Trigger Happy – Part Two
Yummy. Things are going nicely.Published 07/02/2010 at 9:00 by nofi
Last Saturday I revealed that I was working on a PSP/PS3 game due for release via Sony’s Minis service, something I’m particularly fond of. Well, that game is now up and running, at least in a prototype form, and to finally see it in the flesh, responding to button presses and with most of the core gameplay intact was superbly heart warming – all my ideas were present and correct and the few tweaks the developers had added were for the better.
I’m really happy how it’s turned out, because although the mechanics seemed fine on paper in the design documentation things don’t always work out so well when it’s up and running for real. As it happens, my want to keep things simple and take gaming back to its foundations of focused rules and streamlined controls might just pay off. Of course, there’s still some way to go yet but if we can keep everything together as the game builds we’ll be happy bunnies.
But what is the game? Well, although I’m not yet wanting to dish out screenshots I can say that it’s sat comfortably straddling Tron-esque visuals and a risk-reward based gameplay, all synced to electronic music. I’m a big fan of games like Rez and although we’re taking a more top-down, arcade style of play (it’s not a shooter) there are a couple of obvious influences at play here that will hopefully be appealing to anyone who loves old school sentiments.
And the guys doing all the coding? Just Add Water, the team behind PS3 (and, shortly, PSP) title Gravity Crash chosen mainly because I know they share my appreciation of classic gameplay styles and have a solid grasp of the PlayStation hardware. The game’s already running superbly on the PSP and I have every faith in JAW bringing together all my ideas as we work towards getting the game onto the PlayStation Store, which hopefully won’t be that far off.
JAW will be running regular Developer Diaries on the game starting next week, so keep an eye on their site. And the name? Hopefully it’ll be revealed soon, but let’s just say that if we stick to what we’re wanting it to be called, you won’t mistake it when you see it available for download… Until next time, when hopefully we’ll be at the stage when we can show you the game in motion and obviously I’m getting rather excited at finally doing so!
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UKZ-N3M1515 | 07/02/2010 09:29
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cant wait for the dev diaries
theshockwave | 07/02/2010 09:31
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Sounds brilliant. I can’t wait to find out more about it.
And the name? We won’t mistake it… TheSixthAxis? Huskies? Trigger Happy?
I can imagine a game that would fit all those titles.
Boomshanks | 07/02/2010 12:08
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TheSixthAxis’s Trigger Happy Huskies
theshockwave | 07/02/2010 12:18
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Would. Be. Awesome.
Aitrus | 08/02/2010 08:50
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I’d buy it.
DeforMAKulizer | 07/02/2010 10:12
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WOOOHOOO!!!!
Can’t wait to see a trailer of some form, or anything! But you can definitely count me in!!!
Congrats on everything Nofi, and im sure JAW are doing an awesome job!
Which reminds me, OFF TO GRAVITY CRASH!!!
Jumping Monks | 07/02/2010 10:49
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Woah… you’ve got JAW behind this… It’s just getting better by the minute. Keep us updated!
toutski | 07/02/2010 20:49
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I cant believe you stole my tag!!
colmshan1990 | 07/02/2010 21:10
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Okay, we know you have a tag now, and I’m very jealous.
Calm down now, please? Stop flaunting it! 
Amphlett | 08/02/2010 10:16
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Yeah, the dev being done by JAW is a superb choice. Well done on getting this far and I hope that it all pays off for you.
Daywalker | 07/02/2010 10:51
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This is going to be SWEEET!
Andrew Wright | 07/02/2010 10:52
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Its going to be called thesixthaxis, i can’t wait to find out more.
drgoodier | 07/02/2010 11:17
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Impressive. Can’t wait. It sounds awesome, even though you haven’t said much.
Person678 | 07/02/2010 11:41
BOOM! Headshot!
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I see. You’re Kojima, while JAW are Kojima Productions. You came up with the idea, they make it.
Boomshanks | 07/02/2010 12:14
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It’s amazing that you could get a developer like this to execute your idea. Must be a very satisfying feeling
bunimomike | 07/02/2010 12:20
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Great article, nofi, and very exciting times no doubt. The fact that you have JAW onboard is superb. I’m very much looking forward to the diaries and snippets of information.
TheShepanator | 07/02/2010 12:21
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I hope it turns out well!
parker | 07/02/2010 12:56
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Wow, sounds great!
Nice to hear you have the guys over at JAW on board too, should be epic!
I’ll definitely pick this up, even though I have no idea what it is yet..
Doddsy | 07/02/2010 12:56
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If you givethesame respect to this game as you do to TSA, this will be awesome
Doddsy | 07/02/2010 16:17
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Just followed JAW on Twitter so I can keep up to date with this
mynameisblair | 07/02/2010 12:59
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Can’t wait to see what this will be like.
Day one buy for me!
Star_Waters | 07/02/2010 13:07
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sounds like things are going really well, i’m really intrested in seeing more of this, cant wait