Added: 04.09.2014 17:00 | 0 views | 0 comments

The nameless, voiceless protagonist of Capybara's top-down

With the nature of Below's environments, and your characters' reasons for being there, shrouded in ambiguity, Vella believes thoughtful players will find it gratifying to come up with their own narrative threads. "We're trying to ask questions, more than give players answers," he continues. "We're trying to trust them to figure out and explore--even the controls. Even the menus. Even the inventory. But also, explore the entire world. It ruins what we're trying to do if we tell people for example to 'Go over there' and 'Press that button.'" It's an approach that Vella says is only possible due to the studio's self-funded nature. Beneath that ambiguity, however, is a clear purpose--along with an actual end to the narrative. Vella concludes, with a twinkle in his eye: "I'll put a bracket around an 's' and a question mark--so maybe there are 'end(s)?'"

Added: 04.09.2014 17:00 | 1 views | 0 comments

The nameless, voiceless protagonist of Capybara's top-down

With the nature of Below's environments, and your characters' reasons for being there, shrouded in ambiguity, Vella believes thoughtful players will find it gratifying to come up with their own narrative threads. "We're trying to ask questions, more than give players answers," he continues. "We're trying to trust them to figure out and explore--even the controls. Even the menus. Even the inventory. But also, explore the entire world. It ruins what we're trying to do if we tell people for example to 'Go over there' and 'Press that button.'" It's an approach that Vella says is only possible due to the studio's self-funded nature. Beneath that ambiguity, however, is a clear purpose--along with an actual end to the narrative. Vella concludes, with a twinkle in his eye: "I'll put a bracket around an 's' and a question mark--so maybe there are 'end(s)?'"