Titan Souls: The PS4 hit born from a game jam
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Titan Souls: The PS4 hit born from a game jam
Titan Souls: The PS4 hit born from a game jam
& Acid Nerve
By Ben Sillis
on 3 September 2014
Oh you thought
was hard? Dark Souls 2 was nothing. A walk in the park. A stroll through a haunted house sideshow. If you want a real challenge, just wait until you get your hands on Titan Souls, a viciously hard retro-indie adventure headed to PC,
next year. Don&t be fooled by the charming pixel art: this is a savage challenge that pits you with just one arrow and one hit point against a series of increasingly fantastical, punishing behemoth bosses. Fire it off, and you&ll have to go and retrieve it if you miss. Which you will, over and over. Think Shadow of the Colossus meets Dark Souls meets The Legend of Zelda: Link&s Awakening and you&re not far off.
Surprisingly, what&s most remarkable about this game isn&t the brutal difficulty level, it&s the story behind it. A team of just three, Mark Forster, David Fenn and Andrew Gleeson based in Manchester, England, and Australia, formed Acid Nerve studio after they hit upon the idea for Titan Souls at a game jam, an improv development session where coders have just hours to come up with a new game. As the team packed their bags to catch a flight for the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington, we grabbed a quick word with them to find out how they went from throwaway idea to flagship Sony exclusive in a matter of months.
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Hey guys, what&s the story behind Acid Nerve? How did you guys join forces from across the planet?
Mark Forster, programmer: Two of us are based in Manchester, and had worked together on a couple of jam games and small projects previously. We made a game for Ludum Dare 26 called 'Leaf Me Alone' which won the jam competition. That game was inspired by a game called 'Melodisle' by Andrew Gleeson, so when we were ready to tackle another Ludum Dare we got in touch with him via Twitter and all worked together on the original prototype version of Titan Souls. Andy is based in Australia, so we work together over Skype and shared Google Docs.
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What&s the story behind Titan Souls. Was there a Eureka moment?
Forster: The theme for the Ludum Dare game jam we did was 'You Only Get One', so we decided to have some kind of combat where you'd only get one arrow, and would have to call it back or pick it up again before being able to shoot it.
The Eureka moment in terms of design was when we decided to give the bosses (titans) only one hit point. This made the game really interesting because it eliminates grinding down health bars and let us make a pure experience based on the actions and move sets of the titans. On top of this, making the player also have only one hit point made the game extra tense and punishing, which we enjoyed.
What games inspired you to create Titan Souls? If we had to guess, we&d say Super Meat Boy, Towerfall, Dark Souls and Link&s Awakening.
Forster: Primary inspirations were Shadow of the Colossus (focusing on bosses) and Dark Souls (subtle storytelling and roll-dodging). Although aesthetically there are clear nods to a number of inspirations, the core gameplay is actually pretty unique and mostly came about as a result of our experimentation with the 'You Only Get One' jam theme.
How long have you been working on the game for? Have any of you given up day jobs to pursue your goal?
Forster: Making Titan Souls is our day job! Publisher Devolver Digital picked it up after the jam version got a bunch of coverage online and they've funded development throughout. We've been working on it for around nine months now. Prior to this, we were working on our own projects, day jobs and Andy had just finished college.
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Will the player pick up any more weapons along the way? How will you keep the gameplay fresh as you progress?
Forster: The central mechanics of the game stay you don't get any more weapons, abilities or powers. You only ever have one arrow and one hit point. This is quite an important aspect of the game's design, as we're focusing on the player's own improvement in skill and knowledge of Titans' behaviour, as opposed to artificially overcoming challenges via stat increases and new weapons. It also allows us to be completely open with the game&s structure, giving the player full freedom to explore and tackle the game in any order. Gameplay is varied via the Titans themselves, each of which is completely unique in its behaviour, move-set and weakness.
Is there an incentive not to die? Will you be handicapped by being killed, and how quickly do you respawn?
Forster: If you die you are taken back to the nearest respawn point and have to walk, run and roll your way back to the Titan's lair. This is the punishment for death & if you die you're going to lose time having to run back to engage & so you'd want to prioritise survival over rushing in and getting killed while trying to take down a Titan.
We have to ask - any plans for an Easy mode?
Forster: The closest thing to an easy mode will be the 'Quit Game' option!
Where do the ideas for each of the titans draw from, and how long does each battle take?
Forster: Length of battles can vary wildly. It pretty much depends on the player's skill and knowledge of the fight. Some can be over in seconds if the player knows exactly what they&re doing and have the precision and timing to pull off the fastest kill. Whilst playing through for the first time, players will probably die often while learning how to survive the fight and kill the Titan. Ideas usually start from either interesting use of the arrow mechanics or crazy doodles of strange creatures. We let our imaginations run wild and pretty much try any crazy ideas we can think of, see if they're fun, then expand them into full fights.
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The pixel art for the game looks incredible - what influences do you draw from?
Forster: Andy (artist) is influenced by a lot of pixel artists and older games. The most notable influences stem from
on the SNES and the feel of the washed-out world presented in Shadow of the Colossus.
The soundtrack snippets you&ve posted are mesmerising. Who&s in charge of the sonicscape?
David Fenn: We wanted the music to set the tone for the lonely, desolate place in which the player finds themselves, and contrast that with bigger, more intense compositions for the Titan battles. Each Titan has a unique track so there&s a very broad range of musical styles throughout the game to match the mood and pace of the fights.
You guys are planning on hitting desktop, PS4 and Vita first. Why those platforms?
Forster: Sony has made it really easy for independent developers to develop for their consoles and publish on PSN. Primarily, development is done for desktop, then ported to consoles.
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If the game is a success, do you see Nintendo 3DS, Xbox or Wii U ports down the line? What about Ouya?
Forster: There are no plans for those at the moment but who knows what will happen in the future.
Tell us something nobody knows about the game&s development.
Forster: Ninety percent of development time is spent arguing about colours.
We have to ask: is multiplayer ever a consideration? Could it ever work?
Forster: We have thought about multiplayer but it wouldn't really work well with the central mechanics of the single arrow, plus we'd rather focus on delivering a great single player experience without dividing our attention on other game modes.
Titan Souls is due out early 2015.
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看过老E玩过
英文名字是？
手残玩不起
昨天买了，就买一个本体
谢谢安利。一会去看看。
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看老E通关了，没有勇气尝试
第一个打半天没打过去~~难道我已经手残癌晚期了？
手残党就看看
去你大爷的破壁游戏，超辣鸡操作手感，我昨晚打冰块死了八十三次，直接砸掉手柄
三秒一个boss的一秒躺游戏日 22时02分55秒
喜欢这个可以去玩旺达与巨像
买买买！为什么要我剁手！！！！
加一。。。我今天买的停不下来了
说实话，17块钱哪怕是手残就当光买音乐也是超值了
感谢楼主提醒 上次看到坏孩子推荐 感觉不错
不知道啥时候加过了...
看评价，好多3-5小时就通关的
珍藏版包括全部的dlc吗？
感觉手残玩不来看大pi和老E玩过
刚买还没下呢
有汉化用吗
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美刀原价入的
这游戏卡在雪地过不去了
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游戏名称:泰坦之魂
英文名称:Titan Souls
游戏类型:动作游戏ACT
制作公司:Acid Nerve
发行公司:Devolver Digital
游戏平台:PC PSV PS4
语言版本:英文
【游戏介绍】
　　在《泰坦灵魂》当中，玩家将探索自己祖先的远古废墟，并发现超过20种巨大并独特的泰坦巨人，每一个都有独特的攻击方式和弱点。玩家需要做的就是找到他们的弱点并将其击败来获得存在他们体内的远古神力。是不是很有《旺达与巨像》的感觉？
& &　游戏力求的是简单操作，玩家的攻击并没有多样绚丽的武器和魔法，有的只是一把弓箭。将箭射向敌人后还需要将其召唤回来。所以多数时间都需要出众的躲避技巧来闪躲泰坦巨人的攻击。
【游戏截图】
【游戏配置】
& & Minimum:
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& && &&&Processor: 2.0 Ghz i5 or better
& && &&&Memory: 4 GB RAM
& && &&&Graphics: 1GB Video RAM
& && &&&DirectX: Version 10
& && &&&Hard Drive: 400 MB available space
& && &&&Additional Notes: PlayStation 4 or Xbox 360 Gamepad Recommended
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那麼快??????????????
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這~~好東西阿一定要頂上去才行感謝分享
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