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Mr. Grant Tabler, an individual developer, said on October 18: “Rubble]opened the Steam store page. It appears to be a small-scale game made by an individual, but judging by the shop page, it looks like they are doing a pretty crazy promotion.
Rubble is a first person shooter. The game is a combination of attraction programs such as “Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” and “Fuun! Takeshi’s Castle” with “Portal”. The game’s setting is said to be set in a TV show set in a dystopian world and it is said that the course will be cleared using a mysterious gun. Destructive expressions are abundantly included and you can move on as you destroy the ground, such as breaking walls and going through tunnels. Various tricks await you, such as sliding on ice, transferring scaffolding and crossing scaffolding.
As a game, 50 stages are prepared and time is measured in each stage, so you can enjoy the time attack. In addition, there are elements of assistance such as slowing the passage of time, adjusting the degree of weight and increasing the number of jumps. It appears to be designed to be easy to accelerate. And, looking at these explanations, it looks like a normal game played by an individual. However, if you look closely, this shop page is pretty disgusting.
First, in the game description column, it says: “I have been working on this game for several years as an individual developer. It is a small-scale development and I have no money. You can imagine how stressful it must be.” Also, in the time attack entry, “ When you’re racing for speed, write on Reddit instead of the leaderboard and compete. ”game trailerHowever, there are some dubious copies like “frequent checkpoints” and “unreal physics” that they might sell.
Even more fun is the new trailer. In the video on the far left of the Steam store page, you’d expect the game to be introduced, but then you’d see comments from a number of companies. Specifically, he introduces “a well-known publisher and he comments about him when he was rejected by that publisher”. Devolver Digital appears first. Needless to say, I’m a huge independent publisher, with recent hits like “Cult of the Lamb”. Apparently, Tabler offered Devolver to publish and was turned down as “Not suitable for us right now”.
The publisher refuses and the special service continues. It appears that Chucklefish Games, which has a reputation for selling pixel art games such as “Starbound” development and sales and “Eastward” sales, has also been contacted. Additionally, tinyBuild GAMES, who presented “Hello Neighbor” and “Streets of Rogue”, said: “We don’t think it’s the right solution for us and our publishing plans for the foreseeable future).”
Armor Games Studios, which produced “ITTA” and “Jet Lancer”, also said: “We don’t feel the best fit for this title as a publisher.)” And 11-bit studios said: “It’s not suitable for 11 bit because we are looking for a project like This War of Mine or Frostpunk. We are looking for projects similar to This War of Mine or Frostpunk). ” Furthermore, he commented that he was rejected by 5 companies as “no response”.
This trailer alone has 10 rejections from the publisher. With such results, we are promoting that it is a game that no one wants (as a published work). It’s all messed up because it exposes the wording when it refuses to take it to the publisher and uses it for advertising.
By the way, I would like to point out that every company uses the expression “fit”. Instead of saying that the content is good or bad, they use the expression “does not suit us” and politely reject it. You can see the position that respects the opponent and greets him. They are just saying that there are better companies out there than us. It would be quite reasonable as an expression of rejection without sharp edges.
On the other hand, Tabler seems to understand the “meaning” of “fit”, which is why it is probably “not wanted by any publisher”. It may be because Mr. Tabler is an individual developer and has no money, as previously mentioned, that the disgusting publicity has been done so far. As for the release date, it is said that it will be released when marketing is abandoned. He may be in the process of raising awareness of work using various means now.
“Rubble” is a PC (Steam) to be released. The game will be released when Mr. Tabler leaves marketing.
