In this Indie Stash Cast, we are joined by Scott Brodie, the founder of Heart Shaped Games and developer behind Highgrounds and Hero Generations.
We go in-depth about what players can expect out of Hero Generations, and even get some unexpected surprises about the game. Brodie also gives us some hilarious insight how to pick-up dates.
It has RPG elements, permadeath and the idea of mating and creating new playable generations is extremely central to gameplay. So where does it all go wrong?
SteamFirst: I was never really sold on the idea of “love at first sight” until I started playing Hero Generations by Heart Shape Games LLC. She was a combination of multiple different traits that I admire in my video games, while offering a captivating uniqueness which caused her to stand out among the crowd.
PCG:
Characters rarely age in games, with exceptions like Crusader Kings 2 or The Sims, or perhaps the intro to Fallout 3. In Hero Generations, a turn-based RPG from Heart Shaped Games, aging is front and center because each turn of the game and each move across the procedurally generated map deducts a year from your lifespan.