Swery's Unexpected Lucidity

Posted by nintendoeats (5970 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

I wrote a blog post! But it has images! And I don't want to reformat them! So here is a link!

Its about SWERY's talk at GDC. I wish I could have covered more stuff, but I don't want people TL;DRing it. Oh yes, I totally just verbed an acronym.

Feel free to ask questions about any aspect of the talk here or on the original post. I also have some more pictures of slides, but they don't really make sense without narration.

#1 Edited by nintendoeats (5970 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

I wrote a blog post! But it has images! And I don't want to reformat them! So here is a link!

Its about SWERY's talk at GDC. I wish I could have covered more stuff, but I don't want people TL;DRing it. Oh yes, I totally just verbed an acronym.

Feel free to ask questions about any aspect of the talk here or on the original post. I also have some more pictures of slides, but they don't really make sense without narration.

#2 Posted by LordAndrew (13812 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Unless you're purposely using broken-looking URLs on that site, that link looks broken.

#3 Edited by nintendoeats (5970 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

@LordAndrew: It still works, but I see what you mean. Very odd. I suspect that it is due to my very loose understanding of wordpress. Anyway, I'll change it to a less broken looking URL.

EDIT: Fixed, I had messed up permalink settings. Thanks for pointing that out.

#4 Posted by mazik765 (2284 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Good read. Thanks for that :)

#5 Posted by Example1013 (4428 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

The text on that card is orange. Just to tell you, since you're colorblind.

#6 Posted by nintendoeats (5970 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

@example1013: *sigh* god dammit. I really wish I could see colours properly.

#7 Posted by Example1013 (4428 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

@nintendoeats: At least Giant Bomb is colorblind-friendly!

#8 Posted by MarkWahlberg (3958 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

The extent to which the game mirrored 'real life' was one of the things I really liked about it. You're definitely right about why it works in DP but not in GTA. There's an immersion aspect that counter-acts people getting impatient with doing random shit.

#9 Edited by Spectreman (213 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

(Sorry, wrong post)

#10 Posted by Claude (15850 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Interesting read. I doubt I will play the game as I watched a lot of the dual endurance runs. But I did light up when York did. Kind of funny now that I think about it. Thanks for posting.

#11 Posted by Gamer_152 (13243 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Very interesting stuff. Personally I disagree that the world of Greenvale was as engaging as that of Liberty City, but I certainly agree that there's something to be said for a game that can make experiences within the game world relatable to those of real-life, The Sims for example, was a game that managed to use that idea to fantastic effect. I also agree that the world and characters are as important (if not more important) than the plot of the game, Swery's understanding of this managed to make what could have been a game that nobody would touch with a ten foot barge pole into a title with a genuinely satisfied cult following.

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Deadly Premonition is an open-world comedy-horror game following eccentric FBI Agent Francis York Morgan (and his imaginary friend, Zach) as he investigates a brutal murder in the small town of Greenvale.

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