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Some pictures taken at Hits Playtime’s Demonight last thursday!

Quelques photos prises à la Demonight organisée par Hits Playtime jeudi dernier !

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Long story, alright, but a story about you and a hero

In a Guy and his Hero, you play as a god-like entity, or more exactly as a “good fortune” in order to help a hero in his quest. Following the hero from above, you can open him a path, or look at him trying on his own without interfering. His journey will lead him through different levels, each of them consisting of a unique board having its own visual and sound identity. The game reminds of board games or even the childish figurine games you could imagine when you were younger, except that this is real thanks to Virtual Reality from the HTC Vive headset. The experience lies somewhere between the adventure, puzzle and god-game style. It is designed to be understood and mastered in ten minutes by a casual player, who may not have tried the HTC Vive experience before. Controls are intuitive and the different contextual actions are balanced between fun, challenge and accessibilty.

Using the HTC Vive remotes as your own hands, you can easily open roofs, handle objets or unfold rooms as if buildings were doll houses. These manipulations are at the core of an instinctive gameplay based on actions you would do in the real world. In order to avoid motion sickness and to make the board easier to approach, we designed an innovative way to move around it without teleporting called rectangular gain. It is easy to apprehend and it works even if your play area is smaller than the board.

As explained below, the game is divided in different levels, each represented by a board with a different environnement. Our graphic designer Alexandre decided to turn this board constraint in a feature of its artistic direction : every level is an island inspired by the Mediterranean environment, its buildings, shapes and colors ! To make it short, A Guy and his Hero is an intuitive experience in VR, accessible to everyone from teenagers to board game nostalgics. It leads you into the quest of a hero you will soon love and want to help really bad ! :) Follow us on Tumblr, Facebook & our Youtube channel to see more exclusive content of the game ! Greetings, A Team and its Game

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Et allez, on met en avant 3 points cools du jeu !

1. La gravité radiale : tout tourne autour des vortex, vous et les plateformes. De quoi faire tourner les têtes,... HUMOUR ! 2. La difficulté élevée : die & retry où vous allez beaucoup mourir. Genre beaucoup. 3. Jouer le méchant : vous incarnerez Dhaï. Et c’est le pas gentil. Du coup c’est sympa de courser le gentil, pour se venger et tout.

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So, we're highlighting 3 cool things about the game!

1. The radial gravity: everything turns around the vortices, you and the platforms. Head spitting material,... HAHA! 2. The high difficulty: trial and error game where you’ll die a lot. Like, a lot. 3. Be the bad guy: you’ll play as Dhaï. And he’s not the good guy. So yeah it’s kinda cool to run after the good guy, get revenge and all.

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First screenshots versus last ones! The Alpinist is coming from a long way!

Premiers screenshots versus de derniers ! The Alpinist revient de loin!

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Introducing some gameplay mechanics :)

Z. can of course move, she can climb using different gear and she can throw diverse objects to unlock the path!

Follow us on twitter for gif in better quality!

Nous vous présentons quelques mécaniques de gameplay :)

Z. peut évidemment se déplacer, elle peut grimper en utilisant différents équipements et elle peut lancer divers objets pour débloquer la voie !

Suivez-nous sur twitter pour des gifs en meilleure qualité !

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And here’s the cool thing we announced: a first trailer!

Et voilà la chose cool que nous vous avons annoncée : un premier trailer !

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Concept The Alpinist is a 2D narrative contemplative platformer. We play as Z., a woman climbing a mountain following a tragic event. During this initiatory journey, discover her story and learn more about mountain climbing, nature and wildlife.

Gameplay Z., our main character, can walk, run, jump, climb with ice axes and a rope and light the way with lights. These objects represent most of her equipment, but her inventory also counts other items, which serve the narration.

Graphic intentions Our artistic direction takes root as well in painting as in animation movies and video games.

Our backgrounds are conceived in 2D for a 3D canvas in Unity3D. They are voluntarily realist and entrain a huge amount of researches to give them credibility and character.

The animals and the main character are almost flat, to bring them out more compared to the backgrounds, in line with several 2D animation movies.

The UI/UX design is minimalist so it can leave the place to the game visuals.

Regarding our musical orientation, we are between, in an ambiance style, folk and country. The evolution of the atmosphere during the game is marked by a more relaxing passage to something more oppressing before the final appeasement.

Concept The Alpinist est un jeu de plateforme en 2D contemplatif et narratif. Nous y incarnons Z., une alpiniste grimpant une montagne à la suite d’un événement tragique. Pendant son voyage initiatique, découvrez son histoire et apprenez-en plus sur l'escalade, la nature et la faune sauvage.

Gameplay Z., notre personnage principal, est capable de marcher, courir, sauter, escalader aux piolets et à la corde, lancer des objets et s’éclairer à l’aide fusées. Ces objets représentent l’essentiel de son équipement, mais son inventaire compte également d’autres items, nécessaires à la narration.

Direction artistique Notre direction artistique a été aussi bien inspirée par la peinture que par des films d’animations et des jeux vidéo.

Nos décors sont conçus en 2D pour un environnement 3D. Le traité se veut volontairement réaliste et entraîne un travail colossal de recherche pour leur donner de la crédibilité et du caractère.

Les animaux et le personnage principal sont traités plus en aplats, afin de les faire ressortir par rapport au décor, dans la lignée de nombreux films d’animations 2D. 

Notre UI/UX est quant à elle minimaliste afin de laisser toute la place aux visuels du jeu.

Concernant notre orientation musicale, nous nous situons, dans un style d’ambiance, entre les musiques folk et country. L’évolution de l’atmosphère, au cours du jeu, est marquée par un passage du plus relaxant vers quelque chose de plus oppressant, avant l’apaisement final.

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Today, William explains us the developement of The Alpinist :)

Aujourd’hui, William nous explique le développement de The Alpinist :)