We Happy Few Gets 15 Minutes of Pre-Alpha Gameplay

Coercion Games have just released a video showcasing 15-minutes of pre-blastoff gameplay for Nosotros Happy Few, the studio's incredibly promising new title.

You can spotter the video below:

Nosotros Happy Few is a commencement person roguelike game set in a procedurally generated urban center

Information technology'south a beginning-person game, set in a procedurally generated, fully 3D city that you must escape before society collapses effectually you. But, like whatever good roguelike, you're probably going to die a few times earlier you figure out how it all works.

Coercion Games have also just launched a Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few. In We Happy Few, you play equally a Downer - someone off their happy pills. In that location are iii Downers to unlock and play:

We Happy Few (6)
The playable characters are not typical video game heroes - they are flawed and not particularly heroic, warped by the trauma their world has been through. They are haunted by terrible things they've done in the past, and they each have something they urgently need to achieve.
Each one has a story to play through. Their stories all interweave, so by playing one grapheme, you lot can unlock new ones. And, each grapheme has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, which alter how you lot play the game.

A game of paranoia and survival, in a drugged-out, dystopian English urban center in 1964

We Happy Few stories are definitely Not Appropriate For Children, unless your children are already reading Neil Gaiman novels, in which case, skilful on y'all. But don't worry, it's not all frowns and sadness! It's also laced with nighttime humour, hope, and even a spot of redemption.

In that location is likewise a bunch of special NPC types, who'll brand your life a tad more difficult:

Think you're tough? Try fighting a Bobby.
Think you lot're sneaky? There's a kindly, Nosey Old Lady who is ever sticking her olfactory organ where information technology doesn't vest.
Think you'll pretend you're on Joy? The Doctor can practically sniff you out.

Coercion Games explain about the musical inspiration:

In We Happy Few's psychedelic, retro soundscape, nosotros're embracing the musical revolution of the 60s. For example, in the Hamlet, our ambience theme takes inspiration from early 60s infinite-enthused electronic music, while the Wellies listen to the ultra perky 60s pop, modern, and lounge that is pouring out of the Village speakers and televisions. Our composer and audio guys have been doing a lot of experimentation with vintage 60s instruments (such every bit mellotrons and other things nosotros secretly suspect aren't real instruments) and recording techniques, and we're very excited with how this volition shape the atmosphere and tone of our happy yet unsettling world.

We will bring yous any new data on We Happy Few equally soon as it becomes available.