We’re now back in the office after Eurogamer Leeds / London destroyed us with a week of unfiltered awesome.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our stand (that, out of pure charity and pity Eurogamer gave to us gratis) and didn’t hate our game. Even if you did hate it, we love you anyway.

Check out our Flickr for a grand slam of photos along with a (bit of a rubbish) video. (only on front page)

I must admit that you chose the best pic to lead the news update… :p
Oh and thanks for the video. Some seconds of El Mono in action is better than nothing!

That’s great!!

Now release it for the rest of us

I played it on my way to the heavy rain dev talk on the 1st floor, didn’t see any of you guys there though!

Its pretty cool, I found it quite difficult to actually hit someone whos moving around a lot, maybe theres some technique to it that I dont know about :p I noticed a “focusing” thingy when you hold left click, but I tend to lose the focus after 3 secs so I never found out if theres a 2nd focus-level that guarantees a hit or something. Also that computer I was using had some slow mouse sensitivity (compared to what I’m used to) so that kinda ruined the gameplay experience :(

Why do all these guys get to play the game and I don’t?

oh, and:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42623336@N02/3995966014/
Alpha 23nd November! Excited.
Bet you put those “hidden message” pictures there on purpose.

someone enlighten luke with the art of facial expression!

It goes like this:

- happy
:( - sad
:D - excited
:/ - depressed

practice everyday, then take some new photos.

Lol, I saw that. It doesn’t make sense though:
1. Alpha? I thought we were past alpha, past beta - in gamma stage! (jk, but it’s supposed to be BETA)
2. November 23rd, huh? I’ll believe it when I see it!
3. That can’t be Robin - Robin is a cute dog seen through a wide-angle lense!

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the feedback! Making the game easier to pick up and play is one of the main things we’re focusing on at the moment - still got a few months to refine the gamplay…

Oh yes, the photo is of luke… not me… although, there are a few fots of me on flickr

Cheers

Zafirbel - 02 November 2009 06:30 PM

oh, and:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42623336@N02/3995966014/
Alpha 23nd November! Excited.
Bet you put those “hidden message” pictures there on purpose…

Oh, didn’t notice that, but i’ll take a wild guess and say that it’s written on this board from… the last year.
Can’t remember exactly when we played the beta back then, but last November feels right for reaching the alpha milestone.

I’m just glad it’s called “alpha” instead of “beta” (it really was alpha)

More like an experiment… and we were the test subjects. :p

Found out about this game on the Saturday right after Robin had finished setting up the section for Plain Sight. Absolutely loved the game guys, couldnt get enough of it as Robin may have found :D

soad667 - 03 November 2009 01:05 AM

More like an experiment… and we were the test subjects. :p

and still are…

There is no Plain Sight!
The show never happened!
They’re playing evil mind games on us!

We must kill them before they kill us.

EDIT: in other news, the indiegames blog says

“Over in the far corner of the arcade sat Beatnik Games’ Plain Sight. I’d played Plain Sight earlier in the year during one of their beta periods, and while it clearly had potential, I wasn’t a huge fan. This time, however, it feels far more enjoyable. Controls felt a lot more fluid and blowing yourself up (and taking others with you) was more than satisfying. Back on my ‘Games to Watch’ list, me thinks.”

One question - do the explosions look better?

divit - 03 November 2009 04:20 PM

soad667 - 03 November 2009 01:05 AM

More like an experiment… and we were the test subjects. :p

We must kill them before they kill us.

Actually, it’s “We must kill ourselves and blow everything up before they kill us.

That’s me in the video on the left, in the prodigy t-shirt!

Wheeeee

Zafirbel - 03 November 2009 06:51 PM

divit - 03 November 2009 04:20 PM

soad667 - 03 November 2009 01:05 AM

More like an experiment… and we were the test subjects. :p

We must kill them before they kill us.

Actually, it’s “We must kill ourselves and blow everything up before they kill us.

That’s the spirit…