Spearhead Games, developer of Tiny Brains, is working on a new game called Project Cyber, and they're reaching out to the community to help develop it. In this interview, Gaming Trend talks to Spearhead co-founder Simon Darveau about Project Cyber and the choice to pursue an open development process.
From GI.Biz: "At The Game Awards 2020, Darwin Project developer Scavengers Studio revealed a beautiful, compelling, and very different new title: Season. A young woman leaves her secluded community to explore the world for the first time, documenting her experiences on a cross-country bike ride, and slowly uncovering the mystery of a recurring cataclysm that has halted the world's ability to progress.
Following the announcement, Season was lauded on social media following for its beauty, its premise, and its promise of a diverse and interesting cast of characters. But according to a number of current and former employees of Scavengers Studio, the game's cozy pitch is dramatically at odds with the work environment of the studio behind it."
App Trigger: "We ran into Simon Darveau, creative director of The Darwin Project at E3 2017's Xbox showcase. Here's what he had to say about the game."
This game looked quite interesting at E3 but that loud as esports commentator ruined everything.
Team TerraBite, a student team from Dundee’s Abertay University, have won this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup UK in the Gaming category with their Kinect 2 puzzle game Project Cyber. They also won the People’s Choice award in the Gaming category.
Community-driven development has worked pretty well for games like Shadow of the Avatar. It could totally work here.
Tiny Brains is averaging 64 on Metacritic. Looks like they need the community's help because they can't make a decent game themselves.
Nice idea, provides you of what the community, an excellent form of communication by the developer.