Size Five Games was rather inventively set up at the very peak of the Global Economic Meltdown by part-time Indie developer and full-time against-the-grain specialist Dan Marshall. It started out life as Zombie Cow Studios, before the crashing realisation that that is a horrible name, and they changed it for something much less stupid.
They make comedy games and have won a BAFTA. http://www.sizefivegames.co...
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Gun Monkeys provides short, sharp jabs of intense multiplayer combat. It’s a procedurally-generated, physics-based, 1-on-1 online platform shooter, lovingly voiced by British comedy legend Kevin Eldon There aren’t many of those.
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Mini Q&A
Answers by Dan Marshall, Developer and Size Five Games Founder
Why do you make games?
I've always loved video games, they were a huge part of my upbringing, and I love the experiences they've given me. In truth, making games is my hobby; if I had all the money in the world, I'd still do this to pass the time. It's like a big, satisfying, never-ending puzzle, and you're creating sometihng unique to boot. It's just the best job .
Why should people play Gun Monkeys?
Gun Monkeys is a really fun, fresh little game. It's a simple pick up and play 1-on-1 affair that'll have you shrieking at each other. It's got that old-school tug-of-war vibe that makes for really cool/ tense/ horrifying matches against a friend.
Also, it has monkeys in the future being shot to bits with guns.
What element of game design do you hold above all others?
Game Design is a constant learning experience, you're always finding new things you've done badly. I think the element I'm most obsessed with getting right is visual readability. It's important to make all the game objects feel like they're part of the world, but having the right elements stand out, making sure the player can tell from a glance where they can and can't walk, that stuff is an art form I'm still working out. I find it really interesting.
Today’s Stories:
At a Glance: Size Five Games (YOU ARE HERE): http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...
Interview with Dan Marshall: http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...
Gun Monkeys- Killing for Cubes for Humanity: http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...
Win a Copy of Gun Monkeys - and Enter to Win a PS4!: http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...
Day 29 | Size Five Games
We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.
Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.
Over 14 GBs and doesn't change much at all? What? Taking up that much drive space for a pathetic 'remastering' is shameful.
Par for Bethesda.
LOL people are actually expecting massive improvements or something? From Bethesda?? the same people who released Skyrim multiple times and the all look like shit? THAT Bethesda? are people for real?
The ps5 version doesn't change a ton but from my small playtime it's enough to make me want to replay it just to have it running at 60.
A side note to this my PS4 version no longer boots after it's "update" so I guess that's what it feels like to own a Bethesda game on PC
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
A voice actor from The Coalition's third-person shooter series, Gears of War, has hinted at a new game announcement coming in June.
Hopefully Microsoft will go back to the original story line and get away from that woke nonsense from the last Gears game Gears of Woke! But were talking about Microsoft so all the betting money is on more of the same woke nonsense.
The action looks quite fun, and since the levels are procedurally generated it'll add some replayability, I hope. Seems like something I'd pick up and play for 20 minutes, enjoy myself, and then put it back down. Nothing wrong with that.
" Gun Monkeys is a really fun, fresh little game. It's a simple pick up and play 1-on-1 affair that'll have you shrieking at each other. It's got that old-school tug-of-war vibe that makes for really cool/ tense/ horrifying matches against a friend. "
this part is true:3
loved the game it's funny and it's great
This is exactly the kinda game i need to play with my lil bro
Congrats on the Bafta guys
The game looks really fun, one to look out for.