KickStarter BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION - isometric post-apocalyptic adventure from STASIS developer

[HoboForEternity]

hmm, i guess, obsidian obviously got more experience and fancier toys to fiddle with, but still those screenshots are amazing.

 

[Pyke]

hmm, i guess, obsidian obviously got more experience and fancier toys to fiddle with, but still those screenshots are amazing.

A big thing is time and resources. They coded their own shader system that allows them to actually construct their images from layers within the engine - so they can turn off shadows, alter lighting passes, etc. We took a look at implementing a similar system - but it would have literally doubled the workload on me. Our story and game also doesnt 'require' things like that, because the game itself is a linear adventure - and ultimately we went with more environments and areas to explore and a larger story.
The nice thing is that once this game is done - the next one will have all of this tech as a foundation to build on, so we may look into ways to get more dynamic environments. I would love a day/night cycle next game, as well as a weather system!

 

[Life of the Party]

This is what Tides of Numenera wanted to be.

 

[Infinitron]

Missed this:

Wishlist us on STEAM!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912570/BEAUTIFUL_DESOLATION/

 

[DeepOcean]

They should have given the Numenera licence to you... or thinking better... why do you need that crap anyway? Gonna make a better and more creative post apoc game than Fargo's shovelware making losers. Keep the good job, really wanna play post land confiscation South Africa, all those hungry children will make a nice atmospheric post apocalyptic backdrop.

 

[Bohr]

 

[agris]

Looks amazing Pyke, I've missed grandiose public works like that in games. The statues remind me of

 

[Pyke]

Looks amazing Pyke, I've missed grandiose public works like that in games. The statues remind me of

Thanks man! I love big statues and old ruins in games. They immediately give a space a sense of history.

 

[Pyke]

Meeting the 5 Priests of Tribulation,,

 

[lightbane]

What's up with those heads? Some seem somewhat poorly placed. Also, in before someone says "Dark Souls 3 did that scene first with the Underp Kings."

 

[Bohr]

 

[agris]

That's some impressive animation! I'd love to see that fight slowed down 10x.

Pyke I just watched the trailer that Infinitron posted, and it looks like the gameworld is clear from interaction/transition icons. It looks great! If you don't mind, would you tell us a bit about why you decided to pare down the icons? I don't mean because of our conversation, but what about the aesthetics or experience y'all decide benefited from it?

 

[Pyke]

What's up with those heads? Some seem somewhat poorly placed. Also, in before someone says "Dark Souls 3 did that scene first with the Underp Kings."

Sorry I didnt see this!
The heads are on long necks - that particular angle makes them look like they are placed awkwardly - but in motion they work well. Good eye tho! I think staring at these things for so long you tend to edit out things that dont look 'right'.

 

[Pyke]

That's some impressive animation! I'd love to see that fight slowed down 10x.

Pyke I just watched the trailer that Infinitron posted, and it looks like the gameworld is clear from interaction/transition icons. It looks great! If you don't mind, would you tell us a bit about why you decided to pare down the icons? I don't mean because of our conversation, but what about the aesthetics or experience y'all decide benefited from it?

Thanks dude! Im a pretty crappy animator, so hearing things like that is awesome! :D Honestly the speed hides a LOT of the errors!

 

[Pyke]

That's some impressive animation! I'd love to see that fight slowed down 10x.

Pyke I just watched the trailer that Infinitron posted, and it looks like the gameworld is clear from interaction/transition icons. It looks great! If you don't mind, would you tell us a bit about why you decided to pare down the icons? I don't mean because of our conversation, but what about the aesthetics or experience y'all decide benefited from it?

We tweak things daily - scalability of the UI is something we are pretty much ALWAYS changing - and if we ever wanna move over to consoles we have to have a UI that is super flexible. In fact I believe that the icons can actually be scaled in the games options menu separately from the text, and can dynamically be moved/centered/justified if there is additional info on the screen.

 

[Bohr]

Tweet I posted above seems to have disappeared (did Blomkamp hire Ryan Morrison?), this is what it was referencing but perhaps Chris will repost the animation sometime in the future.

 

[Pyke]

Tweet I posted above seems to have disappeared (did Blomkamp hire Ryan Morrison?), this is what it was referencing but perhaps Chris will repost the animation sometime in the future.

I will do a better look at whats happening there in the close future!

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...n-isometric-post-apocalyptic-ad/posts/2371084

MEET MARK, DON & POOCH
Posted by Christopher Bischoff (Creator)


Season's greetings, avid adventurers!
We would like to show you the final design for our intrepid heroes.

Chris has put his low-poly modeling skills to the ultimate test, and produced really amazing 3D assets. He has also polished off all of their animations - we're now focusing on getting them looking and working spiffily in the engine.

All the scene backgrounds are just about done, which includes integrating each into the game and testing them out.

We have over 70, 8000px backgrounds all featuring meticulous 2D detail! There are a few outstanding that cover the intro scene and finale screen (best left to last), so we'll tackle them in January.

Thank you for the support this year and we'll see you in 2019!
The BROS

P.S
Have you wish-listed DESOLATION on Steam yet?
If not please do so here; https://store.steampowered.com/app/912570/BEAUTIFUL_DESOLATION/

P.P.S


We don't normally post about other projects but please check out the Kickstarter for Freja and the False Prophecy

This tiny team are doing some awesome world building for this Metroidvania inspired platformer. They are over half way and there are only 2 weeks left to get it done. They also have a Windows/OSX demo, which is always a plus!

Here is the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1769906085/freja-and-the-false-prophecy-norse-platforming-gam/description

 

[Abu Antar]

Merry Christmas, no season’s greetings.

 

[HoboForEternity]

The big guy looks like bozo (my avatar)

 

[Kem0sabe]

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...n-isometric-post-apocalyptic-ad/posts/2371084

Can we assume their genders as male?

 

[Bohr]

Eat your heart out crojipjip

 

[Grotesque]

 

[MRY]

I do think the "successor to PS:T" label on this is pretty legit, at least from the standpoints of visuals and setting originality.

 

[ScrotumBroth]

While I agree with the sentiment to an extent, a part of me feels like this game doesn't need such comparisons as it's new and unique enough in its own way.