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Codex Interview Interview with Gearhead creator Joseph Hewitt

Spazmo

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We have a talk with Joseph Hewitt, creator of the popular giant robot roguelike Gearhead. Here's a snippet.


I've tried to fill GearHead with as many different
activities as I can. Many of these are drawn from
anime. The PC can join the army, become a pop star,
collect superpowered pets, take a vacation at the hot
springs resort, find a girlfriend or boyfriend,
construct an intelligent robot, and do many other
things.

Interaction with NPCs is very important in GearHead.
It's the only way a starting character can get jobs.
In most RPGs the easiest character for a beginner to
play is one who is good at combat... in GearHead, I
think that the easiest character for a beginner is one
who is very charismatic.​

I've always wanted to be a charismatic robot. Read more here.
 

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I like the unique setting and ideas, but the anime stuff is a bit bleh. Still a pretty decent game, though, with good ideas.

Would be kinda neat if it all was in a 1950's sci-fi kinda setting (yeah, yeah, Fallout did this, but I mean without all the Post-Apocalypse stuff). You know like the 'HOMES OF THE FUTURE!' with the plates you wash down the drain and family helicopters.
 
DarkUnderlord

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Your HTML is rooted. You didn't try to edit the post with the forum edit button instead of the content system did you? Naughty Spazmo.

GearHead said:
I've heard some people complain that GearHead is too anime-like, and other people complain that it isn't anime-like enough. I guess that means I've found a good balance.
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Woah, did that part of the interview set off my "DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON" alarm bells and flashing lights, or what? Either too anime-like or not anime-like enough. Yeah, that's a good balance right there. The people who hate anime think it's too anime and the people who like anime think it's not enough anime. That's not balance, that's messing up.
 
Saint_Proverbius

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Any anime is too much, IMHO.

Still, it's a very cool game with a lot of freedom and such.
 
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