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The Astronauts is looking to revolutionise story-telling in games. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with co-founder Adrian Chmielarz about his new project, and life after People Can Fly.

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Adrian Chmielarz, former Creative Director at Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment developer People Can Fly, believes the next generation could change games development for the better. He discussed the pitfalls of games including Bioshock Infinite, Uncharted and Tomb Raider in a recent interview with Eurogamer.

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People Can Fly founder Adrian Chmielarz had an idea for Bulletstorm 2 before he left the company, and said “the pulpiness and the craziness of it was through the roof.”

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The Astronauts, a new studio comprised of ex-People Can Fly developers has stated that it’s no longer phased by large games, and has opted to focus on smaller experiences. The team’s debut project, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter aims to revolutionise story-telling in games, despite its smaller stature.

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Former People Can Fly developers The Astronauts, have announced their first game: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

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The Astronauts will reveal its first game in January. The studio – comprised of ex-People Can Fly developers – is headed up by Adrian Chmielarz of Bulletstorm fame. He has just revealed the reveal. Meta!

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People Can Fly veterans have formed a new studio in which the team will develop new games using Epic’s Unreal Engine technology.

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Gears of War: Judgment creative director Adrian Chmielarz and two fellow People Can Fly members have left Epic Games.

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A full day of E3 chaos after seeing Gears of War: Judgment may have dulled Alex Donaldson’s memory, but the new class-based multiplay is hard to forget.

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“Do you know any swear word in a foreign language? German, French, Polish? When you say it out loud, no biggie, right? Not a problem to use it during a family dinner, I assume? That is how all the f-bombs sounded to us. Being Polish, all the strong language in Bulletstorm was just exotic and fun to us. We did not feel its power. In other words, Epic thought this is what we wanted and respected our creative vision, while we had no idea this vision was a bit more than we really wanted. It was only at the end of the development, when I read the Polish translation of the game, that I realized how dirty we were. I swear a lot. A LOT. And yet still I …kind of blushed.” – People Can Fly’s creative director Adrian Chmielarz, speaking to Game Developer magazine (via Gama) on Bulletstorm’s OTT swearing. Here a fuck, there a fuck, everywhere a fuck fuck.

People Can Fly’s Bulletstorm has been described as being full of slap-stick violence with over-the-top antics thrown in for fun.

However, some over-the-top ideas concocted for the game were just too much, and had to be cast aside.
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People Can Fly’s founder and creative director Adrian Chmielarz has said people who expect Bulletstorm to just be a “mindless shooter full of toilet humor” will expect a pleasant shock when they experience the full game.

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People Can Fly founder Adrian Chmielarz has said he doesn’t care much about super-duper game graphics, as he’s more concerned with taking players on “an adventure”.

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