From a game design point of view the most difficult part was to do it so that we can keep playability in control. The hardest part from time mechanics can be approached in a couple of ways. All of those combined brings a lot of emergent situations. And of course your useful everyday oil barrels and such. In addition there are special environmental objects that you can interact with, such as some trees that you can fell on enemies. So, each hit, explosion and such can cause knockback for characters that can be used to create different kind of combinations. To be able to kick the enemies to flames, there is knockback mechanics. Those allow you to explode gases or set grain fields to fire and so on. So we have things like gases, fire, ice and so on that will interact with each other, game world objects and characters. First layer of interactivity is our elements engine, which is strongly inspired by element interactions you have in the Divinity Original Sin series. Have a nice day!Īs mentioned, there are lots of different kinds of interactivity in the game. So if you still have something you want to know, feel free to write it down. We will still be reviewing comments today (March 25th). If you are interested in knowing more about the time manipulation aspect, here’s the Iron Danger feature trailer – Įdit 1: Thanks for the great questions, everyone! We will come back in the morning and answer those that came in overnight.Įdit 2: Wow! We didn't expect such a great response! Thank you again for your questions and thanks as well to the mods for the opportunity to hold an AMA. Previously worked as the Head of Audio at Rovio Entertainment. U/ilmariha – Ilmari Hakkola – Composer & founder of Tonally. Previously worked on Retry, various Angry Birds projects. U/actionsquadAntti – Antti Kemppainen – Senior Designer. Previously worked on post-production, 3D art and animation for TV and various films. U/Jukka-Pekka – JP Lyytinen – Lead Artist. Previously worked on multiple Rovio game projects. U/BoringGap7 – Joel Sammallahti – Lead Writer. Previously worked on Rally Trophy and Reset Generation. U/hepphep – Heikki-Pekka Noronen – Lead programmer. Previously worked on Pathway to Glory 1 & 2, Warhammer 40 000: Squad Command, Angry Birds Toons, Retry and Quantum Break. U/jussipkemppainen – Jussi Kemppainen – Game Director & Technical Director. Here’s who will be answering your questions: So feel free to ask us anything - we have so much to tell. Iron Danger started from the wish to make an action film adaptation of the Finnish national epic, Kalevala, and ending up as a game with an original combat system. It's been a long route to get here: over 4 years from the beginning. We’re Action Squad Studio, and our tactical combat game featuring a unique time manipulation system, Iron Danger, releases tomorrow on Steam.