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Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series on 1999's Outcast. We talk a bit about the end of the game, the challenge of plate-spinning, gadgets we missed out on for much of the game, and other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finished (Brett)... some more (Tim) Podcast breakdown: 00:47 Discussion 54:07 Break 54:36 Takeaways/Mailbag Issues covered: getting captured and losing your stuff, getting some ammo from your subquests, some of the other weapons, the silenced sniper tranquilizer, not fulfilling stealth, a difficult puzzle in the tree world, the deep sound puzzle of the forest world, getting one key from a complicated puzzle and then a physics puzzle, doing what you think is right for your goals, modest budgets vs today's indie and AAA, the lower development cost and the challenge of readability, making big hard decisions to collapse away a problem, market size, the delusion of ship when it's ready vs making what you can by the deadline, the podcast exposing us to some really great games, plate-spinning and tendrils spreading out, imagining the flowcharts, getting to the end of the Motazaar gauntlet, "your key is in another castle," the F-Link gadget and speeding play, the other gadgets, quest system being per-zone, story bits that cover the length of the game, "rules are meant to guide people, not contain them," narrative niceties, memorable and understandable NPCs, the two fishermen, NPC depth, greater empathy vs snark in Cutter Slade, describing the time shifty stuff, running through the story at the end of the game, a bold world structure, motivating and leveraging the connectivity, the voxel terrain, dynamic systems in play, the depth of the narrative space, legacies. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Indiana Jones, Beyond Good and Evil, Anachronox, Unreal, Nintendo Switch, Breath of the Wild, Shadow of the Colossus, Assassin's Creed (series), Tomb Raider (series), Uncharted (series), Team Ico, Fbrccn, Infogrames, Appeal, Blizzard, Warcraft (series), Dwarf Fortress, The Last Express, The Crying Game, John Carter/A Princess of Mars, Delta Force, Anthony Gallegos, Rebel FM, mysterydip, Pong, Belmont, Mark Garcia, Jedi Starfighter, Republic Commando, Castlevania, Dark Souls 2, BioStats, CalamityNolan, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers. Next time: TBA! Links: The Ghost Racing Article Twitch: timlongojr Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on 1999's Outcast. We talk about world structure, world building, concrete vs abstract implementations of mechanics, and other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to/through Talanzaar Issues covered: sad news, a digression on Edgar Rice Burroughs and Project Gutenberg, finally "getting" the game, depth of story and environment at the time, the "second" world, moderating your own difficulty, supporting narrative goals, a dynamic "find this person" system, concrete interactions to increase believability of the world, the big impact of the world state change, organic architecture, cheesing the terrain collision, world-building in conversations, Mogi and his history, the crane puzzle, auto-targeting the swinging cube, the brothers competing for the business, the flautist and singer, the adventurous music, world state music, reputation as a concept, enemy states. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Belmont/Jesse Lane Nelson, Defeating Games for Charity, Jedi Starfighter, BioStats, LostLake, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter/A Princess of Mars, Project Gutenberg, Computer Gaming World, Tomb Raider, Anachronox, LoZ: Ocarina of Time, Total Recall, Grim Fandango, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Star Wars, Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: Finish (?) Outcast Links: Belmont hosts Tim & Brett on JSF Twitch: timlongojr Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com
Cait, Dan, Link, and Shawn give a belated fond farewell to underground hip-hop legend MF DOOM, talk WandaVision, and more. Comic talk includes King in Black: Black Knight #1, Mutts, John Carter: A Princess of Mars, Mercy, and Black Canary: Ignite. This episode was sponsored by... Thriftburgh www.thriftburgh.com Pittsburgh Comics www.pittsburghcomics.com SUPPORT CBP: Join our Patreon: patreon.com/comicbookpitt Donate: https://ko-fi.com/comicbookpitt Get some gear: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/comic-book-pitt Leave a review: It just takes a moment and a 5 star rating goes a long way in helping other people discover the show. You can do it right from your phone in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. We really appreciate your ratings and reviews, it's how the show grows. WHERE TO FIND US: Comic Book Pitt is part of the SORGATRON MEDIA NETWORK EPISODES: You can listen to us on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Spotify! EMAIL: comicbookpitt@gmail.com SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM
Cait, Dan, Link, and Shawn give a belated fond farewell to underground hip-hop legend MF DOOM, talk WandaVision, and more. Comic talk includes King in Black: Black Knight #1, Mutts, John Carter: A Princess of Mars, Mercy, and Black Canary: Ignite. This episode was sponsored by... Thriftburgh www.thriftburgh.com Pittsburgh Comics www.pittsburghcomics.com SUPPORT CBP: Join our Patreon: patreon.com/comicbookpitt Donate: https://ko-fi.com/comicbookpitt Get some gear: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/comic-book-pitt Leave a review: It just takes a moment and a 5 star rating goes a long way in helping other people discover the show. You can do it right from your phone in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. We really appreciate your ratings and reviews, it's how the show grows. WHERE TO FIND US: Comic Book Pitt is part of the SORGATRON MEDIA NETWORK EPISODES: You can listen to us on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Spotify! EMAIL: comicbookpitt@gmail.com SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM
It's Grant Morrison versus Jeff Lemire, pulp hero versus pulp hero, and Havok versus Havok as Dan and Mike compare Animal Man (1988) #3 to Animal Man (2011) #1, Doc Savage (1988) #1 to John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1, and Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1 to X-Men Legacy #255! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
It's Grant Morrison versus Jeff Lemire, pulp hero versus pulp hero, and Havok versus Havok as Dan and Mike compare Animal Man (1988) #3 to Animal Man (2011) #1, Doc Savage (1988) #1 to John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1, and Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1 to X-Men Legacy #255! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
It's Grant Morrison versus Jeff Lemire, pulp hero versus pulp hero, and Havok versus Havok as Dan and Mike compare Animal Man (1988) #3 to Animal Man (2011) #1, Doc Savage (1988) #1 to John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1, and Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1 to X-Men Legacy #255! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
It's Grant Morrison versus Jeff Lemire, pulp hero versus pulp hero, and Havok versus Havok as Dan and Mike compare Animal Man (1988) #3 to Animal Man (2011) #1, Doc Savage (1988) #1 to John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1, and Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1 to X-Men Legacy #255! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
The rest of the New DC 52 titles for this week, as well as my thoughts on John Carter - A Princess of Mars, and the new Ultimate Spider-Man #1.