r/Mecha

Hi, I'm the solo developer for Frame of Suffering - or as I like to call it, my "Diablo with Mechs" game.

I'm heavily developing the game, so a lot of stuff is still bound to change, but I just wanted to show an early boss fight where we can see some mechanics, as well as switching between the Pilot and Mech Suit (Frame). This is one of the core features of my game, in which you progress the pilot and your Frame to create some cool builds and combat styles.

I also have a lot of customization options for the pilot and your Frame - from switching out Frame parts that visually change how the Mech Suit looks, to fully changing the pilot's equipment.

Hopefully, I will manage to prepare a demo sometime at the beginning of next year. In the meantime, if you are interested and want to know a bit more about the game, here is the link to my Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3844300/Frame_of_Suffering/

Anime: Knight's & Magic

Hello everyone, I'm making a mecha game and just want to share some draft ideas about my understanding of different types of leg designs and hear your opinion.

I'm thinking defining the simple styles as gen 1 models (4-6m height), then the claw type as gen 2 (6-7m), and the humanoid type as gen 3 (7-8m).

I personally like those human like legs (common in anime), while I'm not sure if people prefer the claw type as it looks more military (common in mecha games). It might be a bit weird if different styles appear in the same stage? I don't know.

Anyway, will then create detailed models for each type and see how they look.

...so you don't have to. Jokes aside, I was bored and I thought I'd give it a go. For the unaware, it's a web novel written by the author of Full Metal Panic! amongst other things.

While the first collected volume is on sale [edit: it's going to be on sale tomorrow 8/20] with added material and illustrations, you can still read the original web novel for free here:

https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16818093092974667738/episodes/16818093092974720381

From there it's a simple matter to translate the chapters with your browser of choice.

So 7 chapters in, here's my impressions

1.This is NEVER ever going to be adapted as an anime, the reason being it's literally Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 with the names filed off. At least the beginning is a beat for beat recreation of the original story, only from the POV of the machine (not a bad idea imho).

2.the protagonist is your bog standard middle aged isekaied salaryman with a perverted streak. Expect lots of voyeuristic humor and the usual fetishes (tights, stockings, "imagine the smell" etc etc). For now the story to fanservice ratio is acceptable, might change my mind going on.

3. Ecchi aside, the story goes for an old school vibe that I kinda dig. Apparently in this future the internet is banned because reasons, so the MC can't connect to wifi and look up stuff, and all communications are either cabled or via radio. Smartphones aren't a thing, so teenagers still act like in the Showa era.

4. All in all it's a decently fun way to pass time if you're starved for mecha content. Machine translation is expectedly very bad, but the base text is a web novel anyway, not Homer. Your mileage may vary.

Here's the official Twitter account if you'd like to keep track, the art is nice at least.

https://x.com/KIDOTENSHO?s=20

Teamed up with my girlfirend on this collab! It’s heavily inspired by 80s and 90s Japanese mecha designs always a blast revisiting the stuff we love. It’s set in a distant future following an Unit - CCRA 02 special police unit fighting cyberterrorists and just trying to survive the daily grind in a high-tech concrete jungle

I know very little about the show, I just know that this opening goes hard. Enjoy my shitpost from 3:00 in the morning.

https://www.artstation.com/melicmonterrat

MEGAS XLR with the Gundam, Mazinger Z, the Sazabi, and probably more I can’t think of