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Observation (video Game)
''Observation'' is an adventure- puzzle video game developed by No Code and published by Devolver Digital. The game, described as sci-fi thriller, puts the player in control of a space station AI in order to recover from the sudden, mysterious loss of its crew. ''Observation'' was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on May 21, 2019 and for Xbox One on June 25, 2020. Gameplay ''Observation'' is an adventure game. The player takes the role of SAM (Systems Administration & Maintenance), an artificial intelligence software aboard a multi-national space station that serves to monitor the entire station. Initially, the player's view is limited to where the crew have relocated SAM, but as the game progresses, SAM can move its core presence between several of the modules on the station and manipulate cameras and other electronically-controlled equipment in that module. Further on, SAM is provided one of several small spherical probes that allows it to move more freely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Code (company)
No Code is a Scottish video game developer based in Glasgow. The company was founded in August 2015 by Jon McKellan and Omar Khan. They are best known for creating '' Stories Untold'' (2017) and ''Observation'' (2019). History No Code was founded in 2015 by Jon McKellan and Omar Khan. McKellan previously worked on '' Alien: Isolation'' along with Creative Assembly''.'' One year after the creation of ''Alien: Isolation,'' McKellan left Creative Assembly and created No Code along with Khan. No Code's first order of business was porting the iOS game, ''Lub vs Dub'', to Android platforms. One year later, they created ''Super Arc Light'' for Android, and later Windows. ''Super Arc Light'' was nominated for two TIGA awards. Another year later, and No Code released ''The House Abandon'' on itch.io for Ludum Dare 36, where it received positive reviews. According to McKellen, "Fast forward another 64 hours (after development started) and we submitted the final game with 15 seconds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deconstruction
The term deconstruction refers to approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning. It was introduced by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, who defined it as a turn away from Platonism's ideas of "true" forms and essences which take precedence over appearances, instead considering the constantly changing complex function of language, making static and idealist ideas of it inadequate. Deconstruction instead places emphasis on the mere appearance of language in both speech and writing, or suggests at least that essence as it is called is to be found in its appearance, while it itself is "undecidable", and everyday experiences cannot be empirically evaluated to find the actuality of language. Deconstruction argues that language, especially in idealist concepts such as truth and justice, is irreducibly complex, unstable and difficult to determine, making fluid and comprehensive ideas of language more adequate in deconstructive criticism. Since the 1980s, these p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien (creature In Alien Franchise)
The Alien (also known as a ''Xenomorph XX121'' or ''Internecivus raptus'', or simply a xenomorph)Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report is a fictional parasitoid, endoparasitoid Extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial species that serves as the titular antagonist of the Alien (franchise), ''Alien'' film series. The species made its debut in the film ''Alien (film), Alien'' (1979) and reappeared in the sequels ''Aliens (film), Aliens'' (1986), ''Alien 3'' (1992), and ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997). The species returns in the prequel series, first with a predecessor in ''Prometheus (2012 film), Prometheus'' (2012) and a further evolved form in ''Alien: Covenant'' (2017). It also featured in the Alien vs. Predator (franchise), crossover films ''Alien vs. Predator (film), Alien vs. Predator'' (2004) and ''Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (2007), with the skull and tail of one of the creatures respectively appearing briefly in ''Predator 2'' (1990) and ''The Predator (film), The Predator' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien (film)
''Alien'' is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug ''Nostromo'', who, after coming across a mysterious derelict spaceship on an undiscovered moon, find themselves up against an aggressive and deadly extraterrestrial set loose on the ''Nostromo''. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artifacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings. ''Alien'' premiered on May 25, 1979, as the opening n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamasutra
''Game Developer'', known as ''Gamasutra'' until 2021, is a website founded in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development. It is owned and operated by Informa and acts as the online sister publication to the print magazine '' Game Developer''. Sections ''Game Developer'' has five main sections: #News: where daily news is posted #Features: where developers post-game postmortems and critical essays #Blogs: where users can post their thoughts and views on various topics #Jobs/Resume: where users can apply for open positions at various development studios #Contractors: where users can apply for contracted work. The articles can be filtered by either topic (All, Console/ PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/ Tablet, Independent, Serious) or category (Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Biz(Business)/Marketing). There are three additional sections: a store where books on game design may be purchased, an RSS section where users may subscribe to RSS feeds of each s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isolation
Isolation is the near or complete lack of social contact by an individual. Isolation or isolated may also refer to: Sociology and psychology * Isolation (health care), various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from being spread **Isolation ward, a separate ward used to isolate patients suffering from infectious diseases *Isolation (psychology), a defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory * Emotional isolation, a feeling of isolation despite a functioning social network * Isolation effect, a psychological effect of distinctive items more easily remembered Mathematics * Real-root isolation Natural sciences *Electrical or galvanic isolation, isolating functional sections of electrical systems to prevent current flowing between them *An isolated system, a system without any external exchange * Isolating language, a type of language with a low morpheme-per-word ratio *Isolation (database systems), how and when the changes made by one operation become visible to other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
User Interface Design
User interface (UI) design or user interface engineering is the design of user interfaces for machines and software, such as computers, home appliances, mobile devices, and other electronic devices, with the focus on maximizing usability and the user experience. In computer or software design, user interface (UI) design primarily focuses on information architecture. It is the process of building interfaces that clearly communicates to the user what's important. UI design refers to graphical user interfaces and other forms of interface design. The goal of user interface design is to make the user's interaction as simple and efficient as possible, in terms of accomplishing user goals (user-centered design). User interfaces are the points of interaction between users and designs. There are three types: * Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) - Users interact with visual representations on a computer's screen. The desktop is an example of a GUI. * Interfaces controlled through voice - Us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creative Assembly
The Creative Assembly Limited (trade name: Creative Assembly) is a British video game developer based in Horsham, founded in 1987 by Tim Ansell. In its early years, the company worked on porting games to MS-DOS from Amiga and ZX Spectrum platforms, later working with Electronic Arts to produce a variety of games under the EA Sports brand. In 1999, the company had sufficient resources to attempt a new and original project, proceeding to develop the strategy computer game ''Shogun: Total War'' which was a critical and commercial hit, and is regarded as a benchmark strategy game. Subsequent titles in the Total War (video game series), ''Total War'' series built on the success of ''Shogun: Total War'', increasing the company's critical and commercial success. In March 2005, Creative Assembly was acquired by Sega; the studio now is a part of Sega Europe, which also comprises Sports Interactive, Relic Entertainment, Amplitude Studios and Two Point Studios. An Australian branch was oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stories Untold (video Game)
''Stories Untold'' is an Episodic video game, episodic horror Adventure game, adventure-Puzzle video game, puzzle video game developed by No Code (company), No Code and published by Devolver Digital. Written and directed by Jon McKellan, the game was released on 27 February 2017 for macOS and Microsoft Windows, for the Nintendo Switch in January 2020 and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2020. It is a mix of adventure game genres, including text-based adventure game, text-based adventure, Adventure game#Exploration games, first-person exploration, and Adventure game#Puzzle-solving, puzzle solving, and is themed after 1980s#Science and technology, technology from the 1980s. The game consists of four episodes, each of them an adventure and horror game. The first, notably, is a remastered version of ''The House Abandon'', a shorter adventure game released as free-to-play in August 2016. Gameplay and plot The story takes place in England, 1986. The first three episodes are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doppelgänger
A doppelgänger (), a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns (double) and (walker or goer) (), doppelgaenger or doppelganger is a biologically unrelated look-alike, or a double, of a living person. In fiction and mythology, a doppelgänger is often portrayed as a ghostly or paranormal phenomenon and usually seen as a harbinger of bad luck. Other traditions and stories equate a doppelgänger with an evil twin. In modern times, the term twin stranger is occasionally used. Spelling The word ''doppelganger'' is a loanword from the German. The singular and plural forms are the same in German, but English writers usually prefer the plural "doppelgangers". The first known use, in the slightly different form ''Doppeltgänger'', occurs in the novel ''Siebenkäs'' (1796) by Jean Paul, in which he explains his newly coined word in a footnote; the word also appears in the novel, but with a different meaning. In German, the word is written (as is usual with German nouns) with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Curves
In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude of light received on the y axis and with time on the x axis. The light is usually in a particular frequency interval or band. Light curves can be periodic, as in the case of eclipsing binaries, Cepheid variables, other periodic variables, and transiting extrasolar planets, or aperiodic, like the light curve of a nova, a cataclysmic variable star, a supernova or a microlensing event or binary as observed during occultation events. The study of the light curve, together with other observations, can yield considerable information about the physical process that produces it or constrain the physical theories about it. Variable stars Graphs of the apparent magnitude of a variable star over time are commonly used to visualise and analyse their behaviour. Although the categorisation of variable star types is increasingly done from their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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