Techno Banter Preview – Work the door and run your mouth as a smack-talking bouncer
What lies behind the Green Door? That’s what people are queueing up along Rainbow Drive to find out, and it’s up to you to decide who gets to see. OK, so Techno Banter isn’t really as mysterious as I’ve just made it sound. In fact, it’s much more grimy, casting you as a bouncer for an underground rave club in the heart of a dystopian city’s night life.
Like spam filters for your email and circles of paper when making a coffee, bouncers have got a pretty big role in keeping things nice and chill on a night out. Oh, I’m sure many of us have had a bit of hassle now and then when trying to get into a bar or club, but considering what they have to put up with and look out for, they’ve got an important, unenviable job to do.
Working the nights means you won’t get much time in the daylight of this dystopian neon-lit city, and waking up and stumbling around your apartment paints a pretty dismal picture of home life, so it won’t take long before you’re heading out the door and off to work. Even then, you’ll encounter a guy kicking at your neighbour’s door. A charming place to live…
Stepping out onto the streets of the city and walking to work, you pick up on Techno Banter’s distinctive art style. It’s quite retro in some ways, with low resolution textures, simple 3D geometry and 2D characters, but blends some newer and more modern effects for light flaring off the many lights, a Bokeh effect, and more. It’s the wild and varied citizens of the city that really stand out, though. They’re all in 2D pixel art, but there’s such a rich diaspora of different species that’s rendering in this style, from humans to frogs, lithe pandas tigers and towering gorillas in jumpers. There’s a bit of a Bojack Horseman vibe to the people of this world
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