KickStarter Mechajammer (formerly Copper Dreams) - cyberpunk RPG from Whalenought Studios

[Ninjerk]

Bugs n shiet

 

[buffalo bill]

WTF happened?! The previous iteration looked both cool and playable, and this looks like unplayable garbage shovelware. Maybe Joe and Hannah split up, and half the assets are now gone? Btw, do people have nostalgia for box-stacking puzzles? Of all of the now-lost features of old games, box-stacking puzzles are one thing I'd be happy to remain in the trash bin of history.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

The previous iteration looked both cool and playable

You mean this one?

 

[The Wall]

I can't shake the bad notion that wellbeing of game, all the changes it went through and current abysmal state are all metaphor for Joe & Hanna marriage. Maybe making this game was part of their couple counseling. Maybe Hanna was asked by Joe too many times "what you think, honey?". Don't know about them but I'm filing for divorce of my hype from this game

 

[The Wall]

I mean just look at the goddamn UI! From one of the most beautiful, innovative and functional to buggy excel sheet dropped in mud. What.The.Fuck happened, Joe?

 

[BlackGoat]

Wow, seriously what happened. The new beta looks..... rough

 

[The Wall]

This trainwreck is headed to Underworld Ascendant. If I knew, I'd never buy a ticket for this ride. God, make me wrong!

 

[Black Angel]

The camera isn't fixed?

 

[Ninjerk]

WTF happened?! The previous iteration looked both cool and playable, and this looks like unplayable garbage shovelware. Maybe Joe and Hannah split up, and half the assets are now gone? Btw, do people have nostalgia for box-stacking puzzles? Of all of the now-lost features of old games, box-stacking puzzles are one thing I'd be happy to remain in the trash bin of history.

I mean, that black box could be nothing but my imagination, but all the box-climbing I did there makes me wonder if there isn't some kind of Chekhov's gun of gaming--if you're not going to use it, don't put it in?

 

[Ninjerk]

The camera isn't fixed?

I didn't control the camera at any point there.

 

[Black Angel]

The camera isn't fixed?

I didn't control the camera at any point there.

Which means the game would move the camera based on the location, right?

 

[Ninjerk]

The camera isn't fixed?

I didn't control the camera at any point there.

Which means the game would move the camera based on the location, right?

Yep. It felt comfortable and unobtrusive(?) while I played.

 

[Black Angel]

 

[The Wall]

Ninjerk what's backers feedback so far and Joe's response? Is it more silence?

 

[Ninjerk]

Ninjerk what's backers feedback so far and Joe's response? Is it more silence?

Uh, I never look at the Kickstarter website (hence why I forgot that I backed Beautiful Desolation until about a year ago and then didn't realize it was released until today). I think they have forums, but I'll give the kickstarter part a gander.

 

[Ninjerk]

I don't see much activity on their forums for the beta and it looks like there have been no comments in Kickstarter in the last 8 days. I really haven't paid close attention to this, but I'm unaware of any backer-only discussion areas.

 

[The Wall]

Nothing new posted at Kickstarter, nothing new on their official twitter. Twitter is silent since november. Never saw Backer's Beta released with less, you know...confetti. Do they even care?

 

[Ninjerk]

Nothing new posted at Kickstarter, nothing new on their official twitter. Twitter is silent since november. Never saw Backer's Beta released with less, you know...confetti. Do they even care?

Hannah and Joe or the backers?

 

[buffalo bill]

The previous iteration looked both cool and playable

You mean this one?

That video makes the game look so freaking cool. Oh well.

 

[The Wall]

Hannah and Joe or the backers?

Both. I have feeling both backers and dev couple grew bored of this game, doubt backers would even ask for refunds after four years. Only Codex still cares

 

[Ninjerk]

Hannah and Joe or the backers?

Both. I have feeling both backers and dev couple grew bored of this game, doubt backers would even ask for refunds after four years. Only Codex still cares

For my part I haven't really checked in on it. SitS was simple, but elegant and convinced me that they could deliver some really unusual and rewarding experiences. I still believe that and I generally don't worry about all the different updates (although i know I did express some skepticism about the first shocking art change). Right now we're just looking at rough edges, and I believe that it could still be a great game, BUT I can't help but look at a lot of what was done before and wonder how many models have been rigged and animated in various ways that we won't see in the final product...only to be replaced by that... thing.

 

[The Wall]

Did they say they will improve upon beta, change/polish UI, add more mechanics, areas, features etc? They were until today on my list of Incline Deliverers

They should have used early access, they wouldn't have changed art style then every time they got high or drunk. Also they'd probably be living in their old house

 

[Ninjerk]

I don't know. I literally have only kept up with this game by following this thread. All the art style changes seemed to me to have some interesting possibilities within them (I really didn't like the 3D models with the droopy shoulders like I saw in the one alpha build I played as well as the wino screenshots from earlier in the thread), and this one at least has some interest in the environment art.

 

[Zombra]

I don't see much activity on their forums for the beta and it looks like there have been no comments in Kickstarter in the last 8 days. I really haven't payed close attention to this, but I'm unaware of any backer-only discussion areas.

I think their whole website may be a (beta+ level) backer-only area. I backed at the basic level, but when I try to log in to their site, my email address is unrecognized.

 

[Ninjerk]

I don't see much activity on their forums for the beta and it looks like there have been no comments in Kickstarter in the last 8 days. I really haven't payed close attention to this, but I'm unaware of any backer-only discussion areas.

I think their whole website may be a (beta+ level) backer-only area. I backed at the basic level, but when I try to log in to their site, my email address is unrecognized.

Maybe. I have a couple saved logins for Wordpress, but I can't tell what websites they're actually for.