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

[HoboForEternity]

aw yeah, aw yeah.

another one to add to the list "things that keep me try to survive life"

 

[HoboForEternity]

Amazing how two developers can consistently get system, UI and artistic design right, while bigger teams consistently flounder and stumble.

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And the worst part is that the former don't even make a fraction of what the latter do. I swear, this planet...

probably because they based it off "survey", "market analysis", "trends" to maximize profit, and not a mere coincidence, they people they take the data from are mostly retards, idiots, and shills, which make more than 90% the population of this planet

 

[Bubbles]

Amazing how two developers can consistently get system, UI and artistic design right, while bigger teams consistently flounder and stumble.

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And the worst part is that the former don't even make a fraction of what the latter do. I swear, this planet...

probably because they based it off "survey", "market analysis", "trends" to maximize profit, and not a mere coincidence, they people they take the data from are mostly retards, idiots, and shills, which make more than 90% the population of this planet

Kickstarter campaigns can fall prey to this kind of dilution as well, not to mention the rampant pandering and tendency to overpromise features. I think that's one of the reasons why most of my favorite games of the past few years have been self-funded Indies.

My ideal type of game is an idiosyncratic passion project, produced in an atmosphere of near total freedom. If that means it'll be created by one person working part-time with primitive art assets, then so be it.

 

[Cyberarmy]

The physical handbooks are turning out neat, we got a real soft felty paper, stained some wood and got some great deerskin. We got a brand for burning a Syndicate a logo in too, that was fun:

İts time to page mindx2 I guess.

 

[ArchAngel]

That UI is wonderful!

 

[Jaesun]

 

[Jimmious]

I imagine there will be a Codex pledge for this one right? Time to get some potatoes finally

 

[mindx2]

Thanks guys,

We've got a few physical rewards planned: 3d-miniatures of some Copper Dreams characters (and a bloodless hunter from Vol), another round of 100 physical handbooks that come with a code-breaker, and 15 of those are a part of a boxed set with a custom USB with the game, printed ailment/stat reference foldout card and a map. The physical handbooks are turning out neat, we got a real soft felty paper, stained some wood and got some great deerskin. We got a brand for burning a Syndicate a logo in too, that was fun:

Wow... just wow! Please don't make me mortgage my house to have to get this, pretty please. Really Joe and Hannah Whalenought_Joe, those look beautiful. Which reminds me that I never got around to printing up the SitS boxes for you. I will en-devour to rectify that as soon as possible.

... just beautiful, man... beautiful...

 

[HoboForEternity]

i only can imagine the wonderful smell of that book

*sniff imaginations*

 

[CyberWhale]

We've got a few physical rewards planned: 3d-miniatures of some Copper Dreams characters (and a bloodless hunter from Vol), another round of 100 physical handbooks that come with a code-breaker, and 15 of those are a part of a boxed set with a custom USB with the game, printed ailment/stat reference foldout card and a map. The physical handbooks are turning out neat, we got a real soft felty paper, stained some wood and got some great deerskin. We got a brand for burning a Syndicate a logo in too, that was fun:

These look outstanding, but I'm not really convinced that they're appropriate for a cyberpunk title.
Sleek wood and metal screw heads scream industrial era to me. Think something like Arcanum instead of Copper Dreams.

This, on the other hand...

 

[ghostdog]

that looks pretty silly cyber. On the other hand you're right about the wood/leather manual, while it's great as a quality structure it doesn't fit very much with the theme of the game. If it had some kind of metal (copper? ) plate instead of wood, it would fit better.

 

[Excidium II]

Maybe in that particular future retro is fashionable again.

 

[Athelas]

If it was properly cyberpunky, it wouldn't be a physical book to begin with.

 

[Ninjerk]

If it was properly cyberpunky, it wouldn't be a physical book to begin with.

IT WOULD BE WETWIRED DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BRAIN FROM CYBERSPACE

 

[Ninjerk]

seriouisly can these guys get anything right

 

[Mustawd]

^lol

Miniatures you say? First day purchase. Well, 4th day purchase for when I get paid again. With my luck all the physical rewards will be gone!

 

[mindx2]

^lol

Miniatures you say? First day purchase. Well, 4th day purchase for when I get paid again. With my luck all the physical rewards will be gone!

You know you can pledge right way and you won't be charged until the end of the Kickstarter right?

Whalenought_Joe Any way to reserve one of those boxed sets now?

 

[Mustawd]

^lol

Miniatures you say? First day purchase. Well, 4th day purchase for when I get paid again. With my luck all the physical rewards will be gone!

You know you can pledge right way and you won't be charged until the end of the Kickstarter right?

Totally forgot this. First day purchase!

 

[Manmower]

Looks like trash.

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Gameplay might be good though.

 

[ArchAngel]

Looks like trash.

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Gameplay might be good though.

Get out of here!

 

[Manmower]

 

[markec]

Just in time for my paycheck.

 

[Excidium II]

I'm very interested in the vertical element, it's something missing from CRPGs in general. Hopefully it's not just a combat gimmick.

 

[Whalenought_Joe]

18091]Whalenought_Joe[/USER] Any way to reserve one of those boxed sets now?

We can do 15 of the boxed editions for that tier — I think you'll be good! I'll remind you when it's up.

CyberWhale It's a much more dystopian cyberpunk setting rather than the flashy blade-runner/neon light kind. Something like Escape from New York with the bureaucracy (and ducts) of the movie Brazil. The book is an official handbook by the syndicate you are 'employed' by, they like to keep things orderly, we aimed to reflect that.

If it had some kind of metal (copper? ) plate instead of wood, it would fit better.

We actually tried that as one of the covers in a prototype! We liked it but it did feel a little cheeky, and would have regrettably been too costly to order enough metal sheets for all the covers again, as we wanted to do another 100.

I'm very interested in the vertical element, it's something missing from CRPGs in general. Hopefully it's not just a combat gimmick.

Most all navigation will be very dependent on the use of height, though is used as combat challenge roll modifier in combat as well as a good way of escaping enemies to end combat. Having multiple entrances into complexes in obscure ways will be the foundation of the level design, so we're planning to use it as much as possible in the maps.

 

[Lucky]

Most all navigation will be very dependent on the use of height, though is used as combat challenge roll modifier in combat as well as a good way of escaping enemies to end combat. Having multiple entrances into complexes in obscure ways will be the foundation of the level design, so we're planning to use it as much as possible in the maps.

Will these entrances lend themselves to planning your route? Such as you start with varying decrees of information on the complex - the construction plans for the building, some intel on where a group of guards is stationed, etc. - and pick your entry point and approach accordingly? I'm getting some (non-magic) Shadowrun/Cyberpunk vibes from this, so I was wondering to what degree planning your run is possible.