Abstract
- 1000xResist is obtainable as we speak on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox on PC, in addition to by way of Sport Move Premium, Sport Move Final, and Sport Move on PC, and as an Xbox Play Anyplace title.
- Artistic Director Remy Siu discusses the inspirations and improvement course of for this critically acclaimed narrative expertise.
- For the primary time, the Xbox launch provides haptic suggestions.
After I was youthful, I used to be utterly immersed in point-and-click adventures and JRPGs — video games that formed how I take into consideration storytelling, artwork, and emotional design. They left such a mark on me that I went on to research artwork and music, which finally led to beginning my very own indie studio.
Now, we’re extremely excited to carry 1000xResist to Xbox, full with a brand new layer of haptic suggestions that lets gamers really feel the world by way of their fingertips.
How 1000xResist Started
After I first began prototyping 1000xResist, I leaned into narrative design as a result of, truthfully, that’s what I understood finest. I wasn’t but an skilled Unity programmer, and I couldn’t mannequin 3D property myself — however I beloved story-driven journey video games. It made sense to construct from what I knew and beloved.
Once we rebooted improvement and began recent, we sat down as a staff and mentioned: “We’re making a story journey sport.” Our purpose was to proceed the lineage of Grim Fandango, Kentucky Route Zero, and Gone Residence — narrative-driven experiences that middle the participant’s relationship to story, area, and efficiency.
A lot has been written about “strolling simulators,” and 1000xResist can definitely slot in that class. However from the start, we needed to transfer away from studying journals or sifting by way of remnants of a world. As a substitute, we needed the story to unfold round you and to you — to be one thing you inhabit, not one thing you uncover after the very fact. Alongside the way in which, the sport advanced in sudden instructions. It turned, by chance, a survival horror, a time puzzler, a visible novel, a side-scroller — a hybrid of genres that every one serve one function: to immerse the participant on this unusual, posthuman world.
Constructing the Story, One Chapter at a Time
Structuring 1000xResist was one of many hardest components of improvement. We approached it virtually like serialized storytelling — constructing one full chapter earlier than transferring to the following. This technique stored the narrative cohesive whereas letting us deeply discover every phase on its personal phrases.
Though we by no means launched it episodically, the method itself was invaluable. Video games are embodied experiences; you possibly can’t absolutely perceive how a second works till you play it. Creating sequentially gave us area to be taught what the story wanted as we went.
Bringing the Expertise to Xbox
1000xResist is a sci-fi narrative thriller set in an unsure future. A devastating illness unfold by alien invaders has compelled humanity underground. You play as Watcher, a loyal servant of the Allmother, till the day a revelation modifications every part you thought you knew.
The sport spans over 10 hours of story and contains greater than 15,000 traces of absolutely voiced dialogue. For the Xbox launch, we’ve added enhanced haptic suggestions, permitting gamers to really feel stress and influence by way of the controller — deepening immersion in each second of the narrative.
Out Now
We’re thrilled to welcome new gamers to 1000xResist on Xbox, to allow them to sit again on their sofa and play on the large display. Whether or not that is your first time getting into the Allmother’s world otherwise you’re returning to uncover its secrets and techniques as soon as extra, we hope the story stays with you lengthy after the credit roll.
1000xResist is obtainable as we speak on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox on PC, in addition to by way of Sport Move Premium, Sport Move Final, and Sport Move on PC, and as an Xbox Play Anyplace title.
1000xRESIST
Fellow Traveller
The three-time IGF award-nominated 1000xRESIST is an exhilarating sci-fi journey. 1,000 years sooner or later, humanity is all however extinguished and a illness unfold by an alien occupation retains the survivors underground. You might be Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your function in service of the ALLMOTHER, till the day you be taught a surprising secret that modifications every part.
THE END OF HUMANITY
Within the close to future we be taught we’re not alone within the universe. A mysterious alien race of large entities arrives. We name them the Occupants.
They aren’t hostile, however it doesn’t matter. Their arrival is a dying sentence. Humanity is worn out in a matter of months, succumbing to a illness the Occupants have introduced to our planet.
There’s one survivor, a teenage lady referred to as Iris. One way or the other she is immune.
SOCIETY IS REBORN IN HER IMAGE
1,000 years later. Iris isn’t solely immune however immortal. She has birthed a brand new society consisting solely of her personal clones.
She calls them Sisters. They name her the ALLMOTHER.
Not like the ALLMOTHER, the sisters are usually not immune. They need to put on masks 24/7 to keep away from respiration the diseased air even within the Orchard – an underground bunker the place they reside in fixed worry of an Occupant assault.
The ALLMOTHER lives in her personal compound on the entrance line of the struggle with the Occupants. All Sisters dream of someday having the ability to take the practice and be a part of her within the combat.
RELIVE HER MEMORIES
Throughout the Orchard, each sister has an assigned perform, whereas six sisters have particular roles to play…
Principal – Head of administration and oversight of the Orchard
Bang Bang Fireplace – Head of navy
Knower – Head of information preservation
Fixer – Head of engineering
Healer – Head of medical and cloning
And also you – the brand new Watcher.
Your function is exclusive. You may have the good privilege of reliving and deciphering the recollections of the ALLMOTHER by way of a course of generally known as Communion, made doable by Secretary, your floating AI companion.
As the sport begins, you might be excited to embark on your first Communion.
RESIST A THOUSAND YEAR OLD LIE
However all isn’t nicely.
Your closest sister, Fixer, comes to you with a harmful revelation. You may have been lied to. The ALLMOTHER isn’t what she claims to be.
Fixer’s claims rock the foundations of your world, throwing every part you already know and consider into doubt.
After Fixer is executed for her treason, it falls to you to uncover the reality.
DISCOVER THE TRUTH
Dive into the recollections of the ALLMOTHER.
Discover pivotal moments in her life from highschool days and the arrival of the Occupants to the creation of the Orchard and the delivery of the primary sisters.
Soar backwards and forwards by way of moments in time inside these recollections to resolve puzzles and entry locked off areas and secrets and techniques.
In between Communions, discover the Orchard – a big underground hub space which homes you and your sisters, has many characters to converse to, and holds many issues to uncover.
Discover the reality and reclaim your legacy.
A STORY LIKE NO OTHER
Expertise perspective shifts each literal and metaphorical as the sport blends between third individual journey, visible novel and first individual strolling simulator whereas throwing twists, turns and revelations at you till you query every part you assume you already know.
Born from an eclectic set of inspirations, together with the video games of Yoko Taro (NieR:Automata), the anime of Satoshi Kon (Excellent Blue) and Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice), and even the theatre of Robert Wilson (Einstein on the Seaside), 1000xRESIST tells a narrative in methods solely a sport can whereas concurrently bringing recent concepts to interactive storytelling from theatre, dance, efficiency artwork, and cinema.
FULLY VOICED
Take pleasure in greater than 10 hours of playtime introduced to life with over 15,000 traces of absolutely voiced dialogue from an excellent forged of Asian-Canadian actors and an unimaginable soundtrack from two composers.