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

[HoboForEternity]

game broke my mind. i just thought of a possibility

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of a timeline where Shongololo is a candidate for the simulation main character and he steamroll everything with his 100 tons metal body of pure mayhem and i started laughing IRL like a crazy person imagining the cutscene for it.

 

[Pyke]

Ill write you a more in depth answer - but you're pretty damned close. In fact, a little too close to some of our ideas for the sequel... :D

 

[HoboForEternity]

Playable train?

 

[Kaivokz]

Just started playing today.

1) Mick Gordon is a genius.

2) The art direction is on point. Beautiful game.

 

[Grotesque]

BUG

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Land at the COMMAND MODULE and use the FULL THERMAL STORAGE CUBE on the FROZEN COMMAND MODULE. This will defrost it. Talk to DR ANNA TAYLOR.

Return to DA7ABA5E5 at NEST ALPHA and talk to it about the other Nest, as well as DR TAYLOR. Return to DR ANNA TAYLOR and talk to her about The Divide. Land at NEST BETA and talk to CA5CADAB1E about what caused The Divide. It will give you the NEST VIRUS.


after I defrost Dr Taylor, I can't talk at nest alpha about her. At both nests, I don't have anyone to talk to

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

but when we added in scrolling we had to alter how the graphics were displayed

Why? What scrolling has to do with the way graphic are displayed?

 

[Pyke]

but when we added in scrolling we had to alter how the graphics were displayed

Why? What scrolling has to do with the way graphic are displayed?

Mostly the size of assets that you can load and the amount of animation. Originally each scene was a single 1920 x 1080 file. The current graphic size is 16 times that, with additional passes for normal and height data, as well as a mesh for shadow occlusion. Scrolling also altered our camera setup, as well as having to redo our pathing system. It's not a case of 'cant be done' - its more a case of having to pick our battles. :D

 

[Theodora]

I haven't been able to afford it yet, but in looking into it after the Codex interview I'm really intruiged! It's the first time I can remember being surprised at a point & click doing something new and interesting mechanically -- especially that UI! Nice to learn the genre has still design space in it after so long in, pun unintended, stasis.

Is there a reason to play Stasis (and? Cayne) first?

 

[HoboForEternity]

Is there a reason to play STASIS (and? CAYNE) first?

no relation to BD, but good reason to play them is for good horror game with fantastic atmosphere and awesome use of body horror and really cool setting inspired by system shock/dead space.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Oh, wonderful.

Just got to the """"combat"""" which is basically an RNG grindfest.

Not cool. My dice keep coming up snake eyes and the enemy keeps getting 6'es in a row.

 

[Pyke]

Oh, wonderful.

Just got to the """"combat"""" which is basically an RNG grindfest.

Not cool. My dice keep coming up snake eyes and the enemy keeps getting 6'es in a row.

Thats just a mini game. The dice are really 100% random. You can win if you use your 'powerups' carefully, or just rolls the dice. :D

 

[DeepOcean]

I really don't get why people are saying its advertised as an RPG. Our Steam profile literally says:

Mind of an average Steam consumer:

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is a 2D isometric blah, blah, blah, blah... too many words...It must be a RPG.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Oh, wonderful.

Just got to the """"combat"""" which is basically an RNG grindfest.

Not cool. My dice keep coming up snake eyes and the enemy keeps getting 6'es in a row.

Thats just a mini game. The dice are really 100% random. You can win if you use your 'powerups' carefully, or just rolls the dice. :D

Any way to make the 100% random enemy NOT roll at least one 6 every single time?

 

[Daedalos]

Lovin the game, tried to enhance the visuals abit with reshade, abit sharpen and HDR! not bad! Game looks smashing.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Oh, wonderful.

Just got to the """"combat"""" which is basically an RNG grindfest.

Not cool. My dice keep coming up snake eyes and the enemy keeps getting 6'es in a row.

Thats just a mini game. The dice are really 100% random. You can win if you use your 'powerups' carefully, or just rolls the dice. :D

Any way to make the 100% random enemy NOT roll at least one 6 every single time?

Finally beat it, took 45 minutes.

Increasing dat playthrough length

 

[MRY]

More than 50% of the negative reviews are in Russian. Pyke -- are they complaining about translation quality, or is this just the Russian lack of grade inflation? (IIRC, 30% of Primordia's negative reviews were Russian -- even though we always got wonderful support from Russian players overall.)

 

[Zarniwoop]

Putin is hacking your reviews like he hacked the election.

Orange Man and Low Scores BAD.

 

[Tytus]

Putin is hacking your reviews like he hacked the election.

Orange Man and Low Scores BAD.

Famous Russian hacker known as 4chan?

 

[V_K]

More than 50% of the negative reviews are in Russian. Pyke -- are they complaining about translation quality, or is this just the Russian lack of grade inflation? (IIRC, 30% of Primordia's negative reviews were Russian -- even though we always got wonderful support from Russian players overall.)

I've skimmed through them. As everyone here knows, Russians have a Fallout cargo cult. So it's the usual "This is not Fallout!!!111" sentiment you can find in some other negative reviews, only times 200.
Plus Russians can't into adventures
Plus it's a cultural thing where being an asshole is seen as some sort of virtue.

 

[Pyke]

More than 50% of the negative reviews are in Russian. Pyke -- are they complaining about translation quality, or is this just the Russian lack of grade inflation? (IIRC, 30% of Primordia's negative reviews were Russian -- even though we always got wonderful support from Russian players overall.)

From the Russian players I've spoken to they say that the translation is good. One guy said there were too many swear words, but I'm assuming thats content!

We have a huge amount of players from Russia, and it does seem to be a bit of a mixed bag. I've watched some Russian streamers and I'm trying to figure out if they are just... hate playing it, or really enjoying it. I do think it's a bit of 'this isnt a regular point and click' combined with 'this isnt an RPG', and maybe its a culture of being harsh critics? Oddly the negative reviews I've read in Russian arent 'scathing' - they are more on the line of 'this isnt the game for me' to 'this is the best thing ever.'

I will admit that I didn't write the story with any other cultures in mind - so I have no idea what sort of story or game appeals to Russian players.

 

[V_K]

they are more on the line of 'this isnt the game for me'

Yeah, only for a Russian "X isn't for me" implies "X must die in fire". We're a very egocentric culture.

 

[Pyke]

Haven't done one of these in a while!

 

[Tytus]

Haven't done one of these in a while!

What is this?

 

[Pyke]

My idea for a Mass Effect style ARPG.

 

[Alienman]

Tali bleeding out? You monster.