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the creators of the gutter (http://hotseat.thepoppenkast.com/gutter/gutter.php) present to you
EXTREME BORDERCROSSING


Let's start by making something clear.
Game design is dead.

A whole new design philosophy is needed. Games nowadays might be polished, but in real life, we use duct tape to fix things. What if you apply that very same principle to game design? Like monet and manet showed us, art needs refreshment.
Therefor we used surrealist coding, and cleared our minds of any memories in traditional ways. We came with the following:


Our protagonist enters the desert. You decide his story.


To call this a demo would counter our very own views on impressionist game design, but it is not the finished product.

DOWNLOAD (http://www.thepoppenkast.com/data/JW/xmtrucks5.exe)
users that are easily emotionally moved be warned, the dramatic effects of the camera might weigh heavy on your ego

SHOULD NOT WATCH BEFORE PLAYING! - the result of our thoughts in motion on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fde4Jo3iWw)

Means of interacting with the storyline:

left arrow keys to guide to the left
right arrow keys to guide to the right
up arrow key to use hydraulics
space to activate storyline events when needed


We hope this does change your views on game design.
Understand that we do not have a hatred against the old generation, but new styles have to be developed. This has to be achieved by any means. Some will not understand. We will not use violence. But art has to be alive. We declare ourselves the saviors of game design.

-Jan Willem Nijman & Robin Rodrigo Ramirez Rodriguez

~there is no game


contact us if you are interested in funding our research

this game. it has brought be to tears. the quest of a mang to be free in his sweet monster truck. it is the story of all human. the american dream.

this only shows how the internet is not ready for a nouvelle vague of game design

Robin Rodrigo Ramirez Rodriguez is a game.
Jan Willem Nijman is a game.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PSaWTi0tMHc/SoYp_pX6iCI/AAAAAAAAACs/A_2Lhkhd-rY/S220/vectorme_greenjesus.png) is a game.

and you say god left us.  or that he died from sadness and "i am dissapoint."  but if we look carefully through the looking glass (r.i.p. garrett) but i can't see if it's really light or not.  because, is - horizon really coming? who knows if we are all blinded by this sickness that clouds are judgement.

dont let them get to you. play the game.
be the game. control it.
make the story. live the story.
fight the man.  be a luchedorable.

Haha. Haha.

Somebody has to explain it for me :droop:

Well folks, that's it. Game of the year has arrived, everyone go home.

All I can say about this game is:

What?

I have tears in my eyes, but joy in my heart. I can barely stand to type this, for it tears me away from your game. The greatest honour I can now imagine is shaking you by the hand. Game design is finished. There is nothing left for us to do. Congratulations.

Neat.  :coffee:

Haha, wow that IS sophisticated. It is way over my head so I'll just leave this discussion to you gentlemen.

Marry me. :-*

Classy.
I love your games jwaap!
 :eyebrows:

It's not particularly enjoyable :shrug2:

Personally, I play games for fun.

Judging from the sheer quality and fun factor of this game, I seriously doubt that.

I really wish there was sound. I liked the part where I didn't know what was going on.

Yes, there need to be sound effects.  But something makes me think most of them should just be people yelling at the player?

Awesome thing!

he said it was a demo. i hope he adds sound and fixes a few things.

if not we'll just hunt him down and force him to do it  8)

i suport this thing

We are working on this piece right now, so we figured that we should comment all the comments.


we like the green on that picture


it is not a game, but it is of the year



don't worry, we can say loads of things about it, and again, it is not a game.




we hope you still have those tears in your eyes


Yes, it all started back in the 1950's when a man decided to stand up against his roots, and made true art. We now have to do the very same thing. WE MUST
We do not agree with your use of small faces depicting emotions, they are misguiding and out of date.


It is not a discussion. It is the metagame.


Do you mean me or robin?


It is not a game.


Yes, that's why you play this for life.


Sound is something we have yet to look into. You can make your own sounds while playing using your mouth and simple kitchen tools.


it is not me, it is me and robin


thank you, paypal donations are welcome


You are dumb.
Explainations ruined our lives, do not ask for more



And finally, a cool new video showing new stuff we added to this piece of art:

LINK TO MY TUBE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn6GX1LTVv4)

I still question the authenticity of Robin's Mexican blood.

(http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/8/5/6/f_mexican1m_90acf3d.jpg)

I don't know what to believe now.

then how much $

I have a poster of that painting hanging on my wall. when people ask me what it says I tell them, and then they say "What is it then?"  :facepalm: