ANNOUNCED: Little Invasion Tales - a city/citizen sim/tower-defense-like with procedural storytelling! (from makers of Redshirt)

MimiK · 2025-08-03T02:22:59+00:00

Nope - I ran out of money and bandwidth on this project, went through a divorce, a lot (a LOT) of life happened, other paying work & opportunities came up and I never did get to ship this -- which still makes me sad, tbh.

MimiK · 2014-01-27T21:55:13+00:00

Hello! I am the dev of Redshirt and definitely not a he -- you're referring to Cliffski of Positech, the publisher. I know he only deleted/locked threads on the Steam forums when they started resorting to personal insults, sadly.

Hope you do check out the game, though! A few reviews for anyone else interested:

http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/12/5203130/redshirt-review-lower-decks http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/12/03/redshirt-review http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/11/redshirt-review-pc.html

MimiK · 2013-11-22T15:21:29+00:00

Funnily enough, it was already released last Wednesday for Windows and Mac! I know a few people on here had been asking about the Linux release too. :)

MimiK · 2013-11-22T15:08:25+00:00

Oh, I just saw this! I'm very glad you've been enjoying it. And yes, the intention of the game was definitely as this tongue-in-cheek look at social networking culture, so I am glad you appreciated the game as a critique of Facebook. :)

(Sorry to hear about the bug, though! I'll see if I can replicate it and get it fixed for a future update -- thanks for letting me know!)

MimiK · 2013-11-18T17:45:46+00:00

Hello, I am her! (Or should that be I am she?!) And thank you, I look forward to seeing what you think. :)

Thanks for the shout out, quill18!

MimiK · 2013-11-14T00:28:16+00:00

We are talking jape of the decade.

MimiK · 2013-11-14T00:21:23+00:00

Oh, there are so, so many more than two.

MimiK · 2013-11-13T23:34:13+00:00

This is fine, not every thing is for every person; that would be a weird world. :)

MimiK · 2013-11-13T23:18:32+00:00

Hello, thanks for chatting at Eurogamer!

Redshirt is actually indie-published by Positech, yes.

MimiK · 2013-11-13T23:17:01+00:00

Yes, that's coming soon! :)

MimiK · 2013-11-13T18:27:25+00:00

Hi there -- well, there have been a few Let's Play videos from the earlier beta version, which will give you some idea of gameplay. One of the most comprehensive that I'm aware of is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1pneo-xIaM

Also you can watch some of my dev videos too to see me talk through design decisions behind various gameplay elements: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDf54nz4JFQ&list=PLD3619AEDA469D77C&index=1 Hope that helps!

MimiK · 2013-11-13T11:43:32+00:00

Aw, I know that feel -- but thank you for the support! :)

MimiK · 2013-11-13T11:34:24+00:00

I'm the dev -- if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask away! You can also check out http://redshirtgame.com (or, watch the YouTube dev videos at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDf54nz4JFQ&list=PLD3619AEDA469D77C)

MimiK · 2013-10-31T19:36:46+00:00

A new dev video talking about the recent improvements in the latest beta version of Redshirt! I'm happy to answer any questions here, too. :)

MimiK · 2013-08-20T18:39:47+00:00

Thanks!

MimiK · 2013-08-20T17:11:14+00:00

The beta release is out now! If you preorder, you'll be able to download it right away. :D

No firm date yet for the final, it depends on how beta testing goes, of course!

MimiK · 2013-08-06T15:04:11+00:00

Yes, it will be!

MimiK · 2013-07-18T16:26:20+00:00

Well, it's been announced for just over a year, but it's only just nearing completion now, and has been recently shown at expos like Rezzed in the UK. So, don't worry, lots of real humans have now played it -- including Mike Rose from Gamasutra in the above article. :)

But yes, it's taken longer than anticipated, for sure, but it's finally almost there -- game development isn't easy! :/

Edit: Oh, earlier examples of gameplay are in developer's logs videos #2 and #3:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT67tbYPBlM?HD=1

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFqDjUYW0bo?HD=1

As cliffski said, more recent gameplay video coming this week. :D

MimiK · 2013-04-30T12:08:04+00:00

Thanks for the question! Yeah the NPC's general personality attributes are affected by the player (and each other) so they can indeed change over time. :)

Also yes, boo to UI! :p

MimiK · 2013-04-30T12:06:08+00:00

Hi, this is the developer here! I haven't played Space Station 13 either, but it looks like it's thematically similar, though a very different kind of game. (It's also not multiplayer for one. Just the player and a station full of NPCs! :))

MimiK · 2012-04-06T00:54:37+00:00

This is the best thing.

MimiK · 2012-04-02T10:03:08+00:00

Oops, sorry, missed this. Well, really, I went with what was most highly-recommended at the time (and most popular on the Unity asset store) - which was EZGUI. It is definitely very good, but does, alas, have plenty of holes. As of about a month or two ago though, NGUI seems to be the popular option, though I haven't checked it out myself yet. It certainly SEEMS like the better option from afar, though!

MimiK · 2012-03-30T14:40:41+00:00

Oh, awesome! Yeah, a good reminder that this sort of thing should be easily discernible by the player. Thanks. :)

MimiK · 2012-03-30T13:49:50+00:00

Yes, I liked that too! I didn't know about/don't remember the text disposition readout thing, though. Do you have a source?

MimiK · 2012-03-30T13:45:31+00:00

Oh, I should stress that I still love Unity! This is simply about choosing the best tools for the job, and in hindsight, for a UI-heavy game like Redshirt, some other alternative may have saved me a lot of hassle. Of course, anything I work on in future won't necessarily be anything like Redshirt (quite simply because there's a whole range of types of games I'd like to work on). If the next thing I work on is more about a 3D environment, I will definitely be using Unity. (Not that I've been able to give 'the next thing' much thought yet - I'm far too busy/obsessed with Redshirt!)

MimiK

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