Captain Disaster and the Two Worlds of Riskara

CaptainD · Tue 31/01/2023 22:00:39

Yes it's true!! Captain Disaster is back! But, he's as you've never seen him before.

** Demo available on Steam! **

I'm delighted to announce that I have teamed up with Lorenzo of Clotilde fame to make a new Captain Disaster game, with the same daft humour but an all-new graphical style and user interface, while Viking will be creating an original music score for the game - most recently Viking created the superb OST for The Corruption Within. I will be taking care of coding, design and sound effects while Lorenzo works his magic with the artwork (plus throwing in some dreadful jokes just in case mine aren't bad enough, and probably solving my coding issues!). I won't say anything about his graphics as the screenshots below speak for themselves.

We will also be welcoming back some of the voice acting crew from Stomping Boots while introducing some new voices. TheBitPriest will be part of the project as well, since obviously it wouldn't really be Captain Disaster without my co-dev from Stomping Boots!

Nearer the time I will be recruiting some testers to round off the team.

Captain Disaster and the Two Worlds of Riskara features an epic story in which our hero is not quite so much of a disaster... or is he? Answering a distress call begins a chain of events involving a planet with an amazing history, an attempt to unite two races driven apart for so long that no-one can remember why, and an ancient race thought to be long extinct...

While not exactly a follow-on from Death Has A Million Stomping Boots, there will be allusions to events from it and at least one returning character apart from Zero-Bit and the Captain himself.

Parody has always been an important part of the Captain Disaster DNA, and that's just as true with this games. Books that will definitely have some kind of influence on the game's storyline include Dune, 1984, Ender's Game and Timelike Infinity.

Epic story
Intriguing characters
Gorgeous visuals (1280x720 resolution)
Fiendish puzzles
Fiendish voice cast
Beautiful soundtrack
Lots of very, very bad jokes

Marvel at the refitted Disaster Area!

Delight in the aliens you will meet:

Collapse under the weight of sci-fi references hidden in the game (okay, probably hidden in plain sight, but still)...

(Also spend many sleepless nights wondering if this is a typo of a clever corruption of a word...)

Gasp at the dramatic cut-scenes!

Did I mention it's Available to wishlist on Steam now?

Knoodn · Wed 01/02/2023 21:25:14

Hey Dave and Team Disaster.

It is good to see that the Captain is back!
Everything sounds and looks very promising. I am really looking forward to it.

Keep up the good work.

CaptainD · Fri 03/02/2023 17:12:09

Thanks Tino!

cat · Mon 06/02/2023 12:04:57

Wonderful news! Will Clotilde have a cameo? They seem like the perfect couple - she is clever but happens to stumble into trouble whereas he is not so clever but manages to stumble out of trouble.

FireFlower · Tue 07/02/2023 09:57:50

Didn't know you are working on a new game. It looks cool!

CaptainD · Tue 07/02/2023 20:23:24

@cat - we have talked about Clotilde making an entrance, but not sure yet. They do seem like the perfect couple though!

@FireFlower - well now you know!!

FireFlower · Wed 08/02/2023 00:37:16

Yep

Gurok · Wed 08/02/2023 12:14:53

Hope you get this one done, Dave. I love Captain Disaster's new style. I've been following this one on Twitter too. All the best!

lorenzo · Wed 08/02/2023 20:08:11

Hey, everybody! Thanks for the kind words on the game!
The demo is coming along nicely, it should be ready soon (if we manage to stop us from adding more things to it

).

cat: we discussed a hypothetical game with both Captain Disaster and Clotilde, but nothing concrete yet. Who knows, maybe we can find her later in the game, shipwrecked somewhere.

eri0o · Wed 08/02/2023 21:54:27

Hey, this looks good and sounds good, a nice pairing of humor and art here. Also a good motivation for me to read Timelike Infinity.

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I like the idea of hidden Lorenzo characters in the backgrounds in different places, it could be a fun easter egg. Maybe clicking all of them gives an achievement

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cat · Thu 09/02/2023 08:42:59

Quote from: eri0o on Wed 08/02/2023 21:54:27
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I like the idea of hidden Lorenzo characters in the backgrounds in different places, it could be a fun easter egg. Maybe clicking all of them gives an achievement
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Like Ilaria and his family stuck in a space highway jam with their ship

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It's always fun to have those tiny details that fans will recognize but look completely normal to outsiders. It's not even necessary to have interactions there, more a visual wink.

lorenzo · Thu 09/02/2023 12:44:11

Quote from: eri0o on Wed 08/02/2023 21:54:27Hey, this looks good and sounds good, a nice pairing of humor and art here. Also a good motivation for me to read Timelike Infinity.

I haven't read Timelike Infinity myself, so if we don't like it, we can blame CaptainD and his reading choices

Quote from: eri0o on Wed 08/02/2023 21:54:27
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I like the idea of hidden Lorenzo characters in the backgrounds in different places, it could be a fun easter egg. Maybe clicking all of them gives an achievement
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Quote from: cat on Thu 09/02/2023 08:42:59
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Like Ilaria and his family stuck in a space highway jam with their ship .
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It's always fun to have those tiny details that fans will recognize but look completely normal to outsiders. It's not even necessary to have interactions there, more a visual wink.

These are good ideas! Let's see if I can sneak in some of those characters somewhere in the game

CaptainD · Thu 09/02/2023 21:25:56

I have to admit the influence of Timelike Infinity is quite subtle, and even if you've read the book you could miss it. At the risk of going off-topic that book is, conceptually, one of the most astonishing works of science fiction I've ever read.

Trying to stay on-topic, here's another screenshot:

And some news - we are looking to release the demo in around 2 weeks. Not setting an exact date just yet. The demo will not feature voice-acting or Steam achievements - I'm afraid you're going to have to wait for the final game for those.

The reason for this is that in terms of our own workflow and consistency of audio quality, it's going to be much better to put that in right at the end, all in one go. Lessons learned from the previous CD game!!

cat · Fri 10/02/2023 08:56:28

Regarding the screenshot (completely OT, that's why in spoiler):

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My sister and her family visited the Austrian town of Hallstadt, which is very famous especially with Asian tourists. They sent me a photo of a vending machine selling "Original Hallstatt Air" in cans for 10€

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lorenzo · Sat 11/02/2023 11:00:46

cat: haha, that's crazy! If some social media celebrity passed by Hallstatt and happened to breathe near the place where they make the air in a can, we could have the same product as in the game

heltenjon · Sat 11/02/2023 14:18:15

Yeah, it's off-topic until you decide to include it in the game.

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Perhaps as a solution to a puzzle with regards to breathing in space or on a planet with a toxic atmosphere.

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Anyway: [offtopic]I actually know a guy who, for a joke, posted a bag of "glacier air" on ebay. (He works with tourists doing glacier walks.) To his astonishment, someone actually wanted to buy it, for a stiff price.[/offtopic]

lorenzo · Sun 12/02/2023 20:31:25

Quote from: heltenjon on Sat 11/02/2023 14:18:15Yeah, it's off-topic until you decide to include it in the game.
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Perhaps as a solution to a puzzle with regards to breathing in space or on a planet with a toxic atmosphere.
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That's a fun idea for a puzzle! I think the line was originally only a description/joke for one of the boxes, so I don't know if something similar could be added. But it could make for a neat puzzle.

Quote from: heltenjon on Sat 11/02/2023 14:18:15Anyway: [offtopic]I actually know a guy who, for a joke, posted a bag of "glacier air" on ebay. (He works with tourists doing glacier walks.) To his astonishment, someone actually wanted to buy it, for a stiff price.[/offtopic]

[offtopic]Haha! Got to have that fresh glacier air during the hot summer!

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CaptainD · Thu 23/02/2023 21:53:31

The demo trailer is here!!

CaptainD · Wed 01/03/2023 16:46:05

Demo released!!

Currently only on Steam, we will be building an Itch page soon.

AGS Game Page

lorenzo · Thu 02/03/2023 18:53:29

In case you've missed it, here's a reminder

I tried to make the image clickable, but no luck. So, you'll have to click on the link to the right, instead -> CLICK ME!