>The Postmodern RPG subtitle came from the fact that we wanted to convey that it was an RPG as when people saw just a screenshot of the game they thought it was a "Hipster Simulator." YIIK: An RPG didn't really have any punch to it... so, as the game was influenced by Haruki Murakami, and David Foster Wallace (in terms of subject matter), we decided to push the genre of story telling in the title. Some things to note though. The game is quite coherent, we didn't just call it postmodern because it wasn't lucid, and we wanted to justify how 'weird it is.' none of that nonsense. The game's battle mode (which isn't featured properly in this trailer, as this is a really old look at the game before we finished the battle mode and when the game was in pre-alpha) is all about genre blending, so it's a pastiche of other game genres. Platformers, puzzle games, action game, rhythm games, as each attack has it's own minigame that is unique that comes from a different genre of gaming. As for how the narrative is postmodern, the game uses intertextuality to tell it's story. It revolves around a message board known as ONISM1999, which the hereoes are users of. This is updated as the game goes on, and the player will often interact with NPCs through the games message board. Not unlike how House of Leaves is about a book, about a movie, that doesn't actually exist. There are various other things, but this will hopefully be enough of an explanation. And of course, it's also used so people ask this question and notice the game!
Thoughts?
Looks great, day one buy.
fuck off shill
>>337942082
>we wanted to convey that it was an RPG as when people saw just a screenshot of the game they thought it was a "Hipster Simulator."
Damn /v/ was played like a fiddle
>using your phone to shillpost
2007 was a mistake
>>337942082
>The Postmodern RPG subtitle came from the fact that we wanted to convey that it was an RPG as when people saw just a screenshot of the game they thought it was a "Hipster Simulator.
Weird how it still just looks and sounds like a hipster simulator, even with the subtitle.
>our game is post modern because of a bunch of gimmicks that have already been done better in other games
>>337942195
lol
>>337942082
Why don't you go back to your safespace hugbox and shill this tumblr shit over there?
>>337942082
>Pretentious bullshit: the game
>labeling anything as "postmodern"
Can't Indie devs do something else but retro, tumblr and hipster shit these days?
>>337945081
Yes, however you don't even attempt to look so they all fly over your head.
>>337945263
Unlike all these ones who brush past the hairs on my ass.
>it's a /pol/ bait thread
Why does the word postmodern trigger people so much?
Does the word Modernism trigger you?
Does Romanticism trigger you?
>>337946531
Because anything /v/ associates with hipsters/tumblr/Reddit is bad even if it wasn't influenced by them in the slightest
>>337947116
Do they not realise it's a word that's been used since the late 19th century?
>>337947116
OP unrelated of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKvDypy1Mrw
>>337942082
It looks okay. I need to see more of it.
>>337942082
>as the game was influenced by Haruki Murakami, and David Foster Wallace (in terms of subject matter)
>name dropping House of Leaves
Holy fuck I'm actually a little bit mad here. Don't pretend this is anywhere near the level of any of those.
>inb4 ___ isn't even good
yeah yeah house of leaves is babby's first 'it's good cause it's weird' and the only good thing that author has ever written, murakami only knows how to write one story and he still hasn't figured out how to end it properly
>>337942082
Is it realy called Yiik?
>>337948042
Yiikes.
>>337947947
This actually made me interested in the game. It's been years since I read all that stuff, but I did enjoy them at the time.
Btw, admitting to be influenced by something isn't saying your think is automatically on the same level; It's a way to let people know what kind of themes or style they're going for.
>>337948171
>It's a way to let people know what kind of themes or style they're going to fail to live up to.
Fixed.
>>337948171
I know, but it feels very much like they're just name dropping things they know are both good and popular with the niche they're aiming for in order to drum up interest.
Feels on the same level as if I cranked out a paragraph long /r9k/ shitpost and said I was influenced by Dostoevsky and Kafka.
>>337948305
Either way, listing influences isn't saying 'We are definitely better/on the same level as this'. If anything it's saying 'We are indebted to this'.
pretentious as fuck game made by even more pretentious obnoxious fucks
you reading this? devs? whoever the fuck edgy, chill but angsty teenage but im 30 manchild "oh i love books" creators you are?
>>337948524
The way they shoehorn in House of Leaves despite that having absolutely nothing to do with the previous sentences describing the game?
Nah, it's pure namedrop.
>>337942082
dat brown chick and the green one tho
dayum son
>>337948446
Yes I understand how you feel. I mean it doesn't look particularly transgressive or deconstructive. In fact it's very, very safe when you think about the crowd they're aiming at.
It basically looks like one of those things people can play and pat themselves on the back for playing, safe in the knowledge they are hip and relevant.
Would be happy to be proved wrong, but sadly I don't think it will happen.
All phone posters should be banned.
Oh god, they really are shilling on 4chan...
Those previous threads were actual people trying to shill and get feedback on their game...
This is a new level of cringe...
>>337942082
>set in the 1990's
>characters dress like they're from the 00's and beyond
They fucked up. Not surprising.
>>337946531
Postmodernism is retarded because its a skeptical ideology practiced by lelberals and manchildren who question everything, deny objective truths, reject all ideology, and so forth. They're fucking retards in every respect, so a postmodern rpg would be equally retarded.
>>337942082
Oh, COME ON! Mods can you please do something? All month these Yiik and Knuckle Sandwich fags keep making these threads and nobody is liking them. They are literally shilling, and not just talking about their game, they're flat out trying to sell it and nobody wants it. Nobody is going to buy their game and they're scared. But that's not gonna help it's just going to make it worse.
Fuck you, you god damned shills, I hope your game comes out and gets a fucking negative on steam and becomes the next god damned bad rats.
I can't tell what's a troll and what's a shill anymore.
Best to assume either of them is true, in which case this thread is now about cute 2D girls.
>>337942082
Its shit
>>337942981
>>our game is post modern because of a bunch of gimmicks that have already been done better in other games
That's literally what postmodernism is.
>>337949497
If anything manchildren are the ones believing everything they're told to be 'objective truth'.
>>337949978
That's not how objective truth works you fucking retard. Postmodernism could critique socialization, but instead attacks objective truth itself. They're not just critical of the people you've described. They're critical of the very notion that there are scientific facts in our world. Gravity triggers these people.
>>337949810
>>337949497
>>Postmodernism is retarded because its a skeptical ideology practiced by lelberals and manchildren who question everything
>/v/ armchair philosophy
>>337950236
Yes, that is literally the definition of postmodernism. Nothing is real, everything is socially constructed, it just depends on your perspective, etc. How stupid are you?
>>337950137
No smart person attacks scientific truth. If you actually knew about postmodernism instead of just assuming 'tumblr retardation = post-modernism' you'd know.
An obvious example is Foucault and mental illness. He doesn't attack the scientific basis that they do indeed exist, but rather how society implements treatment or creates a normal/abnormal dichotomy.
Also it was natural for the world to be suspicious of grand narratives/ideologies after the huge failure of Fascism and Communism.
tl;dr: trannyshit =/= post-modernism.
>>337949564
>Mods can you please do something?
The mods are probably the ones letting it fucking happen. Who knows what kind of San Fran fuckwits moot left in charge of this place.
>>337951129
I bet if I started shilling my shit I'd get banned in an instant. I bet the mods are the devs of these fucking games
>vinyl record QTE
But it still is a hipster simulator
>>337950353
>>337950236
>>337949497
He literally had no idea what post-modernism meant and parroted the wiki page while throwing in a few /pol/ approved buzzwords:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism
>>337946531
Cos postmodernism is bollocks probably
It's sad how easily someone can force meme games nowadays
>>337950236
>implying all philosophy isn't armchair philosophy
>>337946531
This game is such a Structuralist piece of shit!!!!
>>337947947
>Holy fuck I'm actually a little bit mad here. Don't pretend this is anywhere near the level of any of those.
lmao they're literally all trash pop lit for babies
>>337953367
>>implying all philosophy isn't armchair philosophy
>he's never heard of the peripatetics
>>337950353
kys
>>337942082
>each attack is its own minigame
combat is almost always the most noring part of turn based games yet you want to fuck up its pace through gimmicks? drop it
>>337953367
Bataille was alive not that long ago and he was willing to practice human sacrifice because his philosophy advocated it
what's a good way to get this thread nuked
>>337946531
Postmodernism is literally the go to word for pretentious faggots.
Really, I can't think of anyone who labels things (especially their own works) as postmodern that isn't a massive douchebag.
>>337953480
You just don't understand YiiK: A Postmodern RPG. The game itself is postmodern in the sense that it claims to be postmodern thus it is postmodern in the sense that it is postmodern.
>>337954404
Meme magic, possibly. Or we could summon barneyfag.
>>337954404
Not fucking bumping it you retard
The artist for this a cute.
Why would the devs shill their game on a site known to be involved with GamerGate?
Wouldn't make any sense.
>>337954548
Pretentious is the go to word for people who want to complain about something that they don't really understand or have any arguments against
>>337942082
>Thoughts?
You already know since you have been making this thread everyday. Its pretentious shit.
Alright /v/. What hipstercuck shilling is worse, Knuckle Sandwich, or postmodern RPG?
>>337954929
A B S O L U T E L Y W R E C K E D
>>337955120
Knuckle Sandwich, at least YIIK looks trippy and Killer7 as fuck. While Knuckle Sandwich just looks plain ugly.
If you're a nu-male will you enjoy this game?
>>337955120
Your retarded ass still responding to obvious bait
>>337954929
>something that they don't really understand
>>337955120
shit, I thought those two things were the same
>>337955303
y-you too
Is it pronounced yick or yike?
>>337955120
>hipstercuck shilling
Spotted the buzzword retard. Why has /v/ gotten so shitty as of late? People used to not fall so easily for bait threads
https://boards.fireden.net/_/search/subject/Yiik%3A%20A%20Postmodern%20RPG/
Same shill.
>>337955746Y 2 k
i'll probably pirate and buy it if its fun like i did with undertale.
the game will probably be carried based off of how the minigames feel to play.
I enjoy paper mario because the battle prompts are satisfying to execute and simple enough that repeated battles don't get boring, maybe this can be good for similar reasons?
>>337942082
>nu-males
>>337955858
What an idiotic way to style it
The nonsense title put me off the game
I can't fucking wait for this game, look at all this goo shit this game has
https://youtu.be/Hh5sKE17L3w
>Retarded attacks
>Barely any animation
>Each attacks takes around 10 to 30 seconds to finish
>Normal battles take full 5 fucking minutes
>Most attacks have some really boring mini-games for extra damage that takes eons to finish
>These characters designs
>This music
>This everything
We are going to have weeks of shitposting non-stop, it is going to be glorious.
>>337955947
Its literally a roman numeral 2? Is this the power of modern western education?
>David Foster Wallace
>postmodern
ree
>>337955989
I'm excited too anon.
>>337942082
I would tell you to stop shilling, but your game is such a disaster I want more people to laugh at you.
The combat is so slow and simple I get bored just watching it, the character designs make me feel like black people are fucking their wives, and the "message" this pretentious ass game is trying to convey will fall fucking flat from all the other shitty aspects.
Also the music is shit.
>>337955947
thats not nonsense ya dingus. It's obviously in reference to the y2k computing crisis to convey the modern setting. The game is clearly trying to be what earthbound is to the 90s but in 20XX
>>337956074
Presented like two i's, you don't use roman numerals in the middle of phrases
>>337956227
I thought it said yiik
yiik is nonsense
>>337955989
LOL why are Americans such living stereotypes?
It's like at age 18 you have to sign a contract and can't break it for the rest of your life. You have a list of things like 'Hipster' or 'Redneck' and a few other things and that's it.
Seriously this shit is embarrassing.
>>337954354
You mean like Mario RPGs? But those were awesome... ITS OKAY WHEN NINTENDO DOES IT, I guess.
>>337955748
buzzword is a buzzword you buzzword retard
>>337956221
>the character designs make me feel like black people are fucking their wives
>>337956227
>modern setting
But it takes place a few months before Y2k
>>337942082
Who is the green qt second from right? Please tell me her personality isn't shit and that people are gonna draw lewds
>>337955989
I like how no-one has said anything yet about how the "punk chick" says "Eat fist Normies"
>>337956315
>What is stylization
>>337942082
"Yiik"? moar leik "Yuuk"! amirite?
>>337956735
Normie is a old ass term
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=normie&defid=2478258
Reminder that you can't complain about this game having sjw shit in it. They just did what everybody wanted, made their own game to appeal to people who want said game and not stuff it in other shit.
>>337956735
The Punk Chick has such a bland fucking design. It's not even punk, it's just a girl in a hoodie.
>>337942082
>self-labeling of "Postmodern"
>literally pretentious
Great art stems from personal truth. Intentionally giving yourself an artistic label is restricting and dismissive of the audiences own perceptions and truths they form when viewing said art. this is nothing but a gimmicky marketing decision. fuck into the trash it goes.
>>337955989
>the guy who attacks with a fucking vinyl record says "check out my sick beats"
EHL
OH
EHL
>>337956923
Fucking Garbage Pail Kids.
>>337955989
>5:00
>you can fucking see trough the MC's model
They're not even trying, who's betting it keeps like this even in the final game?
>>337946531
Because postmodernism is the edgy cynical teenager of intellectual trends, complete with a Che t-shirt and an a MacBook bought by mom and dad.
>>337942082
Is it OK that I'm interested in this for the potential lewd fanart only and not the actual game?
>>337955989
Wow there's gotta be at least two seconds of nothing after dodging or getting hit.
>>337954859
>makeup
>angle
>pose
You virgins are so shit at recognising warning signs that a woman is not cute.
>>337958030
This.
Why you think porn with all its makeup and photography tricks is so popular? Because actual humans are disgusting.
>>337946531
It's not the name that triggers people, but the fact that the devs had to throw that into the title. It's pretentious and corny as fuck. Would you play Silent Hill: A Horror Game or Super Mario Bros.: A Platformer?
>>337946531
>reads satre once
>>337959436
Silent Hill is pretty postmodern desu.but don't tell /v/ that
>>337959436
You coulda come up with better examples.
>>337959436
I would be inclined to agree but recently I've seen 'postmodern' thrown around on /v/ as a derogative term by /pol/ types.
>>337960274
Silent Hill is surrealist more than anything. It's very Lynch/Jodorowsky inspired.
But see I had to PLAY THE GAME to find that out.
>>337960463
>Lynch
>Jodorowsky
>not post-modern
Are you serious? Lynch is all about dismantling/subverting idealistic visions and facades of American life (See: Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet), you can't get much more post-modern than le weird grey hair man.
>>337961045
I'm saying Silent Hill isn't post modern ya faggot.
>self insert characters + forced mandatory minorities
>"postmodernism"
>too meta
>fejbnbfhfhfqh
There are so many things wrong with this I can't even continue to list all of them.
Just like >>337955989 pointed out. This game just screams cheapass and self-indulging. Who the hell thought this was a good idea ? Who's even gonna buy it ?
>>337961323
>it's inspired by these two giant figures of post-modernism
>but it's not post-modern
Okay.
It definitely is, though. The town of Silent Hill is all about the subjective experiences of those that end up there; there is no objective truth to the place. That's pretty post-modern.
>>337959436
Maybe the dev wants to pay homage to that crappy spin-off harvest moon, Innocent life.
>>337942082
>Haruki Murakami
SHIT TASTE
>David Foster Wallace
memes confirmed
this whole post makes the game sound pretentious as fuck
>>337961525
>forced mandatory minorities
wat
>>337961525
Their friends, and they probably have a thousand each on facebook, who will tell their friends etc. etc.
>>337961678
For all three it matters much more that they're surrealist than shoving them under the post-modern umbrella.
You know what surrealism is right? Have you actually watched any Jado movies?
I'll take odds that Murakami will kill himself just so that this can make him roll in his grave.
Sounds like they're making the game they want to make. Good for them.
>Murakami
>DFW
>House of Leaves
lel get this tryhard shit out of here
I read the title as Yiff
>>337961907
Yes of course I do. Surrealism was a huge influence on what became known as 'post-modernism' anyway. I'm not doubting that both directors are hugely inspired by Surrealism.
And yes I have watched Jodo's films. I've also read a few of his books and graphic novels he did with Moebius.
I would agree that his films are probably more surrealist, mystical and hinting at an 'objective truth' of existence and humanity than Lynch's are, but from interviews I've watched and his other non-film work I would place him firmly in the post-modern canon. Especially considering the time period he has been active in.
>>337942082
that picture alone gave me cancer
no thanks
>>337942082
>the game was influenced by Haruki Murakami, and David Foster Wallace
I really wish indie devs stopped doing this to sell their stupid games. It's like they can't do anything truly unique so they have to ride on someone else's horse.
>>337961936
If one were to put a laptop playing this on DFW's grave, then you could power a small city by harnessing the energy of his incessantly tumbling corpse.
STOP FUCKING SHILLING THIS GAME HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE'VE HAD AT LEAST 2 THREADS PER DAY WITH THE SAME NAME AND RANDOM INFO WITHOUT ANY REASON
FUCK YOU DEVS
Why can't games have cool taglines? Like MGS's Tactical Espionage Action or DMC's Stylish Hard Action.
Goddammmit I want to play XCOM 2: Covert Xenocidal Tactics, Warframe: Shinobi Symbiote Action, or Dirty Bomb: Acrobatic Multipalyer Shooting.
>>337963390
but what aboutcyberpunk bartender action
>>337946531
>the postmodern rpg
>exactly the same mechanics as any generic turn based rpg except with timed hits that waste slightly more of your time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2wRB-JSROc
>>337964726
Why do people like that shit again?
>>337964534
A welcome relief from a terrible trend.
