On Xbox

It's finally hitting the big screens! I'm very excited to announce that Giraffe Town is now available on Xbox One and Windows 10 platforms!

You can find it through your Xbox or check it out on the Microsoft store over here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/giraffe-town/9nkbd9cv0ph6?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

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New Game Updates:

I have actually been rolling out new updates for Giraffe Town for some time now. I just never posted new announcements. There is a new update available and it is recommended that you install it if you already haven't.

Updates include:

• An additional secret ending that can be triggered at the "The End" screen of the game. How do you unlock it you ask? I can't tell you.
  
  
• UI and game enhancements.
  
  
• Better game optimization and performance!
  
  
• And many little bug fixes.

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New Price!

To celebrate the release of the Xbox version, I have decided to lower the price of Giraffe Town to only $7.99! This is not a sale event or anything but, a permanent new set price.

So, Giraffe Town now only $7.99 plus you can get an additional 15% off with the current ongoing Lunar New Year Sale event here on Steam. ːsteamhappyː

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Finally, I would just like to say thank you to everyone who played and supported the game. I am truly grateful. Getting Giraffe Town on the Xbox is actually my very first console release of a game. So, it is a huge milestone for me as a game developer and for me personally and I would not be here if it wasn't for all of you who supported me. So, thank you once again. You are all awesome! Hopefully, more ports will be made available down the road.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy Giraffe Town and I am excited to continue making new games in the future!

-Samer Khatib

The first ever official "Samer Khatib Game Awards" show took place last night (December 6th, 2018).

During the show, Giraffe Town won multiple awards including the very prestigious "GOTY" award which is also known as the "Giraffe Of The Year" award. This award is considered the highest honor and one of the best awards a video game can ever receive.

I am incredibly honored and thankful for this award as well as the other awards the game won. This is a major milestone and accomplishment for me personally. I would just like to say thank you, everyone, for all the support because none of this would have been possible without you. Thank you so much.

So, there you have it everyone. My game, "Giraffe Town" is now recognized as an official award winning game!

I believe that Giraffe Town is only the first of many and I look forward to creating more games and hopefully winning even more awards in the future!

Check out all the awards won!

This update aims to fix all of the shortcomings of "Giraffe Town" as well as improve the overall quality and experience of the game.

Update changes:

Skippable cutscenes: I understand that there are some people who don't really care about the storyline and just want to get straight into the game. You can now skip cutscenes so you aren't forced to sit through them. This is also a handy feature for speed runners trying to break the world record for beating "Giraffe Town" in the quickest time. Or, people who just want to replay the game but not have to rewatch the cutscenes.

Quicker UI: UI/menus are now quicker and snappier!

Bug Fixes: From the start, "Giraffe Town" never really had any major game breaking bugs so, there wasn't anything serious. However, I became aware of a number of small minor bugs that would appear later on in the game. All these bugs have been fixed in this update and I am proud to say that the game is in a very polished state at this point.

And much much more small changes and fixes like these are also in the update.

This update improves on many areas of the game and fixes the smaller things making it the perfect update. And really, it's the little things that count.

The update is already available as of now. Although these smaller fixes and changes might go unnoticed, I hope that they provide users with an even better "Giraffe Town" experience.

I would like to say that I really do care about the quality I put into my work. I want to provide the best end user experience for the player that I possibly can.

Enjoy, and thank you for playing! :)

-Samer Khatib

PS. Below I explain how to access and change the quality settings for the game.

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Access and Change Quality Settings For Giraffe Town:

By default, the game runs full-screen at 1280x720 on Fantastic. You can access & change these settings by holding down CTRL key while you launch the game.

This config box will come up:



You can change the quality settings to whatever you prefer.

Note: While the game did ship to run at 1280x720 on Fantastic mode by default, these settings may vary for different users depending on previous games played made with Unity engine as those setting previously set are remembered and shared across other games.