Hello everyone! I’m Hernan Lopez from Epic Llama Games and I’m completely satisfied to share the nice information concerning the launch of our new journey recreation Unusual Findings with you and all followers of the 1980s! Looking again in any respect the work finished, I wish to offer you some perception into the sport’s background.
Making Unusual Findings took numerous effort. I imply quite a bit! The recreation script alone is humongous and it is stuffed with scripted stuff and distinctive occasions. Yet it was a lot enjoyable to make it!
In case you don’t have any concept what the plot of the sport is all about, I’ll sum it up for you. It’s Christmas Eve in a peaceful little city, the place three children are desperately making an attempt to observe a pay per view grownup TV-channel utilizing an unlawful sign decoder. In a sudden flip of occasions, they’d stumbled upon a killer alien from outer area. So, they needed to catch him, clearly! Rest assured nothing will go in line with anybody’s plan… issues are going to get wild and stakes are going to soar!
You see the majority of our group was born within the mid-1980s, so we grew up surrounded by that vibe. Although we had been too younger to “truly” expertise the 80s since we barely lived in that point, we grew up consuming the 80s popular culture. When we had been children/youngsters, we had been obsessed with the favored TV exhibits like Viaje a lo inesperado, Cine de trasnoche disco, El mundo del espectáculo. I’m certain you don’t have any concept what I’m speaking about right here, as these had been extraordinarily native TV exhibits (We are from Cordoba, Argentina). For all that I’m additionally fairly sure, that you just grew up (in case you are over 30 years previous) watching fairly related stuff. Those exhibits was like this: a number talks a bit concerning the film that was about to return subsequent, and then… the film! It might be a horror or it might be an motion (relying on time of the day), however normally it was some film of 80s. Sometimes they confirmed a giant blockbuster like The Goonies or Aliens, however you could possibly additionally see extra obscure ones like: Krull, Batteries Not Included’ or Explorers.
In Unusual Findings we wished the gamers to really feel like they’re in a kind of films. Even greater than that! Immerse them into a quintessential 80s film that has the perfect components of the narrative of that decade in it. Let them discover, go to, re-visit, mess around, speak with attention-grabbing characters, experiment with stuff and attempt to resolve the thriller behind the Unusual Findings. So to attain this we needed to do numerous homework. In addition to all of the 80s popular culture that we’ve got already consumed again then, we made ourselves watch a minimum of one 80s film or TV present episode per day through the GDD (recreation design doc) and script growth part!
Unusual Findings just isn’t all concerning the 80s although. Of course, one of many most important themes right here is nostalgia, and I’m not speaking solely about nostalgia for 80s. For occasion, certainly one of our most important characters, Vinny, is a large fan of the Nineteen Forties and black and white films of that period.
Other massive themes of Unusual Findings arefriendship andfacing the unknown. That is strictly what continually occurs through the recreation in very other ways. I’m not going to spoil that for you, anyway.
To emphasize the “facing the unknown” level we had so as to add some uncommon findings, I imply options, to the same old level and click on recreation loop. So as an alternative of getting only one most important character strolling round and investigating all the things, we got here up with a bunch of three pals… strolling round and investigating all the things! While the participant remains to be accountable for only one character, Vinny, Nick and Tony tag him alongside, share their opinions or assist Vinny immediately if they will. It performs approach higher, since now the principle character just isn’t “monologuing” round, however is moderately having an natural speak with the remainder of the group.
We wished Vinny, Nick and Tony to be actual teen pals supporting one another throughout their journey. They are continually making jokes and typically arguing with one another.
As the participant chooses between completely different dialogue choices, the trio reacts accordingly. It isn’t just a pleasant narrative characteristic, but in addition a recreation gimmick, for the reason that participant actually influences how the issues unfold, and numerous puzzles change within the course of, typically in radical methods! To offer you an concept, the final chapter is basically three completely different chapters which don’t share a single location or merchandise (all of the puzzles and dialogues are distinctive). So, this characteristic boosts the replayability considerably, although the sport is kind of lengthy anyway.
Location-wise these three pals are going to go to some locations iconic for horror films (woods within the evening, the lovers’ lane, a junkyard, a secret lab, sewers) and some locations stuffed with nostalgia like an amusement arcade, a VHS retailer or a treehouse.
Another characteristic we’re extraordinarily happy with is the sport artwork. Not solely of the pixel artwork with particles, smokes and trendy enhancements, but in addition of the music! We are so extraordinarily happy with the sound within the recreation: we had been capable of get the #1 hit You Spin Me Round (like a file) from Dead or Alive – the actual kings of synth pop! You wouldn’t imagine how a lot effort is required for a small studio like ours to get them into the OST! Not to say how a lot it means for us to have an actual piece of the 80s within the recreation, however aside from that thoughts blowing truth, we even have music from some new retro wave stars like Robert Parker and Midnight Fighters. The cherry on high of all that is our authentic OST composed by LATAM Grammy nominee Tomas Ferrero!
Unusual Findings pays tribute to all these iconic films we watched, to all these toys we performed with, to all that great synthesizer oozing music we nonetheless take heed to and, on the entire, to that great period that formed us… I hope gamers will benefit from the recreation as a lot as we loved making it for them!
Unusual Findings
ESDigital Games
$19.99
It’s the 80s and the Christmas is coming, Vinny, Nick and Tony are younger and their new cable sign descrambler simply arrived. That identical evening whereas making an attempt to decrypt a pay per view grownup channel, they decide up the misery sign of an alien spaceship crash-landing within the woods close to their city… Things solely get weirder as they understand that the towering alien is killing very particular members of their neighborhood!
Explore the world oozing with nostalgia, examine the Video Buster Store for clues, problem different children on the Laser Llamas Arcades, go be taught a brand new trick at The Emerald Sword comedian retailer, attempt to get alongside with the punk wanting Lost Guys at their hideout and even dare to ask THE BULL, the quintessential 80s Action hero, for some assist!
Follow the story that pays tribute to 80s classics like The Goonies, The Explorers, Monster Squad, The Lost Boys, They Live, Terminator, and Aliens amongst others and a gameplay that mixes mechanics of Point and Click masterpieces like Full Throttle with its personal distinctive twist and extra.
Your selections do matter, and the best way you make these three pals work together with one another more and more impacts their friendship and the entire story, altering the best way they resolve the sport puzzles, the areas they go to, the solutions they discover, the story, all the things.
Uncover the reality hidden behind the alien invasion… nicely type of. Why right here? Why is it killing locals? How can the boys cease it? Will they tune within the grownup channel in spite of everything? The solutions to those and different questions… in Unusual Findings.
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