E3 2010: Hothead Game Reveals Swarm

HotHead Games, based in Canada, is known best for their work on the Penny Arcade Web Comic based game, On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness.  If that’s not a mouthful then I don’t know what is.  They had initially promised a trailer sometime ago vaguely stating what the game would be a about, and sadly, even with this new trailer, I still don’t know what this game is about.

Hothead Games has this to say about the title though -

” Swarm is a unique comedy action game in which players control entire herds of strange, daft little characters as they clash in chaotic and hilarious situations. Swarm started its life as a submission in Telefilm Canada’s Great Canadian Video Game Competition. As one of the four finalists in the contest, Hothead received $300,000 in prize money which we used to create a gameplay prototype. The game has some innovative AI technology where the player controls the entire swarm of creatures using a demonstrate and mimic mechanic. Our final contest submission showed both the viability of the technology and the fact that it is fun and hilarious to play! So when we also won the People’s Choice award in the Telefilm contest, based on votes from gamers, we knew we had the kernel of a hit on our hands.? “

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