Once the tutorial ends and you are finally allowed to play on your own terms, things get a lot better. It sometimes feels like you’re playing the tutorial on a busy convention floor with Hecker right over your shoulder. Spy Party feels so much like diving into Hecker’s brain that it can feel as overwhelming as it is endearing. Because of this, nothing about its gameplay feels natural, and this Hecker-narrated tutorial is his way of acclimating you into his world. This is a complex game full of very specific procedures, ones that Hecker wants you to follow with precision. This tutorial, while very useful, is a bit like the author of a book telling you repeatedly how his book should be read before you open it. Before you dive into the game, Hecker leaves messages on the screen asking if you’ve played the tutorial, which is also narrated by him. It’s impossible to talk about Spy Party without talking about its developer Chris Hecker. The early access version isn’t finished but marks the first time the game has been commercially available. For the better part of a decade, Spy Party has always been around the periphery of video games. YouTubers have been tricking each other for years, sometimes going so far as to create a real-life airsoft version of the game.
It’s hard to think of a major conference or event where Spy Party isn’t being played either on the show floor or by a group of game devs in a back room. Spy Party was first shown at the 2009 Game Developers Conference and has been in ongoing development ever since. What follows is an intricate game of misdirection that’s one of the most tense multiplayer experience you’ll ever have. In Spy Party, one player takes the role of the spy and must complete a series of objectives without being detected by a player taking the role of the sniper. Over Skype, your friend laughs at you and, realizing you’ve screwed up, all you can do is laugh as well. You see movement out of the corner of your eye? Is that balding man reaching towards the ambassador’s pocket? You take the shot and the party goers scream. There’s only thirty seconds left for them to bug the ambassador and complete their mission. Someone is a spy and you need to take them out.
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