The Indie Game Magazine June 2015 | Issue 50 | Page 12

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game where
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on
the character to
chart what was hitting
n by a crea- acters; To do
e wasn’t just abou
lif
w the actions take
was about ho
ng begat so means difcause damage; it
ilosophical beginni
and effort. This ph
ey were ferent methods
ture take energy
2013, and while th
e Global Game Jam
game un- of combat, not
an entry into th
ed working on the
e Amiable continu
to realize all of which can
still students, Th
d be the best way
a Kickstarter woul
to show reliably be tied to
til they decided
, they were invited
etely. In April 2014
, and the one power source.
their vision compl
Indie MINIBOOTH
East as part of the
Tetrapulse at PAX
e.
,
s was quite notabl
Even with this change
response from pres
simple. 2-4 or perhaps especially
lay is rather
Tetrapulse’s gamep
ing the Relic while
nsport
e player to
The concept behind
ust protect and tra
because of it, defend
is too much for on
e multiplayer) m
one), while making it to the end of the level
co-op or onlin
artst
r as well as
players (in
ally known as the He
t protect each othe
called a Relic (origin
e Relic at all handle on their own. Teams mus
comes in
oy th
something
fety. The challenge
that wish to destr
a weapon, the stone in order to make it to sa
enemy Robobugs
fired
employ in
fending off
every time players
which tactic they ’ll
y, the catch was that
enishes this coordinating players to decide
pl
pulse all
costs. Initiall
ed. The Relic then re
e characters in Tetra
actual life force drain
plenish lost order to accomplish their task. Th
eir planet
also re
a bit of their
one goal: To save th
initial purpose (to
nt status as come from different places, with
on contact, but its
curre
sed on the
lost life up
was changed to the
of the game are ba
from the life force)
thinking that from the Robobugs. The levels
me
with their
ammunition
sign change has so
am member hails,
aling source. This de
eam, but the environments from which each te
str
acters and
a simple he
to become more main
ked about the char
are trying very hard
varied set of own unique challenges. When as
The Amiable
to have a more
on is that they hope
officially-given reas

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