00:13Screamer is an arcade racing game fueled by brand new gameplay mechanics.
00:18One of them is the eco.
00:20The eco is a system that allows players to gain two different types of energy.
00:25One of them we call the sink and the other we call the entropy.
00:30Sink is the main one and can be gained by doing different action throughout the race.
00:36For example, you can gain it by staying in the sleep stream of an opponent,
00:40or you can gain it passively throughout the race.
00:44There are also characters that have abilities that tweak or add new ways to interact with Sink.
00:50But the most important action that the player can do to gain Sink is performing an active shift.
00:57Active shift is a simple but very effective mechanic.
01:01Because when the RPM of the engine is reaching a critical threshold, you can tap a button and engage the upshift.
01:11Doing so has a connection with the story and the overall idea because you are in groove with the race and with your car.
01:20So you get the most out of it, getting a slight push from the engine but also critically again in the Sink.
01:29So active shifting needs a little concentration that gets you a great reward in building up the Sink throughout the race.
01:38The main action that you can perform when you have enough Sink is the boost.
01:43The boost is a very traditional action in any arcade racer but in Screamer we try to put our own twist on it.
01:51Basically boost is performed by releasing the button at a certain time.
01:57But if you release it at the perfect time you can get what we call a perfect boost.
02:03And the perfect boost gives you an additional force for the car which goes faster and also lasts a little bit longer.
02:11So boost is very important throughout the entire race.
02:15But boost is not the only thing that you can do when you have enough Sink.
02:19Shielding is the other way to use the Sink resource because a Screamer blends the racing part and the fighting part seamlessly.
02:28So to try to win the races and prevail is key to be able to protect yourself from the other attacks.
02:35So when you see the on-screen alert you can decide to use Sink to activate the shield, protect yourself for a brief amount of time
02:44and be basically invulnerable.
02:46But all the actions you do both boosting and shielding will use Sink and at the same time build up the other key resource that is the Entropy.
02:57When you perform actions that use Sink you gain Entropy.
03:02And Entropy is the energy that fuels the fighting part of the system.
03:07The first action that you can perform is called Strike.
03:11And Strike gives you a short but very powerful burst of speed.
03:16If you hit another vehicle when you use a Strike you make it explode and perform what we call a KO.
03:22Which is very powerful, it gains you energy and also a position.
03:27But another thing that you can do if you decide to keep the Entropy instead of spending it for a Strike is use the ultimate ability, the Overdrive.
03:37The Overdrive is the ultimate weapon in Screamer.
03:40So you can decide to save the full Entropy bar and use it completely to enter the Overdrive state.
03:47There you'll be much faster, you'll have the shield engaged for a brief amount of time and whenever you touch an opponent you'll KO them immediately.
03:59But be careful when the shield fades out you'll be still very fast but you'll be vulnerable and if you touch the walls you'll explode.
04:09It's a very powerful tool to be used very carefully and very skillfully.
04:14We've been talking a lot about fighting and KO's but don't be afraid.
04:19When you get KO'd you don't restart from still but you restart in motion thanks to the ecosystem.
04:25So you'll be able to rejoin the competition and stay into the groove and fight for the lead.
04:30So when you take into consideration all these gameplay mechanics you can easily imagine that each race in Screamer can be very unique.
04:39And on top of that you have to consider for the differences in character abilities and also the differences in vehicle handling.
04:47So I think we can fairly say that there's quite the evolution in each race.
04:52Yes, and races evolve throughout the laps because at the very beginning you have no sink and no entropy.
04:59But then you'll start to build the sink and use it.
05:03But how to use it?
05:05To be faster and to protect yourself with the shield.
05:08And then you'll build entropy but choices again should use it for strike or save it for overdrive.
05:14So there's a lot of different strategies you can use to really be prevailing into the races.
05:22And there's a lot of evolution from the beginning to the end.
05:25And now we are talking, thinking about the single player part of the game.
05:29So racing against the AI.
05:31But we can assure you that the experience of the game gets turned up to 11 when you go online and race with your friend in a team.
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