Gunstringer(Kinect)

[ProjectPat2280]

From the developers of Splosion Man and Comic Jumper, comes a brand new title that will use Microsofts Kinect called Gunstringer.

What is Gunstringer?

Gunstringer is a Kinect game from Twisted Pixel, developer of 'Splosion Man and Comic Jumper. It looks quite different than the other Kinect games we've seen so far.


What type of game is it?

It's a cross between a platformer and a shooter starring a skeleton cowboy that you puppeteer with your hands. There appears to be a lot of on-rails shooting sequences. The action on screen is supposed to be a puppet show, complete with an audience cheering you on.

What's the story?

Somebody did The Gunstringer wrong, and he's gonna make 'em pay. It's a Western revenge story inspired by "A Fistful of Dollars."

How do the Kinect controls work?

Based on the trailer, we know that you'll be holding your hands out in front of you as if you were controlling a marionette. Looks like you'll also be mimicking actions like spinning your revolver. It's unclear at this time how shooting is handled.

Will Gunstringer be a retail or downloadable game?

Twisted Pixel isn't revealing this, yet. All of the developer's previous releases have been downloadable from Xbox Live Arcade. We know there are multiple downloadable Kinect games in the works from various developers, but so far Kinect software is only available at retail.

Is there multiplayer?

Looks like there is a cooperative mode where two players shoot at enemies in on-rails sequences.

When's it coming out?

Twisted Pixel hasn't announced a release date for Gunstringer yet.

Trailer

 

[Superhero 101]

Interesting i was hoping that you could control the character and shoot around

 

[jacobed]

It does look interesting, I love everything Twisted Pixel does so I look forward to this.

 

[Cth]

Interesting i was hoping that you could control the character and shoot around

It looks like you can during the platforming portion of the game.

That plus sign thing is likely the puppeteer string thingy.. move it and pull it to make him jump, etc.

 

[StrainedEyes]

It looks like you can during the platforming portion of the game.

That plus sign thing is likely the puppeteer string thingy.. move it and pull it to make him jump, etc.

Yeah... but it looks like it will just be simple movements to get him to move forward, backward and jump. It's weird that they felt the need to include the fake portions of the trailer, where the hands are 'accurately' moving the guy on the screen, when nothing like that seems to be in the game (from what this trailer showed).

I dunno, I liked Splosion Man, enjoyed the demo of The Maw, and found Comic Jumper boring. This does not look that good to me. I'm sure their humor will be on display, but I haven't been interested in an on-rails shooter in a long long time.