[Wii] BlastWorks (online, sem friend codes)

General_Guy

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BlastWorks


-Trailer
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP-QSxQUn2Q
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/9466...stroy/videos/blastworks_vidreview_060608.html
-Gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1MHTNcLTXk&feature=related

With BlastWorks, what you get for your $40 is a unique, lengthy shooter, a powerful editor for creating your own levels, plus access to unlimited user-generated content from the game's official website, BlastWorksDepot.com. This is a great package, and although it's not going to appeal to everyone it's great to have something so unique in the Wii's library.
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The campaign mode is a remake of a 2004 PC game called Tumiki Fighters. It's a horizontal shooter in the same style as Gradius or R-Type. But what made Tumiki Fighters unique was that every vehicle you shot down could be added to the bulk of your ship. Your new parts will fire automatically, but depending on where you picked them up they may or may not be shooting in a useful direction. They also act as shields, but they will fall off as they take damage. This mechanic creates a wonderfully random experience so that BlastWorks is less about pattern memorization than other shooters. There are 15 missions, which is pretty lengthy for a shooter, and on higher difficulty levels they provide a great challenge.
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After you've played through the campaign you're just getting started with what BlastWorks has to offer. With the editors you can design complete levels and populate them with your own ships, enemies, and scenery. They allow users to create pretty much any BlastWorks level they can imagine, but you're not gonna bust out a masterpiece in a few minutes. It definitely takes some time, and artistic ability will help immensely.
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The good news is if you can't be bothered with putting all that time and effort into a level, you can head over to BlastWorksDepot.com and download full user-created levels. Or, you could download elements to use in your own creations. Say you want to build a level based on your house, but you don't want to spend the time creating every furniture item in your living room. Just head on over to the Depot and check if users have uploaded couches, tables, and other common household items. Your Depot account is linked to your Wii Number, so when you find something you like you can send it to your console with one click. Uploading files from your Wii to the Website is just as easy.
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Closing Comments
BlastWorks isn't visually impressive, and I wish the editors were just a little easier to use. All this user-generated content might cause a storage problem, as well, as after messing around with the editors for just a short time I had already used 30 percent of my storage space. But overall, this is a great value that provides almost limitless replayability. If you consider yourself a shooter fan you should definitely check it out, but I also recommend it to gamers eager to unleash their creativity and design their own BlastWorks.
Link:http://wii.ign.com/articles/879/879925p1.html

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Acho o aspecto creativo do jogo altamente e sempre gostei de shooters caóticos (Metal Slug FTW).:P
Mas acho que este é daqueles jogos que mereciam era estar no WiiWare, nem que fosse por 1500/2000, agora full-price:wvsore:.
 
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Eis uma thread que queria fazer há algum tempo... mas não tinha tempo. :)

Entrevista:

Is “Mario Kart Wii” the next big step in Wii online gaming?

Maybe not.

Not if Majesco – yes, the “Cooking Mama” people — pull off their plans for a little-discussed Wii game coming May 6.

“Kart” mostly does what Wii games like “Smash Bros.” already did. Majesco’s game does things that you usually only hear in reference to projects like “Spore” or “Little Big Planet.”

The game? “Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy,” a Budcat-developed remake of the “Tumiki Fighters” side-scrolling shoot-em-up created by cult favorite Japanese bedroom programmer Kenta Cho.

This is the big leap? Stay with me, folks.

“Blast Works” will let gamers create their own content, trade it, even go to a website to browse anything other people have created and then, with just a mouse click, send that content to their Wii.

And it does all of this without friend codes!


How did the idea of the Blastworks Depot come about?

Kevin Ray:
We’ve been really in to the idea of player-created content and share a belief that it’s better to give users tools to create their own content rather than just coming up with add-on packs to games. “Blastworks” was the perfect opportunity for us to show that you can do player created content on the Nintendo Wii.

“Blastworks” integrates a really powerful editor that allows players to create amazing stuff. But for a player to be motivated to use a tool like that they need to know that they’ll be able to share their work with their friends. A bigger motivation would be if they could share their work with the world and reap the benefits of millions of users recognizing their effort and talent.

What made you think that an essentially user-generated content system could fly on the Wii?

Ray:
There’s no technical reason why games for the Wii aren’t more connected. The Wii is a very connected device and Nintendo not only provides library support for communications, but NOA also was very supportive with positive feedback and marketing input.

I think historically (SNES, GameCube), Nintendo was less focused on wide-area multiplayer and more focused on the single-player game experience. But if you see the tools coming out from Nintendo today, they are providing a lot of support for developers to integrate the Internet into their games. It’s really up to the publishers now to adopt these features into their games - the tools are their and the support from Nintendo is there as well.

Given the fairly low-key online plan for the Wii in its first year, how did you go about crafting a way to make the user-generated/Depot idea work? And what was the process of working with Nintendo on it?

Ray:
Nintendo is very supportive of Blastworks specifically and online in general. Obviously, Nintendo is most concerned that the player experience is going to be in line with their standards; the site needed to be safe and sane and comply with ESRB and COPPA [the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act]. The user needed to be able to seamlessly be able to access the site from the Wii without going through a cumbersome registration process, and the content posted in public areas must be monitored by Majesco to make sure it complies with our Terms of Service agreement. Content that is overtly sexual will not be posted and all users can flag content that they feel is inappropriate and which we will review.

The process for working with Nintendo is very straight forward. There is a lot of documentation for developers on the WiiWare web site and the NOA Software Development Support Group is incredible. They work very hard to make sure that we had access to the information we needed to get this site launched.

What kind of inspiration did you draw — and lessons did you learn — from things like YouTube?

Ray:
We have a lot of modders at Majesco and we love a lot of stuff that comes out of the homebrew scene. The Blastworks Editor really came from [Majesco executive vice president of research and development] Joey Sutton’s desire to see that kind of community grow around this game. The online component really follows most of the Social Networking sites like Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace. We want to make the online component all about the community and have completely stayed away from pay subscriptions or even advertising for our web site. It’s all about making the game better and keeping our business model based on selling more games.

How did you get around the Friend Code issue?

Ray:
Every Wii has a guaranteed unique ID (GUID) that identifies the device. If you look in the Address Book on your Wii you can see this number called the Wii Machine ID. We reference this ID when you connect to the site. The combination of a secure network connection and this unique Wii Machine ID allow us to seamlessly integrate the web site with your Wii and bypass any cumbersome login procedures. It also allows us to implement a directory-service that is above the cumbersome method of remembering friend-codes and allow players to find one another based on real name, user name, favorite game, geographic region, etc.

How did you get around the Wii’s limited storage capacity?

Ray:
Budcat was really efficient in their data design. The files we’re throwing around are fairly compact. We have implemented some methods to allow streaming, progressive loading, and even P2P data-file distribution and these features may be used in future games. Again, the bottom line is that the Nintendo Wii is a very connected device and developers can absolutely design games that are rich with online features.

Is there any element to this that you can point to as only being possible on the Wii, something that took advantage of the Wii’s unique online set-up?

Ray:
With Nintendo it’s all about enhancing gameplay, especially in a way that broadens the audience for these games. Online capabilities may be showing up on the Wii later than on the Xbox, but I think that what you see show up on the Wii will be much more community-based and with a much broader appeal than the traditional 18-35 year old male demographic that we see with Xbox multiplayer games.

Are there any misconceptions about the Wii’s online set-up that, because of this experience, you’d like to clear up?

Ray:
Absolutely! Contrary to popular belief the Wii is a very connected device and Nintendo enthusiastically supports publishers adding wide-area multiplayer and community features into their games.

What other grand ideas do you have for the Wii? (like you’d share….)

Ray:
Lots and lots. We have a few big announcements coming up soon, but I think it’s still a little early to say anything more. I promise I’ll give you an update soon though and I think it’s something we’ve all been hoping to see for online gaming for a long time.
Fonte: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008...ne-capabilities-makes-breakthroughs/#comments

Tinha esta tab aberta há 2 meses :D
 
And it does all of this without friend codes!

:n1qshok:

We have a few big announcements coming up soon, but I think it’s still a little early to say anything more. I promise I’ll give you an update soon though and I think it’s something we’ve all been hoping to see for online gaming for a long time.

É sempre bom ouvir afirmações destas, ainda que muitas vezes desiluda.

Quanto ao jogo, estou mesmo muito curioso principalmente pela versatilidade oferecida pelo editor. Digo outra vez, se fosse um jogo WiiWare, era um sucesso estrondoso. Podiam ao menos lançá-lo a um preço mais acessível, uns 30€...pronto 29€99 :002:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUcUjDxmGzs&feature=related
Ai esta o video da construção da nave/inimigos.. o editor esta espetacular mesmo.


É um jogo a ter em atenção mas para mim com muitas reticências porque não sou adepto de criação de niveis e embora o principal do jogo seja jogar os niveis (e posso sacar aqueles criados pela comunidade) existe tambem uma grande componente de criação por isso não sei.

se fosse Wiiware não hesitava!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUcUjDxmGzs&feature=related
Ai esta o video da construção da nave/inimigos.. o editor esta espetacular mesmo.


É um jogo a ter em atenção mas para mim com muitas reticências porque não sou adepto de criação de niveis e embora o principal do jogo seja jogar os niveis (e posso sacar aqueles criados pela comunidade) existe tambem uma grande componente de criação por isso não sei.

se fosse Wiiware não hesitava!
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Quantos mais videos vejo mais vontade tenho de o experimentar e construir cenas.
Basicamente a duração e diversidade deste jogo só depende da criatividade das construções dos jogadores. Conceito muito bom mesmo.


PS: mais lenha para a fogueira http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2etwsfH18
 
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Sei que não se deve julgar um livro pela capa mas Jasús que capa feia!!!
É um atentado ao bom design, paguem me a mim que eu faço uma melhor :mad:.
 
BlastWorks getting some great reviews

1UP, 100/100
A Wii game combining a clever shoot-em-up with a surprisingly rich (if reasonably limited) object editor that lets you create your own levels and scenes. If you’ve ever had the itch to make your own shooter but don’t know a lick about programming, this is one of the best ways to go about it.


Electronic Gaming Monthly, 86/100
Blast Works sure looks juvenile, but it’s not a bad shooter–it’s an enhanced version of “Tumiki Fighters”, an indie PC game that uses “Katamari Damacy”-like mechanics. [June 2008, p.76]

Nintendo Power, 85/100
Though Blast Works may seem small and simple at first, the deceptive gameplay depth plus the editor and the ability to trade your designs with others online means there’s no end to the fun. [June 2008, p.90]

IGN, 81/100
A great value that provides almost limitless replayability.
Video Review

Game Informer, 80/100
It’s certainly not perfect; the difficulty balancing is rough around the edges, and the co-op multiplayer is ruined by the fact that the camera doesn’t pull back, resulting in total chaos as each player’s hunk of junk grows in size. However, I’m pretty addicted to Blast Works.
http://wiinintendo.net/2008/06/12/blastworks-getting-some-great-reviews/
 
According to an entry for Blast Works on the Nintendo of Europe website, the incredibly cheap and really fun shooter from Budcat will arrive on European retail shelves tomorrow, as the listed date of release is October 17th.

We're not sure if the game is going to cost as little across the pond as it does here in North America, but we're hoping it does. Either way, you need to pick up this fine game. It's easily worth more than $20.
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/10/16/blast-works-arrives-in-europe-tomorrow/

É so apanhar a um preço jeitoso e virá para ca.
 
A esse preço talvez não seja só aí que ele irá parar.
Pelo o pouco que vi, o jogo parece bem interessante. Esperemos que não desiluda!
 
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