We know that Factor 5 was working on some Wii titles before they closed shop and relocated around the corner under a new name. We re also pretty sure that the only thing they are still working on are 2 Wii games, one of which we are sure is being published by Nintendo and the other one is rumored to be published by Lucas Arts. Here is a little glimpse of what was being worked on.
http://www.reillygames.com/games.htmFactor 5 was my most recent place of employment where I was brought on as a Jr. Game Designer. I was working on an unannounced casual title for the Nintendo Wii.
My main duties were to implement missions based on the activities outlined in the design doc. Most of what I did was to create fun missions/activities using object placement. We had "design kits" which were essentially just a group of assets that were made to function with certain mission types. How they were placed throughout the environment determined the experience given to the player. For example, if a mission was to destroy a number of targets I would vary the mission by changing the number, type, and placement of the targets. The missions were designed to be played in 5-15 minute increments and players had a wide variety of activities to choose from.
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I loved working on this project because it taught me a lot about designing for casual players as opposed to my previous experience designing for the hardcore players.
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Now that sounds alot like Pilot Wings to me.
http://drewlanglois.com/resume.htmlSHIPPED TITLES
-Title Classified- March 2008 to Dec 2008
Developer: Factor 5
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Classified
Lead Systems Designer on a casual title for the Wii.
-Title Classified- Aug 2007 to March 2008
Developer: Factor 5
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Classified
Lead Designer on a 3rd person shooter featuring ground and arial combat.
More Pilot Wings and some more Rogue Squadron?
http://ryanbond.net/resume/Associate Producer, Engine Tech / Tools / Tech-Art / Build Engineering / Production Test: FACTOR 5, INC.
LAIR(PS3)
UNANNOUNCED WII TITLE 1
UNANNOUNCED MOVIE TIE-IN (PS3, 360, WII) <----- Superman(cancelled)
UNANNOUNCED WII TITLE 2
UNANNOUNCED LICENSED TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE (WINPC).
If my memory serves me correctly, it was back in 2007 that F5 mentioned porting over RS3 to Wii for testing purposes and then in early 2008 they also bragged about how their Wii engine "could do everything the PS3 engine could do... and then some". Sounds like they were confident in what ever Wii game(s) they were(are) working on.
And if you take
Achim Moller's word, both of these Wii games are still supposed to ship this year:
Multiple unannounced Wii-Titles (2009)
A 3rd person shooter for the Nintendo Wii featuring seamless ground and aerial combat.
Lead a cross-disciplinary team of artists, designers and programmers in the creation of a playable prototype. Major design work included player camera and controls.
A highly accessible game for the Nintendo Wii focusing on many of the features unique to the Wii and Factor 5's strengths.
None of this confirms anything ofcourse (duh... rumor thread), but lets hope that both of these get announced soon especially if they are planning on releasing them this year.