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How Jason Got His Groove Back

Monday, April 13th, 2009 – running time 34:36
Love is a 200-player, persistent world in which players have complete control over the very landscape. Follow that by Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and Henry Hatsworth and we've truly run the gamut of gaming.

Eskil Steenberg is the sole developer of the game Love. He dropped by the week of GDC to give an extended demo of this 200-player, persistent, and uniquely beautiful game world in which players have complete control--even over the very landscape. Created with tools of his own making, including a 3D modeler and renderer, Love is an incredible example of just how far a solo project can go.

Of course that doesn't preclude the incredible outcome that can be achieved with a dedicated team delivering the latest and greatest in heart-stopping visuals. Motorstorm: Pacific Rift fits that bill and then sucker-punches you with a visceral racing experience that is just so damn good we felt it was worth bringing up just in case you missed it in the holiday crush of last year. Ryan, JayFresh, and Matt relive their previous week's harrowing journeys over the rivers and through the volcanoes.

In a deceptively simple stroke of genre-bending, Henry Hatsworth is likely to tickle that retro-loving vibe in all old-school gamers as well as remind them of a fundamental fact: old-school games are hard! Still, John Davison, Tiff Chow, and Patrick Klepek were kind enough to come by and share their Hatsworth-y experiences with Ryan and make the case as to why this one shouldn't be missed.

Difficulty, though, doesn't seem to be something Jason has all that much patience with and he's forced to make a deal with the devil (in this case, Cesar) in order to progress onward with Rhythm Heaven on his DS.

Highlights
high school ( 18:57, 18:57 ) Squarespace ( 0:08, 3:21, 3:25, 3:33, 0:08, 3:21, 3:25, 3:33 ) pop Hit ( 16:34, 16:34 ) PlayStation 3 ( 4:11, 11:37, 30:44, 4:11, 11:37, 30:44 ) high school ( 18:57, 18:57 ) Squarespace ( 0:08, 3:21, 3:25, 3:33, 0:08, 3:21, 3:25, 3:33 ) pop Hit ( 16:34, 16:34 ) PlayStation 3 ( 4:11, 11:37, 30:44, 4:11, 11:37, 30:44 )

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" We're gonna -- you're you're seeing the vehicles in the way -- like yeah it says school bus driving 95 miles an hour on the edge of the cliff crazy the way it's tearing in the way that is jumping in with any kind of shocks a lot of the overlapping action in the week that you see the -- The vehicles feel even when you're drifting or when you're just -- up jobs are bouncing over -- what you're doing the actions are completely unrealistic you would not drive a car like the way you do it but if you were driving a car or -- he or an eighteen -- across this type of -- it feels like it's reacting the way that is supposed to ourselves the other part has everything sounds so dirty greedy. Yeah and it fits with the whole aesthetic of the entire game and you really didn't it places you inside it's totally unrealistic vehicle in this totally unrealistic environment. And the -- that package comes together though there is no suspension of disbelief you're just there. Sometimes I'm just like. And the developers leveled designed to -- in this game -- I can be going around this corner and unlike RA if I can cut this right here and holy slide around these guys get around it. And they place a boulder right there just out of sight because -- going to try to do exactly that they want to give you this extra little thing that you have to that you have to -- the last second -- why you have to memorize the course has some quick decisions you can basically I was played it was in the first -- usually the first few -- my first attempt added it is just learning the trash and seeing like all the different multiple ways which -- shortest. -- that's it takes an -- light medium or heavy vehicle the first is a lot of crashes a lot -- and -- a lot of like just trial and error and it's a second and third time when you learned when you can start moving fast since they're making those decisions. That I think it's agreement to counter the repetitive nature of the game did you have to keep playing -- over and over again to your playing -- like wipe out is for you have to be like perfect candidate. To get that gold medal I never got tired of watching you guys play out what you do attract fifteen times in a row and can't even elect the thirteenth fourteenth -- need to look like all my god they've never seen that before I can't believe that happen."

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" More gamely functionality in -- and yeah. If you're going near lovers something over lava. Vineyard temperature gauges on fire scene if you using your proves it's gonna keep you -- a lot faster in the opposite when you're. When you're going underwater caller on your -- are over water within your temperature gauge fills up a -- lower court cools down a lot faster than boosting lawyer going over the water and that really brings in a lot of strategy because I was I would go through and say okay here's a pool in front of me. And the national inclination is legal in their life. Lay on the boost because it's like it's you feel like oh it's free but the thing is is like if you don't only on the loose. And let us look yes and Leslie got a little bit and it cools down super rapidly yes and then you can light boost for a lot longer -- you get out of it."

" And of course the water depending on what you -- in the water completely slowed down as well that really made you love the different classes vehicles because. Before everything why would anybody ever want to play means yes trucks business track where. Right near the beginning there's this these alleges that you can you that you can't get over is like this kind of looks sort -- like for ramp from far away if you try to hit it with the smart -- you -- right into it right. But if you're -- can you can make it over it and you can totally short cut like the whole track and then later on detractors. But rivers section. And if you're in the big truck. He just died down right into the river drive in the river the entire time nearly ninety into the course and I did that once -- buggy and it took forever you know you can't do you put it in trial it's the way to go yeah."

" games just incredible totally worth buying especially if you like America greeted it burnout is the only reason you and they don't you like. This is -- game I think that would appeal to you anyway and it's so it's definitely one of the best the best in them a PlayStation 3 and if you do play and you might get. I would even they'd -- probably go back to play the original players because even though it is a bit more limited -- if you you know that going into it -- the -- and -- not huge racing game fan died gavel in the genre but it takes it takes something really special on a Cisco press loved -- seem to stick with it for a long period of time and to. Player racing game that like keeps -- interest for two weeks and I'm still thinking about it I still like. -- goals of every single courses make me like really OCD that's really out of character that's a lot for the game without question it's like Mario Kart for adults -- exactly."

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" I began long before that it be in the game so far I I don't know why I don't think I'm ever going to beat it. I just -- that my. Why it's incredibly difficult. Waiting for a couple levels. -- is good good it's really fun. And the game is very accepting a simple platform are always suppose there. He can find it to become very very complicated very quickly it requires you to be. Extremely competent and finally -- coaching staff get to play. Crazy facts yet."

" This is the first time that it. Really. Time and I guess. I guess it was a combination plate. I am using my the way they interact with. Back to the really just kept me going in after being -- with it. I think this is a really great balance between the two worlds the way to the inner rapidly that they import each other actions that you participate in them. And if you really go into it trying to balance those actions you -- is really like satisfactory kind of crying like. I puzzled by because -- I think it's very simple all you have to do is combine three colors of blocks in just didn't and I say it until these are realizing that. There are -- And any blocks and that they can be normal lands they can be like school ones loved ones like there's all of these ranges of -- block -- is just as much as their ranges of for -- easier to deal. Yeah."

" I totally got -- I never actually -- insult. They're making it ever had any effort to actually cross cross over not so you were thinking about going down like getting everything set up. That's because you're just being able about it or is because you like the other hand is. I guess we'll have both given that the platform to get a little boring. I was going down their clearing up and move on thinking along and getting ready for the and at a copy. Using that much do you think the robo form once or twice in the history of ignoring the list."

" Develop these -- well. This frantic -- like it a little while probably didn't come into the one of those -- relay -- wherever they want it. Yeah so I'm gonna save my public loss continued moderate platform you know really just like. And it ahead and that's just in the past that I."

" You find you study getting ready -- satisfied joining Ellsbury. Like I would like stuff that's -- meaningful work and like you get there clears things in different parts hoping that it would lineups. You can get four -- is an idiot as they can actually do the flock down slightly to your best and I hit my. Good luck process that would make up it would -- they did this yeah did you pop. Hit that pattern wanted to get something into the game is that. Whenever I go to the polls these there was also leaves something active but again even it wasn't -- And any blacks in an interview and you begin to lose my super meter. But I always found something I had something to -- them."

" What made the stages feel entirely too long to view that the combination puzzling is that right. Basically juggled every entity as long as I possibly could again panacea to get more points and there it is if you juggling all the way. Then when it flies down into the puzzle it's not an audience like it's like friendly helping -- the once I felt so far reported. Just found it very interesting that. Even though that this -- this mechanic is fighting mechanic was so much fun as there was. Kind of bored by the early stages. World one I was really -- more than my apartment. But then when they finally introduced that and make your man and -- grab that part of again I was like okay well this point now platforms. Is fun and doesn't feel like I'm just. Popping through these kind of -- stages and killing enemies that are here now there's brutality to within each stage in the world I don't think there's much variation. But between the different world there's definitely gotten involved with the game goes on the puzzling gets checked entry here they had different entities after block sites."

" When he first started to -- music -- three went for a little aliens. Think about Aaron is a long long athletic talent level."

" And a part that really pissed me off was in that crazy -- that the end of world through. It was the icicles. Guys and gals are getting essentially put something in the puzzle as a way to get greeted as we get around it there's no -- high school once -- in the polls if you don't. Attack them in the classroom section their stuff there's religious figures appear that flowed out -- everything all right and you can. Find a way to get rid of it there's no way to do that that's the reason he works is because. You use the platform in the -- together and NAS is the only -- your ability to use the puzzling as -- and become frustrating and pulls -- good enough stands out. -- that it stands on things together is why I really think I -- to say that the game -- within these. It's sort of presenting the won't something simpler than. It is not a -- it's."

" off seeming like you might text old school like TD laughable. It's a little impact on how can anybody is yes -- both in the -- I could see some people lined. Finding trying it because you know. -- read and then like maybe an hour into being might well."

" I guess in terms of the witness -- difficulty yes it's really (%expletive) hard work right now by. I think that the way it's progressing as exciting because immediately kind of great that there isn't enough and it kicks your ass really hard sometimes like I think there's a lot of into. There really easy to -- now and sometimes argued that really but I think frustrating you know. Yeah you do really that would be insured here and we'll link you right I think that they didn't."

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" I love this might mean I think."

" So it -- it I think all the time yet folks in -- loss -- everything else about so much that and it doesn't consider obviously got. It's frustrating -- so we're just. Possibility that you love I don't play games like this anymore I don't like getting us through anything got a little long time ago. And I teaches game but did you question remains where it bonds that were checked out and I think that people."

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" He is roughly about finding these tokens. It's an autograph it's okay in -- bit -- I'm gonna start -- building something in this world that are out for ya got me and I just picked up. Faith that we hear."

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" So he hasn't got an entire his entire system. That procedure the generates these cities and generates the defenses that are enemies it's. Obvious that yeah here's one. It's. A really cool thing is this. So you can see these little blue. Lines they've all over the place yeah. Those are those are power but there are those that -- things that shields and fans --"

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" Now this makes me security eight characters. Did you find really really powerful theme my want to take out the -- manufacturing so you follow the lines and figure out how the infrastructure work in. It gives you love -- Beauty. So these were -- are completely generated through bill. By the computer and they actually respond to the players you. Think the players for -- start attacking the world you know from one direction. His city might decide to start put up defenses in that direction. And actually do something about it so they -- response team to the players' actions."

" Pretty much anywhere it anywhere it's within the distance of one of these homeless you can modify -- every want to make player. Today -- cases -- in the clear bases also have access to use deterrence and to the power sources into the shields everything that the computer has access to. It just that you have to building."

" Okay."

" And I'm gonna build more infrastructure. It's he forced out of fourth skills and you'll get pretty late in the game so it's not mean you're going to happen. I'm cheating so we can fill out. Now interestingly. -- consensus right now. Withdraw from power. It's worse now this power source is a -- mail. Now if that happens we're doing some prison time here because right now in the morning and evening variants of the wind is the only -- being so -- think that's actually rotate. Now and then. Big breaks and going today starts spinning around. The -- of expertise power. So review isn't every element binoculars."

" He and his binoculars look at this object. And out from pardons from court decision. You know I Conyers now that shows where --"

" Took us into this. Configuration display. So now because he does -- current worth so now everything -- and it is protected -- children that this is not very."

" Power generator that if I put more power and."

" So and this right here you can do things like -- here you kind of media tower. And so you plant the radio tower. -- can go any kind of find a free you can define frequency. Found in his unit editor in and defiant treatment seen anybody in the game continues the thing. And -- stay tuned into that frequency than they hear the -- You I guess threw an ambush that today's heated text read. Prices are just looking at interface -- control of my you know cortex and looked at recently to work I think kind of as a whole lot of player control and a sort of like options lets you put a little menu that keeps popping up in this footage his -- his team. Cross it looks like get aliens are or what it's like it is it is like all those little icons mean something to him but it's just so you can have quick access into the hospital and."

" It's just amazing to me in one person developing this and -- Right here like rather the tools that you. He maintenance hired 3-D -- just because he wanted something that could quickly moment kind of things that are going in -- you know things like go and buy a 10000 dollars 3-D graphics package when you can just making yourself."

" is that my moment warn them connect to server through reporting here it's boring."

" And here's a look at all the assets. You know actions -- hear me he finale for instance like the part of his pocket change it. It changes in real time inside me. And all my tools workplaces that you -- never to say thank you are -- for failure to deal with any fault whatsoever everything just happens. -- can you level you know -- Bringing him. The number of complexity can call the complexity of what down. All the real time actually external -- freed -- And he came down complexity you know depending on different machines. So when you -- your -- you don't really care about whether it's. Or platform if you have lots -- were very -- you can use the same assets were PSP game for PlayStation 3 game."

" 360 game you can control very perfectly exactly on the pollan went in the final product."

" So this thing right here why is that he's just a tool they use to monitor what the world who look like you can just let it sit there and change on its own. And this is -- this is actually visit the EI actually building and modifying like creating destroying things over time. And it's better you know I don't know hundreds of times a thousand times or whatever hurt but this just gave you an idea of what's going on in his entire world simulation at any given moment."

" His -- flying around. A long both. Actually. How different hero. This is maybe not best thing for productivity."

" Okay. -- I -- so this isn't related country club. It's. Is this element buses and from trying to beat this rhythm heaven ping pong game for fun can ever you -- the this is all our guys like great beauty of the game we're say yeah so let's forget hard. -- Suits as a couple more tries and I can do this in hill. -- It always goes -- it's slightly crooked to the right. You know risk of getting rid of Bob you know where you don't oh god -- Bob good to have a homeless man. And enough my friend the music is just like mocking mortgages and then then. I can't make -- history. I can't do this caucuses. Here. Go to work go where do -- And assess -- I can't. It's it's almost as if it's mocking me this is gonna it is August orient. On one condition. That some day. Sometimes you don't know when or why but I'm asking for things."

" And when that day comes. You'll have no choice but to fulfill Americans. Yeah -- whatever shot you just beat it yeah it's time. Whenever you want. All right speeches sit on. Yeah."

" This or didn't. --"

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Started discussion: April 14, 2009 @ 9:08am GMT

Episode 106 - How Jason Got His Groove Back [Discussion]

Love is a 200-player, persistent world in which players have complete control over the very landscape. Follow that by Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and Henry Hatsworth and we've truly run the gamut of gaming.

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talkingorange
7 months ago
First! ;p ... I know, bad form. I just couldn't resist.
myketuna
7 months ago
lol Matt. But uh, glad to see LOTS of Tiff in this ep. When people said they wanted more, you delivered. lol. The poor girl was just listening for most of the shots you had her in, while Patrick talked up a storm. Hatsworth does look pretty awesome though. Anyway, great episode as always guys.
suurge
7 months ago
Great episode, more Tiff Chow is always good. I've never really thought about checking out motorstorm but after this episode I just might have to. And Love looks quite interesting, it's amazing it's all been done by one guy.
lolziantor
7 months ago

Awesome

Hey, just registered to comment. You guys are knocking it out of the park with this show as far as I'm concerned. I had been watching 1UP Show since around 2006 or so - and I think CO-OP is better than ever. I love the mix of new releases, older releases and indie stuff. The segment about Love is blowing my mind. I have no idea if that game will even be any good, but the fact that he's doing what he's doing is just insane and inspiring.

I also like the mix of old and new faces. I'd like to think people are responding to Tiff so well for the right reasons: because she's a real gamer and adds to the conversation. If she was JUST a pretty face there would be backlash. I think we're all too aware of how woman are most often used and portrayed in the gaming industry and media as eye candy. You guys never did that at 1UP as far as I can tell, and so far you continue to keep it real. I think having a real female perspective is important. IMO the 1UP show suffered when Kathleen left because she was a really strong voice on that show that added a lot.

Anyway, you guys deserve a ton a credit and attention for what you're doing with this show. Keep up the good work.
shwingg
7 months ago

How can i show my support?

I was wondering what the best way to show my support for the show. I normally watch the show using iTunes and I digg the show every week. Should i be watching the show off of this site for you guys to get full credit for me watching it? Or does it not matter.

Love the show. Keep it up!
SeanaLyn
7 months ago
I love that adorable grandma in the opening Jason montage. The one where he shows her his game and she just smiles. Can I adopt her?
bradm
7 months ago
Shwingg, I am glad to hear that you are enjoying and digging the show. The CO-OP Team is doing an amazing job.

We do count downloads/views on iTunes when we measure the show audience so your consistent viewership of CO-OP counts.

Feedback in the forums is always appreciated. Another way to support the show is to support the sponsors like Squarespace, Go Daddy and Gamefly. Be sure to use the CO-OP codes and discounts so that they get the credit.

Thank you again for supporting the show.

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blendermf
7 months ago
Wow, that was a great episode again. "Love" looks like an awesome game. It was really cool to see that game on here, since I remember when that guy was just developing a rendering/graphics engine and modeler. I used it for a little bit and it was really cool, in fact you guys made me download it again. The engine is called "Quel Solaar" and the modeller "Loq Ariou". There are other cool things on his site too.

On a technical note all of his software uses a technology called "verse" (http://www.uni-verse.org)which allows you to simultaneously edit and work with data in two separate programs at the same time. For example when he showed that model he was making, i could have had another "verse" enabled program(like Blender) connected to the server and see his updates and also interact at the same time. Or there could be a texture in a game engine that is running and you could edit it at the same time in Gimp and see the changes in realtime.

Its really cool that his game seems to be just as innovative as the software and technologies behind it. Its cool that you guys are looking at all of these independent games, since it really inspires me as a programmer and individual game designer. Again great show! (Sorry about technical crap, but i got really excited and geeked out)
lonelyspacepanda
7 months ago
Glad to see you guys are back with reviews after the last two episodes (which were awesome in their own way). Good tuffs as always!

Henry Hatsworth is the most confusing game of all time to explain to someone. I love how it took John like 20 minutes to explain it on ListenUP, a month ago, and 2 minutes on here. He's been practicing!

Any chance we'll see Parish, Shane, or Nick Suttner back on the show?
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