John: Like Aubrey says, rather than allowing players to button mash or memorize arbitrary combos, we want them to be able to think their way through their fights. The moves are context sensitive, and so there are still many attack options but they don't require you to memorize a list of moves. Like the Lugaru interface, Overgrowth is designed around the mouse, and it only uses a few buttons.
RPS: How technical a fighting game will it be? If you're someone who struggles at (or can't be bothered to learn), say, Street Fighter IV, are you going to get on with this?Īubrey: If you like games with a lot of complex controller motions and 100 hit combo chains then Overgrowth is probably not the game for you. Additionally, all the editor tools we've built over the past year to enhance our level creation process are getting bundled directly with the game and some fans have already started using the weekly alphas to make their own custom models (like the whale man), construct their own cities and create their own custom animations. We have spent that past year building ourselves a brand new, cutting edge engine that will allow us to revisit the Lugaru universe in much greater detail. David has since graduated from college and now leads a 4-man team. John: Remember, Lugaru was made 6 years ago by our fearless leader David Rosen as a lone high schooler. Blocking and grabbing will be added, as well as a totally revised set of moves which should result in a more balanced and tactical gameplay experience. Oni was one of the core inspirations for Lugaru, and we are planning to experiment and refine things even more with Overgrowth. RPS: What are the key changes/improvements from Lugaru?Īubrey: One of the things we are interested in is improving gameplay ideas from older games that were never fully explored. It is not going to make you walk down narrow pre-determined paths while the game pretends to be a movie. It is not going to have brainless AI that waits for your overpowered character to easily dispatch them. Following the tradition from Lugaru, our goal is to really force players to come up with their own survival combat strategies and tap into their primal kill or be killed instincts.Īubrey: Overgrowth is not going to have gameplay oriented around hiding behind boxes while your health regenerates.
John: Overgrowth is what happens when you mix one cup of Assassin's Creed with a seasoning of Redwall, add a pinch of Donnie Darko and stir it around with a broadsword. People who care about these things will probably like Overgrowth. I don't want to see PC games become marginalized. I miss games made for the mouse and games that are easy to mod. Please, tell 'em why they should care and what this strange and hopefully wonderful animal cruelty-based action game is.Īubrey: PC games are seeing fewer and fewer big releases, especially from American developers. RPS: As we've been a little lax in covering Overgrowth to date, some of our delightful readers may not be aware of it. It's entirely possible that some, all or none of these were dressed as kung-fu rabbits at the time.īefore we begin, here's a sense of what Overgrowth is/will be: I had a quick natter with Aubrey Serr, Wolfire's lead artist and John Graham, Wolfire's self-proclaimed coffee operations officer, about what Overgrowth is, where it's at and the highs and low of self-funded development. Let's correct that now, as it's hard to imagine you lot wouldn't be interested in a videogame about a rabbit roundhouse-kicking wolves. We haven't covered upcoming indie action game Overgrowth much on RPS, which is a sad side-effect of its much-adored precursor Lugaru arriving before the Hivemind had coalesced into being. It's a Thursday afternoon, and that means it's time to talk about cute animals kicking each other to death.
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