THE ART OF NOËL CLARK

Hey all! IGN has put up something really cool: using their multi-stream video technology, they’ve allowed you to explore one of Tacoma’s early scenes from multiple angles simultaneously! Click through to check it out– then head back here for some insight into the process.

One of the toughest things about talking about Tacoma is getting across what’s so unique about our core mechanic. We all know the feeling we’re going for, and it can be described, but it really comes across most strongly when you can be in it. As Marty Sliva puts it in his writeup for this feature, “It’s almost like being able to control the flow of a play that’s being performed right in front of your eyes.” You can see how that ability to rewind, fast forward, move through the scene and connect disparate moments comes together in the 15-minute gameplay video we released, but the other side of it– getting to fully examine each of these multipath scenes from every angle– is harder to encapsulate.

Which is where IGN’s very cool multi-stream video technology comes in. With this new feature, we were able to capture three separate player paths through the same scene– all starting from the same place then immediately diverging– to get a fuller feel for how all these parallel threads add up to a complete view of what a scene like this means in total. It also emphasizes how quickly the player experience can add up in layers… and this doesn’t even include the story thread where the player follows E.V. into her office, or other parts of this wing that go unexplored here.

Hi all! We sent out our newsletter (you can sign up at tacoma.game) and have posted some on our Twitter and Facebook pages, but we haven’t gathered all the exciting press coverage we’ve posted from E3 2016 in one single, all-encompassing place yet! And so: welcome to this blog post.

First off, if you haven’t seen it yet, we kicked off E3 by debuting our moody new trailer for Tacoma:

We showed it as part of the YouTube Gaming Live show with Geoff Keighley: Karla and Steve went onstage to show some more footage and chat a little about some of the big changes since we showed the game last. You can check out that segment here! 

Following the debut of the new trailer, we spent the rest of the conference showing a live gameplay demo to press folks from tons of outlets from all over the world. Thanks again to our compatriots at Microsoft for making us part of their behind-closed-doors press schedule in the Xbox One booth!

One result of all this demoing was that we were lucky enough to end up being included in a number of sites’ “BEST OF E3″ lists! Thank you to Game Informer, The Verge, Nerdist, the AV Club and more for including us! 

But of course the most exciting stuff to come out of the E3 press coverage was in-depth peeks into just what our new and improved vision of Tacoma entails. A good place to start? Polygon’s video comparison between what we showed a year ago, and where the game’s at now.Polygon also did a full writeup of the press demo, including their impressions of how it plays and where it’s headed.

The Associated Press wrote up a number of their “trends of E3,” which included Tacoma’s Amy Ferrier as one of the show’s “diverse heroes.”

What else, what else?

Along with naming Tacoma the Best Adventure Game of E3, Game Informer also wrote up their full impressions of the driven demo.

The Guardian’s Keith Stuart also gave the demo a look and shared his thoughts.

As a game that’s going to launch on PC and Xbox One, the Xbox Wire came by and shared their impressions.

For our Japanese-speaking fans, Famitsu came by and gave our demo a look! They also took a nice photo of Steve & Karla in front of our big logo wall in the press room:

Finally, perhaps you are an interview liker? We’ve got you covered.

Wired wrote up their time with the game, and asked Steve and Karla more about the creative process, and life in 2088. And took some very dramatic photos.

The Daily Dot shares an extensive interview, with tons of new insight.

And, finally, Kill Screen came by the Fullbright office and interviewed Nina and Karla about their work in games!