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Former Playdead CEO co-founds new studio Jumpship, announces first project Somerville
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DagnastyEp
Member
In!
Great teaser, can't wait to learn more. Love the setting shown off.
Great teaser, can't wait to learn more. Love the setting shown off.
backflip10019
Member
I am so in.
Well it totally has Playdead DNA. What's Playdead doing then?
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/862521015007666177
See his feed fore more previs shots.
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/696238683796541441
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/862521015007666177
See his feed fore more previs shots.
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/696238683796541441
Traumnovelle
Member
Playdead announced this after Dino Patti left: https://twitter.com/Playdead/status/822455316277239809
Weird they would quit Playdead to make a totally Playdead-looking game.
Guess now we have two Playdeads.
Guess now we have two Playdeads.
It shows absolutely nothing and it's a shame. I guess it's really far off still. I've been following Chris Olsen on Twitter for a while and the game has a lot of potential though, so I urge you to look out gifs of his animations to get an idea on the game. My guess is it's kind of a cinematic platformer with shootings and all. Seems like animation and lighting are gonna be supreme.
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/862521015007666177?s=09
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/762683546771128320?s=09
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/750353952957280256?s=09
Lots more on his profile. Also, it seems the game's being made in Unity.
Edit: uh somewhat beaten. So, was Chris Olsen also part of Playdead or just the other guy?
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/862521015007666177?s=09
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/762683546771128320?s=09
https://twitter.com/Olseybaby/status/750353952957280256?s=09
Lots more on his profile. Also, it seems the game's being made in Unity.
Edit: uh somewhat beaten. So, was Chris Olsen also part of Playdead or just the other guy?
Savinowned
Member
So cool. We need more devs like Playdead
Finale Fireworker
Member
I read this quickly and rearranged a bunch of words in my head.
Former Playdead CEO co-founds new studio
became
Former Play CEO found dead in new studio
Whoops!
Former Playdead CEO co-founds new studio
became
Former Play CEO found dead in new studio
Whoops!
Same lol, thought aww that sucks.
ThatStupidLion
Member
damn i'm a character animator! but i live in the US 
excited to see what they produce
excited to see what they produce
DongBeetle
Banned
Lol the name "Jumpship" sounds salty to me for some reason. Inner turmoil at Playdead?
Darryl M R
Member
Isn't Somerville one of the first US cities that implemented Internet of Things and became a low tier smart city after it was a pretty bleh town? If so and it is a part of the story I can see this fact being used in the trailer.
dr_rus
Member
Playdead founders had some argument which resulted in Patti leaving I believe. All the better for us though as now we have two Limbo/Inside-style games coming in some years (probably a lot of years...)
Wheelatron
Member
Tons of WIP pics/gifs on Chris Olsen's tumblr, going back as far as 3 years ago from the prototype: http://somervillegame.tumblr.com
GuitarAtomik
Member
Yeah had my eye on this one a long while. There's a two year old thread that has a lot of pre-vis stuff. Looks amazing. Cool news.
Some gifs from that thread:
Some gifs from that thread:
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Literally read this as former ceo plays dead, then jumps ship to new studio.
Goldrusher
Member
Will keep an eye on this. Enjoyed Limbo and Inside, and this has a very similar vibe.
Haha, same.
Not sure what to make of those gifs. You even got some Matrix-style slowmo in his tumblr. It makes it look like an action game, but that could be deceptive.
Indeed!
Indeed!
MosquitoSmasher
Member
So this is not that new game they teased with a screenshot after Inside had released? It looks different but it also looks awesome already. Basically we're getting two Playdead games. Fine with me!
This game has been in development for a long time. The devlog that Chris Olsen has been keeping shows an incredible progress and how much care he has been putting into the game. I can't wait to see what him along with Dino Patti can do. It's going to be amazing.
From the gifs and teasers this one seems much more action packed
From the gifs and teasers this one seems much more action packed
More_Badass
Member
Whoa, nice! I've been following Somerville for years, so this is some super exciting news.
Unless things have changed, it's an episodic (maybe it wouldn't be episodic now?) cinematic platformer, with a larger action focus, following the rise of a famous war hero who helped turned tide against an alien invasion. The cool framing device was that the story is being told after the invasion, by a teacher telling her class about the titular hero and his struggles, and one of the narrative hooks was juxtaposing the textbook descriptions with the more violent darker realities of how events really happened
Chris Olsen is an animator, did pre-vis work for movies like Avengers, so the game has a lot of impressive animations and details that work well with a dark low-poly aesthetic
Unless things have changed, it's an episodic (maybe it wouldn't be episodic now?) cinematic platformer, with a larger action focus, following the rise of a famous war hero who helped turned tide against an alien invasion. The cool framing device was that the story is being told after the invasion, by a teacher telling her class about the titular hero and his struggles, and one of the narrative hooks was juxtaposing the textbook descriptions with the more violent darker realities of how events really happened
Chris Olsen is an animator, did pre-vis work for movies like Avengers, so the game has a lot of impressive animations and details that work well with a dark low-poly aesthetic
Looks fantastic. Definitely on my radar now.
More_Badass
Member
From the other thread:
More_Badass
Member
A little blurb from the press kit
almostjuliuscaesar
Member
looks extremely interesting, comparing where the guy lives to the city.
DongBeetle
Banned
Probably wanted to make different games but Playdead barely has resources for one
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Wicked teaser! I'm in!
Playdead still has Arnt Jensen, so I'm not concerned about them.
Playdead still has Arnt Jensen, so I'm not concerned about them.
More_Badass
Member
So I asked the developer on Twitter and those visuals in the teaser
That's a hell of an upgrade
This is the same area/scene, 2015 vs 2017
are the in-game graphics
That's a hell of an upgrade
This is the same area/scene, 2015 vs 2017
gingerbeardman
Member
Is this still a year or two away?
Glass Rebel
Member
Funny, I finished Inside yesterday before going to bed (liked it, didn't love it, might LTTP it later). Judging by some of that pre-vis stuff, this might be more up my alley.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Wow, this looks fantastic.
Definitely going to keep an eye on this.
Definitely going to keep an eye on this.
DangerMouse
Member
Damn that's a beautiful upgrade and it already looked good.
Hell yes, this game (the Flashback/Another World looking game), almost forgot about this.
This old image is still so badass:
Hell yes, this game (the Flashback/Another World looking game), almost forgot about this.
This old image is still so badass:
More_Badass
Member
Last we saw, she's still inDamn that's a beautiful upgrade and it already looked good.
Hell yes, this game (the Flashback/Another World looking game), almost forgot about this.
This old image is still so badass:
More_Badass
Member
Sounds like consoles are a possibility