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STEAM | July 2014 25TH THREAD EDITION (2008-2014)
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doctorcdcs
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yeah you guys should get a job at like
recognizing-shops. inc
looking-at-things-closely corp is also hiring
<3 d=(´｀=b
I... don't get it.
anyhoo.. what's the ETA on that game you're going to have to obviously make?
I never said why you dont gift me games, I just stated it as fact
I wasnt wrong
I'm going to get you something goddamn. Just you wait.
Great! The day I got rid of Motion Joy was honestly so great. No longer having to put up with that stupid program, turning it on and off, having it be glitchy, and still have ads plus possible malware. DS3 and DS4 X Input Wrappers have made everything so easy, basically just plug and play now all the time.
What the fuck! I have a couple of weeks away, skip the sale thread madness and come back to find after 3 days the regular Steam thread is close to 9,000 posts already? Yeah something tells me I'm not reading through all that lot in a hurry so any interesting or valuable news of note?
Mores to the point while I've crawled out my hole is I cave to gush over Teslagrad. Only played about 2 hours but I'm really smitten with this game. So what is Teslagrad? Well it's in the tough spot of flitting around a few genres. You could call it a metroidvania or pathfinding game but there's very little combat and so far none that is direct. You could call it a puzzle platformer which is a bit more apt but there's a bit more depth here than say Braid or Limbo. I'm not a fan of pigeon holing anyways but it shares a lot of aspects with what I've mentioned with a somewhat familiar artstyle, very much like european animated film both in style and animations (the walk cycle has me thinking of animated Tintin oddly) coupled with a fitting soundtrack that accordion based jauntiness to piano lead suspense.
So the central puzzle theme so far has been revolving around electricity and magnetism (I'm assuming that's where the Tesla part came from in the title). Electricity (as will pretty much any other hazard) will kill you in one hit but there are various contraptions and such that you can manipulate the polarity to either propel yourself or certain objects like platforms and boxes to traverse the hazards. So far I have also unlocked 2 items to help me on my way, a glove that allows you to magnetise certain objects in either a positive or negative state (handily colour red and blue) and a nifty set of boots that lets me blink about a couple of meters forward and phase through certain thin objects (also handy and used to extend your jump). I've also faced off against a boss that required me to mix up my new found gadgets and there have been a few puzzle sections so far that require a bit more lateral thinking that you're average platformer (plus there are not tutorials outside of a simple diagram where you get your new toy showing what it does, the rest is up to you).
But what's more there also seems to be a strong narrative. The game starts off with a man delivering a child to a house in a bleak city drench in perpetual rain. Some time passes and there appears to be a militant group approaching said house. This is where our character emerges (is he the child that was being delivered shortly before?) whilst a lady watches from an upstairs window. You then proceed to traverse across the cities roof tops escaping guards adorned in red (giving off a non to subtle themed). You get chased in to what appears to be a castle just as the drawbridge is closing which then is the setting for the game proper. The city has a very eastern European feel to it (cold war style propaganda posters and all) but the castle is very varied.
Anywho to save waffling on and mainly because a picture tells a thousand words here's a small glimpse in to what it looks like.
Yikes! that is a lot of pics. Controls are tight but it's a game of trail and error so it's good that there is an easy adjustment period. Apparently there was a few issues at launch but I just plugged in a wired 360 controller and it was fine out the box (though it's a Unity based game so I think there are a few Mac based issues with controllers still).
As a brief first impressions I'd say it you liked Braid, Limbo and the like as have a soft spot for non linear platformers with ability based progression and a sucker for slick animation, art direction and music it might be worth having a look at Teslagrad. Also I have no idea how many other Norwegian games there are at the moment so you'd be doing a good dead for their part in the industry. Plus it's -50% off at the Humble Store right now!
Right back to my cave to slumber until this madhouse calms down.
Mores to the point while I've crawled out my hole is I cave to gush over Teslagrad. Only played about 2 hours but I'm really smitten with this game. So what is Teslagrad? Well it's in the tough spot of flitting around a few genres. You could call it a metroidvania or pathfinding game but there's very little combat and so far none that is direct. You could call it a puzzle platformer which is a bit more apt but there's a bit more depth here than say Braid or Limbo. I'm not a fan of pigeon holing anyways but it shares a lot of aspects with what I've mentioned with a somewhat familiar artstyle, very much like european animated film both in style and animations (the walk cycle has me thinking of animated Tintin oddly) coupled with a fitting soundtrack that accordion based jauntiness to piano lead suspense.
So the central puzzle theme so far has been revolving around electricity and magnetism (I'm assuming that's where the Tesla part came from in the title). Electricity (as will pretty much any other hazard) will kill you in one hit but there are various contraptions and such that you can manipulate the polarity to either propel yourself or certain objects like platforms and boxes to traverse the hazards. So far I have also unlocked 2 items to help me on my way, a glove that allows you to magnetise certain objects in either a positive or negative state (handily colour red and blue) and a nifty set of boots that lets me blink about a couple of meters forward and phase through certain thin objects (also handy and used to extend your jump). I've also faced off against a boss that required me to mix up my new found gadgets and there have been a few puzzle sections so far that require a bit more lateral thinking that you're average platformer (plus there are not tutorials outside of a simple diagram where you get your new toy showing what it does, the rest is up to you).
But what's more there also seems to be a strong narrative. The game starts off with a man delivering a child to a house in a bleak city drench in perpetual rain. Some time passes and there appears to be a militant group approaching said house. This is where our character emerges (is he the child that was being delivered shortly before?) whilst a lady watches from an upstairs window. You then proceed to traverse across the cities roof tops escaping guards adorned in red (giving off a non to subtle themed). You get chased in to what appears to be a castle just as the drawbridge is closing which then is the setting for the game proper. The city has a very eastern European feel to it (cold war style propaganda posters and all) but the castle is very varied.
Anywho to save waffling on and mainly because a picture tells a thousand words here's a small glimpse in to what it looks like.
Yikes! that is a lot of pics. Controls are tight but it's a game of trail and error so it's good that there is an easy adjustment period. Apparently there was a few issues at launch but I just plugged in a wired 360 controller and it was fine out the box (though it's a Unity based game so I think there are a few Mac based issues with controllers still).
As a brief first impressions I'd say it you liked Braid, Limbo and the like as have a soft spot for non linear platformers with ability based progression and a sucker for slick animation, art direction and music it might be worth having a look at Teslagrad. Also I have no idea how many other Norwegian games there are at the moment so you'd be doing a good dead for their part in the industry. Plus it's -50% off at the Humble Store right now!
Right back to my cave to slumber until this madhouse calms down.
doctorcdcs
Member
WOW
what can I use this for!!
i certainly hope its to do to better photoshop work.. i mean come on
Was it just me, or when the camera panned to Frank (whom Mr. Smith is pointing ferociously at) in this scene, the mannequin moved, right?
i think people got it the moment you put GameMaker
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
WOW
what can I use this for!!
We should all be incredibly jealous of Salsa now. Now maybe I should make a comment about how I want to get Photoshop too so senpai will notice me and it won't feel like begging
That has to work!
You just don't check for hidden secrets in posts
DaBargainHunta
Member
hey man
it was effective for an entire page
"people dont realize its a shop"
surely youre joking salsa?
Kiru
Member
Oh you!
Pupo
Member
My first avatar quote, can I die now?
I'd double dip for Steam achievements.
General_Frags
Member
Reading this thread with people getting expensive games from rich/Russian friends makes me wish I had rich or Russian friends.
Stay classy thread.
Stay classy thread.
He thought my fucking fuckity fuck fuck was real? Im a good actor.
Sure fooled me...
oh dont you even say that nbnt. <3 you're the Santa. seriously. I could never be as generous as you are.
Did you really spend $709 on that studio maker?
Like Nito said earlier, I miss the times when gift begging was a big no no around these parts :/
Photoshop, how does it work?
Photoshop, how does it work?
This last sale drove people into madness.
Thanks for the post, the artstyle looks pretty good in that game
yeah YEAH
look at all you guys so smart after the fact
what a trollmaster I am what am I doin in gaf im heading to the 4chans
doctorcdcs
Member
hey man
it was effective for an entire page
guys, this could be a shop too
trust no one, indeed
Pupo
Member
You mean get a Permaban? You can request it to the mods
Forget it, for now.
Jawmuncher
Member
Yeah I'm not a fan of half the posts now being that it seems.
idk. i've been looking for someone to make my icon transparent lol.
Mr. Poolman
Member
I agree.
wait til you get a tag at least
yea it's kinda silly
I posted about the "here's my wishlist wink* wink*" jokes in here and got shit for it but I still think they're kinda.. weird
it's all good tho you're all beautiful
Eanan
Member
I think that's basically the same as my pc, though the video card is a bit newer since it broke like last year or so.
A new pc I would like to build would probably cost around 2k dollars. One day I'll get there.
I have a ds3, and I don't want to use it over blutooth just through the usb port. Also I'm trying that thing about deleting the motion in joy drivers and just got this message for the last one:
Deleting driver package failed: The specified file is not an installed OEM INF.
I have no ideia what to do now.
I know that feel, I just wanted to have more people on my steam friend's list. What's your steamname man?
Pupo
Member
Stop quoting Nagi D:<
Mr. Poolman
Member
ok so its not just me then...good
And the other half are stealth-begs.
I saw this and got confused.
$5 shotgun DLC, not on sale, as the top seller on Steam over ANY other sale or package or game? Is PAYDAY 2's popularity really that high, or are sales on Steam just really low right now?
Beelzebubs
Member
I just talk random bollocks hoping to be accepted into SteamGaf!
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