Project lead Brad Muir and designer John Swisshelm from Double Fine have released an hour long Skype call they had with XCOM: Enemy Unknown's Jake Soloman, discussing the return of turn-based strategy.
It's a pre-production exchange of platitudes, ideas and cussing. With turn-based tactical strategy getting popular again, will the future be plagued by 'turn-based bros'? If so, blame/thank Soloman.
The Humble Day of the Devs Bundle 2022 just launched. It includes sixteen items including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Broken Age, and more.
Tom Chick - "For the first time since I’ve been doing these lists, which is probably ten years or more, over half of my choices are from independent developers. It’s an encouraging development. When you consider the movies chosen by critics on any given year, you won’t necessarily see the most popular, and you probably won’t see the most profitable, or the movies with the biggest budgets. Instead, you’ll see lists that include the best of independent cinema, arthouse releases, or at least the indie branding from the major studios. When the best of the year skew towards people who aren’t beholden to stockholders, it’s a sign that a medium is maturing creatively. Leave financial success, hollow fun, and the pursuit of pure entertainment to the corporations. Leave thoughtful design, innovation, storytelling, and creative impact to the hungry men and women with something to say."
Join Gus Sorola and Ryan Haywood as they discuss Massive Chalice, the bloodline-based strategy game on this week's Patch Game Club.
