Riot (video game): Difference between revisions

| developer = Leonard Menchiari, Marco Agricola, Fabrizio Zagaglia

| engine = Unity

| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]{{plainlist|

| designer = Leonard Menchiari, Marco Agricola, Mattia Traverso (former)

'''''Riot''''' is a 2019 [[Indiereal game|indietime strategy]] video game]] aboutthat asimulates riot simulatorriots based on real events. The project started with ana successful Indiegogo campaign in February 2014, whichand ended in a success. The developers went silent until 2014, whereupon the goal of the "second half of 2014" was predicted.<ref>http://www.riotgame.org/blog/?p=533</ref> The game was released on December 6, 2017 forentered [[Steamearly (software)|Steamaccess]]'s earlyin December access2017.<ref name=gamepressure>{{cite web|title=RIOT - Civil Unrest on Steam|url=httphttps://storewww.steampoweredgamepressure.com/appgames/342310/RIOT__Civil_Unrestriot-civil-unrest/z135ed|websitetitle=store.steampowered.com|accessdate=6''Riot: DecemberCivil 2017Unrest''|languagework=[[Gamepressure]]|date=2016-12-10|accessdate=en2024-12-12}}</ref> The director of the game and previously an editor and cinematographer at [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], Leonard Menchiari, has experienced riots personally and the game "Riot" was created as a way to express it and to tell the stories of these events. The player can pick between playing as police or rioters.<ref name=riotgame>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riotgame.org/|title=RIOT|website=www.riotgame.org}}</ref> TheIt gamesupports will potentially be released on [[Mac OS X|Mac]]Linux, [[Linux]]macOS, [[iOS]]Windows, andNintendo [[AndroidSwitch, (operatingPlayStation system)|Android]].4, TheXbox producers are interested in bringing the game to these platformsOne, butand are currently restricted by their budgetiOS.<ref>http: name=gamepressure//www.riotgame.org/FAQ/</ref>

Other riots set across the world will be available as well as an unlockable.<ref name=riotgame /> Each scenario will have different backgrounds as well as props and police uniforms. activists’ clothing will be procedurally generated.<ref name=riotgame /> Characters will have different stats that change the way they react in different situations, This means people will act in unpredictable ways based on the elements that will happen in each riot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riotgame.org/blog/?p=470#more-470|title=RIOT &#124; #jointheriot}}</ref> RIOT is planning to release an in-game level editor, using this players will be able to re-create the riots that are currently going on in the world.<ref name=update1 /> The levels can then be shared with anyone in the world, and can then be rated by others based on quality and historical accuracy.<ref name=riotgame />

The scenarios in ''Riot'' were partly informed through designer Leonard Menchiari's participation in the Italian [[Turin–Lyon_highTurin–Lyon high-speed_railwayspeed railway#No_TAV_movementNo TAV movement in Italy|No TAV]] protests.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web| url=https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/video-game-inspired-by-clashes-in-egypt-and-italy-allows-gamers-to-fight-the-police/| title=The Lede: Video Game Inspired by Clashes in Egypt and Italy Allows Gamers to Fight the Police| author=Colin Moynihan| work=[[New York Times]]| date=2013-02-22| accessdate=2017-05-14}}</ref><ref name=GS>{{cite web| url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-the-worlds-riots-inspired-a-video-game/1100-6405315/| title=How the World's Riots Inspired a Video Game| author=Gamespot staff| work=[[GameSpot]]| date=2013-03-19| accessdate=2017-05-14}}</ref> ''Riot'' was part funded through an [[Indiegogo]] crowdfunding campaign, raising $36,139 in March 2013.<ref name=IG>{{cite web| url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/riot--4#/| title=RIOT| author=Leonard Menchiari| publisher=[[Indiegogo]]| accessdate=2017-05-14}}</ref> Some of the game's budget was for travel and research. The game aims to depict scenarios in a neutral manner, allowing the player to explore both sides of the conflict.<ref name=Zam>{{cite web| url=http://www.zam.com/article/1300/exploring-real-life-protests-in-riot-civil-unrest| title=Exploring real-life protests in Riot: Civil Unrest| author=Kris Ligman| work=[[ZAM.com]]| date=2017-01-19| accessdate=2017-05-14| archive-date=2017-03-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312023938/http://www.zam.com/article/1300/exploring-real-life-protests-in-riot-civil-unrest| url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Riot'' emulates a 2D retro look even though the scene is 3D, which gives more realistic lighting, physics, and visual effects. All character movements are physics based. This means that rather than following just a path, the crowd movement will be influenced by the physical contact given by the rest of the crowd.<ref name=riotgame /> The art style is inspired by ''[[Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP]]''.<ref name=NYT/>

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