The E3 2017 was a huge blast revealing quite some of the best games we are playing these days. The same goes for indie developers to show they gems during this gigantic event. One of the games, which initially showed a lot of promise, was The Last Night. The devs only revealed a trailer and after that, we heard nothing about the game development or any sort of trailer. However, to our surprise, the game surely is in developed as it was confirmed by the director of the game. He also shared updates on the game
The Last Night’s Development Update
If you are hearing about this game for the very first time, here are the details of the game as shared by Steam:
Humans first knew the era of survival. Then they knew the era of work. Now they live in the era of leisure. Machines have surpassed human labour not only in strength, but in precision, intellect, and creativity. The fight for survival doesn’t mean food and water, but a purpose for living. People now define themselves by what they consume, not what they create.
The Last Night immerses you in the everyday life of Charlie, a second-class citizen living in a city brimming with augmentation and citizens living a gamified existence — none of which Charlie can experience himself due to a childhood accident. Apathetic and disheartened by the seemingly pointless world around him, Charlie is presented with an opportunity to take matters into his own hands. But at what risk?
Reveal Trailer
In case you missed the trailer,
Gameplay Details
The Last Night is a 2.5D cinematic platform game, where the player controls Charlie, a person living a lower-class existence among the rest of society that is living in an “era of leisure” and where computers and machinery have otherwise taken over all menial work. The player can have Charlie explore his city, talk freely with other citizens, get involved in gunfights, and includes elements of stealth.
Game Development Update
The game looks gorgeous considering it is a pixel art game and it has been almost more than a year since they dropped this reveal trailer and finally we the update regarding the development of the game. Here are the official tweets from the game director
2018, rise & fall:
– We doubled the team.
– We got ourselves a proper lovely studio in the core of London.
– Game budget finally got a *massive* raise.
– We found & developed the code architecture this game needed.
– We developed even more gorgeous hybrid 3D pixel art techniques.— Tim Soret (@timsoret) December 31, 2018
2018 stats:
– 1.000.000 views on the reveal trailer!
– More than +6M views on all channels.
– My making-of for IGN is almost at 500k views… Insane.
– 186 000 wishlists on Steam with just one trailer. Unbelievable.
(Screenshot of my custom tool to keep track of stats & comments) pic.twitter.com/OlCsArDyb6— Tim Soret (@timsoret) December 31, 2018
Let us know what do you think about The Last Night. Despite being in controversy I’m looking forward to this game.