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The Legend: A University Story

For our first installment of "The Legend" series, we've chosen a backdrop that many of our audience can relate to: College. Everyone in the atmosphere, or has a friend immersed in it will understand. For students:The fear of walking back to their dorms late at night alone.The fear of being followed by a dark presence.

All Reviews:

Mixed (16) - 56% of the 16 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Jul 27, 2016

Developer:

Austin Handle

Publisher:

Howling Legend Studios

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Note: This Early Access game is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We hope to use this Early Access Launch to finish Chapters: Three (The Walk, VR-Supported) & Four (The Haze), to provide a total of five chilling chapters with unique perspectives and stories filling the atmosphere of West University. Furthermore, we hope to use these proceeds to examine the possibility of our next title: "The Legend: Tales from the Bayou", where we will tackle the folklore, underground rumblings, fears and terrors of the famous swamp-lands.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Our title, "The Legend: A University Story" will be in Early Access for 4-6 months while we fix any bugs and examine the feasibility of completing Chapters Three and Four.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The full version of "The Legend: A University Story" will contain all five chapters of our title. Chapter Zero: The Story, Chapter One: The Oracle, Chapter Two: The Roommate, Chapter Three: The Walk and Chapter Four: The Haze. When the full version releases, the price will also be slightly rising.

The Early Access edition of "The Legend: A University Story" allows for our audience to experience our chilling stories early, while ensuring that they receive all 5 chapters as they become finished and available, included with their Early Access purchase.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current status of the Early Access edition of "The Legend: A University Story" includes Chapter Zero: The Story, Chapter One: The Oracle and Chapter Two: The Roommate. Each of these are slightly smaller versions of their completed counterparts for the full version in 4-6 months.

They still contain the whole story for each chapter, with a range of 15-45 minutes playtime per chapter.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“During Early Access, our audience can experience our chilling stories early at $3.99 (or discounted). This includes a total of 3 completed chapters. When you purchase the Early Access edition, you are helping us to finish the other Chapters and will receive all 5 chapters at no additional cost to the original amount paid.

The full version edition of "The Legend: A University Story" will have a slight cost increase and will contain all 5 chapters of our title.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We hope to gather feedback from our audience to fix bugs, improve the atmosphere and ultimately ensure that "The Legend: A University Story" delivers several compelling, chilling tales that will keep our audience afraid of the possible darkness swirling around us. The audience will have a just impact on the future of this title and consequently, the quality of the very stories we deliver.”

About This Game

From 2013, one of the most anticipated Indie-Horror games is finally here! Backed with NextGen graphics, beautiful and immersive original soundtracks and a unique story that will keep you asking for more chapters to come!

We pride ourselves on producing an atmosphere and experience that will resonate with our audience. Notice that we say audience and not customers. We are focused on delivering a good-story, that just so happens to be a game rather than a game with a mediocre story or plot for support or continuity. For our first installment of "The Legend" series, we've chosen a backdrop that many of our audience can relate to: College. Everyone in the atmosphere, or has a friend immersed in it will understand. For students:

The fear of walking back to their dorms late at night alone.
The fear of being followed by a dark presence.
The fear of being assigned that psychotic, crazy roommate.

We've also tackled the fears of this atmosphere from another angle too. From the perspective of the staff, specifically, the Campus Police Department:

The fear of finding strange things on the CCTV system.
The fear of patrolling the facilities late at night.
The fear of being too-late.

In this release you will be receiving three chapters, each with a unique perspective, mechanic and atmosphere to immerse you in the story of West University. Specifically:

Chapter Zero: The Story
An opening chapter, where you will be introduced and playing Sergeant Thompson, the Night-Watch Commander for the University Police Department. In this chapter you will be patrolling the facilities of West University, while in contact with your rookie police dispatch officer on the hooks.

Chapter One: The Oracle
In this chapter, you will be introduced and play as Officer Morrison. A Rookie (New-Hire) Police Dispatch Officer who is thrust into a campus atmosphere that has found itself immersed in darkness. You main purpose is to watch those CCTV systems, and patrol the dispatch office from time-to-time, to ensure the safety of all students walking late-night on campus.
(Each Student has a randomly generated phone number, to ensure that gameplay is never the same everytime.)

Chapter Two: The Roommate
In this chapter, you will be playing as Ashley Tamon, of whom, you will have already been introduced in Chapter One. Chapter Two: TR takes place weeks prior to Chapters Zero and One. You are returning to your dorm to your foreign-exchange student roommate who may have stolen some of your belongings again. As with any college, young adult, preppy girl, your phone is glued to your hand in this life/death scenario.

We hope to use this Early Access Launch to finish Chapters: Three (The Walk, VR-Supported) & Four (The Haze), to provide a total of five chilling chapters with unique perspectives and stories filling the atmosphere of West University. Furthermore, we hope to use these proceeds to examine the possibility of our next title: "The Legend: Tales from the Bayou", where we will tackle the folklore, underground rumblings, fears and terrors of the famous swamplands.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2GHz or AMD Dual-Core 2GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon HD 6000 series
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Recommended:

OS *: Windows 8.1 or 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Quad-Core (i5 2300) or AMD Octo-Core (FX 8150)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 660Ti or greater, AMD Radeon HD 7950 or greater
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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