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Will we ever see indie games that'll capture the fifth gen era?
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We seem to be getting tons of fast paced indie FPS games atm but rather than straight Gen 5 era looks they look as much like minecraft.
Now if someone would do a grid based Tomb Raider clone, if a core team of just 6 ppl made the original so a smaller team with modern tools should manage it.
Now if someone would do a grid based Tomb Raider clone, if a core team of just 6 ppl made the original so a smaller team with modern tools should manage it.
VisceralBowl
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I was working on an MGS1 clone project with another guy. We were aiming for the same general type of mechanics, visuals, and whatnot. It was getting too difficult to make things look just right though, so we ended up canning it.
Low poly without special lighting or anything along those lines is actually pretty hard to make look good.
I'm still interested in the idea of an MGS clone, so I may revisit it in the future.
Low poly without special lighting or anything along those lines is actually pretty hard to make look good.
I'm still interested in the idea of an MGS clone, so I may revisit it in the future.
Icyflamez96
Member
How about some 6th gen inspired indies.
I need those Ratchet and Clank clones.
I need those Ratchet and Clank clones.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Meh, I'd rather indie games stop going for nostalgia and start creating games with unique visual styles. I'm already tired of the 8-bit bullshit, and while my favorite era was the 32-bit...that's still not something I want to see revived, except in terms of the number of different games they had.
Triggerhappytel
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A Hat in Time
Lobodestroyo
90s Arcade Racer
It happening, but it's slower than pretty pixel art 2D games because the visuals are obviously a lot more intensive.
Lobodestroyo
90s Arcade Racer
It happening, but it's slower than pretty pixel art 2D games because the visuals are obviously a lot more intensive.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
A really great post; even the gameplay feels like something cooked up to sit between Monster Rancher and TOMBA! on store shelves.
Canis lupus
Member
Yes, when kids who grew up with Gen 5 games start rolling in the industry. I bet we'll start seeing some indies "inspired" by FF7, Crash Bandicoot, Mario 64, OoT, Jet Set Radio, arcade games etc soon. In fact the first wave of the late 90s inspired games are already in development: Hat in Time, 90s Arcade Racer, Drift Stage, The Black Tower:
Hover Revolt of gamers
Some lost genres and gameplay styles will be back.
Hover Revolt of gamers
Some lost genres and gameplay styles will be back.
entremet
Member
Not indie.
thekonamicode
Member
I'm sure you're joking, but years ago we made a game called One Man and His Dinosaur, and the bonus stages took place on Tiger Electronic-inspired stages. That was fun to draw.
This actually sounds awesome.
They're still working on the game and plan to finish it. It already is in development for at least 5-7 years. Hopefully it will be done someday.
The soundtrack will be wonderful, I'm sure. Regarding the composer I'll just quote myself:
[..] Brilliant music from one of my favorite indie composers Samuel Ascher-Weiss aka. Shnabubula. This dude is an effin' genius. Listen to his SNESology album, NOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gs1Tr_LO0Y&list=PLBU1s9L3E0A36rPHrs0KWp-sIcMSYB9v6&index=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS7_3EKRmL8&list=PLBU1s9L3E0A36rPHrs0KWp-sIcMSYB9v6&index=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xQ3EZ_CHhg&list=PLBU1s9L3E0A36rPHrs0KWp-sIcMSYB9v6&index=12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-oeAWTLl4&list=PLBU1s9L3E0A36rPHrs0KWp-sIcMSYB9v6&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOEl-dSvsDY&list=PLBU1s9L3E0A36rPHrs0KWp-sIcMSYB9v6&index=2
EDIT: Huh, what happened to him? Just wanted to see what he's doing right now, but all of his social media accounts and Bandcamp albums have been deleted :/ I wonder why, hmm.
Coriolanus
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And now i see that it failed funding, and am left sadfaced.
I don't think we'll see an influx of games that are as inline with that era as the current crop of 8-bit/16-bit games. We might see games that ape some of the aesthetic, like the super FF7 looking screenshot above. But on a technical level those games were just awful. You have to try really hard to make a game look that bad nowadays and since you're most likely not going to be able to make it work any better than we could back then (ie not well) what's the point in trying?
Check my post before yours. It's still planned to be finished and also got green-lit on Steam recently
Really love the unique setting and look:
Low polygon environments and characters, low texture resolutions, inaccurate perspective correction, and low output resolutions in 3d are all beautiful esthetics to explore
The primitive texture filtering and anti-aliasing of N64 and early hardware rendering on the PC are not, nor are the seams and jitter from the PS1 and Saturn
I just hope indie devs will work with the technical limitations of the era rather than the game design limitations of the business models that started to become necessary in that era.
The primitive texture filtering and anti-aliasing of N64 and early hardware rendering on the PC are not, nor are the seams and jitter from the PS1 and Saturn
I just hope indie devs will work with the technical limitations of the era rather than the game design limitations of the business models that started to become necessary in that era.
Haunted
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I had like three examples ready to post and they were all mentioned while scrolling down the thread. Good job, gentlemen.
I will add that Notch's cancelled space game also explored a similar low-poly PS1 aesthetic.
We've seen quite a few of these already rediscovering the low poly aesthetic (but with clean IQ) in small games (mostly Gamejam ideas, or smaller itch.io games). I think Naut is one of the more recent ones I played that fits that bill.
It's hard to say if games like FRACT, Mirrormoon or Jazzpunk are too advanced and shouldn't be counted. They do employ low poly 3D, but aren't specifically trying to evoke that era, I don't think.
I will add that Notch's cancelled space game also explored a similar low-poly PS1 aesthetic.
We've seen quite a few of these already rediscovering the low poly aesthetic (but with clean IQ) in small games (mostly Gamejam ideas, or smaller itch.io games). I think Naut is one of the more recent ones I played that fits that bill.
It's hard to say if games like FRACT, Mirrormoon or Jazzpunk are too advanced and shouldn't be counted. They do employ low poly 3D, but aren't specifically trying to evoke that era, I don't think.
This. First game that came to mind
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