Routine - 80's inspired sci-fi horror set on the Moon
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Hey Polycount!
I promise to reply to all the awesome people that commented in the Exstatic Art dump Thread ! honestly I am a bit overwhelmed! and I dont know how to reply to such lovely comments! ;(
But for now I just want to share our new project with you guys! It is a First person sci-fi horror exploration game set on the Moon! There are just 3 of us working on it at the moment! 2 Artists and 1 Programmer! its aimed at PC and MAC hopefully sometime early 2013!
Features:
A non linear experience lets you explore any part of the fully open Moon base and find out secrets that other players may not!
Be immersed with Full body awareness, Deadzone aiming, no HUD, no health bars or points system... you must run, hide and survive the best you can against what lurks in the base.
There are no health packs or multiple lives, in Routine there is a Perma death system that will keep you on the edge!
Randomized environmental hazards, AI locations and useful aids.
Find floppy disks to upgrade your Cosmonaut Assistance Tool that will directly affect how your weapon reacts.
Aaaand we just finished up our first teaser! I hope you guys enjoy!
[ame="
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9XrsWUO9sw"]Routine - gamescom 2012 teaser - YouTube[/ame]
Plenty more to come! I will attempt to keep the thread alive with new content as we go!
I promise to reply to all the awesome people that commented in the Exstatic Art dump Thread ! honestly I am a bit overwhelmed! and I dont know how to reply to such lovely comments! ;(
But for now I just want to share our new project with you guys! It is a First person sci-fi horror exploration game set on the Moon! There are just 3 of us working on it at the moment! 2 Artists and 1 Programmer! its aimed at PC and MAC hopefully sometime early 2013!
Features:
A non linear experience lets you explore any part of the fully open Moon base and find out secrets that other players may not!
Be immersed with Full body awareness, Deadzone aiming, no HUD, no health bars or points system... you must run, hide and survive the best you can against what lurks in the base.
There are no health packs or multiple lives, in Routine there is a Perma death system that will keep you on the edge!
Randomized environmental hazards, AI locations and useful aids.
Find floppy disks to upgrade your Cosmonaut Assistance Tool that will directly affect how your weapon reacts.
Aaaand we just finished up our first teaser! I hope you guys enjoy!
[ame="
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9XrsWUO9sw"]Routine - gamescom 2012 teaser - YouTube[/ame]Plenty more to come! I will attempt to keep the thread alive with new content as we go!
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Tears. Tears of joy.
I'm really excited to hear more about this!
Best of luck with the con. Can't wait to see more of this.
Flickering lights to come!
Cosmonauts have to run with floppy disks through the space station because there is no network?
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Davision3D: hahaha I love the idea of that!
Thank you guys so much!!
ErichWK: it was 3 people but now we have the awesome skills of http://mick-gordon.com helping us out with the sound and music for Routine he has a big passion for horror and is already giving us TONS of ideas!
Snefer: always been a huge fan dude! it means a lot coming from you bud!
Ahhh thank you all so much!!! everyone!
I'm getting a strong Saturn 3 vibe from this. I loved that film and it was very very scary when I was a kid.
more pumped up know that I know you were actually behind this
Can I ask who is responsible for that amazing soundtrack ?
Not sure I like the floppy discs though, doesn't really sit well with the rest of the technology on display for me, especially when theres real time monitors on the guns and robots running around and all the futuristic space tech everywhere. still looks flipping fantastic though
This was exactly the trouble with 80's sci fi though. Space ships with VHS memory cassettes and computer displays showing graphics on a par to Pong. Meanwhile a robot with super advanced A.I. has taken over the ship and plans to destroy the world. Even though it can hardly walk... I love 80's movies. 70's and 80's were the Golden age of sci fi and fantasy if you ask me. Even if it was terribly flawed.
crazyfool: yea its not going to completely make sense to be honest but like Stinger88 says, that's kind of the beauty of it! Sure I could have used some flash drive or CD type thing, but FLOPPY'S ARE SO COOl! AND I MISS THEM!... but I am glad you like it mate!
Stinger88: you got it right man! so on the ball hah!
80's weooooo! thanks everyone! if you do have any questions about anything just let me know! Thanks for the love!
The Lunar Software intro was perfect. Can we expect the score to be 80s inspired as well?
Omg...where can I get more.... Great Job guys! Love the atmosphere and style.
I'm going to enjoy running away and hiding from mad robots. Will you be able to setup distractions, etc to lure they away from you? For example setting an alarm off somewhere on the base.
Really cannot wait for this though and I really hope you hit your 2013 target.
Now this looks interesting, for sure the realistic experience and permadeath will put some pression, but could also be really frustrating.
It's just an idea, but it could be cool to have some other characters in the station, and if you die, you can play with another guy, who can find the body of the previous player and take his stuff, and continue to explore.
Can't wait! Good luck!
Would be nice to see some shots of moon surface? If possible ? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease ?
and 90's scifi still had us using CD's in the future. and how dated will today's scifi look in 20 years? scifi will always be passed up by real science at some point. you can really feel the love for the dated style in this though...just like a movie that's all "land of tomorrow"ed out. but from MY childhood.
I can't wait for this to be finished.
I've been learning UDK to work on my own idea/project for quite a little while now that is startlingly similar.
80's set sci-fi horror on the Moon, non-combat w/ enemy ala Amnesia:Dark Descent...
I'll be following this one for sure!
this is really cool stuff man, I dig it all of the aesthetics; really cant wait to get my hand son it.