“Then we tie them into the behavior of characters and objects. “We can complicate it through what we call ‘nuggets’, which allow you to change the verbs,” explains Cecil. As Foster further explores Union City, the hacking systems become more complex. The LINC hacking interface allows to you switch these outcomes, so the machine can be set to dispense drinks when tampered with, or call security when an authorised customer requests a drink. The machine also has an anti-tamper sensor that sounds an alarm and requests security backup. Citizens who approach with the correct ID are served a drink, while those lacking permissions are declined. Just outside of Union City there’s one very simple example in a drinks vending machine. Utopia City is littered with access ports to the governing LINC artificial intelligence system, and Foster can break into these and rearrange the code. It’s almost as if Revolution have added a little dash of the immersive sim to adventure gaming, something that’s made far more apparent in one of Beyond a Steel Sky’s core puzzle mechanics: hacking. The result is a less predictable world, and one that opens up multiple solutions to puzzles. Where companies like Telltale evolved point-and-clicks into interactive movies, Revolution is adding simulation rather than scripting to the world of Beneath a Steel Sky. The ambitions of Virtual Theatre also go against the grain of the modern adventure game.
“That may sound like a rather basic premise for gaming at large, but it’s a notable step forward for classic adventure games, where characters are typically rooted to the spot and exist purely for the player to talk to.
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