KickStarter STASIS - An Indie Space Adventure Game - now with CAYNE DLC

[General Maxson]

New Screenshot:


And an interesting quote from Chris Bischoff on the Quarter To Three forums:

As a side note, if I was going to do another full blown IP, I would definately do something in a cyberpunk blade-runneresque world. The post apocalyptic stuff has already been fantastically done in so many games. I'd want to create a world of Cybernetic implants, rain covered streets, freakish genetic experiments, androids, huge dilapidated buildings, complete with an underworld of seedy bars, damsels in distress, and an Orwellian big brother government.

All in isometric.

 

[Jaesun]

New Screenshot:


And an interesting quote from Chris Bischoff on the Quarter To Three forums:

As a side note, if I was going to do another full blown IP, I would definately do something in a cyberpunk blade-runneresque world. The post apocalyptic stuff has already been fantastically done in so many games. I'd want to create a world of Cybernetic implants, rain covered streets, freakish genetic experiments, androids, huge dilapidated buildings, complete with an underworld of seedy bars, damsels in distress, and an Orwellian big brother government.

All in isometric.

I'M CUMMING BUCKETS!

 

[Johannes]

Looks more like wasteland 2 than wasteland 2.

No, not really.

Looks more like FO3 than FO3, would be a more accurate way to put this.

 

[TripJack]

this guy is a true bro

 

[General Maxson]

New Screenshot:


And an interesting quote from Chris Bischoff on the Quarter To Three forums:

As a side note, if I was going to do another full blown IP, I would definately do something in a cyberpunk blade-runneresque world. The post apocalyptic stuff has already been fantastically done in so many games. I'd want to create a world of Cybernetic implants, rain covered streets, freakish genetic experiments, androids, huge dilapidated buildings, complete with an underworld of seedy bars, damsels in distress, and an Orwellian big brother government.

All in isometric.

I'M CUMMING BUCKETS!

If only he could be "persuaded" to make that cyberpunk game a crpg...

 

[Jaesun]

Well there is this little site called Kickstarter. Maybe that might help him make it. After he has some street cred with STASIS I'm sure he would have NO problem funding it.

Provided it IS something he would like to do.

 

[kaizoku]

I love that guy.


In 10 years from know we'll have an incline codex smiley of him.

 

[Outlander]

New Screenshot:


And an interesting quote from Chris Bischoff on the Quarter To Three forums:

As a side note, if I was going to do another full blown IP, I would definately do something in a cyberpunk blade-runneresque world. The post apocalyptic stuff has already been fantastically done in so many games. I'd want to create a world of Cybernetic implants, rain covered streets, freakish genetic experiments, androids, huge dilapidated buildings, complete with an underworld of seedy bars, damsels in distress, and an Orwellian big brother government.

All in isometric.

I'M CUMMING BUCKETS!

Ditto.

No chance for a Codex interview?

 

[Jaesun]

No chance for a Codex interview?

If he does that cRPG oh hell yes. We would definitely interview him!

 

[fuzz]

He did an interview last month for a do piče Czech magazine:

http://www.stasisgame.com/interview-in-score/

I really am inspired by everything. Alien, Aliens, and Event Horizon are the 3 big ones-but FALLOUT, Sunshine, Pandorum, The Black Hole, Star Trek, 2001, Blade Runner, pretty much any SciFi from the 1980′s.

Goddamn, that list, those screenshots. Day1 purchase.

 

[JudasIscariot]

After seeing the tech demo and the STASIS screens, all I have to say is:

 

[Koplin]

Chris did hint towards something in the CRPG genre here:

I would have some sort of combat-I think it goes hand in hand with a ‘sandbox’ style game. But for combat, I would use some sort of ‘card based’ or ‘dice roll’ system based on GURPS.
I have a pretty good idea about how I would impliment it from a technical POV, the issue would be how to get around having the player become a murdering psychopath and killing off story-pivitol characters!
But thats a game design issue-and something I would be very interested in exploring!

GURPS is a Pen And Paper roleplaying system. Fallouts SPECIAL is heavily based on GURPS (infact, I think Black Isle were actually going to use GURPS before they created SPECIAL).
Turn based, with animated attacks, but it wouldnt be a ‘click on the enemy to shoot them’ thing. Rather, a battle screen would open with all of the stats, weapons, etc, and you would plan your attack, and execute it. Upon choosing the attributes of the attack, and hitting the ‘EXECUTE’ button, the attack would play out on the screen, being influenced by your players attributes, aswell as the random chance of a ‘dice throw’ (for certain percentages). The ‘accuracy’ of the dice would depend on your equipment, and character.
Its all very conceptual in my head-and would possibly be boring as hell-but right now, thats how I would do combat.

And he did this little art test thing (probably whipped it up over lunch or something. :D ) for a Blade Runnner style game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuWeRdha3I&feature=player_embedded

Im so torn. On one hand, I want him to be hired by the Oblivion and WL2 guys-but on the other hand I want him to carry on doing what he is doing.

 

[General Maxson]

Chris did hint towards something in the CRPG genre here:

I would have some sort of combat-I think it goes hand in hand with a ‘sandbox’ style game. But for combat, I would use some sort of ‘card based’ or ‘dice roll’ system based on GURPS.
I have a pretty good idea about how I would impliment it from a technical POV, the issue would be how to get around having the player become a murdering psychopath and killing off story-pivitol characters!
But thats a game design issue-and something I would be very interested in exploring!

GURPS is a Pen And Paper roleplaying system. Fallouts SPECIAL is heavily based on GURPS (infact, I think Black Isle were actually going to use GURPS before they created SPECIAL).
Turn based, with animated attacks, but it wouldnt be a ‘click on the enemy to shoot them’ thing. Rather, a battle screen would open with all of the stats, weapons, etc, and you would plan your attack, and execute it. Upon choosing the attributes of the attack, and hitting the ‘EXECUTE’ button, the attack would play out on the screen, being influenced by your players attributes, aswell as the random chance of a ‘dice throw’ (for certain percentages). The ‘accuracy’ of the dice would depend on your equipment, and character.
Its all very conceptual in my head-and would possibly be boring as hell-but right now, thats how I would do combat.

And he did this little art test thing (probably whipped it up over lunch or something. :D ) for a Blade Runnner style game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuWeRdha3I&feature=player_embedded

Im so torn. On one hand, I want him to be hired by the Oblivion and WL2 guys-but on the other hand I want him to carry on doing what he is doing.

Man, that looks awesome. I would definitely want him to be hired for W2 by inXile, guy's a genius. And in inXile he could probably make that blade runner game a real crpg with their support if they would be willing to work with him (hopefully so). Is that really true, that he could be hired by inXile?

And I want W2 to be great (that's why I'd like him to be hired by inXile). But Oblivion, what do you mean???

 

[Koplin]

Bleh! Sorry-meant Obsidian. :D

 

[General Maxson]

Bleh! Sorry-meant Obsidian. :D

Glad it's not Oblibion... :D Now, how substantial are those "rumors" you said about the guy being hired by inXile or Obsidian?

 

[Koplin]

Not rumors-just musing out loud. He did mention being in contact with InXile on his blog-but AKAIK he is in another country (South Africa) and has mentioned that he owns his own company.

Honestly, I dont know if he would actually move to an existing game studio. I mean he is doing what he wants to do-he is making the games he wants to make. Nobody would greenlight a 'Isometric Horror Adventure Game'-even in the more indie studios. He obviously has developed the skills that he needs to be a one man studio...I mean if you could create your ultimate game, on your own, would you really want to go and work on someone elses project?

 

[Jarpie]

Chris did hint towards something in the CRPG genre here:

I would have some sort of combat-I think it goes hand in hand with a ‘sandbox’ style game. But for combat, I would use some sort of ‘card based’ or ‘dice roll’ system based on GURPS.
I have a pretty good idea about how I would impliment it from a technical POV, the issue would be how to get around having the player become a murdering psychopath and killing off story-pivitol characters!
But thats a game design issue-and something I would be very interested in exploring!

GURPS is a Pen And Paper roleplaying system. Fallouts SPECIAL is heavily based on GURPS (infact, I think Black Isle were actually going to use GURPS before they created SPECIAL).
Turn based, with animated attacks, but it wouldnt be a ‘click on the enemy to shoot them’ thing. Rather, a battle screen would open with all of the stats, weapons, etc, and you would plan your attack, and execute it. Upon choosing the attributes of the attack, and hitting the ‘EXECUTE’ button, the attack would play out on the screen, being influenced by your players attributes, aswell as the random chance of a ‘dice throw’ (for certain percentages). The ‘accuracy’ of the dice would depend on your equipment, and character.
Its all very conceptual in my head-and would possibly be boring as hell-but right now, thats how I would do combat.

And he did this little art test thing (probably whipped it up over lunch or something. :D ) for a Blade Runnner style game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuWeRdha3I&feature=player_embedded

Im so torn. On one hand, I want him to be hired by the Oblivion and WL2 guys-but on the other hand I want him to carry on doing what he is doing.

Goddamn that looks good, has there been any talk with Stasis might be finished?

 

[kaizoku]

While it would be neat, I think I rather for him to stay indie and do his own thing.
Maybe join up with some other 2 or 3 guys and KS
(but he is in SA so he can't unless some kwan joined him)

 

[poocolator]

From the Aliens film:

Bishop: "Surgically removed before embryo implantation. Subject: Marachek, John J., died during the procedure." They killed him taking it off.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/quotes

What does it all mean?

 

[Jaesun]

GURPS is a Pen And Paper roleplaying system. Fallouts SPECIAL is heavily based on GURPS (infact, I think Black Isle were actually going to use GURPS before they created SPECIAL).

It WAS originally using GURPS. Then when they explained the very violent and "mature" world of Fallout to GURPS they said no and BIS had to then suddenly come up with their own new system, which was eventually SPECIAL.

 

[LizardKing]

Wow!
Talk about talent..
I hope his projects don't go vaporware, that would be a huge waste of great art.

 

[Cynic]

I love sci fi shit but I am such a fantasy loving D&D geek that I dream of seeing this level of detail being brought to a brand new party based high fantasy cRPG. Can someone just give this guy a gazillion dollars and lock him in a room to art direct forever?

 

[circ]

This art is stupid-sexy. Any RPG thrown in?

 

[Koplin]

@ Cynic, he will probably do some sort of fan-art for Project Eternity, like he did for Wasteland 2, so we can see what a fantasy RPG he did would look like. *holding thumbs*

@ circ, STASIS is a 'pure' adventure game. No RPG mechanics (but apparently there is some cool stuff like med kits and shit, so it may have some other genre's spliced in). I think if STASIS does well, he could probably be convinced to kickstart an RPG or something.

 

[General Maxson]

@ Cynic, he will probably do some sort of fan-art for Project Eternity, like he did for Wasteland 2, so we can see what a fantasy RPG he did would look like. *holding thumbs*

@ circ, STASIS is a 'pure' adventure game. No RPG mechanics (but apparently there is some cool stuff like med kits and shit, so it may have some other genre's spliced in). I think if STASIS does well, he could probably be convinced to kickstart an RPG or something.

I guess I will buy STASIS too (hopefully, don't know how my meager finances will look like...). I like crpg genre more than adventure, but it seems too good to miss out on (the setting, horror atmosphere, sci-fi, isometric). Plus I liked Sanitarium, it's one of my favorite adventure games, and this seems similar, at least technically...