A captivating new mod for the Source engine sandbox Garry’s Mod will ship gamers ram-raiding by way of player-created maps swiped off the Steam Workshop to steal all the things that isn’t nailed down, stripping them of all the things from antlions to gentle fittings. That’s the massive thought of Jazztronauts, which seems each extremely intelligent and silly as hell. On one hand, it’s deconstructing the illusions of degree design. On the opposite, you do smash into ranges inside an enormous bus, get to see your haul of trash rain down from a gameshow-y prize tube, and can be capable to date cats. An glorious mixture. Here, come watch this.
Here’s what occurred when Twitch streamer TieTuesday, a few of his buddies, and one of many mod’s builders bought a bit carried away stealing degree triggers in a jail degree (they do cuss however are largely good boys):
So! Jazztronauts is… fairly a factor. It attracts from the heaps of Garry’s Mod participant creations on the Steam Workshop, all the degrees created for various mods, modes, and unusual needs. Starting in a hub degree, gamers flick by way of a random feed of Workshop ranges on an enormous display screen, then lock one in and hop on a bus which warps off down the flexible highway between worlds then actually crashes by way of your vacation spot degree.
Off you and your buddies hop, utilizing particular weapons which may mark degree entities for swipin’, calling in Doctor Kleiners to warp ’em away. Trains! Tyres! Barrels! Combine troops! Lamp posts! Bottles! Fences! If it’s the proper of map object, you’ll be able to steal it for cash. It’s an interesting heist, slowly stripping away ornament and even some structural options, till you’re left with a husk. Often this breaks ranges utterly. Special shards to gather additionally wipe out complete chunks of the world round them, revealing the glittering cat-filled pink house behind the universe. Once you’re completed, lay down a short lived bus cease calling for a pick-up, and a bus will smash a gap on the earth wherever you select to whisk you again to the hub.
Here, gamers get to whole up their haul by pulling a lever that components glittery curtains earlier than raining their collected rubbish down from a tube, a bathe of trash and corpses. Ah, it’s wild.
I used to be launched to Jazztronauts by way of Tie’s livestream over the weekend. And… it’s fairly a factor. They performed for nearly 4 hours, so do skip round on this right here stream archive to see the vary of antics and mishaps.
(Tie’s on Patreon and all, and his Super Godzilla’s Let’s Play is sort of one thing. And A Raving Loon off this can be a nice calm streamer too.)
I like the daftness of a bus ram-raiding random ranges to steal rubbish, fixtures, and fittings. Players have made some actual bizarre/nice/janky Garry’s Mod ranges, and this idly jaunts throughout all of them. I really like the thought of seeing the broad spectrum of GMod as thieves. Buses even have random feedback from the map’s Workshop web page plastered on the aspect.
This can also be an interesting look backstage at how Source ranges are constructed, poking at completely different sorts of entities, stealing important unseen objects, breaking scripting, teleporting by way of partitions with a satanic gun, and stepping into locations that weren’t meant to be seen. It celebrates the artificiality and intelligent methods of digital areas whereas robbing them blind.
What a factor. No agency phrase but on when Jazztronauts will likely be out, however clearly it’ll be free. For now, you’ll be able to comply with the mod on Twitter.
