The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

~~Googolplex~~ · 10-14-2014, 04:40 PM

(10-13-2014, 10:32 PM)SeanieTheMan Wrote: Several months of polish? I'm thinking this will be a Summer 2015 release.

They polished AAMFP a year long. OK, it was thechineseroom, but I hope they don't cut the gameplay anymore. Polishing should make the game better and not the contrary.

**GrAVit** · 10-14-2014, 04:53 PM

(10-14-2014, 04:40 PM)Googolplex Wrote:
(10-13-2014, 10:32 PM)SeanieTheMan Wrote: Several months of polish? I'm thinking this will be a Summer 2015 release.

They polished AAMFP a year long. OK, it was thechineseroom, but I hope they don't cut the gameplay anymore. Polishing should make the game better and not the contrary.

Well, I'm pretty sure that when thechineseroom was polishing it, they had already removed those gameplay elements at that point. I don't think "polishing" is about removing key game features.

**samueljustice00** · 10-14-2014, 11:12 PM

Here is a great article on what polish means during the development period - http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/13...php?page=1

**Kein** · 10-15-2014, 05:16 PM

>gamasutra
One job, Samuel.

Also, while not SOMA related - there is an interesting article was posted on FG blog: http://frictionalgames.blogspot.ru/2014/...orror.html

**Paddy™** · 10-17-2014, 11:51 PM

I'm not 100% sure if this is for SOMA, but Tapio's latest underwater recording is insane:

Tapio Wrote:Here I am throwing rocks to thin ice. First normal recordings but then under ice with hydrophone.

https://soundcloud.com/kaamossound/ice-lasers

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yePAK3OIWlw

**Statyk** · 10-24-2014, 06:46 AM

I love that kind of stuff. Thanks Paddy Big Grin

**Romulator** · 10-24-2014, 11:20 AM

I haven't exactly been keeping up to date, so I apologise if this question has been answered or discussed, but in terms of CS development, does anybody know if HPL3 would be backwards compatible with HPL2 - that is, being able to import maps and/or assets from the old engine into the new?

**Kein** · 10-25-2014, 01:20 PM

I don't recall this being explicitly mentioned any where so that is a good question, yes.

~~Googolplex~~ · 10-25-2014, 03:57 PM

Fantastic sound recordings!

**GrAVit** · 10-26-2014, 12:19 AM

Assuming that those awesome ice sounds are for SOMA, I suppose the game's going to take place in an arctic environment.. or at least a part of it? Or I guess it could be merely winter.. but arctic's a cooler idea in both definitions of the word. At least it gets your imagination really running: what all those sound effects could be used for in the game.