By Craig Pearson on February 8th, 2012 at 1:33 pm.
Introversion’s Prison Architect is the mysterious tumour that ate away at Subversion. Wait, that’s a horrible thing to say! Let me get my Men In Black Mind Eraser thing and we’ll pretend I never said – *flash* [Editor's Note - at this point Craig accidentally flashed his own memories. He doesn't know who he is, so we've told him he's Oor Wullie]. Crivens! Thuy sais it’s oot fur a’body aroond September, if yer up for contributin’ tae tha alphu.
Jings, it’s gonna be pure dead brilliunt. Ah game where ye look efter an’ run a gaol. An’ thull evun gie it tae yeh if yer nice an’ pay up tae help fund it. Like yon Minecraft, a’body cun get it ahead ah time, payin’ fur the game tae be devel’pd like. Every so often ye’ll get updates, once uh month or somethin’. Ahm puttin’ it on mah bucket list.
Wanna see thu’ furst trailer again? Aye, I reckon.
Chris an’ Marky boy uh Intravershun telt that PC Gamer place aw aboot it.
08/02/2012 at 13:36 wodin says:
I didn’t understand a word of it..what accent was it????
it also looked like someone was taking in buckets of speed…
08/02/2012 at 13:40 AmateurScience says:
Dundonian! It’s pure braw is it no?
08/02/2012 at 15:11 cornflakes says:
That’s what about a quarter of all UK accents sound like to me when there’s actually audio. Indecipherable. Thank goodness for this texty medium where I can enjoy RPS like anyone else.
Well, except this post. What the hell was that?
08/02/2012 at 17:25 dontnormally says:
If I typed in the way people from where I come speak it would look like this.
08/02/2012 at 21:37 Aklyon says:
Sounds like we’ve got one o the Wee Free Men as as writer here.
08/02/2012 at 13:38 AmateurScience says:
Jings crivens help ma boab! Whars yer bucket Wullie?
08/02/2012 at 13:38 RogB says:
i used to get an Oor Wullie or The Broons book every christmas. Jings, crivvens, and help ma’boab.
08/02/2012 at 13:40 Lambchops says:
Jings! Ye, jist proved mah last statement pure right.
08/02/2012 at 15:55 Ravenholme says:
RPS commenters, I love you all. Never change.
(I grew up reading Oor Wullie and The Broons :3)
08/02/2012 at 17:19 Sassenach says:
Aye, ye ken, but Jimmy?
08/02/2012 at 22:57 The Tupper says:
Aye, butfitlik’ye’ll’uvhadyerteeee?
08/02/2012 at 13:39 Lambchops says:
I never thought I’d see an Oor Wullie reference on an RPS post!
I’m pretty sure a fair few of my fellow Scots will no doubt remember getting Oor Wullie/The Broons annuals when they were wee nippers (The Broons were shite but Oor Wullie i remember more fondly).
08/02/2012 at 13:41 AmateurScience says:
I still get one for my pops every Christmas.
You’re right though, The Broons is pish.
08/02/2012 at 15:56 Ravenholme says:
Yes, the Broons were shite but we read them anyways
09/02/2012 at 05:56 terry says:
The only reason the Broons exists is to shut your wee brother up while you’re reading his Wullie.
08/02/2012 at 13:40 kastanok says:
Oh, those poor poor Americans (and less amusingly, non-English speakers). They won’t have a bally clue.
Interesting to hear of the business model IV are going with this time around. To be honest, whatever they charged I was going to buy it. Still am, for that matter.
It’s of course hard to judge from a trailer but at first glance it doesn’t appear to be lacking any depth, mechanically. The night lighting system is pretty, with those dim light-spots outside.
08/02/2012 at 17:31 Joshua Northey says:
Actually it was pretty straightforward to me and I am from Minnesota, though I have been to the UK twice and am pretty well read.
08/02/2012 at 22:00 Felixader says:
I am from germany and i could make out most of the words meanings. You just have to use your head a bit.
08/02/2012 at 13:41 Craig Pearson says:
… and I’m back to being Glaswegian! Phew!
08/02/2012 at 14:10 mentor07825 says:
Too bad you didn’t flash yourself as a Nac Mac Feegle
08/02/2012 at 14:12 Llewyn says:
<supercilious Englishman>Perhaps the first time in history that that’s been a relief to someone.</supercilious Englishman>
Though with the current weather I think our woolies would have been more useful than Oor Wullie.
08/02/2012 at 17:19 Kdansky says:
Crivens! I was about to make that joke!!
09/02/2012 at 16:27 ColOfNature says:
My condolences.
08/02/2012 at 13:45 Uglycat says:
When I look at the video, I don’t see any wee free men…
08/02/2012 at 13:57 Lambchops says:
Ooh, clever.
08/02/2012 at 14:10 mentor07825 says:
I approve of this reference.
08/02/2012 at 14:09 jrod says:
Strike the earth! Err… Wait, I got confused.
08/02/2012 at 14:27 RogB says:
Strike the guards!
a polished/complete/cutdown DF-a-like can only be a good thing in my book. Its only a matter of time before someone has a go. (though it’ll be much harder to pull off than the countless minecraft clone bandwagon wannabees)
08/02/2012 at 14:12 Khemm says:
Theme Prison?
08/02/2012 at 14:19 TLGAthena says:
Shower block, prison. I presume one of the upgrades is “Extra slippery soap” ?
08/02/2012 at 14:21 db1331 says:
When you first boot up the game, you have to immediately pick a fight with the toughest inmate, or else someone will try to make you their bitch.
08/02/2012 at 14:27 Randomer says:
I’m a bit confused (probably because of the accent). Is it releasing in September, but we can alpha it now (Minecraft style)? Or is it the alpha that’s coming out in September?
08/02/2012 at 14:46 Craig Pearson says:
Sept’s when they hope you can start buying to the alpha.
08/02/2012 at 14:55 Vjaas says:
Agh….jobby.
08/02/2012 at 14:51 Bioluminescence says:
A translation:
“Goodness! They say it will be out for everyone some time around September if you’re interested in contributing to the alpha.
By golly it’s going to be good. A game where you look after a jail. They will even give it to you if you help fund it. In a manner similar to Minecraft, anyone can get the game ahead of time by paying to help the development. They intend to give updates to the game, approximately once a month. It’s certainly going on my wishlist.
Would you like to see the first trailer again? I thought you might.”
08/02/2012 at 14:55 Lev Astov says:
Ohh! I get it now! Gaol=jail. I’ve been so confused by that in English literature in the past, but now that I’ve seen it in some context I can relate to, I get it!
Speaking of relating to things, this game has me so intrigued. I’ll definitely be signing up for the alpha in September. That sure is a long way away, though.
08/02/2012 at 14:55 MythArcana says:
I was incredibly excited about Subversion and incredibly disappointed with that announcement…now I’m a bit reluctant to absorb the gist of this game in the aftermath. Is that wrong?
08/02/2012 at 15:24 Ridnarhtim says:
I didn’t understand anything past halfway through the first paragraph. Google translate didn’t help. Shame, really, I’m sure it was a thrilling article.
08/02/2012 at 16:02 sysdefect says:
Oh man, is this the spiritual Theme Hospital sequel I’ve been dreaming of? There was something ideal about that game, that no other tycoon game managed to recapture. I’ve got bloaty head all down there.
08/02/2012 at 16:29 Torgen says:
Theme Hospital and X-com Enemy Unknown are the two games my wife actually requests I play on the laptop when we’re settling in for the night. She loves to listen to them, and glance over to see what’s happening, even takes an interest in what’s happening.
08/02/2012 at 17:42 Stompywitch says:
Just tell me where I need to send my money, and it’s there.
08/02/2012 at 17:57 wodin says:
My Dad (Now 67) had an Our Wullie annual. He still has it somewhere I used to read it when I was a kid myself. That and his Eagle annual!
08/02/2012 at 18:05 ts061282 says:
Who’s editing this schlock. Accents are not funny in text. In the mean time, zero information is conveyed.Fail post.
08/02/2012 at 18:18 Durkonkell says:
I beg to differ, Sir, Madam or Otherwise.
1. Accents are actually far funnier in text than in reality. Accents are also much harder to understand in reality!
2. I understood that it’s out in September if you contribute to the Alpha, that if you do so you’ll get a copy of the finished game plus monthly or whatever builds. The introversion types spoke to PCG. Also, there’s this trailer from before. Which I think is… more information than zero. Yes, I’m sure of it!
3. Who are you to say ‘fail post’? You who put full stops at the end of questions and fail to put a space between two sentences?
08/02/2012 at 19:41 Craig Pearson says:
Aw, thanks. I also read his post as the gendarme from ‘Allo ‘Allo, just to undermine the rage.
09/02/2012 at 08:40 RogB says:
because of the ‘good moaning’…. ?
/rimshot
09/02/2012 at 16:30 ColOfNature says:
Well done, that man.
08/02/2012 at 18:14 Dreamhacker says:
Glad I’m not the only one who didn’t agree with Introversion canning Subversion.
08/02/2012 at 20:00 buzzmong says:
It’s a shame about Subversion, but this looks really interesting.
Now they’ve kindly done a video and it seems very much Theme Hospital-esque building of the prison followed by managing it, I’m rather keen.
08/02/2012 at 20:33 mixvio says:
Wait so this is graphical Dwarf Fortress, but in a prison setting?
08/02/2012 at 21:26 DrMelon says:
Jings!
08/02/2012 at 23:45 edwardoka says:
JC&HM’B!
The Oor Wullie site is effortlessly the most godawful website I’ve ever seen.
Nice reference though. Can’t believe it’s still going after all this time.
On an only slightly related tangent, did we ever find out where the But’n'Ben was meant to be?
09/02/2012 at 05:58 terry says:
In the Hills, of course!