KickStarter Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall

[Tyranicon]

Was just wondering, is it possible to have a 'Challenge Mode' where you play as a human? Kind of like the 'Templar' idea you posted. Or is that just too much work? All this stuff look awesome by the way, can't wait.

You start as a human and you don't have to become a vampire. You'll probably spend a good amount of a run as human anyways.

 

[Sarathiour]

no sex run

The new pacifist run achievement just dropped!

KCD bringing up new standards for coom game just like Bioware bring the coom to rpg

 

[NecroLord]

The Templar idea you mentioned sounds promising.
It would be nice to go full Deus Vult on some vampire asses.

 

[Peachcurl]

It would be nice to go full Deus Vult on some vampire asses.

Hmhm.. what else will be involved besides the asses? Stakes?

Just asking.

 

[Vincente]

It would be nice to go full Deus Vult on some vampire asses.

Hmhm.. what else will be involved besides the asses? Stakes?

Just asking.

Are we talking full on cheese? Let's see...
Miniguns firing 400 mini stakes per second?
Throat cyberware that lets you spit holy water mist?
Hacking into vampire's neural network and overloading their senses with Christianity?

 

[Peachcurl]

It would be nice to go full Deus Vult on some vampire asses.

Hmhm.. what else will be involved besides the asses? Stakes?

Just asking.

Are we talking full on cheese? Let's see...
Miniguns firing 400 mini stakes per second?
Throat cyberware that lets you spit holy water mist?
Hacking into vampire's neural network and overloading their senses with Christianity?

Hmhm, I see. This throat cyberware sounds particularly interesting. Could it also be run in reverse?

 

[Vincente]

This throat cyberware sounds particularly interesting. Could it also be run in reverse?

To be honest I just stole this idea from Shadowrun. What do you mean by "in reverse" ?

 

[Peachcurl]

To be honest I just stole this idea from Shadowrun. What do you mean by "in reverse" ?

Reverse the flow direction. You know, like ah... to suck in some holy water to be used later on.

Spoiler

Sorry mate, just joking around a bit regarding the "adult" aspects of this game

 

[Abu Antar]

Is there an option to play this in SFW mode?

 

[RaggleFraggle]

Is there an option to play this in SFW mode?

I imagine this would make the game easier to stream on Twitch or YouTube

 

[Mauman]

Is there an option to play this in SFW mode?

Tyranicon's design philosophy (based on what I've read and seen in battle Brothel) is that the porn element of these games is completely optional.

So the SFW is pretty much baked in (just don't pick the obvious "get into my pants" options).

 

[Tyranicon]

Is there an option to play this in SFW mode?

Tyranicon's design philosophy (based on what I've read and seen in battle Brothel) is that the porn element of these games is completely optional.

So the SFW is pretty much baked in (just don't pick the obvious "get into my pants" options).

I will probably make a clearer distinction here than my last game to separate NSFW content for people who don't want that. I know some people have reached out to me requesting that in the past.

However, since Memoirs was about running a whorehouse, it wasn't feasible to really make the entire game SFW. Here it's different.

Whether it's a toggle or a separate porn DLC, I'll have to think about what works best.

 

[Tyranicon]

A working screenshot of the base map screen without UI, locations or mobs. This is like 10% or less (?) of the total map area I would want in the base game.

 

[Lord_Potato]

I like the art style (isometric screens, faction pictures) and premise. Looking forward to more info and the game itself!

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

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[Tyranicon]

So I'm thinking of adding a basic but responsive AI script in the game that govern a few things, including a dynamic political system between the different factions/lineages.

It'll need to be custom-scripted, but it'll change elements in the game in response to your decisions, kind of like the game director in Left 4 Dead or something.

Not sure how detailed it will be. Probably depends on the time it takes to make it.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Not sure how detailed it will be

How detailed is the average 4x AI? Sounds like what you're aiming for is one of those with a lot more diplomacy and a lot less resource management and stuff.

 

[Tyranicon]

Not sure how detailed it will be

How detailed is the average 4x AI? Sounds like what you're aiming for is one of those with a lot more diplomacy and a lot less resource management and stuff.

Dunno, never peeked beyond the curtain on that.

I think I have a good understanding of how to implement it though. I also want to give the AI tools for some interesting proc-gen ideas.

Such as the AI creating a NPC that wants revenge because you ordered a (successful) hit on his brother. And this NPC will have a set of behaviors that depend on the choices you've made in the game so far. For example, if you've made enemies with one of the factions, he'll request some manpower from them to try and take you out.

But I feel like that's probably more pie-in-the-sky right now. I need to get the basics up and running first before I think about pushing the envelope. Although, it's nice to dream.

 

[Vincente]

Just don't fall for the trap that most self-publishing developers fall for, that is trying to think of content to add. "What if I add this, what if I add that, oh this would be so cool if I could add it."

 

[RaggleFraggle]

Yup. Scope creep and feature creep is the death of many rpgs. Make a solid foundation first and save those ideas for DLC.

 

[Tyranicon]

Just don't fall for the trap that most self-publishing developers fall for, that is trying to think of content to add. "What if I add this, what if I add that, oh this would be so cool if I could add it."

Yup. Scope creep and feature creep is the death of many rpgs. Make a solid foundation first and save those ideas for DLC.

Yup, scope creep is always a concern for me because I always fall for it.

I love adding new ideas or ambitious new mechanics. Sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't. But I think I'm pretty good at project management and sticking to timetables, even if it means ruthlessly killing things that don't work.

A rather hilarious example is how for my last game I had an idea for a 30-page lore book, and it ended up being 120+. But hey it's getting delivered on-time so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Tyranicon]

Still playing around with assets and ideas. This is for a full-borg (Over-Threshold) player, where you can go to the extreme lengths of amputating off all your limbs just to stick whatever's left into basically power armor. Thinking of calling it Plug Suit, Adam Smasher style. Except with more face protection.

Obviously, I didn't make this, but whoever the author is, did a bang up job. Probably took some inspiration from Starcraft or something.

If this gets added to the game, you'll run into enemies geared up the same way. Drugged-up Penal Troopers from the mainland, wealthy but psychotic gangers. You won't see vampires in it though, and going full-borg like this will disqualify you from vampire-hood.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Sounds like those mech troopers in xcom.
Also why would vampires not be using this? It's not like they have much humanity left to lose.

 

[Zombra]

Power armor doesn't thrill me, either as enemies or as allies/player character options. Absolutely not what I would want to play a near future vampire game for. One zebra's opinion.

 

[Tyranicon]

Also why would vampires not be using this? It's not like they have much humanity left to lose.

Combination of hyper-conservatism from the older vampires and a quirk of the curse that governs all bloodsuckers. Vampirism in the setting is caused by a curse, itself produced as a side-effect of trying to imitate true immortality.

Attempting to make your already immortal flesh even more immortal triggers additional effects of the curse. Anathema such as attempting to upload your mind onto the net results in some crazy shit. It has a major impact on the story.

Power armor doesn't thrill me, either as enemies or as allies/player character options. Absolutely not what I would want to play a near future vampire game for. One zebra's opinion.

It's more of a full-body suit of prosthetics. So I think the original modeler was trying to make an Astartes/Starcraft marine power armor, but clearly there's not enough space for limbs, not even in the central abdomen, given that there should be a lot mechanical bits in there (and a power source).

you'd have to look like this to fit [disturbing]

But as a prosthetic I think it's kind of cool, especially since you can lower the head even further down into the chest cavity to further protect it.

But ultimately, in a gameplay sense the hyper-augmented route is for players who want to reject vampirism or even want to challenge the Vampire lineages as a mortal.

There will be options to betray/destroy the vampires and their syndicates.