Trophies: Linger in Shadows

by Andrew Yoon { Sep 26th 2008 at 9:10AM }

We don't know much about this mysterious downloadable title. Heck, we don't even know how much gameplay it will have. Even stranger, these Trophies make absolutely no sense to us. Maybe you can help us out?

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Silver Trophies
	Sigil Of Motion Make the world tremble and the heavens shatter from within the shadows. The power to manipulate your environment has been unveiled and will prove essential in your struggles with nature.
	Sigil Of Chaos Chaos inhabits every fiber of the universe. Unleashing this power has obliterated the obstacles before you and will release you into nature.
	Sigil Of Nature The force of nature has brought odd life to an even more unusual environment. Remember what you have learned here and it may be useful to you in the future.
	Sigil Of Creation Eyes are the black holes of creatures, vast depths of darkness, but at the center you will find that creation exists everywhere, even when it is nowhere. All that is left is to unleash the light from within the shadow.
	Sigil Of Light It is foretold that revealing all 6 sigils will bring about light, and thus the sigils have been uncovered and light has been wrought from the shadow. Use all you have gained and search outside your vision for secrets within the world.
Bronze Trophies
	Sigil Of Time Freeze and manipulate time in order to force your way through rips in reality. Use it wisely, for it is a power that can overcome great challenges when seeking the light... or chaos.
	Greetings To Fairlight Fairlight is an old group with a lot of members from all over Europe. They've managed to be on top for the past 20 years. Their fresh demo selection has won many different awards for the hi-end machines and also for old-school ones including scene.org award in 4kb, 64kb and demo category. Hidden (Highlight to read)
	Greetings To Sunflower Sunflower is an old group that brought new trends to the demoscene in the beginning of accelerated era. Their demos seem to not suffer from time. This is due to their abstract style and very sophisticated music. The group was formed from very experienced sceners and project "Sunflower" survived for only two years (1999-2001). We all hope that they will make a massive comeback. Hidden
	Greetings To Still Still is a relatively new group formed by ex-members of Bauknecht, lkcc and "Haujobb". Their first productions were released in 2007 but have already received interest and critical acclaim within the demoscene. Hidden
	Greetings To Farbrausch Farbrausch is a demogroup famous for using procedural techniques for creating textures, scenes, and animations in their productions. "Werkzeug" which is their demotool, successfully started a new era of tools, separating coders from artists, thus speeding up production process. Together with "Werkzeug" came V2, a high-quality software synthesizer that was already adopted by other groups respecting its values. Farbrausch is mostly known for "Candytron", "The produkkt", "The Popular Demo" and recently released "Debris". Hidden
	Greetings To The Black Lotus The Black Lotus is an old Amiga group with a very distinctive, monumental style, influencing other groups including Plastic. They've managed to beat 2 Ghz computers with a classic 66 Mhz Amiga and a demo called "Starstruck". Hidden
	Greetings To Conspiracy Conspiracy is a Hungarian group that specializes in creating 64-kilobyte intros. As the first group in demoscene history, they've managed to show their real-time production "Chaos Theory" together with other offline, pre-processed animations at SIGGRAPH 2007. This intro has also received a scene.org award. Hidden
	Greetings To RGBA RGBA is a Spanish group known mostly for their 64-kilobyte and their recent 4-kilobyte productions. They are also well known for breaking the mold in 4-kilobyte graphics. Plastic is especially dedicated to sending their greetings to RGBA for their remake of "195/95" demo. Hidden
	Greetings To MFX Mfx demos are known for their distinctive, mostly experimental style, focusing on building a specific dark atmosphere. Even if they prefer the form over content, their demos often visualize a concept or short story. Mfx members can be found also in different groups like Kewlers or Synesthetics. Mfx has been awarded with many awards including the scene.org award for Most Original Concept in a Demo called "The Ballet Dancer". Hidden
	Greetings To Andromeda Software Development Andromeda Software Development is a demogroup with an extremely distinctive style. Their demos featured dynamic coherent flows of abstract visual elements subtly blending into each other in various and unexpected ways. They have won many demoscene awards including Best Demo of the Year 2007 for "Lifeforce" and Best Demo of 2005 for "Planet Risk". Hidden
	Greetings To Madwizards Madwizards is an old group originating out of Poland best known for their accelerated Amiga productions. They've managed to invent their own abstract style while mixing real-time effects together with still post-processed photography. In their most recent production "Senzala", they went back to the roots developing on classic Amiga. Hidden

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Shader @ Sep 26th 2008 9:15AM

This is a wind-up isn't it?

SoupaNova @ Sep 26th 2008 9:16AM

WTF is right...
*first*

DeathroW @ Sep 26th 2008 9:16AM

I think sony have just overcooked this whole "Wacky and unique games" thing with this title..

Averna @ Sep 26th 2008 8:28PM

We dont even know THAT yet, lol.

SoupaNova @ Sep 26th 2008 9:17AM

damn... not first...

Ruiner @ Sep 26th 2008 1:25PM

You don't need to tell us when you're first. Its obvious.

Kodros @ Sep 26th 2008 2:32PM

Telling us when you're not first is also obvious.

Levi @ Oct 7th 2008 6:10PM

I got the joke, and I liked it. Vote++

Smitty @ Sep 26th 2008 9:22AM

I understand all of those words, but they make no sense in the particular order in which they are presented....

WTF is right...

Thommy Capone @ Sep 26th 2008 9:27AM

This is SO cool. The old AMIGA scene shall probably never die.

Echnaton @ Sep 26th 2008 10:29AM

The reminds me of Fairlight, Razor 1911, Tri Star & Red Sector and all the other "big" names :-) funny time back in 88-92 ;-)

Sean @ Sep 26th 2008 9:24AM

"Greetings To Farbrausch - Farbrausch is a demogroup famous for using procedural techniques for creating textures, scenes, and animations in their productions. "Werkzeug" which is their demotool, successfully started a new era of tools, separating coders from artists, thus speeding up production process. Together with "Werkzeug" came V2, a high-quality software synthesizer that was already adopted by other groups respecting its values. Farbrausch is mostly known for;"Candytron", "The produkkt", "The Popular Demo" and recently released "Debris"."

This bit i understand, theyre an indie devteam who managed to fit an entire FPS game into 96KB, god knows how they did it, but its mysterious and impressive as all hell, it seems like the bronze trophy is merely crediting their work, so im thinking maybe reading the credits and reading about said companies, youll unlock the trophy..

Just my two cents anyways.. If you want more info about that company above or the FPS game google search "kkrieger"

Happy hunting!!

Devin @ Sep 26th 2008 2:21PM

Yeah. My friend showed me the game and it looks really really really really really good for only being 96k. It's ridiculous they could make a game like that in such little of space. I haven't checked back to see if the game has had any updates/additions/revisions/etc.

Crazy trophy though.

Sean @ Sep 26th 2008 9:26AM

Oh yeah, "Candytron" mentioned above... check it out... its fascinatingly weird...

heypaul @ Sep 26th 2008 9:31AM

When is this game supposed to come out? I remember a couple of month or so ago, it was mentioned that it was supposed to be released on the Euro PSN the following Thursday. It never showed up and we never spoke of it again. Any word on a new release date?

Tuffcub @ Sep 26th 2008 9:59AM

Oi, PS3Fanboy - Linger In Shadows didn't come out in August - it's not been released. Fix yer previous news item!

karamo17 @ Sep 26th 2008 9:41AM

my brain hurts just for trying to understand that

Tarheel @ Sep 26th 2008 9:43AM

Weird. Usually the trophy descriptions I get here are the same sentence or two that are in the game. Are these actually the in-game descriptions? They're essays! The game could actually be good, but these guys seem a little full of themselves.

debaser @ Sep 26th 2008 9:45AM

anything with Haujobb has got my interest. i've been a fan for years
great little german industrial band
fwiw; haujobb = skin job, the term Decker uses to describe replicants in blade runner

aa1c2e1c @ Sep 26th 2008 9:50AM

i think they're just pulling our legs

Jonathan Coole @ Sep 26th 2008 9:52AM

idk, i just think its probably one of those things thats never released.

Superbean @ Sep 26th 2008 9:52AM

Wtf indeed. n correct me if im wrong but arent these descriptions supposed to tell you how to get the trophies?

lxicon @ Sep 26th 2008 10:08AM

ok, so this game is obviously more of an art piece than a game, but there will most likely be some interaction. it's interactive art.

my guess is that you'll have to navigate through the various levels. you get the bronze trophies for completing each level. the descriptions are about the people/groups that did each one.

the silver trophies are probably for discovering special moves or puzzle solutions within each level.

i'm looking forward to this game. it seems to be more about seeing and doing cool stuff rather than killing 100 guys or quick reflexes. :)

j.howlett @ Sep 26th 2008 10:16AM

i can kind of understand the first one but the rest seem like fond memories and shout outs

j.howlett @ Sep 26th 2008 10:22AM

the silver trophies make some sort of sense

I.AM.IRON.MAN @ Sep 26th 2008 10:26AM

O.
K.

err...

farfisa @ Sep 26th 2008 10:29AM

Seems pretty logical to me.
But I'll update you when the opium wears off.

Thommy Capone @ Sep 26th 2008 10:44AM

It does not really need to make sense: the demo-scene greets their friends in the most unusual ways imaginable. By creating trophy descriptions (and maybe there is a way to achieve them?) they can greet everyone they like/ admire/ whatever.
Thereby; afaik this is not going to be a game, but an 'interactive demo'.
I am really (REALLY!) looking forward to getting hold of this one...

Peter @ Sep 26th 2008 10:51AM

Has PS3Fanboy's pet philosopher escaped into the wild?

Vintsukka @ Sep 26th 2008 10:51AM

Wikipedia seems to have some info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linger_in_Shadows

So apparently you have to navigate through the demo using the Sixaxis to reach new "levels" and find greetings for old demogroups. Now the descriptions make a lot more sense.

Also, the Wikipedia article says it will be out in October.

Sporia @ Sep 26th 2008 12:11PM

Haha! (WTF?) hahaha indeed , what the hell is this man xD, i want to know what drugs they are using for the mind to develop such things xDD

rd2000 @ Sep 26th 2008 11:24AM

Hehe I guess you have to have experienced the 80's and 90's demo scene to get a grip on this.

The kids today prolly don't have a clue what the demo scene is.

They prolly think it's a game demo ;)

Tom @ Sep 26th 2008 1:43PM

Well excuse me for not being morn in the 70s.

Bacwardz @ Sep 26th 2008 11:57AM

These are not trophies ^_^ not all of them at least-the "Greetings to..." ones aren't trophies. They're making some sort of homage.
Greetings to Fairlight is making a reference to http://www.fairlight.to/ (FairLight) a group developing for the Commodore 64.
Greetings to Farbrausch is making a reference to http://www.farb-rausch.com/ (Farb-rausch).
Greetings to The Black Lotus is making a reference to http://www.tbl.org/ (the black lotus).

Bacwardz @ Sep 26th 2008 11:58AM

The Greetings to Conspiracy is selfexplanatory .Find out more on their site : http://conspiracy.hu/
Same thing with greetings from RGBA : this is their site http://rgba.scenesp.org/

Bacwardz @ Sep 26th 2008 12:01PM

Anyway, you get the picture. These are all great demoscene groups. They make some pretty cool stuff (art ^_^).
I'll post the links to all the other groups I know from this "trophy" list. (BTW my gut feeling is telling me this is going to be the best PSN game ever ^_____^... all these groups make awesome stuff).
Andromeda software developement : http://www.asd.gr/
Madwizards http://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=810 (it's not their official site, it's a site with their stuff for download...)
Mfx: their site http://mfx.scene.org/

I think the only real trophies are the "Sigil of..." ones.

Pip @ Sep 26th 2008 12:04PM

This is not a game, it's a demo from the demoscene. If you're still confused, go to scene.org and take a look around. Groups of programmers back in the day (Early 80s to present) used to code to the metal trying to outdo each other with graphics and sound presentations. Called demos. They would sync special effects to music. They played a huge part what 3D started to come around in the late 80s, early 90s. Some of these groups such as Fairlight, Razor 1911, Red Sector, Tristar, Def Jam, Spaceballs, etc were major players at the time.

In the demos, sceners used to put in greets to other groups, I'm going to guess that in this demo, it'll be interactive with hidden greets to others in the demoscene and if you unlock the greets, you'll get trophies for it.

Scene.org

Devil240Z @ Sep 26th 2008 1:27PM

Umm, WUT???
Thats pretty weird stuff. Even the most descriptive trophies dont seem to reveal anything about the gameplay.

guess we will have to play the old wait and see game for now.

rutehh8 @ Sep 26th 2008 2:20PM

looks like the artstyle from Shadow of the Colossus

Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Sep 26th 2008 1:51PM

The demoscene rocks. There is some incredible stuff out there and I really want to 'play' this. I was pissed when it didn't come out in August; I understand Sony not wanting to build up expectations or unneccessary hype for an obscure art project/tech demo, but I really want to know when this is coming out.

fiziks @ Sep 26th 2008 2:25PM

check out the youtube video "the black lotus - starstruck"

Popfrogs @ Sep 26th 2008 2:22PM

Let me break it down for you guys who don't understand the whole 'demoscene' thing.

For decades, programmers in Europe and a handful in the US have been wowing each other with coding challenges. They create little pieces of code that are referred to as "demos" which are designed to demonstrate creative, impressive, and/or efficient programming techniques. There are also musicians and artists that form groups with the programmers and work on pieces for these demos.

The groups all get together from time to time, usually regionally, and have parties where they show off their work to each other. Alot of them know each other personally as a result of attending these parties.

The demoscene has spanned many different architectures; some of the earliest and most impressive work was done on the Amiga 500 and Commodore 64. Currently the PC groups are the most popular and proficient for obvious reasons. Since the PC architecture is so open, rather than the limited hardware possibilities of the C64 and Amiga (which provided a real challenge), it has become popular to limit the size of code, hence the 4k and 64k parties and demos that result. Their goal is music, graphics and code demos that are a specific size _on disk_.

Since these guys meet up and party, they are inclined to send out "greets" to other groups or individuals in other groups that they are friends with. Nearly every demo ever made has had a greets page. It makes perfect sense that there are trophies for greets now that you understand the demoscene concept.

I personally think that it's incredibly progressive for Sony to shed a corporate light on the demoscene. They've effectively legitimized a nerdy hobby and the group that designed Linger in Shadows stands to make a few bucks. I could see this becoming a really, really cool trend if other groups participate.

I'm buying this day one, just on principle alone. I want Sony to know that this was a cool idea.

Mike @ Sep 26th 2008 2:50PM

You're just making those up - I'm sure of it.

Sigil of Octopus: eight legs squeeze the pufferfish until it pops revealing the peanut butter and jelly sandwich within.

See? I can make 'em up too!!

Seriously - wtf is this game about? Drugs?

hmmm @ Sep 28th 2008 2:54PM

maybe each company inspired a diffrent bit of the univrse, you get to the bit they inspired, you get theyre trophy, what i dont get is how the last trophy is light, by the description that should be game over since you got all the sigils (my guess a way of traveling and manipulating the world.) makes me think the gold were left out on purpose.

lorddshadow @ Sep 26th 2008 5:25PM

wow can anyone make any sense out of any of that?

mixelmagic @ Sep 27th 2008 7:36AM

As an Amiga old timer it's great to see a "game" (or interactive demo/art piece) giving props to all the demo scene groups.. This makes perfect sense..A bit of a funny way to do it, but at east it means people might read them, haha.

Just most of them don't tell you how to unlock them. XD

Stephen @ Sep 28th 2008 3:37PM

Doesn't this screen remind anyone else of Shadow of the Colossus? I mean look at it. And the title too, who's making this game?

john @ Oct 9th 2008 9:35AM

yep just downloaded it - 1.99 . theres the full film - then an option called Linger, which allows you to pause/reverse/record/move camera/take screen grab..and maybey a few other things.. after each event is unlocked it plays new sections that are'nt in the full film..

got three trophys from just messin around with it..