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Harvey Smith and Ricardo Bare announce new studio Black Pony Immersive today
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Harvey Smith and Ricardo Bare announce new studio Black Pony Immersive today

"Through the looking glass, we’re chasing a dream of mystery, meaning, and creative play."

Harvey Smith, Ricardo Bare, Ben Horne, two former Ion Storm Austin / three former Arkane Austin developers announce new studio Black Pony Immersive today.

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Rock Paper Shotgun: "Through the looking glass": as Arkane fight for their future, Dishonored veteran Harvey Smith reveals new studio dedicated to immersive sims

GI.biz: "We chose the worst time in history" – Harvey Smith on starting his own studio after Arkane

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Andy Lemoine: Harvey Smith: World Building & Research (including a list of indie immersive sims that I recommended at the end)

The Game Business (Christopher Dring): Arkane veterans Harvey Smith and Ben Horne reunite: “We’re going back to the games we love”

u/Sinnoware — 1 day ago
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Thief Gold has joined GOG Preservation Program

Adim from GOG breaks down how this 1998 classic redefined the stealth and immersive sim genres, and highlights all the modern enhancements, community mod integrations, and quality-of-life updates packed into this new release.

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u/Sinnoware — 24 days ago
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OBVERSE - Vertical Slice Demo Playthrough

OBVERSE is a problem-solving stealth-action immersive sim that is inspired by Prey (and caught Prey's creative director's attention). I tried the early demo and here's what I have to share.

The game sets in a secret underground research facility like many sci-fi games, player explore and discover, solve puzzles and overcome obstacles, outsmart robots and drones through stealth or combat, read notes to piece together the full picture.

This demo has all the standard immersive sim stuff, crate-stacking, vent-crawling, security-hacking, stealth-action, etc. What sets it apart is the hidden circuit puzzle layer, in which the player has to control the flow of signals.

You may need to find resources like laser cutter ammo to cut open vent covers to access new areas, or batteries to generate power signals; the appliance end could be a locked door, an unpowered computer, or a light bulb, which you can turn on for easier exploration or turn off to achieve better stealth.

Batteries and appliances may require signals of different color codes. In the demo, there's a tool that you can place onto circuit nodes to mix colors. More tools are currently in-game but unavailable. I look forward to a variety of more challenging puzzles.

The hidden circuit layer is laid out over the whole level, so the player has to do all those forementioned puzzle-solving while having stealth-action dynamics with the security measures. It's slightly on the harder side, but genuinely a fun experience.

For more gameplay details, please watch my demo playthrough video to find out yourself if you're interested in this game: OBVERSE - Vertical Slice Demo Playthrough

The developer(s): u/eagle_bearer

Wishlist here: OBVERSE on Steam

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u/Sinnoware — 25 days ago
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Sinnoware Revisiting Arkane & Wolfeye Games

I revisited every game* from Arkane and Wolfeye studios, and picked one gameplay segment from each game.

(*Excluding: Ravenholm, LMNO, The Crossing, KarmaStar, BioShock 2, The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches, Dunwall City Trials, Mooncrash, Youngblood, Cyberpilot VR, TranStar VR, Typhon Hunter.)

This is a simple showcase that highlights the immersive sim design philosophy as well as some random yet fun experiments.

Turn on closed captions for gameplay explanations and funny conversations. Enjoy!

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u/Sinnoware — 2 months ago
▲ 253 r/Thief+1 crossposts

Thick As Thieves gameplay on Master Thief difficulty.

u/Sinnoware — 3 months ago
▲ 1.3k r/dishonored+2 crossposts

Raf Colantonio's message to immersive sim fans.

"Hello, fans of the immersive sims.

I have seen so much love for Prey and Dishonored lately on X that it made me want to play the original Dishonored. It has been almost 14 years that I haven't played this game. And as I'm playing it, I'm recording, there's gonna be maybe about 10 episodes. I'll release them pretty soon. I've invited the original team, and so together we're having a lot of fun commemorating all those moments of… some of it was pain, and some of it was fun.

The point is, I was thinking, I've seen so much nostalgia, so many questions online about will we ever see games like this again, sequels? And the thing is, I don't know about sequels. This is not in my hands. But if you look at those games, like Prey or Dishonored, they're not the same game but they share a spirit, they share a DNA. And what I can assure you is that whatever Arkane is working on is probably gonna be sharing some of the DNA, whatever we at WolfEye are working on, we'll probably share some of that DNA, and same for Harvey Smith with his new team.

So my point is, the fans should rejoice, because the spirit goes on. And you will see more games in that vein."

u/Sinnoware — 3 months ago
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Deathloop - 9 ways to solve a simple Field Nullifier puzzle.

  1. Delivery Booth + Crank Wheel (flood the area in the afternoon and the water freezes in the evening)
  2. Strelak Sapper Charge (hand grenade)
  3. Shoot or hack the Field Nullifier through a hole in the wall covered with wooden planks (Heritage Gun Arsenal Lead)
  4. Hackamajig + Extended Signal Trinket (extend the hacking distance)
  5. Drain the Field Nullifier's battery by repeatedly using powers on its shield
  6. Spiker + Lights Out perk (temporarily shuts down turrets)
  7. Rapier + More Bang perk (bullet explodes on impact)
  8. Spiker + Wait For It perk (bullet explodes after a delay)
  9. Heritage Gun + Inferno perk (one mode shoots buckshot, the other mode shoots gas slugs; buckshot detonates the gas cloud)
u/Sinnoware — 3 months ago
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The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot launch trailer (Dark Messiah-inspired immersive sim)

A first-person action game, inspired by Dark Messiah, that provides various ways for defeating your enemies, with weaponry, magic, stealth, or clever tactics like kicking them into deadly spikes.

Explore a handcrafted campaign filled with unique levels, absurd situations, and a stupid story that starts with rescuing a princess and quickly goes very, very wrong.

The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot on Steam (Demo Available)

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u/Sinnoware — 3 months ago
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Noirmancer Gameplay Trailer (noir supernatural stealth immersive sim)

Noirmancer is an in development supernatural stealth game in which you use powers like the ability to turn to mist, shrink tiny, and erase memories to infiltrate businesses and investigate the secrets they're hiding.

Rock Paper Shotgun: Thief, Dishonored and Philip Marlowe combine in Noirmancer, a stealth sim that lets you wipe minds with a snap of your fingers

Noirmancer on Steam

Noirmancer (Alpha Demo) on Itch.io

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u/Sinnoware — 3 months ago
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A Twitter user itsmebelb posted a screenshot of Dishonored on April 26 (xcancel link), and it has led to Dishonored being trending on the platform again for a few days and gotten acknowledgement from co-creative director Raf Colantonio, game systems designer Dinga Bakaba, and lead concept artist Jean-Luc Monnet.

To everyone's surprise, Raf Colantonio has never played the retail version of Dishonored. Earlier today, Raf teased a developer commentary walkthrough of the final release with co-creative director Harvey Smith (xcancel link), potentially inviting Knife of Dunwall / Brigmore Witches creative director Ricardo Bare and Dinga Bakaba as well after being suggested.

https://preview.redd.it/hhr9qa9taoyg1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=37b6e0c66898a5198480f241381be1d31f7bffcc

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u/Sinnoware — 4 months ago