I noticed that a new MDickie game just hit the Steam store, and realized that we don't have an MDickie thread yet. This must be remedied.
MDickie is a solo developer who started out making 3D wrestling games for PC, then switched to developing for mobile and made 2D versions of his older 3D games.
Now he's back on PC, porting his 2D games to Windows, and seems to be working on a new 3D game too.
Most of his games are open world life sims with RPG elements, where your stats increase or decrease based on your actions. They all run on his two wrestling game engines (one 3D, one 2D) and copy their combat systems... which means you can basically pick up any object in the game and beat people up with it.
The result is completely insane games where everyone just ends up in fistfights all the time. But the games are also trying to be life sims where NPCs have complex relations with each other. They're a total trip.
Here's a selection of MDickie games on Steam:
The You Testament has you play a character during the time of Jesus. You can play as one of his apostles, or create your own character.
School Days has you play a teenager in school, trying to get good grades and graduate.
Hard Time has you play as a prisoner who has to make it through his/her time in prison.
Extra Lives is a post-apocalyptic zombie dystopia where multiple factions fight against each other and you can pick a side.
The games qualify as RPGs because of the Elder Scrolls style learning by doing skill progression. There's also a system of choice and consequence: NPCs will like or hate you depending on your actions, the authorities might drag you to court if you're caught doing something illegal, etc etc.
In practice, his games are completely chaotic clusterfucks, which is why they're fun to play.
But they're pretty ambitious in what they're trying to do, and I don't think any other devs are attempting the same thing MDickie is. The most fascinating thing about it is how he uses his wrestling game engine to run simulation games with RPG elements. Insane shit.
MDickie is a solo developer who started out making 3D wrestling games for PC, then switched to developing for mobile and made 2D versions of his older 3D games.
Now he's back on PC, porting his 2D games to Windows, and seems to be working on a new 3D game too.
Most of his games are open world life sims with RPG elements, where your stats increase or decrease based on your actions. They all run on his two wrestling game engines (one 3D, one 2D) and copy their combat systems... which means you can basically pick up any object in the game and beat people up with it.
The result is completely insane games where everyone just ends up in fistfights all the time. But the games are also trying to be life sims where NPCs have complex relations with each other. They're a total trip.
Here's a selection of MDickie games on Steam:
The You Testament has you play a character during the time of Jesus. You can play as one of his apostles, or create your own character.
School Days has you play a teenager in school, trying to get good grades and graduate.
Hard Time has you play as a prisoner who has to make it through his/her time in prison.
Extra Lives is a post-apocalyptic zombie dystopia where multiple factions fight against each other and you can pick a side.
The games qualify as RPGs because of the Elder Scrolls style learning by doing skill progression. There's also a system of choice and consequence: NPCs will like or hate you depending on your actions, the authorities might drag you to court if you're caught doing something illegal, etc etc.
In practice, his games are completely chaotic clusterfucks, which is why they're fun to play.
But they're pretty ambitious in what they're trying to do, and I don't think any other devs are attempting the same thing MDickie is. The most fascinating thing about it is how he uses his wrestling game engine to run simulation games with RPG elements. Insane shit.
