Overheard@GDC: Homefront devs 'put a baby in a dumpster' (and then took it out)
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Kaos Studios' Homefront has gone "gold" and is under two weeks away from being released. We found out yesterday afternoon about one scenario that didn't make the cut: protecting a dumpster ... with a baby in it.
Lead single-player designer Chris Cross (real name!) related a story about the team's process of involving civilian presence in the game. Cross said his team wanted to "make it relevant without making it cheap." As it turns out, relevant became a little crazy -- at least initially.
"We went through all kinds of crazy crap! We put a baby in a dumpster and were using that as a bullet shield," Cross explained, heartily laughing. "We were trying a bunch of very strange ideas."
We'll be doggedly exploring every dumpster we find in Homefront in search of secret (baby) easter eggs when the game ships on March 15.
Lead single-player designer Chris Cross (real name!) related a story about the team's process of involving civilian presence in the game. Cross said his team wanted to "make it relevant without making it cheap." As it turns out, relevant became a little crazy -- at least initially.
"We went through all kinds of crazy crap! We put a baby in a dumpster and were using that as a bullet shield," Cross explained, heartily laughing. "We were trying a bunch of very strange ideas."
We'll be doggedly exploring every dumpster we find in Homefront in search of secret (baby) easter eggs when the game ships on March 15.
Reader Comments (35)
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 6:46PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 6:52PM ArtificeDrake formerly known as said
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, DO NOT LET FOX NEWS HEAR ABOUT THIS
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:01PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@ArtificeDrake formerly known as
Or any news outlet, for that matter.
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Or any news outlet, for that matter.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 6:57PM Colin said
This sounds like the first rational decision anyone has made regarding this game.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 6:57PM IUP said
Resident Evil 4 already did this.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 8:00PM The Monarch said
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:01PM MarkcusD said
Chris Cross? For some reason I want to jump, jump...weird.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:24PM IUP said
@MarkcusD
You young whipper-snappers stop all your hipping and your hopping! You're rocking the boat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkIuKXwmlU
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You young whipper-snappers stop all your hipping and your hopping! You're rocking the boat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkIuKXwmlU
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:02PM eat it said
WARM IT UP CHRIS!
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:03PM Syesta said
I missed the bus♪
I missed the bus♪
I missed the bus♪
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:04PM Truant said
Sounds like this idea was nipped in its... [puts on glasses]
infancy.
infancy.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:04PM SisypheanLife said
Ah, dumpster babies..... jerky for the homeless.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:17PM mguniverse said
I love hunting for baby eggs.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:28PM (Unverified) said
Is there a mission where you get caught between the moon and New York City?
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 7:40PM KillTheApex said
I hope they didn't choose not to include for fear of upsetting people. If games are to ever be considered "art", as some people wish, then they shouldn't be so pedestrian with their content.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 8:00PM Rawrnosaurous said
Does Chris Cross also make you want to Jump Jump?
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 8:00PM JUNG GUNS said
Ideas like this give gaming and gamers a bad name. As a game addict, I'm thinking the scenario is lame. As a father, it's down right disgusting. Garbage.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 11:15PM KillTheApex said
@JUNG GUNS
You pick and choose what you get offended by? Either everything is off-limits or nothing is off-limits.
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You pick and choose what you get offended by? Either everything is off-limits or nothing is off-limits.
Posted: Mar 5th 2011 9:35AM Fermie Prime said
@JUNG GUNS Ageed. Just seems like something a 14 yr old would conjure up. Stupid. And then when I look at this from the perspective of a parent of 3, I get disgusted by this. Yeah yeah I know its "just a game" but when you have kids to raise, they aren't just cry machines whose seemingly only purpose in life is to annoy and inconvenience people. They are innocence incarnate, and this display of irresponsibility of the developers isn't "cool". Its borderline exploitive.
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Posted: Mar 5th 2011 10:04AM Fermie Prime said
@KillTheApex Huh? So I can either not be offended by everything or be offended by everything all the time? What kind of absolutist shit is this?
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Posted: Mar 7th 2011 12:04PM Fermie Prime said
@Fermie Prime
Guess I OFFENDED some of yall LOL. Hypocrits.
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Guess I OFFENDED some of yall LOL. Hypocrits.
Posted: Mar 4th 2011 10:03PM Uracat said
A dumpster is an ideal place to raise a child. Plenty of flies to eat, used diapers to wear, and newspapers to read. When the trashman comes it's like going on a field trip.
Posted: Mar 5th 2011 1:50AM ngSliver said
"We went through all kinds of crazy crap! We put a baby in a dumpster and were using that as a bullet shield"
Well I wouldn't like dents in my brand new dumpster either.
Well I wouldn't like dents in my brand new dumpster either.
Posted: Mar 5th 2011 10:23AM Dr AwesomeMAN96 said
@ngSliver
Indeed. Dumpsters are so difficult to procure in this rough economy.
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Indeed. Dumpsters are so difficult to procure in this rough economy.
Posted: Mar 5th 2011 6:58PM Regault said
This mostly reminded me of that movie Shoot 'em Up. I seem to remember them doing all kinds of crazy crap in that movie to protect the baby.
Would an empty oil barrel used as a bullet shield have been more tasteful?
Maybe a scene where they diaper a baby in a kevlar vest?
Would an empty oil barrel used as a bullet shield have been more tasteful?
Maybe a scene where they diaper a baby in a kevlar vest?
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