Game Engine?

[Dreblin]

Would anyone happen to have an idea how this game was made. Specifically what software may have been involved. Was hoping to experiment with something like this in the future.

[callen92]

the game was built with node-webkit, now known as NW.js ( https://nwjs.io/ ). If you look at the game files, you can see addons like greenworks ( steam api integration for html5 ) and ffmpeg-sumo ( video playback ).

[Dreblin]

Appreciate the help. I looked into NW.js but as far as I can tell it’s not a game engine and seems to be used for something else related to the game.

[Gameplay Crush]

It's what the game runs on, seems like you're expecting a 3D-Engine in a game that does not utilize 3D objects at all.

[ZombieHunter]

This kind of game should be easy from a tech standpoint b/c you would use a third party library for the FMV and then you just build the logic of the story into it. You 'might' make a logic engine that can handle any story but if it is just a one off you could simply hard-code all of the various states into it and call it done. Then build a nice UI around it so it doesn't suck to interact with it and you have yourself a nice little FMV game. Definitely use a third party library for FMV b/c even though you can do it with DirectShow and a few other pieces of tech you will always have the 'it doesn't play on my machine' or 'all movies are black on my screen', etc. If you get that with a third party library you tell them, they fix it, and you simply get the new version and patch. Much simpler support. Besides your goal here is to make an FMV game not an FMV player.

What is very cool is that the tools are out there for anyone to make a game like this. Where it becomes extremely difficult is the cost of actors, etc. You can see big budget games that don't have 1/10 of the acting skill that these actors have. If you don't have good acting in a game like this it doesn't work. The acting here is extremely good and that is what makes the game really good.

The Tex Murphy series is a good example of 'campy' FMV from the 90's and an example of a series that doesn't have nearly the acting chops of the recent crop of FMV games. So Tex comes off feeling campy which is what it is going for but campy would not work with this type of game.

I love 3D games but I must say nothing beats a human actor and perfectly designed sets. Nothing tells a story like movies or clips do. The only game that comes close is Life is Strange. That draws you in with great story and acting but you are pulled out of it a bit by some of the strangely behaving graphics.

[Intamin]

If you drag any buttons accidentally you can see chrome web links. So it must be HTML based.