Indie That Which Rises [Grimdark fantasy x Cosmic Horror]

[Tyranicon]

Features coming in v0.02:

- Players can accept missions from Marko's Rift
- 7 types of missions, including Raids, Converting, Sabotage, etc
- 1 roaming hostile mob = venomwolves
- 4 nonhostile patrol mobs = Enforcers, Gangers, Serfs, Machine Faith Meatdrones
- New character: Machine Faith Digitator Rosalin
- New h-scene: above

New characters planned for upcoming updates:

 

[Tyranicon]

Whoops, forgot to update. My dev partner is doing an art overhaul, so it'll be some time before news crops up for this.

 

[Tyranicon]

I spoke with TORii. Project's not dead, but it may be taking a drastic turn towards medieval/Old World Fantasy instead of scifi grimdark. This is NOT related to the recent GW stuff at all, but mostly due to art assets (she had a really rough time finding people who could get the 40k look) and also her own personal preference.


I prefer scifi grimdark, but whatever, I have my own project to slave away on.

 

[Harthwain]

I have to say, this pixel art style looks interesting.

 

[Tyranicon]

Game will still be turn-based, grid combat. We'll have more to show later on, but I wouldn't expect this project to be on a hyper-fast dev schedule.

 

[Tyranicon]

So, project's not dead, but looks like this one will be a slow burner. Probably won't be anything interesting to show for a while.

 

[Tyranicon]

So I was checking in on my dev partner to see how her little side project is going.

Only to discover that she not only finally settled on an art style, but a lot of the game is already built and it's drop dead gorgeous.

Well fuck, I guess this is gonna be a thing after all. I will eventually be rewriting the OP significantly as a lot of things have changed. For now, have a chargen screen.

 

[zapotec]

Wow very well done the miniature painting effect

 

[Tyranicon]

Wow very well done the miniature painting effect

Thanks, I like the aesthetic too. Works for the whole boardgame feel. Here's a WIP main menu screenshot with some recruitable units.

 

[Sunri]

Is this still a porn game?

 

[Harthwain]

Is this still a porn game?

It is tabletop porn now.

 

[Tyranicon]

Is this still a porn game?

Yeah, still gonna have porn, although it's no longer anime, since it doesn't go with the actual grimdark theme.

This went 180 from a parody right back to being grimdark.

Have a WIP overworld screenshot:

 

[AwesomeButton]

That Which Rises needs a tie-in with Black Geyser to form a complete experience.

 

[Sunri]

Is this still a porn game?

Yeah, still gonna have porn, although it's no longer anime, since it doesn't go with the actual grimdark theme.

This went 180 from a parody right back to being grimdark.

Have a WIP overworld screenshot:

How did we get from anime slaaneshi sex fiends to half naked toy man

 

[Lyre Mors]

I was hopeful this shift in style would mean ditching the porn stuff and switching to just making a cool game.

 

[lightbane]

Well, that was certainly a sudden art shift.

 

[Tyranicon]

I was hopeful this shift in style would mean ditching the porn stuff and switching to just making a cool game.

I don't think the existence of sex precludes a game from being cool. In any event, the sex is there as an optional thing if you want to roleplay being a sexual deviant.

How did we get from anime slaaneshi sex fiends to half naked toy man

Oh, there will still be disgusting sex fiends in the game. Maybe even crab ones.

Have a mommy milker spider lady:

Spoiler

Well, that was certainly a sudden art shift.

Yeah this project went through quite a few, including some I didn't bother posting.

 

[Lyre Mors]

I don't think the existence of sex precludes a game from being cool. In any event, the sex is there as an optional thing if you want to roleplay being a sexual deviant.

I was hoping that you wouldn't misunderstand my meaning there. The game looks very cool despite the porn elements. I just generally won't be able to look past the porn elements in order to enjoy the cool game beneath. I've tried with other games in the past (IE Sengoku Rance), and would just get turned off as soon as a pointless sex scene reared its ugly head.

I'm not anti-porn necessarily, just anti-porn in my games. But now that you mention that the porn elements are completely optional, I find it strange, as most games with porn as a focus tend to intertwine that element with the gameplay at large.

TLDR - I want to play your games. They all look very cool to me. I just have an incredibly difficult time looking past the porn aspect.

 

[Tyranicon]

But now that you mention that the porn elements are completely optional, I find it strange, as most games with porn as a focus tend to intertwine that element with the gameplay at large.

That's because those are porn games, I just happen to make games with porn in it.

Personally I find games with porn as the main focus to be invariably cringy. I mean, porn devs know where their money comes from and they make a hell of a lot more than me, so it's clearly working.

I make RPGs. If I have a lot of gratuitous violence in my games (and I do) I don't see why I can't have some gratuitous sex too.

 

[Lyre Mors]

I make RPGs. If I have a lot of gratuitous violence in my games (and I do) I don't see why I can't have some gratuitous sex too.

I guess I can see the logic in this. But in that regard, do you generally bring up gratuitous violence as a selling point like you tend to with the gratuitous sex? Because if not, you can understand my confusion on what the priorities and focus of your projects might be.

 

[Tyranicon]

I make RPGs. If I have a lot of gratuitous violence in my games (and I do) I don't see why I can't have some gratuitous sex too.

I guess I can see the logic in this. But in that regard, do you generally bring up gratuitous violence as a selling point like you tend to with the gratuitous sex? Because if not, you can understand my confusion on what the priorities and focus of your projects might be.

Fair enough, but I think people expect combat/violence in most of their RPGs. A good majority of video games has some aspect of violence, so I don't think advertising that you can shoot or stab people is a priority.

As for how the violence is reflected in gameplay mechanics, yeah I usually point those out.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Well, regardless, now that I know the gratuitous sex stuff will be optional, I am much more likely to be getting this when the time comes.

 

[luj1]

so i skimmed this thread and still dont understand whats going on here so ill just give my assessment as a former artist

All four base classes (Guardsman, Sorcerer, Possessed, Cyber-Heretic) in menu. Disregard UI, it will be updated, eventually, probably. Names will be randomly generated upon recruitment. The player will be able to run mono-class full party stacks of five, if they manage to recruit 5 characters of the same class.

Also thinking about moving away from anime. Is that not glorious incline?

this looks great

Edit: So I'll probably just keep one style. A comparison of the art styles (western B&W comic book vs anime-esque) junior inquisitor and demonette:

this is trash

Combat and interior pixel graphics remain unchanged from my other project. Here's a comparison of size between astartes and non-astartes. Haven't figured out yet what to call them.

trash

Features coming in v0.02:

- Players can accept missions from Marko's Rift
- 7 types of missions, including Raids, Converting, Sabotage, etc
- 1 roaming hostile mob = venomwolves
- 4 nonhostile patrol mobs = Enforcers, Gangers, Serfs, Machine Faith Meatdrones
- New character: Machine Faith Digitator Rosalin
- New h-scene: above

New characters planned for upcoming updates:

trash

Thanks, I like the aesthetic too. Works for the whole boardgame feel. Here's a WIP main menu screenshot with some recruitable units.

wtf is this, same game? looks plastic



the first screen was the best. original and stylish

 

[Storyfag]

GWs legal team comes screaming in 3... 2... 1...

 

[Tyranicon]

so i skimmed this thread and still dont understand whats going on

Started as Warhammer 40k parody --> Warhammer Fantasy parody --> Grimdark fantasy played straight.

Lots of artstyle changes, but project was in conceptual stage anyways.

I'm not surprised you liked the first screen. That's the one that looked best to us.

GWs legal team comes screaming in 3... 2... 1...

Nothing for them to sue over anymore, we're moving this over to my IP (small as it is).