Carrion Interview - be the monster

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The Game and Leveldesigner Krzysztof Chomicki talks to Game over the unique reverse horror title.

What if you could play a horror game in which you play the monster who eats people alive? With AAS, developer of Phobia Game Studio want to answer this question exactly. It sounds like a unique and exciting premise and combined with its pixel style style and its metroidvania structure. AAS has the potential to be very special. Curious to learn more about the game, we recently sent a few questions to the developers. Read below our conversation with the game and leveldesigner Krzysztof Chomicki.

We were kidnapped by amorphous alien beings and they said to us, Please make a game with us as main characters .

It's a great idea for a game in a horror setting to turn the spit and play the players who make everyone unhappy. How did the concept arose?

We were kidnapped by amorphous extraterrestrial beings and they said to us, Please make a game with us as main characters.

Why did you choose a metroidvania design approach? AAS? Can you mention any games that have been influential lately or otherwise for you?

After we decided how the monster interact with the environment and how it would develop new skills during the game, we recognized which potential gives themselves for the solution of puzzles. It was the logical next step to build the whole world around the progress of skills, and so we finally designed a metroidvania, though something unorthodox.

When it comes to influences, the most obvious is the Metroid and alien vs predator games - for obvious reasons - but when it comes to things like levels - or puzzle design, we should probably mention zelda and seelen series as well as The witness.

Can you talk about the mechanics in the game, to refuse mass and how it interacts with the skills to access the players as monsters?

It is what we call a bulk-based class system. Depending on the current size of the monster, it has access to different skills, most of which have different combat and puzzle solutions. The monster grows by consuming people, but it can also lose mass - either by specifically stored in certain places or by losing his health in the fight. Players need to learn to deal with these mechanisms how big their monster is, and master the challenges that bring the game with them - as big as possible, here is not always the answer.

Can you tell us how the fight will develop during the game when players will gain more forces and become stronger and bigger?

First, the fight with time is more varied, as the players have to actively switch between classes (sometimes even in the middle of the fight) so that they can eventually adapt dynamically to the situation on the battlefield. It's not just about the opponents that they are currently confronted, but also about the active skills available to you.

Second, people quickly find that simple handgun weapons do not offer a chance and begin to use heavier weapons as well as Mechs and automated defense systems.

When it comes to influences, the most obvious are the Metroid and alien vs predator games - for obvious reasons - but when it comes to things like levels or puzzle design, we should probably mention zelda and seelen series as well as The witness.

How was the process to agree on mechanics to find out how the monster fight enemies, pursue his prey and eat their meat? Was there ever the fear that the player could feel overwhelmed?

The process was full of pain and suffering, similar to the process of being eaten by a huge mass of vibrant meat in a lively body (if you need more information, please ask the aliens who kidnapped us, we're going to try these memories suppress). The main problem was that in our view there is hardly a gold standard to play as an amorphous tentacular meat cluster, and there were many attempts and errors. In fact, we still optimize these mechanics as we constantly find new ways to make the experience of heart-resistant and satisfactory.

The card design can change or change a metroidvania title - what can players expect from him? AAS card, in terms of size and variety?

We believe in quality, not quantity, and we wanted the game reflects this. The card is not overwhelming and allows us to provide players a steady influx of new skills, enemies and obstacles that the experience should keep up to date throughout the entire campaign.

We also have taken a few freedoms with the classic metroidvania formula. Given the reverse horror character of the game, we wanted the players to feel the bloody influence they exercise on the world, and decided that - unlike in most metroidvanias outside - all defeated enemies remain dead and even after them left the left Area. This decision has caused us to make the card so that unnecessary backtracking is avoided. We have achieved this by spliting the card in separate, mostly independent zones (which are like a mini-metroidvania for themselves), all of which are connected by one superior. In a way, it resembles the classic zelda surveyed and dungeons formula when they think about it.

In about how long takes an average playing of aas? ****

Hopefully long enough to exceed the Steam reimbursement period!

Search in Next-Gen versions of AAS, especially to get closer to Next-Gen console releases?

Currently we are 100% focused on the platforms of the current generation. A publication of the next generation is out of the question, but would not differ significantly in view of the artistic style and the low hardware requirements of the game. Once you have taken into account the downward compatibility, the main reason for creating these ports is that we earn a few sweet indie-game developers when we have an early release of the next generation.

At the moment we focus 100% on the platforms of the current generation. A period of publication of the next generation is out of the question, but would not differ in any way in the face of the graphic style and the small hardware requirements of the game. Substantial way.

Would you like to tell us something about the game?

If the game sells well enough, maybe we may live again under other people like us on earth. Luckily, our new greerary, additional eyes and diverse thoughts that are associated in a single body help to increase our skills and productivity, so we can encounter any threat, be it a flamewater or a game-design mind, with confidence -Boggler to solve. If that was your last question, then let us go back to our hive so we can continue the game. Or, even better, would you like to come past dinner?