Possibly a new game in its self or a different setting within the game

[Dreamingpothead]

A summer version. Same basic game and idea but summer. 

Heat stroke, misquotes, sun burn, rattle snakes.. Dust storms.. mirage.. Things like that

[Leeanda]

It'd be nice to see great bear through the seasons but maybe in a new game...  It'd be a lot of work to add to it now.

Welcome to the forum😊

[ThePancakeLady]

I wouldn't mind this as a concept, but it isn't very "Canada", and HL seems to be very focused on Canada-centric content as apposed to America-centric content (which makes good sense to me... they are a Canadian development studio).

In the meantime- there is a free-to-play game called "Arid" on Steam, is you have a Steam account. A student-made survival game set in a desert environment. A bit rough around the edges, but it could give you an idea how a game like this would feel.

Edited July 15 by ThePancakeLady
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[Dreamingpothead]

13 minutes ago, ThePancakeLady said:

I wouldn't mind this as a concept, but it isn't very "Canada", and HL seems to be very focused on Canada-centric content as apposed to America-centric content (which makes good sense to me... they are a Canadian development studio).

In the meantime- there is a free-to-paly game called "Arid" on Steam, is you have a Steam account. A student-made survival game set in a desert environment. A bit rough around the edges, but it could give you an idea how a game like this would feel.

I agree that it is very Canadian. But i live in kamloops BC. I get both the crazy winter stuff as well as the desert/heat stuff. It wouldn't be tooo far off to have a summer setting as well. 

I will deff check out the game you suggest

[Dreamingpothead]

19 minutes ago, Leeanda said:

It'd be nice to see great bear through the seasons but maybe in a new game...  It'd be a lot of work to add to it now.

Welcome to the forum😊

It deff would be alot of work. It was just a random thought my brain had while i was playing, thought i would throw it out there

[Leeanda]

4 minutes ago, Dreamingpothead said:

It deff would be alot of work. It was just a random thought my brain had while i was playing, thought i would throw it out there

You're not the only one who's wanted seasons in the game, there's even videos on ytube somewhere of the trains running through great bear in summer..😊

[ThePancakeLady]

11 minutes ago, Dreamingpothead said:

I will deff check out the game you suggest

Yep. Keep in mind it is a student made game, so expect bugs and some "interesting" mechanics and design choices. It's also not likely to get many, if any, updates- since the class that developed it has long since moved on. I enjoyed it, but I also was not expecting anything but a "tech demo" type of experience.

[Pyroxene]

I believe this was suggested earlier... Though I'm not sure what the game developers think about it... @Raphael van Lierop?

(Excuse me, Raph, if you're not interested.)

[Raphael van Lierop]

It would be an entirely different game.

[Gwynren]

Arid is a good suggestion if you want to check out a "desert survival" that has similar mechanics. I believe it was inspired by TLD.

There's also Firewatch, it's not a survival game and the mechanics are entirely different but visually it has a really similar vibe to TLD and it's set in the dead heat of summer in North America. A great playthrough.

[Cr41g]

Great Bear would become very different in summer unless you were going to add some sort of boat or canoe mechanic... large sections of a lot of the maps would be unreachable, Forlorn Muskeg would be 80% impassable, Jackrabbit and Misanthrope Island would be unreachable, The Riken unreachable... and you would have your new greatest enemy...one you could do almost nothing about... the Black Fly

[Mig_zvm]

And don't forget heavy rainy downpour also.  The Long Rain

[Sherri]

On 7/15/2024 at 4:52 PM, Dreamingpothead said:

A summer version. Same basic game and idea but summer. 

Heat stroke, misquotes, sun burn, rattle snakes.. Dust storms.. mirage.. Things like that

Green Hell has been a very "Jungle version of TLD but with combat" for me. Exploring out into a dangerous wilderness. Keeping and eye on your needs. Running into danger then limping back to camp. lol

[Cr41g]

On 7/20/2024 at 3:51 PM, Sherri said:

Green Hell has been a very "Jungle version of TLD but with combat" for me. Exploring out into a dangerous wilderness. Keeping and eye on your needs. Running into danger then limping back to camp. lol

how are you enjoying it ? I have it in my backlog but may dive in this week....

[Sherri]

11 minutes ago, Cr41g said:

how are you enjoying it ? I have it in my backlog but may dive in this week....

Very, very much. I just finished the massive SOA expansion and have considered myself done with it after 175 punishing hours both solo and with my husband.  I really like how you evolve as you play - from an incompetent weakling getting hurt and poisoned left and right, limping through the jungle without a clue... to a confident master of the jungle well equipped and knowledgeable. And very little of that is via traditional levelling up in-game but because of the survival knowledge you gain via experience. Really effective sense of accomplishment.

[Cr41g]

I will give it a go this weekend !!