Play.tm interview Blade Interactive's Pete Jones on the developer's ambitious new offering: Hydrophobia.
"Your new game, Hydrophobia, has recently been revealed, can you give us the low-down on what we can expect?
We have assembled a team that comprises some of the industries finest talents to produce a different type of game. We take the view that next-gen isn't about delivering more of the same old games with upgraded graphics - it's about giving the player a whole new experience..."
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
Edgar writes: "Equip your rebreather because in this article we'll take a look at Hydrophobia and water. Lots of water."
What a surprise, I was just searching for this game. I'm honestly quite surprised by the water physics and definitely looking forward to trying it soon.
loved this game/ still play it. The water and atmosphere where stellar and really fun to interact with.
Neil writes: "You may well be keeping the wallet shut until the various big Black Friday deals start to populate around the globe, but no matter what is on the horizon, the Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale carries on regardless. After a rather decent amount of discounts on Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles last time out, the Deals With Gold sale is back once more to deliver a number of games at bargain-basement prices. Is there anything found in the Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale for 13th-19th November 2018 that takes your fancy?"
I can't really think of anything more to say about it. lol
Cant wait for this, fracture, and bioshock.- All very innovative.
"First and most obviously there is the tech - no other game comes close."
I think Irrational(the makers of bioshock) might have something to say about that.
Seem to be the rage these days, all the cool dev's are doing it.
Not all of them though are making sure that the other key components of a good game are present. Water is a cool "feature", if its done really nice you will notice it and then after a while during game play you hardly do.
If its not done properly well it just ruins it, I guess how its actually incorporated into game play mechanics is more important to me.
Thats my 2 cents
I'm ready to see the water demo in 2 weeks!
I find this pretty interesting, they made both console version specifically for the hardware and he answers the question about the difference between 360/PS3 versions: " In short surprisingly little when it comes down to it."
Just because of the above, I bet they get blamed of being noob dev with PS3.
Anyhow, this game really sounds interesting, can't wait for the ingame footage.