#mech sim

I've been sick the last 4 days and spent the "free" time updating the Timberwolf / Mad Cat mod for Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries with a 100 new Clan Wolf, Jade Falcon, & Ghost Bear camo patterns. Grab it here on Nexus: https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarrior5mercenaries/mods/621 or on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2682968444

Gearhead Caramel’s Story Generator

I think story generators in the Gearhead series are currently the most complete story generator that is least talked about. While there are many exciting new approaches that people are trying, Joseph Hewett has had working procedurally generated plots in his games for well over a decade.

He’s recently written a blogpost about the story generator in the Winter Mocha release of Gearhead Caramel. It’s a good summary of his approach and how the current and previous Gearhead story systems work.

Amazing news: I contacted Scott Goffman, one of the artists for Mechwarrior 2 back in 1995. He provided me never-before-seen super-high resolution renders of the MW2 artwork he did (more below). Thanks to Scott for archiving his 26-years old work: https://www.goffman.net/scott/portfolio/  

Happy 25 year anniversary to Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries, one of the greatest games of all-time. It took the incredible mech sim gameplay of MW2 and GBL and transposed it into a management sim with economy, pilot hiring and RPG elements, multiple contracts and variable mission structure, and a story spanning the early 31st century with the Succession Wars up until the Clans were repelled at the Battle of Tukayyid. Many Battletech and Mechwarrior games have since emulated the same design of MW2: Mercenaries because it managed to combine mech sim with management sim in an incredibly innovative way - all way back in 1996!

If you're interested, here's a longer Twitter thread with art, videos, Easter Eggs, and reviews of the game: https://twitter.com/ArtofBattletech/status/1443607570283782147