Let’s Talk About Red Dwarf XI: The Game

[Ian Symes]

The game is now out! Well, it’s out on the App Store at any rate – the Play Store will presumably follow soon. It’s going to be pretty tricky to discuss this on the front page, as the game contains spoilers for Twentica, and people are watching at different paces. Also, some people might want to play through without having any surprises spoiled.

So, for now at least, let’s confine any specific discussion of the game’s contents to this thread. ONLY READ AHEAD IF YOU’RE OK WITH GAME SPOILERS!

My very early impressions were as follows:

Ooh, Robert Llewellyn voiceover!
Haha, they spelled “welcome” wrong.
This is pretty good.
This is tricky.
Ooh, it’s a prequel! That’s clever.
ZOMG, I’m playing as Rimmer.
FUCKING SHOOT THE BAZOOKOID PROPERLY
HOW CAN I DIE, I’M A HARD LIGHT HOLOGRAM.

Topic

[Stephen Abootman]

Gilbert, will you escort Mr. Runner to the door?

Completed this, another mighty fine addition. Was OK with the grate but took about 5 minutes after that to work out that I couldn’t go through the door at the end and had to revisit previous areas, though that might just be me being a bit thick.

[International Debris]

Not sure what happened here. Was totally unable to move the collapsed Rimmer and had to go back to the previous level. Once I’d completed that again, it then moved me straight on to Pac Rimmer. I had to go back and do the first Monster Chase separately at the end.

Otherwise excellent stuff. A couple of tricky bits stopped it being too easy – like Mr. Abootman above, I was trying different combinations of the boxes and such to get through that second door before realising that I was actually meant to go back. Thought that was a nice touch that added variety to the typically linear feel of the levels.

[Ian Symes]

Twister is a three player game. Everyone here’s just waded right in!

[si]

Christ, people. I haven’t even got past the Torpedo Run yet.

[GameDigits]

Thank you for letting us know about the Twister issue. We’ve fixed it now and an update will be released soon.

It was quite rare, but it seems the monster Rimmer character can get tangled up with a fast moving skutter and its collision can throw Rimmer off.

… and Monster Rimmer has such an unfair advantage when playing Twister!

[International Debris]

Ah yes, that’s exactly what happened. I thought it had got Rimmer and was going to devour him for a second, then realised that it was actually a bug.

I really like the fact that the skutters are just tootling around on their own.

[Dax101]

Was quite a difficult episode, i managed to get through it but you need to be so quick on the printer game and the pacman game was tough.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

How the hell do you get into the junction room in Office Rimmer? There doesn’t seem to be anything to trigger opening the door

[International Debris]

Don’t think so linearly.

[Stephen Abootman]

Any news on Krysis yet? Being stuffed full of clochey goodness with any luck.

[International Debris]

Hmm yes, I’m hoping we get the full thing before XII comes along. Not to downplay the efforts of the developers – who have been absolutely brilliant, obviously – but it would seem pretty odd having the Can of Worms level go out midway through XII, which is likely to be two and a bit months away now.

[(deleted)]

I fear against hope that it’s been shelved.

[sd99]

Have the last two episodes been canned then? I’m wondering if they’re developing a series 12 game instead to cash in on when it gets aired. Or is that just me being cynical?

[Anonymous]

They are indeed working on a free game for RDXII. Official line is that the RDXI game is on hold until that is done.

[sd99]

I’ve finished the first four episodes and still waiting for the final two, however I’m getting a new phone tomorrow – presumably I’ll lose my progress? Or is there a way to unlock the episodes I’ve already finished (for free)? I don’t really want to have to play it all over again once the last two episodes are out.

[Ben Saunders]

I think you can transfer the data manually but I doubt there’s any automatic process to help you. Just drag the game folder over from one phone to the next on your computer, I should think.

[sd99]

Well I tried android’s transfer util when setting up, and most of the settings and files were automatically moved, but for some reason only the scores for the first 3 episodes and the first level of 4 were moved, so looks like i have to replay officer rimmer again, which is annoying.

[Jason aka Smeg4Brains]

So I’ve just seen this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GameDigits/status/930042766314360832

Seems odd when we haven’t had a new game episode since March

[bloodteller]

apparently they postponed the XI game updates so they could work on the XII game or something

[si]

So, will there be completely different XI and XII games? Will I have 2 different icons on my home screen? Or will you be able to combine the two? Can you just update the XI game for it to become just an un-numbered ‘RED DWARF’ game? And what’s with all these question marks?

[flanl3]

Supposedly it’s not in the format of the XI game? Otherwise, I look forward to the minigames on the Enconium where it lets you advance with a perfect score no matter how you do.

[Ben Saunders]

Will they combine two games into one?

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I personally look forward to make 1,245 Sugar Puff sandwiches.

[bloodteller]

grilled, with cheese

[si]

GameDigits just Tweeted.

Great to hear from you Si and thank you for asking! It’s a completely new and separate download, mainly due to the fact that it’s free. There are no plans on combining the two in order to have an overall ‘RED DWARF’ game as they are very different.

So there. Now we know for sure.

[si]

Here’s something. Whether you consider it interesting or not is up to you.
But I just looked on the game’s Google Play store page, and that lists the developer as UKTV, as offered by UKTV Media. Same with the Storage Hunters game (although that does still give a GameDigits email address).

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

Huh … yeah, the Apple App Store also lists it as UKTB Interactive Ltd, releasing Red Dwarf, UKTV Play, Storage Hunters UK and Hairy Bikers

It always used to be listed as GameDigits right? Maybe they are just taking a back seat the devs and UKTVs brand is putting them out?

Also interestingly enough … the Red Dwarf XI game was updated 7minutes ago with improvements to the Office Rimmer episode. Maybe they added an ending?!? hahahahahahahahaha

[Jason aka Smeg4Brains]

I’ve just had this from them on twitter when I asked if they would be finishing RDXI first.

Thank you for asking! It was a difficult decision, but with only 1% of the players reaching the Krysis episode in the previous game, it made sense to put it on hold and focus on the new free game for series XII.

That 1% figure really surprised me. Maybe people were just past the Red Dwarf hype after so long after XI had aired.

[flanl3]

They must have thought the game was done after Twentica and deleted it.

[GameDigits]

Hi guys, just thought I’d step in here and answer a few questions I’ve seen on this mega-thread.

Just to avoid any confusion, the games we develop for UKTV have always been under the UKTV store accounts, our own game IP (such as Dream Machine & Auction Wars) are released under GameDigits. There are many reasons for this, but they’re mainly contractual. No game has been moved, or deleted from one account to another.

Although it’s always painful to put a project on hold, there are a couple of major reasons why moving on to a new Red Dwarf XII game made absolute sense.

Firstly, the drop off of players progressing through the game was very large – in fact, 99.3% of players haven’t actually reached the point where they would see the next episode. The decision to put it on hold was tough, but we have to be realistic about what’s achievable here without running the risk of losing so much that we go out of business – I’m sure that’s understandable.

Secondly, one other result of the previous game vast majority of people who viewed the game were put off by the price. I’m not talking a small amount here, again it was a percentage over 99% and this is at the point where only the icon and price are visible, they hadn’t even seen the game yet. This fact was also echoed by the fans at the last DJ event too, so it’s something we really wanted to address.

Therefore, it made sense to focus on making a free game for series XII – and it’s a great game too! We’ve listened a great deal to the fans and aimed to have wider appeal. That’s not to say XI has stopped completely, it’s on hold and we’d love to pick it up again (in fact we had almost completed the Krysis episode when the decision was made).

We’re aiming for a release very soon, so I’ll keep you posted!

[bloodteller]

thank you

[Dave]

Thanks for keeping us updated with all this. I’ll definitely check out the XII game when it appears.

[flanl3]

We’re aiming for a release very soon, so I’ll keep you posted!

I am attempting to convey my excitement without sounding sarcastic but this is like my fourth time rewriting this post for that purpose so I suppose I’ll just say that I am excited and that is not sarcastic.

Yikes, that didn’t work either.

[bloodteller]

i’m excited!!

that’s how you do it, flanl

[flanl3]

Ah, I see.

[cwickham]

Even if the XI game isn’t unpaused, will we at least get to see what was done for Krysis?

[Dax101]

Someone just uploaded this to youtube, is this the new Game?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56gdoyCjPM0&feature=youtu.be&a=

[bloodteller]

i think so

[bloodteller]

okay so i just watched the video, and although that doesn’t reaallyyyy look as good as the XI game, it looks to be at least worth playing

[Dax101]

I was kinda hoping for something abit more different this time round but its basically the same sorta gameplay

[bloodteller]

they spelt “Bryceman” wrong in Ziggy’s name i think?

oh bollocks who cares about him anyway

[si]

Looks nice. :)

[Ben Saunders]

Will there be a Timewaveless version of the game? I want to pretend the episode doesn’t exist.

Real talk though I will check the XII game out, it is free after all (;

[cwickham]

I like to think referring to Skipper Rimmer as “Retro Rimmer” is a G&T reference.

[Jonathan Capps]

Here’s your place for that XII Game chatter: http://www.ganymede.tv/forums/topic/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf-xii-the-game/#post-

[GameDigits]

Thanks guys – and yes the game is out now!

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1279716477
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.uktv.rdxii

It’s free this time so why not give a go! (It’s also worth keeping in the back of your mind that it is a free game too when giving feedback). We do monetise it with adverts, but they are all optional as reward videos – we never force you to watch an advert throughout the game.

We’re very responsive to feedback, so let us know your thoughts. We know that the Red Dwarf audience is very varied, so we can’t hit the mark for everyone – but we’ve aimed to include different modes in the game to cater for different types of players and it’s not linear either.

Plus, I expect ALL of you on here to ace the quiz!

As for the spelling of Ziggy – I know it’s an odd spelling, but it is correct in the game. We actually had it as ‘Bryceman’ at first, but after double checking the freeze frame on the picture he made in the Econium ship in the episode, it’s definitely ‘Briceman’.

[Jonathan Capps]

Just going to close up this thread for now to shift everything over to our XII thread. Ian, I’ll copy your post over so we can more easily manage the XII chat.

[Author]

Replies