Tomorrow Corporation, them of us behind Little Inferno and the upcoming 7 Billion Humans, and whose employees have the likes of World of Goo, assorted EA issues and Henry Hatsworth on their storied CVs, are at it once more. ‘It’ tends to imply playfully exploring the outer boundaries of what makes a sport a sport, however apparently their upcoming Welcome To The Information Superhighway “is shaping up to be one of the more game-like games we’ve made.” It’s additionally, it could appear, shaping as much as be a street journey although a vibrant interpretation of the most effective and worst of the web.
Though there’s not a lot to go on – a set of idea artwork within the distinctive Tomorrow Corporation / 2D Boy model and an indirect abstract – I get a slight Black Mirror vibe from stuff like roadside statues of blank-eyed, slack-jawed giants taking selfies, with captions that indicate a little bit of 21st century Ozymandias.
‘Course, Black Mirrorish observations can get somewhat gauche – oooh think about, like, an much more insidious model of expertise you employ at the moment! – however I’ve religion that these guys will sufficiently shroud their barbs in playfulness and whimsy. And heck, large blue data-cat is alright by me, as is the free description of Superhighway as a ‘street journey journey.’ I need to cruise the world extensive net realised as rainbow-bright pastel and neon, somewhat than the standard Tron aesthetic.
Say Tomorrow Corp in their announcement:
“This is shaping as much as be one of many extra game-like video games we’ve made. We’ve obtained an extended strategy to go on an extended crooked street, however thought we’d replace right here as we uncover extra about it.
“What is this internet highway all the kids are faxing about these days? Can I go on an incredible road trip and make lots of broken new friends along the way? Isn’t Tomorrow Corporation made of three grumpy old people who don’t know how to use social media? Yes!”
The artwork suggests this will likely be walked somewhat than pushed street, filled with fellow travellers to fulfill, and there are just a few sideways references to this being a late-80s/early-90s imaginative and prescient of the web, however aside from that, your guess is pretty much as good as mine.
The longer-memoried reader could recall {that a} comparable identify was used for a World of Goo stage, and clearly the artwork evokes that sport somewhat too, however the devs declare in comments on their weblog that “the two games are unrelated.”
Looking forwards to listening to extra, and within the meantime we should always get to play the people-as-processes puzzler 7 Billion Humans, follow-up to the sooner Human Resource Machine in some unspecified time in the future within the close to future. They word they’re “wrapping up” that sport whereas engaged on Superhighway, although nonetheless no launch date but.
No launch date for Superhighway both, but it surely’s effectively value a take a look at all the stunning launched paintings here.
