Cyber Knights: Flashpoint's Game Design & Future | Dev interview by RPG & strategy gamer Sprigleaf.
We sat for an interview by RPG & strategy game streamer Sprigleaf on his Twitch channel to talk about our history as indie game developers, the game design of several systems in Cyber Knights: Flashpoint ( http://s.team/a/1021210/ ), recently added content and future plans. Timestamps:
00:52 How did the Trese Brothers get started in game development?
02:43 Our love of RPGs, Cyber Knights' origins as a tabletop RPG
04:55 How the community shapes our games
07:58 How we describe what Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is
11:18 RPGs that influenced CK:F, from Pool of Radiance to Deus Ex
14:04 How chararacter classes and the upcoming base-building will integrate together, Cory's love of Path of Exile's crafting system
16:45 Plans for long-term content support of the game + how character origin stories give the Casting Director story engine a jumping off point
20:59 The story engine as one of CK:F's unique features and how it works
23:55 The newly-added Scourge class, and their role for combat players and stealth players
27:42 CK:F's designed for the full the spectrum of guns-blazing to stealth-ninja; how the flexible stealth model allows for all kinds of gameplay styles in between
29:51 Early Access struggles in communicating that just because the game has stealth options doesn't mean you have to play stealthy
31:25 The role of hacking in Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
36:11 Rising tension through the Security AI system, and how we avoid the problems of "timers" in turn-based tactics games
39:08 Independent enemy units and how they interact with the Security AI
41:52 How independent enemy units allows for diversionary tactics and more
45:48 Sprigleaf's love of the player agency within CK:F, and wrapping up with where to follow for more
Sprig generously edited & provided us with this recording so we could share it with you on our own channel. We were very happy to be his first game developer interview. Obviously we did most of the talking but I think you can tell even from his brief time on the mic how positive, insightful, and relaxed he is. 🙌 Check him out on Twitch ( / sprigleaf ) or YouTube (@sprigleaf) for gameplay of other RPGs & strategy games, and hopefully more developer interviews in the future!
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is available now on Steam, making great progress through our roadmap, and has more than quadrupled the content since EA launch! Check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/10...