What would you do with the power of Death? Death inc. wipes out England?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229423802/death-inc
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DEATH INC. - on kickstarter

An amazing looking RTS/god style game by Ambient Studios' where you 'Paint gestures' to command and move your plague infested troops. It is being made by ex-Media Molecule (LBP) and ex Lionhead staff.

It is has a business/base management aspect for recruiting and researching.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229423802/death-inc

They also produced an 11 minute prototype video to show off the game play and the painting/gesture system

http://vimeo.com/ambientstudios/deathincgameplay1

Part 2 shows off unit movement and how to change the colour of your paint to control different units.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229423802/death-inc/posts/404995

I really liked the idea of multi-stage maps and the inclusion of physics based puzzles.

The base management is designed in the vein of them hospital and other bullfrog games with you developing your company in the safety of your nana's basement.

Death Inc. just updated with details on the business sim.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229423802/death-inc/posts/403513

 

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Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

 

Want to get the name in the game?

It will look like this

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229423802/death-inc/posts/405191

Name and title

Want to be an elite kitten herder? :P You get to decide on you job

They have also announced that higher tier backers can name units in every tier below, such as villagers, archers, nobles, heroes all the way up to king.

 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Graphics look horrible. The video on the kickstarter site is just some "Wii Memes" running around....

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Campaigner, reply 3
Graphics look horrible. The video on the kickstarter site is just some "Wii Memes" running around....
End of Campaigner's quote

The graphics are styled to be different, these are guys who built Little Big Planet and created the mod system.

They plan on releasing a new updated video that shows how the game works in greater detail, to replace the current one. This way backers don't have to watch all the updates to understand what is happening. 

The video of wii memes is them showing how backers names will appear. 

The main video is at

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229423802/death-inc 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I like the idea but the graphics are not my cup of tea and the controls appear to be made for a touchscreen, not PC. Kind of reminds me of Darwinia, actually.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Art style wont fit everyone, however, the controls are very fluid. With a mouse pointer you can draw a very accurate path. No more worrying about the AI walking into walls and going the wrong way or cutting through enemy bases. In game play video 2 part 2 Jonny shows how you can use the painted trails to guide your units along a narrow path between enemies to attack from  a different angle. The use of different colored trails also helps to direct your different troops to the desired location without fumbling around and clicking on the next one.

The painting idea also helps with the plague mechanics. With normal games you might form groups but in Death Inc you are continually spreading disease and recruiting fresh units whilst old ones fall. It saves on having to continually regroup all your units as you progress through the map.