Game development is always a bet on the future. When it starts, your game is not going to be released for a few years at least, but you’re betting that your core gameplay mechanics will be innovative enough to stand out, that the genre trend you’re pursuing doesn’t fizzle out, and that there is interest in the world you are making. That’s certainly true forMindsEyeas well, but there’s another layer there.MindsEyepursued a near-future Americana vision by combining realistic sci-fi, grounded futurism, and aplot surrounding Big Tech and Big Government. The idea was born years ago, but looking around, you can easily see how their vision of the near future has become a reality now. Robots are being made the world over, a day can’t go by without AI being in your face, and drones? Well, they’re both popular weapons and toys.
MindsEyetook a bet, and while the development team Build a Rocket Boy probably did not expect it to become so realistic so quickly, that became a strength of the action-adventure game. What’s more,MindsEyeis a three-in-one package.MindsEyeis the action-adventure campaign that pits Jacob Diaz against Big Tech Marco Silva and Big Government Shiva Vega, but players will also be able to dive into premium content developed by BARB through Play.MindsEye and make their own content through Build.MindsEye. Ultimately, BARB’s vision forMindsEyeand its platform is clear.
And in this exclusiveGame Rant Advancegallery, you can take a look at this vision. Whether it’s robots doing mundane tasks around Redrock City, whether it’s the beauty in calling Redrock “the safest city in the world,” or whether it’s the action that puts American into Near Future Americana, that’s visible in every screenshot of MindsEye.
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MindsEye’s releaseis right around the corner, hitting digital markets on June 10. While it remains to be seen if the world of MindsEye vibes with this world, it’ll be interesting to see how its predictions fully manifest and how those line up with the near future too.
