Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 PVKK's full title is literally too big for our website, and the devs say it's 'Space Invaders, but the cannon you fire is really complicated' | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Being a planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant is almost as complicated as saying it. Quote PVKK, or—if you're feeling ambitious—Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant, looks fascinating. A sort of Papers Please-like from the Dome Keeper team, it situates you at the controls of a giant planetary defence cannon fending off extraterrestrial invaders. PVKK seems set to scratch my itch both to twiddle with vast arrays of analogue buttons, and to melt into the faceless machinery of an authoritarian state as a cog in the apparatus of violence. Finally, developers are making videogames for me. They're not making names for PC Gamer dot com, though. Attempting to write the full title in the headline for this piece led to our CMS just kind of, um, giving up: Rendering about 32 characters before taking its ball and going home. PVKK it is, then. "It's Space Invaders, but the cannon you fire is really complicated," says director René Habermann in a chat with PCG. Defending your planet—which is not the Earth—against invaders is a long and laborious business: There are clunky buttons to push, knobs to tweak, dials to adjust, all to find a firing solution that will hopefully blow your enemies out of the sky. It all looks very tactile, which makes sense, because to hear Habermann tell it the entire concept for the game sprung out of a profound appreciation—or fetishism—for the satisfying thonk-thonk of lumbering, Cold War-era interfaces. "The original inspiration for the game came from a free sound effect of a button press that I found online… it sounded so satisfying that I thought, 'Okay, I need to make a game where I can use the sound file.'" PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Operate your planetary defense cannon to fend off an interplanetary invasion from the comfort of your cozy bunker. You’re here to stay, so obey your superiors, press the right buttons, and sip your daily tea ration - it's good for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DPCyric Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Fallout X Steel Battalion Damn I miss playing Steel Battalion may have to give this a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Absurdity, I believe it will be mankind’s parting gift to the cosmos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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