KickStarter Mechajammer (formerly Copper Dreams) - cyberpunk RPG from Whalenought Studios

[Whalenought_Joe]

So it's sort of an isometric action-RPG now, except with a periodic pause for the asynchronous turns? This game is getting weirder and weirder.

The turn based system hasn't changed, players can just do more in them now. We've described the system being fairly similar to Grandia.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Is the camera still centered on player's character?
It might cause some frustration if enemies line of sight and weapon range is such that they could target PC beyond the edge of the screen.

 

[Whalenought_Joe]

Is the camera still centered on player's character?
It might cause some frustration if enemies line of sight and weapon range is such that they could target PC beyond the edge of the screen.

Making the camera easy to use was a goal for the 3d maps, so we've designed around that. That example currently isn't possible — there is a defined max range for enemy targeting that is defined by the 3d line of sight size (that Nox-like fog of war area) that's based off the maximum camera distance from the character, so if they can see a character the player can potentially see them too. Players can have smaller line of sights if they have head wounds or start the game with a poor vision Disadvantage but can still hear targets outside of it (unless they have a deaf Disadvantage or damage to ears).

It's obviously a gamey way of simulating vision, but it works with a ruleset and makes for a simple camera experience. We have a new camera rotation to help with examining the environment as well (and target anywhere), it gives the player manual control to drag the camera around a ~hemisphere of orientation around a selected character to check things out, it's really simple to use and lets them see anything around them. We'll detail that in the update.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Fuck it, I wanna pre-order this. Not 100% sure which tier, but still.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Can't wait. That's some real incline!

 

[grimace]

To allow players to roleplay an adolescent Snake Plissken you can be anywhere from a 14 year old up to a 70 year old with stat limitations and background points to distribute according to age, so that's fun.

I feel the excitement of 14 year old me reading about Copper Dreams.

also finally have a universal ruleset more fleshed out that works for anything from sci-fi to bronze-age Vol

Smart planning to have a ruleset in place for Copper Dreams 2.

Gonna make that Vol a cybernetic rat?

 

[Fenix]

We're working on getting updates out more frequently!

I think Codex is OK with infrequent updates, at least you have bigger chance for that on Codex than everywhere else.
Love your work Whalenougt Studios!

 

[Nazrim Eldrak]

Some news ahead - keep your eyes open:

 

[grimace]

Some news ahead - keep your eyes open:

Our eyes are open.

Here's the latest thread : http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...yberpunk-rpg-from-whalenought-studios.103709/

 

[Nazrim Eldrak]

Our eyes are open.

Lol seems like I have to open mine more. Well, thanks for pointing out!

 

[The Fish]

On the comment section of their kickstarter page.

@ Nicholas-Paul: We're testing on a real low-end laptop as our target system, so anything modern should be overkill! Excited to get the alpha going and get in your hands.

@ Resonant Drifter: Hey! Hope Minnesota is well, I heard you guys got a bit more snow. In our Kickstarter page I think somewhere we mentioned we haven’t projected a release date, though like Dave said we plan on starting to release public builds this summer, we've definitely said that and plan to as soon as we can now. We just needed to plug something into Kickstarter so we alluded to those first public builds. We don't have a solid date planned, but it will likely be early next year.

We'll talk about the status in the update as well as all the improvements/design upgrades that have made gameplay much more thorough and enjoyable. Focusing on systematic player agency instead of a predetermined CYOA narrative requires a lot more upfront work early on instead of continuous work later, but we nearly have all we need designed and developed for the alpha, and we’re really close to having it polished up and ready to show off!

 

[Grotesque]

update when!?

 

[Whalenought_Joe]

update when!?

Monday! Finishing some gameplay visuals this weekend for a preview of the new combat features and roll-under ruleset. Also changing the subtitle to be more appropriate with all the final themes and gameplay: A Cyberpunk Horror Roleplaying Campaign.

 

[Alienman]

Horror? Did I miss something?

 

[Infinitron]

Heh, remember when I said preproduction could be misleading?

 

[HoboForEternity]

What about the espionage part

 

[Whalenought_Joe]

Heh, remember when I said preproduction could be misleading?

I think Hannah and I are still working on it.

Horror? Did I miss something?

What about the espionage part

Espionage is still a focus of what your characters do, but we've decided the setting and survival gameplay are accurately more in the sort of 80s cyberpunk-horror genre.

 

[hell bovine]

Finally! :D

 

[PEACH]

Can't wait to see the update on monday

 

[grimace]

What cyber whore/horror jerks/lurks around the corner?

 

[Jedi Exile]

we've decided the setting and survival gameplay are accurately more in the sort of 80s cyberpunk-horror genre.

Nothing is turning me on more than some good old isometric horror.

 

[veevoir]

What cyber whore/horror jerks/lurks around the corner?

Tall, with freakishly large hands and a machine pistol? LAAAnaaaa!


That also may answer the question of what or who is the horror behind the corner.

 

[Whalenought_Joe]

Tall, with freakishly large hands and a machine pistol? LAAAnaaaa!

Needs the sweater dress.

We actually had quite a bit of problems with the original humanoid — the exaggerated leg length made crawling/jumping/climbing animations really awkward. Characters are a quite a bit more squat now to accomodate movement. Still have the mammoth hands, but now include fingers!

 

[grimace]

We actually had quite a bit of problems with the original humanoid — the exaggerated leg length made crawling/jumping/climbing animations really awkward. Characters are a quite a bit more squat now to accomodate movement. Still have the mammoth hands, but now include fingers!

I'm looking forward to the custom backer portraits. Will the hand size be customized too?

 

[Fenix]

Looking forward to touch your game for all places and want to be your betatester.