Garage Build Impressions & FAQ

Happy new year! Last month we released the Garage Build of Brigador Killers and in case you missed it we recently put up about twenty minutes of gameplay from it.

This video will be on the store pages until a proper trailer replaces it, but you can always find it in the development playlist on our YouTube channel.

In addition, here's another Makeup and Vanity Set track from the Garage Build, titled Let's Mingle.

This song is the one heard in the Dealership mission where the player has to destroy a bunch of Ovo electric vehicles.

Your impressions of the Garage build

There have been plenty of reactions to the Garage Build. Here's a look at what some of you have been saying…

…On YouTube

• Nice! Getting heavy Crusader No Remorse/No Regret vibes outta this. Looks fantastic.

- FightWhen

• LETS GO !!! I need more brigador in my life i've gone over the books and game so much waiting 

- ThatOrphan

• This is hotline miami but better.

-ViGsT

• That guitar rift almost gave me a heart attack. Please MAVS more of this

-freshglizzy3763

• Aquele é o sorriso de um homem ao qual pode se dar toda a sua confiança

-O_Horripilante_Sehhorito

…on r/brigador

• This gives me flashbacks to Syndicate Wars which I used to obsess over

-phildogtheman

• Hell yeah.

-MostlyLurkingPals

• God I want it in my bones

-KingOfStarrySkies

…on our Discord

• im resetting my garage save cause I want to play through it again, im really enjoying this build a lot

-lobsterdisco1996

• i gotta say banger update so far

-WillWrite

• I love stealing containers

-themerchantofbenis

• Still getting the hang of how it plays vis a vis Brigador but I have to say that even these early levels look fantastic

-cats

• Drinking my Nosdelos while doing donuts in my armored Varlet blasting the latest Marpop dance music and accidentally running over 3 Nospol officers in the process

-captain_flux

• APC acquired

• I slapped an RPG-7 on it

• Bootleg tank

-CorvidThunk

…via the survey (anonymous)

• I wanna honk the horn of the vehicle.

• It reminds me a lot of gta1 but WAY better. 

• The gameplay loop is solid. Aiming takes a bit to get a handle on but is pretty intuitive once it clicks, just like the first game. On foot movement feels pretty odd at first, particularly with how binary the difference between sprinting and walking feels - leisurely stroll vs sprinting at mach fuck

There are just some of your reactions and Stellar Jockeys are pleased that the December build landed well.

Frequently Asked Questions

We've aggregated a lot of your questions to these main inquiries: 

Where are the mechs and tanks?

In the Garage Build the player can fill their hideout with mean-looking SWAT APCs that come armed with twin Bonesaws. However, the APC isn't really featured in the gameplay footage because the data for vehicles that can mount weapons isn't finalized i.e. the APC is not as accurate as a player when firing the same weapon, when in fact it should be much more accurate.

The majority of the mechs and tanks planned for the game also aren't there yet either in terms of art or gameplay data (for instance the untextured vehicles seen in this previous post). What we are hoping for, and a few players have already remarked as much from just the change in feel in using the different suits in the build, is that when you finally get into a Mongoose, never mind a Touro, the step up in the power fantasy journey will feel immense.

Also, there is a mech in the Garage Build, but it's in the story segment of the Garage Build and we didn't want to spoil the surprise in the gameplay footage video. Please experience it for yourselves.

Weren't you making a sequel to Brigador? This game doesn't look like Brigador…

This type of question usually came alongside the previous one, but it's deserving of a separate response. The first part of the answer is that Brigador already exists and as developers we aren't interested in making the exact same game over and over again. 

The second part is that Brigador Killers is partly made in reaction to criticism about the first game, where a common complaint was that there is a lack of things to do. Based on the feedback to the build so far, we seem to be on the right track.

What about melee weapons?

Brigador Killers is still mostly a game about shooting cool guns and not a character action game like Devil May Cry. Each suit you can find in the Garage Build has a melee attack that can vary in strength or animation e.g. the carmine suit kick is much stronger than the loyalist infantry suit version, while the cinderblock suit has a hefty punch. Dedicated melee weapons are potentially possible, but they are very unlikely due to increased animation work involved.

Will there be stealth?

Not in the way games like Metal Gear Solid tracks stealth. Our intention is you can go under the radar until things inevitably go hot, but whether it ends up that way remains to be seen.

What's with the aiming line?

Various elements of the aiming system are visualized in the gameplay footage. More specifically:

• The dotted line represents the distance between the mouse cursor and the player's location (the bigger the spaces are between dots, the further away the player is from the mouse) - this line turns into an arc when aiming with weapons like grenade launchers or mortars.

• The wireframe surrounding that dotted line represents the accuracy bloom that is affected by factors such as player movement and what suit is being worn (e.g. a better suit means better accuracy).

• The expanding/contracting circle where the mouse cursor is represents the area where projectiles can land, depending on the player's accuracy at the time of firing.

• The orange and red highlights on enemy NPCs are the soft and hard lock on respectively. Soft lock on happens while mousing over things that can be targeted but can be broken by moving the mouse away; hard lock on happens while mousing over and pressing a keybind - it won't be broken by moving the mouse away from the target.

The different parts of the aiming can be individually turned on or off according to playstyle in the SETTINGS menu.

Is there going to be a demo or a playtest?

We expect to put up a demo of Brigador Killers on Steam ahead of the June Steam Next Fest. We'll be very loud about it when it happens, trailer and everything. No, the demo will not be taken down after Next Fest.

Release plans?

We want Brigador Killers to go into Early Access on Steam (and GOG) this year and that's all we'll say for now.

Who did the music in the build?

Makeup and Vanity Set. Here are the levels in the build and the names of the tracks used in them.

Some of these tracks are already in the YouTube playlist. A new Makeup and Vanity Set track will be added at the end of every month for the next few months.

Does "Brigador Killers" mean we're killing Brigadors, or does "Brigador Killers" mean we're Brigadors and we're still killers?

Much to think about.

I have another question!

Chances are we already answered it in this thread but feel free to ask us questions in the #brigador_killers_chat channel of our discord server.