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Cargo! I found the FUN!
« on: April 21, 2011, 05:56:44 pm »
So. Not 24 hours ago, those sneaky bastards over at Ice-Pick Lodge released their third and latest game, Cargo! without announcing it to the world.

[I'll put screenshots and shit here once it's downloaded.]
In the mean time, I'll describe what I've understood from various sources (Including RPS, so you know the good guys love it.) goes a bit like this.

The Gods are displeased with humanity. They want the world to be a place of joy and happiness, and humans, being the egocentric douches they are, are ruining it for the rest of us. So, they punish humanity. And go a bit overboard. The planet is splintered into a chain of floating islands, where gravity is a thing of the past to everyone but a group of strange creatures called BUDDIES. And a mysterious material called FUN.(The only metagag you are ever liable to see in a video game.)
You play as a human who found a priceless set of machines which somehow retained their gravity, and are trading them with the BUDDIES for FUN so they can repair Earth.

Steam Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/41740/
Ice-Pick Forums thread: http://forum.ice-pick.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=9752
RPS Link: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/04/non-vanilla-ice-pick-lodge-cargo/
« Last Edit: April 21, 2011, 06:42:42 pm by breadbocks »
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 06:15:41 pm »
wut
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 06:18:32 pm »
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 06:23:18 pm »
I remember hearing about this in development.  Don't remember anything about it though.
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 06:24:57 pm »
This actually looks really fun. FLYING MACHINES!
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 06:35:57 pm »
Done some digging while being pissed that it won't set up right, and discovered the main character's name is Phlox.

For any tech gurus who read the thread, this is the error message:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 06:38:02 pm »
How about a link in the OP to whatever it is you're talking about? Just saying.
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2011, 06:45:45 pm »
Hairless, naked dwarves.
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2011, 06:48:32 pm »
What a strange video from the steam link.   :P

Looks sort of horrible and sort of awesome at the same time.  If anybody picks it up let us know if its fun.  :)
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2011, 06:57:31 pm »
Quote from: breadbocks on April 21, 2011, 06:35:57 pm
Done some digging while being pissed that it won't set up right, and discovered the main character's name is Phlox.

For any tech gurus who read the thread, this is the error message:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
The game doesn't like your video card apparently. (I think it's failing to connect to the video card altogether, which makes drawing things rather impossible)
« Last Edit: April 21, 2011, 07:00:14 pm by Virex »
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2011, 07:05:21 pm »
Ah. So my netbook can't play it....

Crap.
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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2011, 08:20:28 pm »
I wish I had the money to buy this. I can't get this or portal 2 until possibly july or august.
Which sucks because I've a lot of free time but all my money from working has to go to helping the family pay bills.
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« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2011, 09:25:12 pm »
Quote from: Levi on April 21, 2011, 06:48:32 pm
Looks sort of horrible and sort of awesome at the same time.

That's pretty much exactly how I feel about it. One of those games that I really need a demo for.
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« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2011, 09:30:04 pm »
From the steam video I would say it is... weird.
Looks like its a game for children, but at the same time it looks like the children wouldn't be able to play it.
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Re: Cargo! I found the FUN!
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2011, 10:17:05 pm »
It's for grown up children, like us.
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