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RPS interviews Into The Breach’s developer about hurting our feelings
The folks at Subset Games are responsible for the games FTL and its follow-up Into The Breach, which means that they are also responsible for some of the most frustrating yells I've done alone on an airplane. I'm sorry to those around me, but I thought I was going to finally complete a run and then everyone I loved exploded or died from lack of…
Feature: The UI is your greatest weapon
Into the Breach’s interface was a nightmare to make and the key to its greatness
This is The Mechanic, in which Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the difficult journeys they underwent to make the best bits of their games. This time, Into the Breach [official site]. “I think we were resolved to having a UI nightmare from the beginning,” says Matthew Davis, co-designer and programmer of Into the Breach. “When we decided we had to show what every enemy…
Feature: Monstrously clever
Into The Breach: FTL follow-up is smart, tense and surprising
Within a couple of minutes of sitting down with Justin Ma and a build of his new game, Into the Breach [official site], preconceptions are torn to shreds. Ma is one half of the team behind FTL and when Into the Breach was announced, I wasn’t alone in thinking it looked like tactical skirmisher Advance Wars, with added monsters. It is that game, to an…
FTL is out today! At long last. I reckon there'll be a fair few people reading this who are about to receive their first Kickstarted game and that's quite exciting, as is FTL itself. I've already shared some of my thoughts on the beta version but it does seem as if I'd been drinking vinegar that day. Skimming back through my words, I don't seem…
Feature: Asphyxiation Fixation
FTL didn't just have a successful Kickstarter, it was stratospheric. Having asked for enough to finish off their roguelike spaceship sim, the two person development team received enough mony to build an actual interstellar vessel. Thankfully, they stuck around on Earth long enough to finish off the game, which should be out next month. In the meantime, here are my thoughts on the beta.
