TIGSource: Berserker

Berserker

Derek Yu — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:59:00 +0000

Michal Marcinkowski, Sigvatr (aka Eric Vaughn), and Hamish McLeod have teamed up with two other talented artists to form Transhuman Design. You might recall that MM and Sigvatr were already collaborating on Link Dead, a spiritual sequel of sorts to the ever-popular Soldat. Now they are planning a new online game that will use the Link Dead engine:

The game is called Berserker and it is about killing… bare hands and blunt weapon plain raw killing. On the website you can check the main game outline and a video of Sigvatr doing some vocal recordings of the game. I think you can get a feel of the game from there.

MM is saying the game will be much simpler than Link Dead and will be released before the latter as a test of the new engine.

I have to say, with the amount of indie strength on board, I have high hopes for this one. And I do enjoy a bit of the ultra-violence now and again.

(Thanks to BMcC, Terry, Tim, Xander, and ithamore for keeping things going while I was away. It’s good to be back!)

"Berserker" by Chork

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:44:12 +0000

Oh, come on! I shook his hand, it’s all fat and stubby! He must have like a huge mushroom down there! So…does he have a Smurf living in it or what?

"Berserker" by Zeno

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:32:01 +0000

Apparently this game will also let you anal-rape your enemies. And throw poo.

Yesssssssssss.

"Berserker" by Lord Don

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:58:10 +0000

Beaten twice over on the Clerks reference. sigh

"Berserker" by Chork

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:37:29 +0000

My love for you is ticking clock, BERSERKER

"Berserker" by Chris

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:46:43 +0000

Plain raw killing, eh?

Not associated with transhumanism…the devs just thought it sounded edgy.

"Berserker" by fartron

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:18:04 +0000

So what _is_ Hamish doing then? I want to play his game.

"Berserker" by whatwhat

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:34:04 +0000

I’M A MAN AND A HALF! A BERSERKER PACKIN’ MAN AND A HALF!

YOU’RE HUGE! YOU MUST HAVE HUGE GUTS! RIP AND TEAR!

"Berserker" by Zeno

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:58:49 +0000

Oh lordy, now I have two games to check up on every day…

"Berserker" by namuol

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:09:17 +0000

My love for you is like a truck, BERSERKER

Beat me to it.

"Berserker" by PoV

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:39:13 +0000

Fun video. :)

"Berserker" by mr

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:43:24 +0000

sinoth: Clerks ftw!

"Berserker" by Hunty

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:19:53 +0000

INTRUDER ALERT!

GET THE HUMANOID!

Oh wait, wrong game…

"Berserker" by Sigvatr

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:50:13 +0000

Too busy making Link-Dead and Berserker.

"Berserker" by Xander

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:29:33 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think the Clerks references are ever going to stop for this one…

Also, I read Electric Retard and must now plough my own face out with some kind of eight-sided spoon. I mean bloody hell Sig.. how did you -not- enter the B-game competition, really?

"Berserker" by sinoth

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:25:44 +0000

My love for you is like a truck, BERSERKER

"Berserker" by awesty

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:01:45 +0000

I cannot wait for link-dead to come out. This is going to make the wait much easier :D

"Berserker" by Sigvatr

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:26:32 +0000

To clarify, Hamish isn’t actually “working” on the game, per se. He’s more like my friend that I show everything to and he gives good critiques.

In a way he is shaping the game but he doesn’t directly contribute anything; he’s more like a quality assurance guy.

And he is the most brutal critic ever.

"Berserker" by Xander

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:14:05 +0000

Can’t say I care for the devs much myself, but so long as this offers me a bit of the old ultraviolence with some interesting ideas and generous gibbage then I guess I can’t really fault it.

And welcome back Derek! Ah, it’s been so ronery!

"Berserker" by Turniper

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:35:29 +0000

Judging by the description, it sounds really brütal. It clearly has big influence of Sigvatr, especially of his “Electric Retard” =]

"Berserker" by Lorne Whiting

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:42:34 +0000

Do not enjoy!