The Baby In Yellow

Ithuthukiswe futhi yashicilelwa yisitudiyo sase-Scotland esizimele i-Team Terrible, i-The Baby In Yellow iwumdlalo owesabekayo ohlekisayo nowesitayela sika-Lovecraft, oguqule indlela yokubheka umsebenzi ojwayelekile wokunakekela izingane. Ekuqaleni owadalwa phakathi kwamahora angu-48 omdlalo we-GMTK Game Jam ngo-2020, lo mdlalo wakhula kancane kancane waze wakhishwa ngokusemthethweni njenge-Early Access kuma-PC ngo-2023, ikakhulukazi mhla zingama-25 kuNhlaba. Owazalwa emiqondweni yabasunguli besitudiyo u-Aaron Baumbatch kanye no-Greg Lee, lo mdlalo usuphenduke into ethandwa kakhulu, ufinyelele ekulandweni okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-180 kuma-mobile nakuma-PC, futhi wathola izibuyekezo ezinhle kakhulu ku-Steam. Esimweni sawo esiyisisekelo, i-The Baby In Yellow iwumdlalo wokuqala (first-person) ohlanganisa izici zokwesabisa nezingokwengqondo. Umdlalo uqala ngokunikeza abadlali imisebenzi evamile yokunakekela ingane efulethini elibonakala lijwayelekile. Umdlali uthunywa ukuba ondle ingane, ashintshe amanabukeni ayo, afunde izindaba zokulala, enze ama-cheese toastie, futhi ayilalise ingane. Nokho, le ngane iyinqaba futhi ayifuni ukulandela imikhuba evamile. Ngokusetshenziswa kwe-physics ye-ragdoll, abadlali bangakwazi ukuyiphakamisa nokuyijikijela ingane, okwengeza isici sehlaya elimnyama kulokhu kukhula kwesimo sokushuba. Njengoba ubusuku buqhubeka, indawo iba yingozi kakhulu, isuka emsebenzini olula wokubheka ingane iye emzabalazweni wokuzama ukusinda okubandakanya izindida, ukujaha okukhulu, nokwesabisa okuzumayo. Abadlali bangaphinda bafune izinto ezifihliwe, njengemiphefumulo eboshiwe; ukuyikhulula kuvula amasu ahlekisayo afana ne-Big Head Mode nesihlungi se-8-bit. Isisekelo salo mdlalo siphefumulelwe kakhulu yizindaba zika-Cthulhu, ikakhulukazi umsebenzi ka-Robert W. Chambers othi The King in Yellow. Ingane esemdlalweni akuyona neze ingane yomuntu, kodwa iwumzimba womhlaba ophethwe yisidalwa sasendulo somkhathi esaziwa ngokuthi u-Hastur, i-King in Yellow. Uma ecunuliwe, u-Hastur ubonisa amandla akhe amabi azama ukudla imiphefumulo yabanakekeli bakhe noma ababophe emhlabeni wakhe owesabekayo owaziwa ngokuthi i-Carcosa. Umdlalo uhlola umlando obanzi obandakanya amaqembu ezinkolo afana ne-Brotherhood of the Yellow Sign, ukusungulwa kwenhlangano i-Crown Childcare ngo-1895, nezimo ezingaqondakali zasemkhathini ezibizwa ngokuthi i-Yellow Sites lapho u-Hastur esebenzisa khona amandla akhe. Eminyakeni edlule, i-Team Terrible iqhubekile nokwandisa indaba nomdlalo ngezibuyekezo ezinkulu, yandisa imingcele kakhulu ngale kwendawo yokuqala yefulethi. Indaba yomdlalo ihlelwe ezenzweni ezimbalwa, ilandela iziphetho ezibuhlungu zabanakekeli abahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa umuntu okuthiwa u-Alice Pickman okuhloliwe ukwehla kwakhe ekuhlanyeni ku-Second Soul. Ngo-2023, kanye nokukhishwa kwawo ku-Steam, abathuthukisi baphinde bakhipha isibuyekezo se-The Black Cat. Lokhu kwandiswa okukhulu kwethule umngane onamarobhothi ogama lakhe lingu-Newt, udokotela ongaqondakali u-Nicolas Arkham, kanye nezindlela ezintsha zokupheka imithi elabhorethri. Ngemva kwalokho, isibuyekezo se-Crown Childcare sithathe inani lezahluko ezingadlalwa zaya ku-11, okwavumela abadlali ukuba bahlole inkampani eqondene nokusabalalisa lezi zingane ezimbi emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwezenzo ezinkulu, i-The Baby In Yellow ifaka izibuyekezo ezihambisana nezinkathi zonyaka. Izibuyekezo zakamuva zihlanganisa i-Curious Christmas lapho abadlali bangakha khona izithombe zeqhwa futhi balungiselele ukudla kukaKhisimusi, kanye nezibuyekezo ze-Halloween ezethula izingubo zokugqoka ezikhethekile zengane kanye no-Newt. Ezinye izibuyekezo ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe, ezifana ne-Dark Whispers, zithuthukise ukubonakala nomnyakazo womdlalo, kuqinisekiswa ukuthi umhlaba owesabekayo we-Carcosa nezindawo ezizungezile kuhlale kuyinto engumbukiso ojulile. Ekugcineni, i-The Baby In Yellow iwubufakazi bamandla emidlalo ezimele, ehlanganisa ngempumelelo amahlaya nokujula kwenganekwane ka-Lovecraft ukuze kudale isipiliyoni esijabulisa kakhulu nesingapheliyo.