Merscom Games is teaming up with Novint Technologies to start putting 3D touch technology into some of their games. Normally I wouldn’t be that interested in this news, what with Merscom churning out such titles as Terrorist Takedown and WW II Tank Commander, but they are also the publisher behind The Ship and, well, that kicked ass.
What this news means is that you’ll now be able to use the Novint Falcon controller in The Ship. The controller works like a sort of floating mouse. The device allows players to “feel weight, shape, texture dimension, dynamics and force effects” which is kind of cool, though also sort of unnecessary.
If you’ve not played The Ship, you really should. There aren’t enough nautical, first-person murder mystery games around. In fact, there’s really only one. The Ship. About to be two, though, with CVG reporting that developers Outerlight are at work on a sequel. That’s about all we’ve got on it, but I’d imagine it would involve a ship, some passengers and a fair amount of murder. Guess they can’t call it “The Ship”, either, since there’s now two of them. Maybe “A Ship”. Or “Another Ship”. The Ship sequel underway [CVG]
