Hynospace Outlaw was released a couple years ago. The game takes place in an alternate internet past, and it feels like a freefall into the vapoware world of the 90s. And it’s got a music synthesizer as a reward. Here’s more from CDM:
Hypnospace Outlaw. Trophies; Leaderboard; Prices; Forum; 96 Trophies Earned; 20 Players Tracked. 1 0 0 1: 6.7% 18 stevilkenevil: 0 1 0 0 1: 6.7% 19. Learn about and contact the developers who created indie internet simulation game Hypnospace Outlaw. Join our Discord community for tips, creative challenges, and general hanging out! Published by: Meet the Makers. Jay Tholen - Lead Designer, Artist, Composer, Writer. Hypnospace Outlaw. 25 Playing; 181 Backlogs; 2 Replays; 5% Retired 81% Rating; 144 Beat; Overview; Forum (0) Reviews; Playing; Backlogs; Completions; Retired; Submit Your Time. Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace.
Hypnospace Outlaw (macOS/Windows/Linux) is a little over a year old, but honestly, 2020 should be its year. The game answers the question “what if vaporwave released an entire fake operating system?” So you get a game set in a computer inside your computer. There’s a complete fake operating system, a bizarro Windows98/Amiga concoction with tune player and even a generative music tool, and some seriously psychotic pastel color combos. (It’s like all the color schemes you thought were totally unrealistic in the 90s got… merged.)….
But maybe what’s most bizarre and wonderful is that, after you finish the game, your fake OS and Internet live on. And they built their own authoring tools, so you can make your own fake homepage and … actually even sequence music. It’s Windows-only, but hey macOS, users, install Boot Camp before the “Apple Silicon” Macs take that away from you.
| Private | |
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017; 3 years ago |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , UK |
| 1 office (2019) | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Mike Rose (Director) | |
Number of employees | 6 (2020) |
| Website | nomorerobots.io |
No More Robots Ltd is a British video game publisher based in Manchester, England. The company was founded by Mike Rose, previously of publishing company tinyBuild, alongside investors Simon Carless and Jas Purewal.[1] The publishing label originally found success with digital games Not Tonight and Descenders, and now works with various development studios for titles across PC and console gaming platforms.
Following the success of Descenders,[2] No More Robots published management simulator Not Tonight, which was widely covered in the mainstream media for its dystopian take on Brexit.[3] In 2019, the publishing label released Independent Games Festival-nominated[4]operating system simulator Hypnospace Outlaw, card-based roguelike Nowhere Prophet,[5] and are also planning to release first-person role-playing title Family Man.[6]
Modus Operandi on the advertising of games[edit]
No More Robots became quickly known amongst the indie game dev community because of their peculiar way of advertising games using Discord, the gaming-based communication platform, in a non linear way, they did what was to be eventually named by Mike Rose himself as Meta Games.[7] Meta Games are small pieces of the universe from the game being advertised in which the participants can act and play in, all that to a single common goal that is usually the release of the game beta and sometimes the game release.In the Meta Games, the participants take decisions and must resolve urgent situations for the game to be able to continue, decisions such as the path that had to be chosen and explored during the Nowhere Prophet Meta Game and situations such as the Merchantsoft Mole that had to be found by a small group of players in a strategic way involving a map during the Hypnospace Outlaw Meta Game.Everytime No More Robots announces a new game they make a meta game to go with it, these meta games are usually such a buzz that only their creation suffice to create a significant player base.
Hypnospace Outlaw Reddit
Games published[edit]
| Year | Title | Genre(s) | Platform(s) | Developer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Descenders | Sports, roguelike | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | RageSquid |
| Not Tonight | Role-playing, simulation | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch | PanicBarn | |
| 2019 | Hypnospace Outlaw | Simulation | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Tendershoot, Michael Lasch, ThatWhichIs Media |
| Nowhere Prophet | Roguelike, deck-building game | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Sharkbomb Studios | |
| 2020 | Family Man | First-person shooter, role-playing | Microsoft Windows | Broken Bear Games |
| Yes, Your Grace | Role-playing | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Brave at Night | |
| 2021 | TombStar[8] | Roguelike, twin-stick shooter | Microsoft Windows | Andy Sum, Marcus Grambau |
References[edit]
- ^Takahashi, Dean (July 27, 2017). 'New U.K. publisher No More Robots will launch Descenders free-riding game'. VentureBeat. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^Handrahan, Matthew (July 25, 2018). 'No More Robots' first year was 'far better than we'd dared to hope for''. Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^'Playing 'Not Tonight' - the dystopian Brexit video game'. BBC. September 19, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^Fogel, Stefanie (January 3, 2019). ''Return of the Obra Dinn' Leads IGF Awards Nominees'. Variety. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^Suther, Austin (July 2019). 'A Look at How Nowhere Prophet Combines Roguelikes and Card Mechanics'. TechRaptor. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^King, Jade (August 28, 2018). 'Family Man is what happens when you put Breaking Bad and RPGs in a blender'. Trusted Reviews. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^Rose, Mike (March 30, 2018). 'How we used Discord to build a dream community for our game Descenders'. Discord Blog. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^Wales, Matt (August 4, 2020). 'Crossy Road developer unveils top-down space Western shooter TombStar'. Eurogamer. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
External links[edit]
- No More Robots on Twitter
Hypnospace Outlaw Soundtrack
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