Thursday, August 4, 2011

Developers Divided over Mass Effect Influence

After a conversation with lead developer Mitchell Browne, there is apparently some division in the Comp Sci Effect team over whether they should use the Mass Effect story line to influence The Comp Sci Effect story line. this and the recent change to a turn based style RPG suggests they will take more influenced from turn based RPG's such as Pokemon and Fallout. Harry Manson stated on Wednesday that by using a turn based system, special powers can be more easily implemented in to the game.

Although there is still some evidence that suggests that the game will take influence from Mass Effect, such as the name which still uses "Effect" to parody "Mass Effect"

Below is a Screenshot of a Pre-Alpha Concept of the non-turn based style of RPG.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Lead Developer Suggests Miley will not be a Major Character

a transcript of a past conversation with lead developer Mitch Browne has further evidence to suggeste Miley could be killed or taken hostage early in the game.

the reason for this is said to be functionality reasons.

when asked about the prospect of Miley in the Comp Sci Effect Mitch Browne Stated.

Mitch Browne : i wasn't planning on really having her in the game past airport

and then went on to say

Mitch Browne : again, she's not in the game for functionality reasons

He also ruled out the possibility that there will be relationship missions such as their are in Mass Effect.

Her removal early in the game could be evidence to suggest that there Miley may be the person Harry Manson mentioned would die early in the game.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Updated Poster Spotted

The poster mentioned in our last post, has been updated to include Miley and Innes, Miley is depicted with a gun to her head, which suggests she might be the person who is killed near the start.

Harry Manson also mentioned that the plane pictured in the poster is not infact crashing and is simply taking off.

we have also noted that the poster includes many characters not found in the orignal book, these include Robert Bookelar and Gary Cass.

First Concept Art of The Comp Sci Effect Released

Chief Designer Harry Manson today released a poster showing concept art of characters in what seems to be a mixture of environments, including a crashed plane. the poster is currently in black and white and features every character in The Comp Sci Boys except Lim, who we expect will not be making an appearence in The Comp Sci Effect.

The Comp Sci Effect poster, includes images of iPads, Planes, Gede Corp, terrorists and more, which raises many possiblities relating to the story line of the Comp Sci Effect, the image we managed to snap below are images of the poster without analysis.

Harry Manson further went on to comment saying "someone dies at the start" based on what we know from one of the concept games and discussions that this character is most likely Browne who is killed then brought back to life by "LOLSec" as a parody of Mass Effect 2, which the main character "Commander Sheperd" is killed and then brought back to life by "Ceberus".


Other theories suggest that characters such as McElhinney, Innes, Miley and Munns could possibly be a character that dies somewhere near the start of the game.

The poster is still being made, but an analysis will be made soon of possible features and implications.