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The Good Life from SWERY (D4, Deadly Premonition) Announced
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(from Fig) more codes posted for those who want access:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wg-WjEPGwUJWdywkDeqzq2TmG8e8KpFLIzpU_y3M3-c/edit?usp=sharing
Please replace the code with "redeemed"
Once these are gone, just sign up on the launch page and we'll send out periodic batches.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wg-WjEPGwUJWdywkDeqzq2TmG8e8KpFLIzpU_y3M3-c/edit?usp=sharing
Please replace the code with "redeemed"
Once these are gone, just sign up on the launch page and we'll send out periodic batches.
Mookie1515
Member
INJECT IT TO MY VEINS!
I need Swery back in my life.
I need Swery back in my life.
WTF? No. SWERY had a big following before D4. Deadly Premonition was a more successful game than D4.
ProgenitorCastle
Banned
LMAO AT THE GAME CONCEPT XD
Also, I find it awesome the town or city's called Rainy Woods, which I believe was the original title for Deadly Premonition at one point...SWERY sure loves referencing in-development names of stuff in his later works :] (I believe main protag. of D4, David Young, was partially named after the original name of Deadly Premonition's Agent York, who was in development called David Young Henning I think)
Also, I find it awesome the town or city's called Rainy Woods, which I believe was the original title for Deadly Premonition at one point...SWERY sure loves referencing in-development names of stuff in his later works :] (I believe main protag. of D4, David Young, was partially named after the original name of Deadly Premonition's Agent York, who was in development called David Young Henning I think)
Hey everyone! Happy to see that you're all so excited about The Good Life! The campaign does not open to the public for a couple of weeks, but here are some single use codes to access the campaign now - please make sure to mark them as used if you redeem one.
Wow, awesome! Thanks for the codes.
OneLessIcon
Member
Awesome, can't wait to learn more about this! He's got a panel coming up at Pax West I believe.
bryanee
Member
Microsoft couldn't even bother to announce a releasedate for his videogame before release.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=902813
That's how much he got to thank'em
Swery just shot himself in the foot.
Added to OP, thanks!
Bridges
Member
Happy to be backer #159!
Game sounds great, I really hope this gets funded, only ever crowdfunded campaigns I've contributed to were Rock Band 4 PC and Project Rap Rabbit and neither of those got anywhere near their goal, so I'm hoping this doesn't suffer the same fate.
Bummed this won't be coming to Xbox after the original (and superior) version of Deadly Premonition and D4 were both MS exclusives, guess I'm all in for the Steam release then.
Game sounds great, I really hope this gets funded, only ever crowdfunded campaigns I've contributed to were Rock Band 4 PC and Project Rap Rabbit and neither of those got anywhere near their goal, so I'm hoping this doesn't suffer the same fate.
Bummed this won't be coming to Xbox after the original (and superior) version of Deadly Premonition and D4 were both MS exclusives, guess I'm all in for the Steam release then.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I'm a backer now as well.
I loved Spy Fiction, I loved Deadly Premonition, I loved D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, and I love SWERY as a person (he's a good, endearing, and interesting man). As far as I'm concerned, I'm in for all of his projects for life.
Hope it makes the goal, it does have a couple uphill battles, but I think there are many who do have a love for his quirky games.
I loved Spy Fiction, I loved Deadly Premonition, I loved D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, and I love SWERY as a person (he's a good, endearing, and interesting man). As far as I'm concerned, I'm in for all of his projects for life.
Hope it makes the goal, it does have a couple uphill battles, but I think there are many who do have a love for his quirky games.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
So what do you do?
matrixman92
Member
pledged for the early bird! Really hope they hit their goal!
King Gilga
Member
Not the sort of art style I'd expect from a swery game but I'll try anything the makes and I'm really interested in his take on rural england.
Spieler Eins
Member
So they'd need 50.000 people on the 25$ tier...
GhostTrick
Banned
I really dig the artstyle and concept. Although after D4 never being finished... I'm cautious to back this.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
From the FIG page:
She's earning money to pay off a great debt she has by taking on an offer to pay off more and more of her debt if she goes to the town of Rainy Woods to cover and photograph the mysterious and bizarre town and find out its secrets to someone paying her to spy and learn about the town for them. While she's staying there, she's exploring and doing misc things in the town to get close to the inhabitants and learn more, and do what the player wants as there's some open world town-RPG elements to it of just living in the town and getting to know people, helping them out, getting to know their routines, etc. However, there's also some big mysteries to the town, including that everyone, herself included, turns into a cat at night.
There's also a murder mystery as someone was found dead in the town.
Here's the game flow chart they have describing the first 'act' of the game and the beginning of the second act:
On the FIG page is also a big game break-down with pictures and explaining the games elements like exploring the town, taking photos, and more, but it's pretty lengthy and I don't think they'd appreciate me posting all of it here. But know photography is a big part of the gameplay.
matrixman92
Member
$25 is capped at 300 people
YankeeDonB
Member
A detective daily life sim sounds just like something I've wanted without knowing I wanted it.
Stilton Disco
Member
Well how can you not back this? Sounds rad.
Also, I'm very interested in this guy's interpretation of an English rural community. I mean, I know from experience that he's going to have to pull out all the stops if he's going to create a cast of characters that are anywhere near as weird as your average real life villager over here.
Also, I'm very interested in this guy's interpretation of an English rural community. I mean, I know from experience that he's going to have to pull out all the stops if he's going to create a cast of characters that are anywhere near as weird as your average real life villager over here.
Zap Rowsdower
Banned
Swery and his team did a lot of research about small towns in the American Pacific Northwest for DP, so it's probably going to be an informed one.
Arc Christelle
Member
Is he gonna leave me hanging with this like D4?
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Ghost Trick 2
Aha, Murakami has an entire short story / chapter of 1Q84 devoted to a town of cats. Link if you want to read it, it's rad:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/05/town-of-cats
Yes! Anyone can back it.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
This made more sense when I read Big as Bing.
Your parallel reality seems like a nightmare
cj_iwakura
Member
I hate to be a wet blanket, but I'm very skeptical of this. Swery's got brilliant ideas, but who's going to develop this?
cj_iwakura
Member
Exactly what I said. He's not with AG anymore. Is he doing a 1.5 million game strictly with unknowns?
17 days for the reveal
cj_iwakura
Member
If he doesn't have more than good ideas and artwork, it's going to fail. Look at Rap Rabbit.
Not the same. Rap Rabbit is way more niche.
It sounded like you were baiting someone to say "White Owls" when you phrased the question as if you didn't read the OP. Would have been faster to start with the relevant part of your question.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...goes_indie_with_his_new_studio_White_Owls.php
I can only find that it's a small team of people Swery trusts.
Crowdfunding succeeds primarily on getting people attention and then giving them incentive. SWERY has a huge cult following, and if they can get an effective pitch out there, this will surely go over 1.5 million, unless they horribly mismanage it.
SchrodingerC
Member
Will be there day one to support SWERY.
That was such a weird game. Controlled like crap and the gameplay was repetitive, but those last few levels were a trip.
Then go play this...
That was such a weird game. Controlled like crap and the gameplay was repetitive, but those last few levels were a trip.
cj_iwakura
Member
This is pretty niche too. Don't get me wrong, I love Swery, but I don't want to see another disaster with good intentions.
Vyse The Legend
Member
You forgot another major driver: CATS. The internet loves them some felines.
I love everything Swery does, and cats/photography give me life. So, I'm there day 1.
CrassHoppr
Neo Member
You really think he just walked straight out of AG without poaching any of the skilled/trustworthy people who created his previous games with him?
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