“I think we tend towards these elements of past experiences that have really shaped or formed us in some ways. It’s too soon to discuss the story or themes, we’re told, but Preston suggests that Breaker will likely follow in Drifter’s footsteps, while reflecting ongoing changes within the team as a whole. “But still, it continues the lineage in a lot of ways.” Preston adds that you won’t need to have played Drifter to know what’s going on. And certainly, there’s an aesthetic and vibe, and the lore of the world that we’re continuing to build off of.” “There will be threads and things for people that have played Drifter, that they will get some value out of for sure. Drifter’s story was told without a single word of dialogue, instead opting for environmental cues, alien text that players needed to translate outside of the game, and occasional cutscenes that blurred the line between things that actually happened to the player character, and their own illness -induced hallucinations.ĭespite this – or, more likely, because of it – players really bought into Drifter’s narrative and, six years on, are still keen to learn more about its world. While Solar Ash was a departure from the Hyper Light universe, Breaker is very much a part of it.
“We’re looking at a group of players that can go out and kill some monsters together.” Because I think on Drifter, after the Kickstarter, we ended up doing something similar on a smaller scale, where we can engage on a regular basis with that particular community.” We want to start talking openly about development, about the process, doing live streams and all sorts of fun stuff like that.
The plan to announce breaker roughly a year before its intended launch on Steam Early Access is a big part of this desire for transparency, and marks a natural progression from Drifter’s early success on Kickstarter. It’s important for us to make sure that we’re releasing content on a more regular basis, and we aren’t locked into a very focused mentality without being super public about it for multiple years on end.” I mean, that is definitely part of it, now that we’ve made that transition into Unreal and built up the technology. We asked Preston if having already made this transition might result in a smoother development cycle for its new 3D game. SpaceX President updates schedule for Starship’s orbital launch debut.NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready for science.If there are Dyson spheres around white dwarfs, we should be able to detect them.Elon Musk's Tesla in Space, Can We Get Better Rocket Fuel, Space Structures | Q&A 183 – Fraser Cain.Mixed-up sunspot emits powerful solar flare.Bats buzz like hornets to scare off owl predators.Moon will turn red during total lunar eclipse this Sunday night.China’s rover makes surprising water discovery at Mars landing site.Utah scientists revive cells in human donor eyes, transforming brain and vision research.Unusual quantum state of matter observed for the first time.Astronomers find ‘gold standard’ star in Milky Way.The ‘sound’ of a black hole has been captured by NASA.Boeing clashes with key supplier ahead of Starliner spacecraft launch.