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[Kyuur]

Posted in the indie dev thread, but it deserves it's own! Made by our very own Feep and his team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmbtkUWAQpA

Iridium Studios releases the first trailer for There Came an Echo

Playstation 4 port announced, absurd voice cast revealed

LOS ANGELES, CA, April 8th, 2014 – Iridium Studios, developer of the critically acclaimed Sequence, has just released the first official trailer for its upcoming game, There Came an Echo, a voice-controlled, squad-based strategy game. In addition, Iridium has announced that the title will be coming to the Playstation 4 alongside Xbox One and Steam versions in late 2014/early 2015. Wil Wheaton stars alongside Ashly Burch, Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey, Karen Strassman, Rachel Robinson, and Cindy Robinson, helping Iridium to reach unheard of levels of production value in the indie realm.

“Look at those guys! Is that the cast of the next Bioshock, or something?” asked Jason Wishnov, slightly confused CEO of Iridium Studios. “Wait, what? They’re in our game? Someone put their names in a press release, or something. Whew.”
Contributing to the game are three talented musicians: YouTube star Ronald Jenkees, industry veteran Jimmy Hinson, and the ethereal vocalist, Judith de los Santos. The game features a heavy emphasis on a narrative-driven, single-player experience; the player communicates to various units on the field via speech recognition technologies. There Came an Echo will be playable at PAX East 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Iridium Studios was both funded via a successful Kickstarter campaign and a recent agreement with Intel Corporation. Iridium is proud to support their upcoming RealSense™ technology.

Gave me chills! Here is the original kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iridiumstudios/there-came-an-echo-0

 

[ashecitism]

Just wanted to post it

Liked Sequence a lot. Trailer's looking good.

 

[Pound_lb003]

Fucking cool soundtrack with some Rhodes piano.

Damn, I wish I liked strategy games a bit more.

 

[Feep]

Fucking cool soundtrack with some Rhodes piano.

Damn, I wish I liked strategy games a bit more.

Jenkees and Hinson are SO GOOD.

Also hi guys :3

 

[Blizzard]

Are we all getting free copies of this again? Otherwise that's like, a 10000% price increase for GAFfers, not sure how I feel about this trend! =D

 

[Nabs]

I think I may have the best luck with Kickstarter.

 

[AkelisRain]

Wow, missed the kick starter. However, I am intrigued. Great music too!

 

[SkeptiMism]

Looks pretty cool. Haven't seen the game before but it's on my radar now.

What engine is it using if I may ask?

 

[missile]

Cool stuff, bro.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Looks interesting. Will probably pick up.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

This looks fantastic! You have my attention.

 

[Draft]

Pretty cool looking! This will work with any PC mic/headset?

 

[Haunted]

That's a slick logo animation.

 

[gofreak]

Congrats Feep, nice trailer!

 

[Fracas]

Sequence was awesome and this looks fun too.

 

[maquiladora]

Looks cool.

 

[Terra_Ex]

Looks really great, Feep, nice to see things coming together. I remember seeing that jump anim months ago in the indie dev thread - really amazing seeing how far its come since then.

 

[Feep]

Looks pretty cool. Haven't seen the game before but it's on my radar now.

What engine is it using if I may ask?

Unity!

Pretty cool looking! This will work with any PC mic/headset?

Yessir! Though, obviously, you'll probably have better results with a semi-decent headset. The less static, the better.

 

[ichtyander]

Jenkees and Hinson are SO GOOD.

Also hi guys :3

Jenkees' name peaked my interest right off the bat. Also, how much does Wil Wheaton cost?

Game looks interesting, hope it sells in very well.

 

[Feep]

Jenkees' name peaked my interest right off the bat. Also, how much does Wil Wheaton cost?

Game looks interesting, hope it sells in very well.

I dunno, some oreos, or something?

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Looking good Feep!

 

[exmachina64]

Proud to be a Kickstarter backer.

Looks good, Feep.

 

[NewFresh]

Looking very good. Excited to get my hands mouth on it.

 

[CitizenCope]

On my radar.

 

[Prophet Steve]

Holy fuck, Feep.

 

[jon bones]

byakuya doin workkkk

will buy for ps4 day 1

 

[Feep]

Holy fuck, Feep.

Oh, you're a cheater, I can't count that.

 

[Slackerchan]

I'm really glad I backed this. Voice-control has always been a bit wonky but EndWar got it right so I remain hopeful for such a control suite.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Wow looks like it's coming along well. Looking forward to playing this

 

[DBT85]

Should probably add to the OP that you can a) change all of the voice commands to be whatever you want them to be and b) use the DS4 if you want. Because I know there are going to be people ignoring the title just because they think it's voice only.

PS Blog post was also very nice

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/04/10/voice-controlled-rts-came-echo-coming-soon-ps4/

I await a video of someone having changed all the voice commands to Klingon.

 

[Noisepurge]

Awesome! Hey Feep: can i now choose the PS4 version as my kickstarter reward?

 

[ZiZ]

already sold on the concept, but if the dialog is half as awesome as Sequence I'm double sold.

 

[Omegasquash]

Well then, I've just added this to my to-do list for tomorrow.

 

[Feep]

Awesome! Hey Feep: can i now choose the PS4 version as my kickstarter reward?

Yeah, we'll figure it out. = D

already sold on the concept, but if the dialog is half as awesome as Sequence I'm double sold.

It is TWICE AS AWESOME. Though a little less humorous on average, since the game has a much more serious tone.

 

[desu]

Looks awesome Feep, keep on delivering.

Also the Jenkees music <3.

 

[cripterion]

Looks cool!

 

[Salsa]

EH IT'S OK I GUESS

<3

 

[RoadHazard]

So you'll be giving this one out for free to everyone on GAF, just like last time, right?

 

[StrikeFirst117]

Looks pretty cool, looking forward to the release.

 

[benny_a]

I liked the part where the guy goes from running to stand still and then when she jumps off the building.

Indie game with non-shitty animations, I thought I never see the day!

And then I laughed at the lens flare.

 

[Quirah]

Already waiting for this game! Good luck mate!

 

[charsace]

I told Feep to put in attack dogs that are insanely fast and chew bees at you. Appears he never took my advice.

 

[False Witness]

I played Sequence for many hours after I had finished the story, so I'm definitely looking forward to this.

 

[Feep]

I told Feep to put in attack dogs that are insanely fast and chew bees at you. Appears he never took my advice.

The trailer doesn't show EVERYTHING, man.

 

[Neuromancer]

Neat, I'll be impressed if the voice recognition/controls are as good as advertised.

 

[Seanspeed]

I knew I bought a mic for a reason!

 

[Nachos]

Man, it's weird seeing Ashly Burch getting work, since I've been following the Burches starting from my first year in High School. Tiny Tina wasn't that odd since the character was basically tailor-fitted for her, but seeing her cast as Potato Girl in Attack on Titan and also here just seems a bit surreal.

 

[KTallguy]

I'm interested in seeing a full mission with gameplay.

 

[Seanspeed]

So Feep, what do you think about using voice commands like this in a VR environment?

It seems like it would be a perfect compliment to the immersive capabilities of VR. Like a first person RPG where you give commands to allies with voice rather than needing a menu or something.

 

[TimeEffect]

I told Feep to put in attack dogs that are insanely fast and chew bees at you. Appears he never took my advice.

Hahaha, oh my god, please do this.