Mashing up Bridge Constructor and AMC’s The Walking Dead – Xbox Wire

Fast intro: I’m Matthias, the inventive lead behind the brand-new Bridge Constructor: The Strolling Lifeless recreation, the newest launch within the well-known Bridge Constructor collection. A few of you will have seen that we already went a bit loopy with our earlier title Bridge Constructor Portal (accessible now with Xbox Sport Cross), which was based mostly on Valve’s beloved Portal. This time, we’re taking it a step additional.

By its roots, Bridge Constructor has at all times been a premium informal puzzle model, specializing in the challenges of establishing bridge with a number of supplies at hand and testing them beneath totally different weight masses. For those who construct efficiently, your automobiles, vehicles or trains will make it throughout. Nonetheless, in your strategy to that profitable second, the entire thing will collapse many instances – and watching all the pieces tumble down is definitely a giant a part of the enjoyable and possibly one of many primary the reason why the style is so beloved by players and content material creators alike.

Again in 2012, we began with Bridge Constructor being a conventional method to the style. Now with each following sequel we tried to present a brand new side to it: There was the sandboxy BC Playground with badges for various challenges, adopted by BC Medieval positioned within the Center Ages providing new mission modes, and even an action-focused BC Stunts, the place you will have direct management of your autos, extra alongside the traces of the Trials video games.

Our query at all times was the place to take the model subsequent and discover and cross boundaries. We already started broadening the idea of “bridges” with BC Stunts, the place gamers primarily constructed leap ramps and loops to have the autos carry out daredevil stunts. We favored the dynamic side of it, so Dieter from Headup ventured forth and requested: May we mix the physics-based gameplay from Bridge Constructor with the equation of “Entrance velocity equals exit velocity” from the Portal video games? Bingo! Bridge Constructor Portal got here fairly sudden for probably the most however proved to be a giant success. Now the next concept was: What if we create a recreation within the custom of Lemmings and The Loopy Machines however use zombies as an alternative of little rodents? With the fellows at Headup being nice followers of the Strolling Lifeless model, the concept was spontaneously pitched to AMC. And funnily sufficient, we have been collectively in a position to safe a deal.

Which takes us on to the topic of brains: The primary problem within the growth was to maintain the steadiness between a posh and resource-demanding physics system and the variety of items we might simulate in a stage. One in every of Lemmings’ large appeals was the sheer mass of little sprites on the display however that was earlier than ragdolls and real-time physics implementation. This posed fairly a problem for the sport design. We determined to scale back the variety of walkers a bit in favor of providing extra numerous puzzles together with using cell setting objects to plan deadly traps for the zombies. But, the command factor from Lemmings nonetheless appeared horny to make use of, so we carried out it however in a reversed approach: In our recreation you can provide instructions to the protagonists whereas having fun with the internally referred to as “Lemmings Schadenfreude Impact” on the walkers.

Balancing all three issues – physics system, characters from the present, and the puzzle designs – took its time so we prolonged the initially scheduled growth interval by a couple of months. Which result in the truth that the sport’s launch date now coincides with the launch of the following technology of consoles, and we’re particularly proud that Bridge Constructor: The Strolling Lifeless can be one of many actually new video games on these nice platforms. This can be a new space for us as Bridge Constructor has at all times been extra of a cell and PC model, and we’re excited to see how the first-mover console viewers will react to the sport.

Bridge Constructor: The Strolling Lifeless

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Expertise the enjoyable of KILLING WALKERS utilizing the POWER of your BRAIN!

Put together for the last word mashup expertise! Bridge Constructor: The Strolling Lifeless combines the legendary and difficult puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Strolling Lifeless.

Be part of a gaggle of survivors as they combat towards hordes of undead walkers and a hostile human group. Construct bridges and different constructions via bleak landscapes and ruined buildings. Group up with fan-favorite characters like Daryl, Michonne and Eugene, and create protected passage for iconic autos from the collection.

Use movable stage objects, explosives and baits to your benefit as you lure walkers into deadly traps and information your survivors to security. Benefit from the physics-based frenzy and ragdoll animations as walkers succumb to the forces of gravity.