Game News Forbidden Unit, a turn-based dystopian cyberpunk RPG, now on Kickstarter

pledged

 

Normally I'm a bit weary of companies whose background only includes a single mobile game, but on the other hand they've put together a great-looking prototype to show us (I wish this happened more often instead of constantly getting concept art and some hot air shoved down our throat).

I'm strapped for cash atm, but I would consider backing this if I wasn't. Looks neat.

 

Looks like they're taking ideas from the best (I see some System Shock similarities and Commandos too) and the gameplay might be great indeed. It's a shame that Kickstarter isn't as useful as it used to be, I doubt enough people will hear about it for it to succeed but I'm hoping for the best.

 

Hello, this is Tomas from Chainless Games, thanks for your support, It means a lot for us.

 

It looks good as a game and i will bake it, if it has a chance to reach its goals. Currently it doesn't look good for the Kickstarter. Nevertheless you should go on and continue with this project. You can make a build for the Early Access on Steam Direct ($100 fee) or go to GOG (direct?). I will definitely buy it there if the KS fails, because i believe that this can be a quite good game. (I'm a Cyberpunk fan, so i was bought in an instant.)
Here some feedback from my current limited perspective.:
What i especially like is that you want to make that different clothes have different equipment slots and that different slots have different AP access (dependend on the country: X-Com or UFO).
You need also different cyber upgrades, if you don't have them. (I had no time to read through your entire KS. )
I think that if you make a player customisable squad leader (the main player character) and a team of five, then even more people would be interested.
Also the fire vector for the burning character with its fire doesn't look that good in the cell shader. (Can be due to your recording technique.) Don't apply cell shaders to this fire or make the fire different (painted?) for the use of post processings like the cell shader.
I believe that you are making a game in the way of Shadowrun (without elves and magic), where you fulfill missions for money. Then make some missions mutually exclusive or unnecessary. (Most players will play them anyway, so this is not a wasted effort.)
Btw.: The use of cell shader invites some storytelling through comics. (Just saying.)

 

Thank you for the feedback. So far, we do not know how we will continue if the KS does not work. We have some backup plans, but development will definitely be more complicated.

If you like the project, you should definitely become a backer. You help us make us more visible and you are not risking anything even in case it won't succeed.

 

Pledged $75 but to be honest, by the way this KS campaign is going, it won't even make it to 10 grand.

 

Thank you very much, generous sir.

Even if we don't reach the goal on Kickstarter, more money our backers are willing to send may eventually help us to find alternative funding for our game.
So far it seems that people are really interested in the game, but we are not visible enough. We are trying our best, to improve that.

 

deterministic system > RNG

 

Don't touch my unit, is forbidden

Seriously, intriguing pitch. I dig the aesthetics, but are the dick and colostomy jokes in the names intentional?

 

To be honest, we didn't know there is "another" meaning behind word Unit... A little bit too late to change it.

 

Wish you all the best. Would be very pleased to be proven wrong and even more pleased to see your game available on Steam&GOG someday, not too far in the future.

 

To see that people are really interested in our game is really important for us, and we will definitely continue with development. However, it may take longer than we originally planned.
It is also possible that we will make early-access to the game via Steam Greenlight. But at this moment I cannot estimate when that would be.

 

Alright, I manned up and backed it anyway. The campaign definitely needs to gain a little traction though...

 

There is interst in a Cyberpunk, Turn based cRPG (doesn't need to be a full fledged cRPG), but currently KS is not good for computer games.
Steam Greenlight is no more, now it is Steam Direct and you can publish the game if you pay the fee of $100, that you get back if the game has sold enough units. So you don't even need to be greenlighted on steam to publish a game. Therfore i have suggested that you maken an limited (less story, some itemes (weapons, armor and etc) a few missions and most of the game mechanics) Early Access build of the game for Steam when your KS fails.
GOG can make even a loan / financial help for publishers if the game is in a good shape and it is obvious that the devs are on it. It will be then paid back via sales: https://www.gog.com/indie?pp=cb4e5208b4cd87268b208e49452ed6e89a68e0b8
And you definitly need cyber upgrades for the party members, like blades in forearm and etc.
Also go for the carbon fiber, gun metal and titanium look, because everything looks better in black. And if you don't agree with this notion then imagine a pink, purple, braun or polka dot darth vader.

 

Thanks for tips.

>>> Steam Greenlight is no more, now it is Steam Direct
Right, I forgot they already changed it. This is definitely one of the possible options for us.

>>> Therfore i have suggested that you maken an limited (less story, some itemes (weapons, armor and etc) a few missions and most of the game mechanics)
That's what I meant by this early access version.

>>> GOG can make even a loan
I didn't know this, I will look into it to get more information...

 

I just wanted to ask. Since I am new to this forum. I could not figure out, how this rating system works?
I must be blind, but I don't see how can I give a rating to a post?

 

You are sort of in a difficult place if you don't get more visibility. At the same time you are going to get lot of suggestions. Everyone wants their Molly in the game and so on.

My own suggestion however, the game that would make happy, would be game that actually exists, which developers have economic foundation to patch it if needed and so on.

So you may want to consider cost of adding new features versus how much customers they bring to you, if they help you to gain visibility, campaign. Shadowrun without magic might be something you could try to test out the waters.

It looks good, especially for the price. It just that too few people know about it.

 

I see...
I like the way this forum works, It's quite interesting and entertaining.

 

Keep always in mind that this is a free speech zone, which means that people will tell you what they think and this means that some will brofist you and others will call you a retarded moron. The best way to handle it is to grow a thick skin and carry on. But this is also a good attribute, because you will get somehow a true opinion about your project.
RPG Codex has quite a visibility and there are much more lurkers than activ posters.

 

That's how it supposed to be, we don't have any issue with that and it is also the only way to get true feedback.

 

I think the name is unfortunate, not so much because of the double meaning, but because it's just quite bland.

I don't think it's too late to change it, in partcular if the KS campaign falls through.

 

They can still change it, even if the Kickstarter ends up successful. There are other projects that have done it.