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Strange Scaffold Saved This New Tactics Game From Cancellation

One of the more interesting game reveals from today's Triple-i Initiative showcase was Gods With Badges, a narrative-driven tactics game about a disgraced police officer returning to the line of duty. What makes Gods With Badges even more fascinating is that it was canceled by its original developer and saved by El Paso, Elsewhere developer Strange Scaffold. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=MXdR706AKPQ The press release announcing Gods With Badges explained that the project began at Artificer, the Devolver Digital-owned studio behind games like Minos, Sumerian Six, and Showgunners. Originally called Hard Justice, the project ultimately didn't pan out and almost never saw the light of day. Meanwhile, Strange Scaffold is spearheading an initative called Project Share, which encourages developers to share the original code for their games so other studios can riff on it. This previously helped enable the development of another Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion game and has now saved

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Strange Scaffold Saved This New Tactics Game From Cancellation

One of the more interesting game reveals from today's Triple-i Initiative showcase was Gods With Badges, a narrative-driven tactics game about a disgraced police officer returning to the line of duty. What makes Gods With Badges even more…

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Strange Scaffold Saved This New Tactics Game From Cancellation

One of the more interesting game reveals from today's Triple-i Initiative showcase was Gods With Badges, a narrative-driven tactics game about a disgraced police officer returning to the line of duty. What makes Gods…

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