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shinobi602

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #1

Kickstarter link!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ong-dark-a-first-person-post-disaster-surviva

The Long Dark is the first title from Hinterland Studio, a new developer formed by ex-Relic Entertainment, BioWare, Riot Games and Volition Inc members. It’s an episodic, open world survival game coming to PC, Mac, and Linux.

The project is coming to Kickstarter on September 16, and it’s a first-person sandbox survival experience set in a North America after a disaster has destroyed the nation’s technology infrastructure.

Hinterland’s first episode casts players as bush pilot William Mackenzie who finds himself stranded in the Northern wilderness along with other survivors. As players roam the new frontier, they’ll have to gather resources and knowledge to survive, while overcoming some difficult moral choices that will impact the fate of the game world at large.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/09/ex-...ut-title-the-long-dark-coming-to-kickstarter/

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Some concept art:

 

TheContact

Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #2

Interesting art style. Looks like a cartoon you would see on Adult Swim or something

Hope the actual game keeps the same style

 

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shinobi602

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #3

carfo said:

Interesting art style. Looks like a cartoon you would see on Adult Swim or something

Hope the actual game keeps the same style

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Yea, art style in the concept art at least looks fantastic.

 

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Apoc29

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #4

Definitely looks interesting. Hopefully they can keep the player engaged without resorting to lots of shooting.

 

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FACE

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #5

"first-person sandbox survival experience set in a North America after a disaster has destroyed the nation’s technology infrastructure."

Interest rising.

 

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Rollo Tomasi

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #6

Oh sweet, Joel is in this game too.

 

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charsace

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #7

Misleading thread title.

 

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GaussTek

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #8

shinobi602 said:

Some concept art:

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Reminds me this:

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lol. Anyway, I'm interested. Waiting for the Kickstarter...

 

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Xanathus

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #9

Would be interesting if they keep the concept art style into the actual game, it would look kinda like XIII.

 

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shinobi602

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #10

charsace said:

Misleading thread title.

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What?

 

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Purkake4

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #11

FACE said:

"first-person sandbox survival experience set in a North America after a disaster has destroyed the nation’s technology infrastructure."

http://i.minus.com/i9uyH3jzAQCtM.gif[IMG]

Interest rising.[/QUOTE]
Opposite reaction here.

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mclem

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #12

At what stretch goal do we unlock "Teatime of the Soul"?

 

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ArjanN

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #13

Snowy apocalypse is a nice break from brown apocalypse.

 

Cyber Caesar

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #14

First person. Meh. Nice setting though, will consider.

 

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Gbraga

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #15

Sounds great, fantastic art style, can't wait for the Kickstarter

 

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glaurung

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #16

Can I play as a bear?

 

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King Beyond the wall

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #17

Sounds like an open world the last of us. This is good.

 

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r3n4ud

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #18

Looks coooold

 

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jeffers

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #19

guy in plane looks like an older Ratman

 

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dancrane212

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #20

Sounds like it's worth checking out, I really like the look of that concept art.

 

Strife In a Teacup

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #21

First two images made me think of Southpark.

It does sound interesting though, hmmm.

 

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Noray

Unconfirmed Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #22

Hell yeah bush pilot. Y'know what I'm saying?

Spoiler

Pubic hair.

 

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Messofanego

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• Sep 9, 2013

• #23

GaussTek said:

Reminds me this:



lol. Anyway, I'm interested. Waiting for the Kickstarter...

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Is that Tengami? Tengami looks pretty cool. Demo'ed well at PAX.

 

Sentenza

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• Sep 10, 2013

• #24

Well, the concept is at least interesting.

On a side note, every time I read "survival simulator" I wonder if I'm ever going to see the spiritual sequel to Robinson's Requiem I waited for years.
It wasn't exactly a great game, but what it attempted was incredibly ambitious and cool.

 

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charsace

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• Sep 10, 2013

• #25

shinobi602 said:

What?

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I thought the kickstarter was up.

 

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castlegar

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• Sep 16, 2013

• #26

Kickstarter is up. Looks fantastic.

 

bender

What time is it?

• Sep 16, 2013

• #27

I love the premise. This was an easy campaign to back.

 

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ChanDangle

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• Sep 16, 2013

• #28

shinobi602 said:

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Joel?

 

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ArjanN

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• Sep 16, 2013

• #29

Hey it's Raphael Van Lierop and his awesome beard. I remember him from Space Marine.

Game sounds neat, will back it later.

 

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JDSN

Banned

• Sep 16, 2013

• #30

Naughty Dog created beards.

 

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Gbraga

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• Sep 17, 2013

• #31

The premise is great, but I really wish we had some in-game footage to look at. Kinda disappointed.

 

Mugatu

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• Sep 17, 2013

• #32

Looks cool - I have to say i loved the art style until I saw the last pic with the character, I don't like that one so much."

 

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mentalfloss

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• Sep 17, 2013

• #33

I thought Bioware was making an lotr game.

Oh well.

 

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Rodney McKay

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• Sep 17, 2013

• #34

Reminds me of Puzzle Quest from a lot of those photos.

 

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GuitarAtomik

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• Sep 17, 2013

• #35

Gbraga said:

The premise is great, but I really wish we had some in-game footage to look at. Kinda disappointed.

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Yeah me too. Especially with that kind of concept art. Are they going for a realistic look and the art is just for design and atmosphere or are they going to try to mimic it more literally? Either way, still interested.

 

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frankie_baby

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• Sep 17, 2013

• #36

looks very very interesting, lack of any console versions even as stretch goals seems a bit silly

 

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Marjar

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• Sep 17, 2013

• #37

So it's a post apocalyptic game that DOESN'T feature zombies?

Interest piqued.

 

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d0g_bear

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #38

As a Canadian and someone who installed the Basic Needs mod for skyrim (eat, drink, sleep, warmth), I am obligated to back this. Plus Oculus Rift support stretch goal!

 

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SolarPowered

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #39

Looks like Joel got his pilot's license. Also looks extremely sexy from first impressions. Very stylistic and pleasing to the eyes.

carfo said:

Interesting art style. Looks like a cartoon you would see on Adult Swim or something

Hope the actual game keeps the same style

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Oh this really captures what was going through my mind. They should definitely stick with this sort of style.

 

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The Dutch Slayer

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #40

kickstarter link:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ong-dark-a-first-person-post-disaster-surviva

 

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shinobi602

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #41

The Dutch Slayer said:

kickstarter link:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ong-dark-a-first-person-post-disaster-surviva

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They do have an all-star team, wow.

 

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x-Lundz-x

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #42

No next-gen consoles?

 

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Lime

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #43

I like the premise and the motivation, but I am not to keen on it being first-person.

 

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Thorakai

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #44

The screens and font look South Park-like to me.

 

hemtae

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• Sep 18, 2013

• #45

I just got around to looking at this and I really like most of what I'm seeing.

I'll jump in when it gets close to the oculus rift stretch goal.

 

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sflufan

Banned

• Sep 19, 2013

• #46

Thanks for the reminder! I'm in for this one too!

 

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kuppy

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• Sep 21, 2013

• #47

Kind of bummer it is first person, art style looks very promising but without actual gameplay, sorry too many projects already backed. Best wishes.

 

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calder

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• Sep 23, 2013

• #48

Forgot about this for a while, but saw it mentioned somewhere else so I looked into it more.

My first kickstarter pledge. Hope they make it!



Ah shit, now that I've broken the seal on KS I want to look up Hyper Light Drifter, although that's less like kickstarting and more like preordering.

 

Gumbie

Member

• Oct 2, 2013

• #49

Bums me out this isn't getting more funding or attention. They are including oculus rift support if it hits $100,000 by midnight. It looks like it will but I'm not sure if they will make the final goal of $200,000 in the next couple of weeks.

 

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dancrane212

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• Oct 4, 2013

• #50

They just updated the kickstarter page with the first screenshots of the game.

Game looks really sharp. I didn't think the style from the concept art would translate this well.