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

[Momock]

All I'm interested in if bullets will still look like steaming burgers.

The steam burger bullets ara the raison d'être of the new artstyle (they don't look so silly anymore!)

 

[Zombra]

I'm curious if this game shown on E3 inspired them to change style:

Joe didn't build the new style from scratch in a single week.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Diggfinger here you go men:

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

With all changes that this project has seen already; I expect final product to be quite modern and fresh take on Breakout.

 

[agris]

Reminds me of certain cyberpunk comics art, Josan Gonzalez for example: https://www.artstation.com/josan

Wow, reminds me of Geof Darrow. Which came first, the Darrow or the Gonzalez?

Darrow in Hard Boiled

edit: oops, guess I'm late. Diggfinger already caught this.

 

[CyberWhale]

Moebius came sooner than both of them. The Long Tomorrow, illustrated by him and written by Dan O'Bannon in 1975 is one of the first cyberpunk stories ever and was also used as an inspiration for the visuals of the best cyberpunk movie - Blade Runner.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

Fuck...this looks like GTA V now. At least it’s TPP cyberpunk. Mebrilia .

Spoiler

In all seriousness, i’m loving this art style. Great job Whalenought_Joe.

I do like the idea of the old one, but man if this aint something unqiue and fresh.

Altho tbh, this color pallete is closer to the original logo artwork. Although that was a bit darker.

EDIT: Fuck this looks better everytime I look at it.

While i am a bit disappointed cyberpunk 2077 will be first person only reading allowed me to understood why they took this decision.. They also been exceptionally bad in to explaining the reasoning for this decision i am still looking forward for cyberpunk 2077. About this game well... Usually indies don't make the cyberpunk right to start with but i am more than interested to see what they are doing with this title.

 

[Cadmus]

is this a bot?

 

[Roguey]

Laughin' at all the people who preferred the nondescript Russian-shovelwarey look it had before this. These graphics are more likely to get 'em noticed, the other style wouldn't.

 

[Roguey]

Merlkir imagine yourself as a more casual player browsing through the Steam catalogue or a gaming news/site blog lookin' for new games to check out. Which is more likely to make you stop and read more about what this thing is:

 

[m_s0]

Whalenought_Joe

Show it in motion, please. It might save you some drama.

Personally, I'm on the fence until I see some gameplay in this style.

 

[JarlFrank]

Merlkir imagine yourself as a more casual player browsing through the Steam catalogue or a gaming news/site blog lookin' for new games to check out. Which is more likely to make you stop and read more about what this thing is:

The top one looks more appealing to me. Bottom looks too similar to wannabe-artsy indie trash at first glance.

 

[buffalo bill]

Looks like jet set radio—kinda decline imo. But I didn't really like the previous graphic style either. The graphics in SitS were great, and I would have much preferred a new game with graphics similar to that game.

 

[Merlkir]

I think neither is going to appeal more to a casual player. As to whether it's more worth it to cater to grogs or try to widen your audience, I'm not touching that...

 

[Alienman]

Laughin' at all the people who preferred the nondescript Russian-shovelwarey look it had before this. These graphics are more likely to get 'em noticed, the other style wouldn't.

Wasn't it supposed to look PS1 like?

 

[Big Wrangle]

It had the look, especially the one right before this shift, but I don't think the game was ever intended to be a throwback to the console visually. At least, not explicitly.

 

[Alienman]

Could swear I read that somewhere.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Could swear I read that somewhere.

I remember it too.

 

[Farewell into the night]

I don't care about the style. If the game will be good, then I'll be happy.

 

[Mustawd]

Could swear I read that somewhere.

Could swear I read that somewhere.

I remember it too.

People in the thread were commenting on it, and saying it had a MGS feel.

IIRC I think Joe might have mentioned early 3d or ps1 era in their last Matt Chat video. But I don’t recall ever seeing it in official announcements.

 

[agris]

I dig the new style, would like to see some gameplay footage with it though.

 

[ghostdog]

Daum this game has been through a lot. I really hope these guys can pull through.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

I wonder sometimes if indies game producers have sometimes a sort of unwritten rule they follow: We must not use textures in our games.

 

[frajaq]

I think neither is going to appeal more to a casual player.

this is the right answer

 

[toro]

Incoming twist: Hannah is a boy