Comments on: The Escape Game I’m Not Going To Make This Weekend

By: Gunpoint Art Style Mockup, by Tom Francis

Gunpoint Art Style Mockup, by Tom Francis — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:14:37 +0000

[…] This isn’t new, just separating it out from this so it can live on the new Gunpoint […]

By: Gunpoint Art Progress, by Tom Francis

Gunpoint Art Progress, by Tom Francis — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:11:21 +0000

[…] done and the bare bones of the environment art for this setting in. It’s pretty far off the lovely mock-up right now, but already it feels awesome to be working with stuff that looks good. I’ve never […]

By: Nonomu198

Nonomu198 — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:37:03 +0000

Is there going to be lighting in Gunpoint? The guard outside, with no illumination what so ever, looks the same as the others. Maybe it’s just because it’s a mockup?

By: verendus

verendus — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:24:45 +0000

also, re: objects – it does look pretty busy, but it would be really, really, really cool if those props were all objects you could interact with, rather than scenery. Wire the water cooler up to the fan so, when a guard gets thirsty and tries to have a refreshing drink, HE ONLY MAKES HIMSELF HOTTER HAHAHAHAHAHA.

By: verendus

verendus — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:25:46 +0000

I see those vents and I need to crawl around in them. It’s basic human instinct.

By: pireninjacolass

pireninjacolass — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:32:03 +0000

I Figured out how to do rain slightly differently in game make, there some good tutorials on youtube, if you want to see it in action play another rainy day, my ludum dare 20 entry (won buggiest game award) .

By: dual_barrel

dual_barrel — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:40:38 +0000

Looks breathtaking!

By: Jobizzie

Jobizzie — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:44:50 +0000

For gunpoint, I think you really out to check out a producer called Burial, his music is really awesome and sets a great atmosphere for the sort of gritty/rainy urban environment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKs0fL2PwWk for example.

By: TooNu

TooNu — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:15:23 +0000

Actually you would use percentage wouldn’t you….fuck I fail.

By: TooNu

TooNu — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:14:43 +0000

“Gunpoint is a rip roaring spectacle of a game! 5/5 – PC Gamer”

By: nowhere

nowhere — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:21:04 +0000

Oh man, Escape Velocity by Ambrosia for Mac was one of my favorite games when I was growing up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_Velocity_(video_game)

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:58:23 +0000

That background complements the foreground so well. Have you got an animation for that heavy rain yet?

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:58:05 +0000

Better to design a game with random generation in mind (a roguelike) than to try and fit a game design around random generation.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:33:30 +0000

It’s mainly a puzzle game, so it’d be tough to randomly generate puzzles that are definitely possible but not trivially easy, without resorting to templates that’d get noticeably repetitive.

I’ve thought about it, though. I think it’s probably a solvable challenge, but a hard one, and there’s a risk they might not feel all that fresh anyway.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:26:05 +0000

Out of curiosity, are you tempted to try out random generation for Gunpoint? Since you’re going for a story based game, it wouldn’t fit directly, but having the opportunity for infinite replay-ability could be interesting. Or is Gunpoint a game that requires a more sculpted experience.

This is all just speculative thought after remembering your Spelunky article in PCG and your love for it.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:52:44 +0000

That mockup is to show every prop and feature that’s in there right now, so it’s much more cluttered than a normal level would be.

My fault, I phrased it badly in the post – changed it to explain better now.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:44:38 +0000

Gunpoint looks amazing but I can’t help but think it might be a bit too busy- the guards, especially, don’t stand out from the background, and it’s hard to tell what’s scenery and what’s a real object in the building.

By: Clockwok Peanut

Clockwok Peanut — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:59:32 +0000

Escape velocity sounds bril! Also regarding gunpoint’s background it actually looks kinda cool at the moment, it has an out-of-focus feel to it like in Limbo.

By: Eagle0600

Eagle0600 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:32:31 +0000

If you no-one else makes this, at least you know you have a good idea for a project to work on once you’re done with this. Because that would be a very fun game.

By: FlyingSquirrel

FlyingSquirrel — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:28:21 +0000

Ok, if Tom isn’t going to make Escape Velocity this weekend, can someone else? That sounds like all sorts of fun :D