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Serious question: did you let people with epilepsy playtest this?
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Dyad (PSN) |OT| - Psychedelic Sensory Overload
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Aquavelvaman
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Question: How tired of drug and seizure jokes are you at this point in the release cycle?
corporate cheerleader
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Follow-up: How many drugs did you take to deal with the drug and seizure jokes?
Kenshin001
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Really happy to see this has finally gotten a release date. Been a long drought of good indie games on PSN and I just hope it doesn't pass under the radar like Closure did.
This is a pretty goddamn awesome looking game! A quick (ha, right!) question to Shawn though, how long did it take for the game to become at least recognizable to what is actually releasing? I've always loved listening to developers talk of how a project evolved, and how a lot of times what a game started out to be (if it even had a specific starting point) turned into an entirely different beast. Some devs seem to have a hard time pinpointing that "Aha!" moment when it transitions into the final product from what I've gathered, and is that the case with Dyad, or did it never really have a drastic change? Thanks, and looking forward to the game, plus it comes out a week before my birthday, woo! Hope to play it soon!
*Hope this question (or something similar) wasn't asked in another interview. Apologies if so!
*Hope this question (or something similar) wasn't asked in another interview. Apologies if so!
I had a conversation about that last night. I'm impressed. : )
Good to see review codes are being sent out now. Really excited to see what people make of it. Wish I'd kept the build I had laying around -- it's been a long wait, and this week isn't going to go by any faster.
Excitement!
kallisto76
Member
Amazing!! I hope the release date for european store is announced soon! can't wait!!
Rainbow Moon is basically an indie game*, was out last week, and it was pretty good.
* it has a publisher, so in some senses it's not indie. But when people describe Journey or Fez as indie games then to be honest I'm barely sure what the term even means any more. Dyad definitely is indie though
Messofanego
Banned
Gotta get my PS3 fixed so I can check this out.
Don't give in to his thread-derailing bullshit. He's been doing this in every recent PSN thread.Rainbow Moon is basically an indie game*, was out last week, and it was pretty good.
* it has a publisher, so in some senses it's not indie. But when people describe Journey or Fez as indie games then to be honest I'm barely sure what the term even means any more. Dyad definitely is indie though
Imperial Hot
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Question: The visual style is so intense and ever-changing, how exactly did you come up with the graphical look of each level?
Is it something you envision and then try to recreate within the game or is it mostly experimentation with various graphical techniques to see what looks the most interesting?
Is it something you envision and then try to recreate within the game or is it mostly experimentation with various graphical techniques to see what looks the most interesting?
Things always get delayed for us Euros and we're used to it now.
The days of Simultaneous Worldwide release are over! << SAD PANDA!!
How the hell did they manage that? That HAS to be on purpose.
Kenshin001
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Rainbow Moon is basically an indie game*, was out last week, and it was pretty good.
* it has a publisher, so in some senses it's not indie. But when people describe Journey or Fez as indie games then to be honest I'm barely sure what the term even means any more. Dyad definitely is indie though
Yeah, missed that one, not really my cup of tea. That also seems to have passed under the radar. I guess when I think indie it means little or no controlling interests by a publisher.
First three levels, if anyone's curious:
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/07/10/dyad-first-play/
Kinda spoilers, technically, but not really.
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/07/10/dyad-first-play/
Kinda spoilers, technically, but not really.
Yeah, it was.
Audioboxer
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Europe release date?
Man, I've only seen a couple .gifs from this game but they were enough to sell me on it. And the dev is answering questions in here? Cool, I've got a couple.
What inspired you to go with the LHC concept for the game? It adds a cool twist on it and the actual setting didn't even need to be addressed for a game like this. Do the various levels represent various experiments or was that just a conceptual base, not a story one?
What inspired you to go with the LHC concept for the game? It adds a cool twist on it and the actual setting didn't even need to be addressed for a game like this. Do the various levels represent various experiments or was that just a conceptual base, not a story one?
Nice video. The music. Ah.
twinturbo2
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This is probably a moot point for me, since I have both consoles, but why did you go PSN exclusive and eschew an Xbox Live Arcade version? Was it because of MS's hoops you have to jump through or because Sony offered support? Just curious, nothing more.
Also, I can has PS Vita version? This would be a good game to have on the go.
Also, I can has PS Vita version? This would be a good game to have on the go.
Question: Rez will obviously get brought up a lot as a comparison, but how much influence would you say that Jeff Minter's work has had on this project? The general aesthetic reminds me more of his games than it does Rez, particularly his sadly cancelled Unity project.
The gameplay clips I saw at E3, made it look and sound pretty bad.
But most people who played it seems to like it, the PSNation-podcast also talked about it a few times since E3, so it got some Torgo-hype. - They said it were awesome and they hoped it had a really good demo, because it were allmost impossible to describe, and the videos didn't look that great - and even when you watched it - it were really hard to figure out what where happening even if people explained it - but when you played it, it all fell into place.
- So I might give it a chance. :-/
davidsaurus
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I'd buy this if it had a Vita version. I think not otherwise.
Kenshin001
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Probably has to do with localisation. Most of the stuff is done by small teams who don't have the time or resources. Think Dyad is done mostly by one guy and I can't see him translating it into Japanese. What about buying a US PSN card on Amazon.jp?
Japan get lots of stuff we don't get tough. :-/
I have no clue, but I think I read somewhere that SCEJ demands that the 'publisher' will have to have a e-mail or phone-line, where japaneese gamers can get support in their native language (Japaneese) for their game, I would guess that me a big problem for those who wants to self-publish especially, rather than just getting the stuff translated and Cero-rated.
I did an interview with Shawn and mentioned Minter...
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/07/03/talking-leibniz-with-dyad-developer-shawn-mcgrath/
JumpingTheGun
Banned
Can't see the vids cause I'm at work, but what's the music like?
Will this game be released in Japan? I know it won't. These cool games will never come to Japan PSN
What's stopping you from creating a US account and buying a PSN code online?
I read your interview!
I'd just assumed Shawn was evolving into Minter, at the end of which Minter would then transform into Alan Moore.
Kenshin001
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Will this game be released in Japan? I know it won't. These cool games will never come to Japan PSN
Make a US account and buy a US PSN card off Amazon.jp or Play Asia. PA will email you the code.
Canis lupus
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Man-is-Obsolete
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Looks awesome. What do you do now after working on a project that is entirely you for years? Besides getting it up in Europe and working on a Vita version. Better yet, when do you plan to take a vacation? Lol.
Final Boss: YLOD