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| 10 AUG 2011 at 8:17pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Looks fantastic.
Way to go Agustin [smiley=scared.gif] [smiley=scared.gif]
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 10 AUG 2011 at 8:53pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Thanks Karla! Hi
Thanks Lucien, too! We still have a few more surprises down the road... Several cool effects that will greatly enhance the atmosphere (yes, even more). And the story... Oh boy, oh boy, you're SO gonna love this
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| 10 AUG 2011 at 9:00pm |
Igor HardyIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | My impression is that there will be excellent atmosphere and suspense-building. Especially the use of background animations is perfect.
With the original trailer I was afraid you might want to make Asylum a bit too showy and graphic, but this footage suggests you are able to make the experience very dynamic visually, but at the same time only allow brief glimpses at the "mystery" stuff.
Covering independent adventure games in [URL=http://hardydev.com/][B]A Hardy Developer's Journal[/B][/URL]
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| 10 AUG 2011 at 11:49pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | The number one complaint with Scratches was the "static" feel of the locations, so yes, making them more lifelike in Asylum with animations is crucial to us. Then again, it's a frigging rundown asylum so we're quickly running out of ideas
I admit that both the trailer and gameplay video are a bit "pulp" but the gameplay itself will be more low-key than that. Those that cherished Scratches for its psychological horror and the ambiguity of the story are in for a treat
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| 11 AUG 2011 at 12:16am |
jenmarieIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | I'm such a chicken when it comes to anything horror. I actually gasped when the guy runs past the door in the beginning.
"Undoubtedly, Sputnik inspired Americans, perhaps for the last time, to the idea of being frontiersmen,"&&&&For the LAST time? How depressing...&&How can we not be inspired to be frontiersmen? Let's go explore.
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| 11 AUG 2011 at 12:21am |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Looks great Augustin, I cant wait.
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| 11 AUG 2011 at 1:39am |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 15 DEC 2010
Status : Offline | Looks absolutely fantastic. Maybe it will be our first horror game of 2011?
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| 11 AUG 2011 at 9:48am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Have we got a date yet? ..erm, for the game, of course..
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 11 AUG 2011 at 3:39pm |
karlaAdministrator
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Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jenmarie (11 AUG 2011 12:16am)
I'm such a chicken when it comes to anything horror. I actually gasped when the guy runs past the door in the beginning.
I love being scared. Unfortunately, most games that are supposed to be scary either make me laugh or annoy me. Sometimes both.
I'm sooooooo looking forward to Asylum. And not just because I belong in one. [smiley=whistle.gif]
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| 12 AUG 2011 at 11:30pm |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
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Joined: 26 APR 2005
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Ooooookaaaaaaayyyyyy.... so I guess I chose a very bad time (just before my bedtime) to visit the forum, specifically this thread, and more specifically watching this video! [smiley=scared.gif]
This looked very promising and disturbing, full of little details (like the bloody hand prints on doors) that seem to add up the experience. I'll have to find out more about this (in the daytime! ).
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| 13 AUG 2011 at 5:41am |
StilerJourneyman
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Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | Is there no true freedom of movement? (Ie on rails, you can only look around in specific spots and then it "warps" you to the next area?
That is the main pet peeve of my adventure gaming, I just can't get into those types, they disorient me terribly. Why couldn't it have just been a free to move game?
The atmosphere and everything looks great, it' sdefinitely a game I'd check out if it was a free movement of gameplay and not stuck on rails style.
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| 13 AUG 2011 at 7:33am |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 15 DEC 2010
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (13 AUG 2011 5:41am)
Why couldn't it have just been a free to move game?
There's definitely more detail in a 2D game. Compare the latest 3D engine-based game like Crysis with a hand-painted 2D game and the latter will be more detailed. I don't really like identical floor/grass patterns, I like each pixel to be unique especially if I'm exploring a run down house. Games like Amnesia got boring toward the end because you realized you were looking at identical bookshelves cut and pasted around the game.
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| 27 SEP 2011 at 12:19pm |
fsk84Intergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Looks great!!!
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| 27 SEP 2011 at 5:54pm |
AkhillesPrivate Detective
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Don't know why but I think the asylum is one of the best environs for a scary adventure.
The game engine looks interesting... a transition I haven't seen before. Still the Myst jump to location but a blend-down of the area you're moving to.
Surprised there wasn't a scream after the URL.
Boo!
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
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| 10 OCT 2011 at 10:23pm |
J.HIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 10 OCT 2011
Status : Online | Can't wait for this tbh.
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