jay pettitt on 10/6/2009 at 19:18
Really not sure what to say about this. It's strangely affecting. A radio play about loss using HalfLife2's Source Engine. I only wish I had hands.
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http://www.moddb.com/mods/dear-esther) Click. Click, click, click, click, click...
SubJeff on 10/6/2009 at 19:30
Yes. It's great. Don't run children and if you don't like it after 10 minutes turn it off and go back to another game because it's not meant for you.
demagogue on 10/6/2009 at 20:25
Oh good.
I'm not going to feign as much surprise as a lot of people are in those comments because I knew it was only a matter of time before interactive fiction would get a foothold into the 3D engines. My feeling is closer to "It's about time. Can we get this thing established as a genre now, so it's not perceived as a freak FPS tangent...". Also, it's probably just as well it will be a genre exclusive to the homemade/indie scene, like contemporary IF.
Over the last few years I've scripted a few vignettes in this vein for Doom3/Darkmod I hope to get working; much more IF heavy than an FM, and getting away from the old (Thief) settings; but still a little adversarial gameplay, in addition to traditional IF fare. This kind of thing is the cutting edge, IMO.
van HellSing on 10/6/2009 at 20:30
Colour me intrigued. Downloading now.
SubJeff on 10/6/2009 at 21:58
you probably wont finish it
Vivian on 11/6/2009 at 08:43
Yeah, it's incredible and loooonnnnggg overdue (seriously, it's the kind of thing people should have realised 3D engines are great for ages ago [as demagogue already said it turns out]) but it is not a game, so be warned. More of this kind of thing pls
That said, from comments I've seen about it, Dear Esther is a highly effective goon-test.
Thirith on 11/6/2009 at 08:45
If I'm not mistaken, they said on RPS that the creator of "Dear Esther" was working on a new version. It might be worth waiting a bit. (Then again, it might never be finished, in which case you might wait forever.)
Koki on 11/6/2009 at 12:52
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Yes. It's great. Don't run children and if you don't like it after 10 minutes turn it off and go back to another game because it's not meant for you.
So it's a lot like The Path?
EvaUnit02 on 11/6/2009 at 17:33
Guillermo del Toro recently talked about how gaming will eventually see its Citizen Kane. I doubt that we'll reach that plateau with either super linearity and/or ultra heavy scripting. As much as Designers like to try, the ingredients that work for film and written literature just never seem to gel properly.
