Please enjoy this short animated film I made to establish the story-setting of my little 3D space shooter, ASTRONS.
Then, by all means, play the game! https://laemeur.itch.io/astrons
ASTRONS: Story Animation
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@laemeur But for reason or another, when I press play, I only get a black screen... Darn it.
@laemeur the interesting choice is front-loading the worldbuilding instead of letting the game teach it. most shooters still open with the tutorial-as-exposition problem, characters explaining things nobody in that world would say out loud. if the film carries the setting, the game gets to start in the middle and trust you.
@rachel This was inspired by the early days of video games, where the games themselves were arcade-style and didn't have any story, only a scenario, and the only way you'd get a story is when a bit of microfiction or a minicomic would be included in the manual, or there'd be an implication of a story in a TV ad... so, there's really no need for an in-game tutorial, my game is so simple, but I wanted to have that extra world-building element for fun.
@laemeur Well done! Very thorough work, atmosphere is spot on.