Game News Whalenought Studios reveal their next RPG - Copper Dreams

[Excidium II]

This sort of system works better if you target things, not places. Unless it's an area effect of some sort.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

 

[twincast]

Erm, what happened to copper-dreams.com?

 

[Excidium II]

Erm, what happened to copper-dreams.com?

Looks like they haven't paid the bills

 

[Mustawd]

Works fine for me...

 

[Excidium II]

Works fine for me...

This is what I get:

Spoiler

 

[Mustawd]

Oh I see now..yeah I get the same thing.

I was thinking their main studio website.

 

[Excidium II]

Guess we're not getting the redirect for some raisin.

 

[Stompa]

Only way this can get better is if there's some kind of playable Matrix analogue.

 

[Mustawd]

Guess we're not getting the redirect for some raisin.

it's back up. Wish they'd release more art. Can't make my mind up if I like the art direction or not yet.

 

[Whalenought_Joe]

Thanks for the news post Infinitron

We'll be having a dice rolling/mechanics video up in the winter, along with going over other details on the game then.

For question on the art — the 3d was needed for creating a functional vertical space to move around in. The characters are 2d meshes in 3d backgrounds. We'll post some exclusive screenshots on our thread here prior to the gameplay video at some point.

For combat — It's turn based but actions are executed in realtime, it feels very 'round' based with the wait between turns. It can be micromanaged for positions and timing, but also allows combat to flow for larger-scale encounters as well. It's a neat system, we'll have various encounter examples for the video.

 

[Cyberarmy]

 

[Infinitron]

For combat — It's turn based but actions are executed in realtime, it feels very 'round' based with the wait between turns. It can be micromanaged for positions and timing, but also allows combat to flow for larger-scale encounters as well. It's a neat system, we'll have various encounter examples for the video.

Oh my, you've gone and designed a Sensuki-based combat system, haven't you. Better get it right!

 

[ArchAngel]

Thanks for the news post Infinitron

We'll be having a dice rolling/mechanics video up in the winter, along with going over other details on the game then.

For question on the art — the 3d was needed for creating a functional vertical space to move around in. The characters are 2d meshes in 3d backgrounds. We'll post some exclusive screenshots on our thread here prior to the gameplay video at some point.

For combat — It's turn based but actions are executed in realtime, it feels very 'round' based with the wait between turns. It can be micromanaged for positions and timing, but also allows combat to flow for larger-scale encounters as well. It's a neat system, we'll have various encounter examples for the video.

This is why I gave you 20$ at release for SitS although I usually buy games like these on Steam sales :D
I was supporting your future awesome endeavors because I seen the greatness in you

 

[Sensuki]

Oh my, you've gone and designed a Sensuki-based combat system, haven't you. Better get it right!

The broad details and many of the specific mechanics for the combat system had already been decided upon before I heard about the game, but it's no surprise that I'm interested in the system. I think there's a good opportunity here to create a great (possibly even unique) combat system in this style that ticks all the boxes of being strategical, tactically reactive, difficult and fun - but it all depends on the execution (and testing/feedback ).

Something as simple as say - grenades could be pretty interesting in this game compared to standard turn-based. Enemy A throws a grenade on their turn before yours in the initiative order, you see it coming in real-time ... on your turn you can GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE. Rather than just throwing a grenade and it blows up and does damage on your turn, the simultaneous resolution can add really cool strategical and tactical considerations to the simple act of throwing a grenade - can you get enemies into a situation that if they retreat from the blast radius that there'll be punished by some other means. That means you have to consider when to throw it, unit movement and positioning ... etc etc

That's the kind of stuff that I would like to see but in order for this specific scenario to materialize

• Grenades would probably have to deal high enough damage to illicit a player reaction [such as grenade under your feet = dead or close to it] and have a fuse time that allows for (some) retreat depending on turn order
• AI would have to react smartly to thrown grenades
• Levels would have to provide opportunities to be able to pull this off - either from the level design taking stuff like this into account where it makes sense or just by pure accident

Will this happen? We'll see.

 

[ArchAngel]

Sensuki, just remember this is still a game made by two people. Don't get your expectation too high, they can only do so much in the time they have.

 

[Sensuki]

Sensuki, just remember this is still a game made by two people. Don't get your expectation too high, they can only do so much in the time they have.

This isn't a spiritual successor to some of my favourite games by a very well established developer with millions of dollars development budget promising the world in their Kickstarter campaign - essentially someone ruining what would have been my dream game.

I have no expectations here. But I do have hope.

 

[bonescraper]

80's cyberpunk? SOLD!

 

[roshan]

promising the world

I have no issue with them making extravagant promises, but they promised a spiritual successor to the Infinity Engine games and that's what those scammers should have delivered regardless of whether or not they felt abject disdain for the mechanics, design and gameplay of those classics.

 

[ArchAngel]

I hope they do a KS for this and hire more people with that money so they can put even more of their great ideas into the game.

 

[Infinitron]

I hope they do a KS for this and hire more people with that money so they can put even more of their great ideas into the game.

Why do you want them to go bankrupt

They have a good routine between the two of them. If there's anything they need it's some kind marketing consultant to help them direct their talent in that direction more effectively.

 

[Excidium II]

Why do you want them to go bankrupt

They have a good routine between the two of them. If there's anything they need it's some kind marketing consultant to help them direct their talent in that direction more effectively.

Yeah what the hell.

They live in kwanzania, if they hired one guy to assist it'd already be more than their kickstarter budget.

 

[Mech]

Why can't someone make a game like this that isn't party based? Stealth games do not work with a party, ever.
Prove me wrong.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

You're welcome.

 

[Crooked Bee]

The battle system sounds cool. As everyone probably knows by now, I'm a big fan of Labyrinth of Touhou where speed (and action delay) is a decisive factor, which (along with great encounter design) makes it into one of the most tactical and varied RPGs I've played. This sounds similar, except in a non-blobber RPG. Here's looking forward to it a lot.