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Comme Atom RPG (ou Krai Mira avant lui), Encased semble à la fois s'inspirer et vouloir rendre hommage aux premiers opus de la licence Fallout. Ce sera donc un fallout-like isométrique avec des combats au tour par tour. Il est développé par le studio Russe Dark Crystal Games, dont certains des membres ont travaillé sur Divinity : Original Sin 1 & 2. Pour l'instant, Encased est annoncé pour début 2019.

Il n'y a pas encore de vidéo disponible.

 

Site officiel : http://darkcrystalgames.com/

 

Le lore est encore mal définit. Une chose semble certaine, "CRONUS" - dont le nom signifie "Committee on Researching of Objects of Non-Usual Source" -  est une société qui, dans se description, ressemble pas mal à la société Vault Tec d'avant l'apocalypse.

 

Etant abonné aux news du studio Dark Crystal Games, j'ai récemment reçu un mail fort sympathique, présentant un échange de mail entre un militaire haut gradé et un médecin, tous deux employés de la société CRONUS.

Voici l'échange en question :

 

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From: Henry Sears (hjsears!MAIL-3244-BlackWing)
Subj: "Re: Private Frank Cabbot"

<Attached message is hidden>

Greetings, doc!

I was informed that you had expanded F. Cabbot’s stay in the hospital. You have previously specified the “dehydration” diagnosis in his profile and promised me he will be back in action by the beginning of the week. I have to know the reasons.

Black Wing Master Sergeant,
Henry Sears.

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From: Djinhee Kim (dkim!MAIL-3242-WhiteWing)
Subj: "Re: Re: Private Frank Cabbot"

Hello.

Private Cabbot is currently undergoing the rehabilitation course with our psychiatrist. The specified diagnosis is “severe clinical depression”. I’m sorry, but with such a diagnosis your employee will hardly be back in action in the near future.

D. Kim.

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From: Henry Sears (hjsears!MAIL-3244-BlackWing)
Subj: "Re: Re: Re: Private Frank Cabbot"

<Attached message is hidden>

A depression?! You think my soldier is some kind of an hysterical school girl? I’ve got half of the squad left, and I am not going to muck about with bozos.

Black Wing Master Sergeant,
Henry Sears.

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From: Djinhee Kim (dkim!MAIL-3242-WhiteWing)
Subj: "Re: Re: Re: Re: Private Frank Cabbot"

Hello.

Mister Sears, please refrain from sexist statements. The depression is a mental disorder, not a whim.

Frank Cabbot spends up to 20 hours round the clock staring at the wall of the ward without moving. He is also constantly crying. There have been successful self-harm attempts, so we had to cuff him. General mental condition of Frank Cabbot is considered critical and this is very weird: we are using relevant medication to suppress his anxiety, but it simply doesn’t help.

D. Kim.

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From: Djinhee Kim (dkim!MAIL-3242-WhiteWing)
Subj: "Private Frank Cabbot, casualty"

Hello.

Mister Sears, I have to inform you that private Cabbot committed a suicide tonight: he wrapped the chain of his cuffs around his neck and hung himself on his own hand. I am very sorry. On behalf of our hospital I apologize for this dramatic accident.

Standard protocols oblige me to request your permission to dissect Frank Cabbot’s body in order to examine his brain. It is extremely important to our specialists to figure out why Cabbot didn’t respond to medication.

D. Kim.

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From: Henry Sears (hjsears!MAIL-3244-BlackWing)
Subj: "Re: Private Frank Cabbot, casualty"

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Understood. Permission granted.

Black Wing Master Sergeant,
Henry Sears.

 

 

Le mail ne contenait aucun lien, mais a éveillé ma curiosité. En cherchant "CRONUS Foundation" (adresse de l'expéditeur), j'ai pu trouver le site de (la société fictive) CRONUS Foundation.

https://cronus.darkcrystalgames.com/

Il y a un message d'accueil concernant l'obéissance à CRONUS, ce qui m'a fait penser à "l'Ordinateur" dans le jdr papier Paranoïa...

 

Actuellement, la page affiche un questionnaire de personnalité qu'il est possible de compléter. Il n'est pas long, mais une solide maîtrise de l'anglais est nécessaire pour le remplir (il y a de l'argot). Afin de ne pas fausser le résultat pour les dévs, veuillez donc vous abstenir si vous ne comprenez pas les réponses.

 

Cet article continue en masqué afin de ne pas vous spoiler le questionnaire et ses aboutissants.

 

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A la fin du test, l'utilisateur est classé dans l'une des 6 catégories, semblant représenter un "département" de la société CRONUS.

 

Forms submitted by candidates: 319

 

Black Wing: 71

Blue wing: 69

Orange wing: 51

Silver wing: 74

White wing: 54

 

Sur le forum de la communauté, qui est accessible via le site officiel de Dark Crystal Studios, on trouve un minimum d'informations concernant ces départements :

 

Black Wing       = service de sécurité militarisé

Blue Wing         = constructeurs et ingénieurs

Orange wing    = hors la loi et criminels ("CRONUS croit que chacun a droit à une seconde chance")

Silver Wing       = développement commercial, ventes et marketing

White Wing      = scientifiques et médecins

 

Mon résultat, sans grande surprise, me convient : Orange.

 

 

La première fois que j'ai entendu parler de Encased, j'étais sceptique. Les seules images disponibles donnaient l'impression que le jeu voulait trop s'inspirer du design des premiers Fallout. Depuis, le peu qui a été révélé sur le lore a éveillé mon enthousiasme.
Le classement par couleur me fait (une deuxième fois) penser à l'univers de Paranoïa. Les intitulés des "Wing" fait très culture d'entreprise. Par exemple, le "service de sécurité militarisé" ne se nomme pas bêtement "les militaires"...

Il se pourrait qu'on ait le droit à une sorte de Shinra de Fallout VII - entreprise toute puissante - mais sous couverture dystopique. Une description qui s'approche encore plus proche de la compagnie Omnicorp et de sa filiale OCP dans Robocop... Oui je sais, j'étale ma science.
 

Il me semble qu'il y a un sacré potentiel pour du bon jeu de rôle.

A suivre, donc.

 

 

Ça ma l'air plutôt bon tout ça, je n'ai jamais backer, mais ça me donne très envie, sirtout si inspiré d'un livre  ! 

 

Bonne chance au dev, très probable qu'il fasse partie de ma bibliothèque à sa sortie 

On 10/13/2018 at 8:32 AM, Kims said:

Ça ma l'air plutôt bon tout ça, je n'ai jamais backer, mais ça me donne très envie, sirtout si inspiré d'un livre  ! 

 

Bonne chance au dev, très probable qu'il fasse partie de ma bibliothèque à sa sortie 

It's ok) you also can just add Encased to your wishlist in steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_a_scifi_postapocalyptic_RPG/

Check out our latest update:
Encased #Kickstarter Update #24: 48 hours to go and the Fallen Fortress is Funded!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkcrystalgames/encased-old-school-isometic-turn-based-rpg/posts/2315103

Free play mode is FUNDED!

We are getting closer to the stretch goal #3 Upgradable Mobile HQ Ursula!

If you don't know what it is, check out KS Update #17 where it was first time introduced 

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkcrystalgames/encased-old-school-isometic-turn-based-rpg/posts/2305805

 

I think "Player Vehicles" (130'000$) is the best strech goal. We need it ! It would be a pity if not. I hope you will reach 130'000$ ... Hum, 130'001$ ("1 combond encounter" strectch goal).

 

One question for @Cronus Employee : the english used in the kickstarter campaign is sometimes a little clumsy. A lot of games are ruined by that. Are you going to hire a real english speaker for the game ?

 

Hi there, we just launch AMA with Encased developers!

Time to Ask Us Anything

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9oh...n_the_times_of/

 

3 hours ago, Dr Gast said:

One question for @Cronus Employee : the english used in the kickstarter campaign is sometimes a little clumsy. A lot of games are ruined by that. Are you going to hire a real english speaker for the game ?

Yep, for sure, after Kickstarter we'll hire Narrator) we are a small indie studio from Russia, and now we translate all by our self) 

il y a une heure, Cronus Employee a dit :

Yep, for sure, after Kickstarter we'll hire Narrator) we are a small indie studio from Russia, and now we translate all by our self)  

I really hope that english will be better than what we have seen so far during the campaign. There are some nice russian post-apo games, but the vast majority are spoiled by bad english translation. In addition, good english translation is required to translate correctly into other languages. Please, hire the best skilled person(s) you can.

 

WE VERY CLOSE! Just one thousand more till SG3! 5 hours left to go!

Can we crack another stretch goal before time runs out? Let's bite all the nails!

 

 

New concept-art of Ursula

@Cronus Employee  I'm sad that the "Player Vehicles" stretch goal couldn't be reached. Maybe you could continue the financing on your official website, via paypal ?

 

22 hours ago, Dr Gast said:

@Cronus Employee  I'm sad that the "Player Vehicles" stretch goal couldn't be reached. Maybe you could continue the financing on your official website, via paypal ?

 

Yep, we already started. We set up pre-order button on our Kickstarter page.

Cool !

 

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Dr Gast  -->  Je suis déçu que le strech goal "Player Vehicles" n'ait pas pu être atteint. Peut-être pouriez-vous continuer le financement sur votre site internet, via paypal ?

 

Cronus Employee --> Oui, nous avons déjà commencé.  Nous avons placé un bouton de précommande sur la page Kickstarter.

 

Hi there!

 

It's DarkCrystalGames with great news!

It's been a while time since we make the last update, but don't worry development don't stop for a day, and today we post our first after Kickstarter update!

 

Encased Kickstarter Update #28: First rewards, new monsters and pre-order

 

 

And don't forget to follow our socials:
1. https://twitter.com/DarkCrystal_HQ
2. https://www.facebook.com/darkcrystalhq/
3. https://discord.gg/kfq83XC
4. https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_a_scifi_postapocalyptic_RPG/

Modifié le 4 décembre 20187 a par Cronus Employee

A small tribute from our artist on the armor in the original Fallout

 

And the extra boost to karma for subscribing to our socials  :
1. https://twitter.com/DarkCrystal_HQ
2. https://www.facebook.com/darkcrystalhq/
3. https://discord.gg/kfq83XC
4. https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_a_scifi_postapocalyptic_RPG/

OMG! This is priceless ! So much love in this !!

Keep up the good work guys, and don't hesitate to contact us anytime.

 

On 12/15/2018 at 10:02 AM, HawK-EyE said:

OMG! This is priceless ! So much love in this !!

Keep up the good work guys, and don't hesitate to contact us anytime.

 

Thank you guys) love your community) sorry that we keep silence long time, all stuff focus on the development)  

 

Encased Kickstarter Update #29 is ready! Today we will talk about the architecture under the Dome.

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkcrystalgames/encased-old-school-isometic-turn-based-rpg/posts/2373607

 

 

And the extra boost to karma for subscribing to our socials :D :
1. https://twitter.com/DarkCrystal_HQ
2. https://www.facebook.com/darkcrystalhq/
3. https://discord.gg/kfq83XC
4. https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_a_scifi_postapocalyptic_RPG/

Modifié le 20 décembre 20187 a par Cronus Employee

We’ve got some New Year mood here at Dark Crystal Games.
Today, we’re going to tell you why Santa never made it under the Dome.

 

And the best present for us will be adding Encased to your wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_a_scifi_postapocalyptic_RPG/

 

Encased is in the top 250 of the most wished for games on Steam. 
Thanks a lot for your support and trust!

 

let's break into the top 100:

https://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_4_4__12&term=encased

 

It's a pretty good start.

 

Le 27/12/2018 à 12:02 PM, Cronus Employee a dit :

We’ve got some New Year mood here at Dark Crystal Games.
Today, we’re going to tell you why Santa never made it under the Dome.

 

And the best present for us will be adding Encased to your wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_a_scifi_postapocalyptic_RPG/

 

 

Very Good pics !

4 hours ago, Dr Gast said:

It's a pretty good start.

 

thanks) 

 

1 hour ago, Kims said:

 

Very Good pics !

Yep) our artists are awesome ) We almost every day make the posts with cool stuff in our socials, check it out too:

 

1. https://twitter.com/DarkCrystal_HQ
2. https://www.facebook.com/darkcrystalhq

 

Modifié le 21 janvier 20197 a par Cronus Employee

Hello guys! Our good friends launched a project on Kickstarter, check it out!

Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blacktower/sin-slayers-heroic-saga-in-dark-fantasy

Sin Slayers is a dark fantasy RPG with roguelike elements, where the player’s decisions directly influence combat difficulty and enemy strength.

Create, equip and lead a team of heroes with their own particular abilities and flaws, and determine your own battle strategy. Forge your way through foul woods, cemeteries crowded with crumbling mausoleums and the graves of fallen warriors, and other locations to inspire horror in the most stalwart of hearts.

Hello friends)

 

Some good news. We have produced new Dev Update - Involving the Community: First results

 

 

You can read more in our blog 

 

And don't forget to add Encased to wishlist  

Modifié le 22 mai 20197 a par Cronus Employee

Le temps passe...  Et l'Early Access de Encaed vient d'être annoncé pour le 26 septembre !

 

 

 

Chers backers, vous devriez avoir reçu un mail avec votre clé Steam/GoG. Checkez vos mails. Avant cela vous avez reçu un mail pour indiquer le lieu de livraison de vos éventuelles récompenses physiques, et choisir entre la version Steam et la version GoG.

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Dr Gast said:

Chers backers, vous devriez avoir reçu un mail avec votre clé Steam/GoG. Checkez vos mails. Avant cela vous avez reçu un mail pour indiquer le lieu de livraison de vos éventuelles récompenses physiques, et choisir entre la version Steam et la version GoG.

 

Warm thank you for the mention) 

 

Today our Encased game released in early access on Steam and GOG. Two years of development, a Kickstarter campaign, interactive questionnaires to create an NPC and great support from our community have led to the launch of early access, which starts right now.

 

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_A_SciFi_PostApocalyptic_RPG/

New gameplay trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NoZ2OrPq3s

 

Des nouvelles du projet suite à l'accès anticipé ? 

Je suis plutôt chaud pour tenter, mais j'ai peur que mon niveau en anglais ne soit pas assez élevé...