the game didnt do well commercially, so capcom probably doesnt think that ip is useful enough to justify a full-budget new entry.

Them's some stretch goals
26. September - Mane6, Inc

People have been asking us about stretch goals for our crowdfund campaign. We’ve been crunching the numbers, making some calculations, and so, we’re ready to announce our first three stretch goals for Them’s Fightin’ Herds.

$486,000 - Them's Fightin' Herds on Linux and Mac

If we manage to raise $486,000 total, Them’s Fightin’ Herds will also be releasing in the Mac and Linux platforms. Backers pledging to the Early Settler and above tiers will be able to choose their favourite platform to receive their game key on!

$546,000 - Additional Character: Goat

If we reach the $546,000 mark, Them’s Fightin’ Herds will get a seventh playable character, including all new character theme and dynamic music system variations!

The almighty Goat, master of balance is determined to be the last standing!

She has seemingly impossible balancing capabilities, allowing her to stand firmly on any steep surface, including walls! Use her magic to run at high speeds across the stage and up walls to rush down and literally walk all over your competition!

$560,000 - Goat Stages/Story Mode

At the $560,000 mark, the goat will get her own stage, lobby stage, and she’ll also get a story mode! - This also includes all new music by our composers for both her fight stage and lobby stage.

And beyond…

So what comes next? We have a few ideas! We would REALLY love to bring Them’s Fightin’ Herds to consoles, we’d like to add even more additional characters to the roster, and expand on the graphical lobby’s features. - We’ll just need to crunch some more numbers and get details on costs. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.

And that’s it for now, but we have more updates to come. Don’t forget to tell your friends and family about the greenlight campaign and our crowdfund as well! - The social media icons in the side of the crowdfund page will help you spread the word.

Thanks to everyone for your support, and let’s continue making Them’s Fightin’ Herds a reality!

What's wrong with animals?

The next Them’s Fightin’ Herds game/work progress stream will be on Saturday October 10, same ungulate-channel, same ungulate-time. (4PM PT/7PM ET).

We’ll be showing a bit more game progress, working on the game’s art/mechanics pipeline, and Lauren will be comin’ in for a spell to answer some questions and have a chat with the stream! Don’t miss it!

Under a cornflower blue sky, filled with billowing white clouds, an enormous herd of cattle gather across an expanse of tall brown-green grass.  Their noses point to the center of the herd, focused intently.  Their homes, dozens of dusty covered wagons, surround the group. Mumbles of concern and curiosity mix with long, drawn out moos.

Their attention is fixed on a simple, newly constructed stage, the wood still pale and clean. A massive brown bull stands atop it before his herd. His horns are impressively long, sprouting horizontally from his head, their black tips curved forward just at the ends. He wears a heavy, wooden yoke to signify his station. He is the Head Bull, TEXAS. Beside him is a strong, blue-eyed cow, her short coarse coat patched white and tan, his wife, MINNESOTA.

“Gather ‘round friends, I’ve got news from outside our beloved home, The Prairie,” he calls out to the throng of bovines.  “We’ve all heard the tall tale of old, the story of The Horned Prophet, the little lady who locked away our old enemies long ago, keeping us safe to roam the country, looking for sweet grass and golden sunsets just at Mother Fœnum intended for her calves. Welp, I’ll tell you now, the tale, it was true. And the story, well, a new chapter is startin’. “

Texas’ eyes, narrow with gravity

“The Predators, they’re a-fixin’ to come back.”

Who likes good news?, everyone?

Then good news, everyone!

After a constant drip (more like a pour, really) of individual paypal e-mails (over 10,000 over the course of a week. That was fun), the totality of the Indiegogo funds (sans the Indiegogo and paypal fees, of course) is now in the Mane6 paypal account. From paypal, 95% of the money will be moved into the company's bank account, which will be taking a couple of days, and from there, it'll start being distributed as we start covering the expenses, contracting the people required and making the necessary payments for licensing and purchase of materials.

Since Indiegogo has a character limit on the updates, we have given a bit more of an indepth explanation of what this entails in our site, as well as covered a couple other news at the same time; You can read the full article in here.

tl;dr:

IGG Money is now in the M6 account.

IGG & Paypal Fees were discounted (about a 10% of the funds, combined)

Funds are moving into the M6 bank account so that necessary expenses can be made.

Backers Forums coming soon.

Wallpapers also coming soon.

Mane6 now working full time on the game.

Tianhuo's Lore will be coming up at the end of the week.

VA situation still not settled in. We'll let you know through site. Applications currently not accepted.

Mane6 - Work Stream #1


Wow, it's been a month since the crowdfund ended already?

Alright, fess up, who broke time? It was yesterday just yesterday!

In any case, we'd like to tell you guys we have our first work stream scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 21, at 3PM PDT in the Mane6 Twitch channel. (twitch.tv/manesix)

This will be a very casual work stream, in which Jay (and maybe Omari) will be working on game stuff of the modeling and/or scripting kind; It's meant more for hanging out with you guys and showing some of our progress as it happens than to show new and finished stuff. We'll still have streams for major milestones and showcases of new characters, of course!... but let's take it one stream at a time.

So mark your calendars, get your alarms goin', and get ready to picnic with us in the stream.


On the Administrative side


Things are still moving; And as we learned from the time used on establishing the company before the crowdfund, when it comes to the legal flavour of things, there's a lot of back and forth required. Currently, we're setting up the sort of things that we could not get set up until we had a solid, set-in-stone budget to work with, such as contractor agreements, NDAs, licensing deals, how we're going to be paying people and for the game expenses... All that sort of stuff.

While the main team has kept on working on the game proper, and full time since the funds arrived to the company's paypal accounts, these things have been happening on the side to help set up the foundation for the development cycle. Right now, our priority lies on getting the team settled in with the company (speaking in terms of legalese stuff), after which we'll be looking into the direction of licensing (Fmod, GGPO, etc) and contractors, and on to the other expenses we need to cover in the immediate future. Forums come in this zone, as well. We're sorry it's been taking this long to get things set up, but right now it's very important for the game progress that the agreements and contractings get handled as a priority. We're still working to get this done as fast as possible.


Tianhuo's Lore


... is still coming! We're (once again) sorry it didn't come out when we first intended; We've been going back and forth on it, making some revisions and a few changes, and making sure we're all happy with it. We're not going to say a specific date it'll be coming, since there's still the update's art to get done, but we're pretty sure it'll be soon rather than "soon"

Mane6 is currently looking for a 2D background artist contractor with 3D experience and excellent digital illustration skills to help make Them’s Fightin’ Herds a reality.

Position Overview

As a contractor for Mane6, you’ll work with a passionate group of artists, designers and developers located around the globe on a 2d fighting game for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms over the project’s life, with emphasis on the next sixteen months. (Duration might be shortened or lengthened according to project needs).

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include partnering with our core development group to assess the creative needs of the game project, as well as to create and implement 2D and 3D background assets for use within the game’s engine, at the highest standard of quality.

Qualifications/Experience

Required Skills

• At least one year work experience in creating background art and design for videogames, or in a related work field.
• Strong knowledge of Autodesk Maya (Autodesk Maya 2009 preferred).
• Strong proficiency in digital illustration (Vector and bitmapped) for game assets, including backgrounds, props, characters and decorative UI/UX elements.
• Ability to work with an established art style.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self motivated, with a strong work ethic, and self-imposing standards of the highest work quality.
• Proficient layout design ability.
• Ability to work well within a cross-discipline team in a dynamic, iterative setting.
• A passion for creating and playing videogames.

Desirable skills.

• Strong knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (with focus on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Flash).
• Working knowledge of Zbrush.
• General knowledge of fighting games
• Proficient ability to work with UI/UX a huge plus.
• Ability to work within hard and short-term deadlines.
• Ability to take and respond favourably to frequent feedback, including multiple revisions within a short time period.

If you wish to apply for this position, please e-mail us to contact@mane6.com with a copy of your resume and a link to your online portfolio, and we’ll get in contact with you. Online-based portfolios only! Download-based and physical portfolio submissions won’t be considered.