Citizen!

Here's another slew of fixes and additions for the game. They're mostly minor things, but should - taken as a whole - lead to a more rewarding playing experience. That's the theory at least. What do I know? These things are tricky.

• Engine: Increased sound ducking during menus
• Engine: Fixed sound transition issue
• Engine: Added sound fade out during app termination
• Game: Tweaked UI
• Chapter 1: Removed guitar
• Chapter 1: Tweaked note piece behavior
• Chapter 2: Fixed graphical glitch in dream arrival area
• Chapter 2: Addressed a problem with Alicia at the end of the chapter
• Chapter 3: Fixed spelling errors
• Chapter 4: Added hearing aid cues
• Chapter 4: Fixed spelling error
• Chapter 4: Tweaked soundscapes

Cheers,

- a

Citizen!

Here's another slew of fixes and additions for the game. They're mostly minor things, but should - taken as a whole - lead to a more rewarding playing experience. That's the theory at least. What do I know? These things are tricky.

• Engine: Increased sound ducking during menus
• Engine: Fixed sound transition issue
• Engine: Added sound fade out during app termination
• Game: Tweaked UI
• Chapter 1: Removed guitar
• Chapter 1: Tweaked note piece behavior
• Chapter 2: Fixed graphical glitch in dream arrival area
• Chapter 2: Addressed a problem with Alicia at the end of the chapter
• Chapter 3: Fixed spelling errors
• Chapter 4: Added hearing aid cues
• Chapter 4: Fixed spelling error
• Chapter 4: Tweaked soundscapes

Cheers,

- a

Happy New Year, people!

As if a new year wasn't enough cause for celebration, we've just released an update that improves the game in several ways. Read and rejoice. In that order.

• Engine: Fixed bug that prevented permanent states from loading
• Game: Enabled Steam overlay
• Game: Improved performance during game menus
• Game: Increased sound ducking during menus
• Game: Tweaked UI
• Game: Fixed a text line appearing in the wrong place
• Chapter 1: Fixed two item behaviours during close-ups
• Chapter 2: Fixed scaling issue in Mr Morton's dream
• Chapter 3: Added hearing aid cues
• Chapter 4: Fixed gramophone code issue

Cheers,

- a

Happy New Year, people!

As if a new year wasn't enough cause for celebration, we've just released an update that improves the game in several ways. Read and rejoice. In that order.

• Engine: Fixed bug that prevented permanent states from loading
• Game: Enabled Steam overlay
• Game: Improved performance during game menus
• Game: Increased sound ducking during menus
• Game: Tweaked UI
• Game: Fixed a text line appearing in the wrong place
• Chapter 1: Fixed two item behaviours during close-ups
• Chapter 2: Fixed scaling issue in Mr Morton's dream
• Chapter 3: Added hearing aid cues
• Chapter 4: Fixed gramophone code issue

Cheers,

- a

We've just released an update that improves the game in several ways. Aside from general performance improvements, we also addressed some issues some of you've been having during the tea party scene. We also added more visual hearing cues, so people who have hearing impairments can more easily play the game.

• Engine: Made sure task list items aren't skipped
• Game: Improved performance during game menus
• Game: Stopped the game menu icon from appearing during menus
• Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4: Added hearing aid cues
• Chapters 2 & 4: Fixed item behaviours in Morton's bedroom
• Chapter 4: Fixed missing object description in Neff's hallway
• Chapter 4: Fixed missing object description in Neff's bedroom
• Chapter 4: Fixed pot content bug
• Chapter 4: Fixed door code generation issue
• Chapter 4: Fixed water boiling bug
• Chapter 4: Added flies to big cactus
• Chapter 4: Fixed pot duplication bug
• Chapter 4: Fixed minor navigational issue in Edie's dream

Don't be shy if you encounter issues with the game.

Cheers,

- a

We've just released an update that improves the game in several ways. Aside from general performance improvements, we also addressed some issues some of you've been having during the tea party scene. We also added more visual hearing cues, so people who have hearing impairments can more easily play the game.

• Engine: Made sure task list items aren't skipped
• Game: Improved performance during game menus
• Game: Stopped the game menu icon from appearing during menus
• Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4: Added hearing aid cues
• Chapters 2 & 4: Fixed item behaviours in Morton's bedroom
• Chapter 4: Fixed missing object description in Neff's hallway
• Chapter 4: Fixed missing object description in Neff's bedroom
• Chapter 4: Fixed pot content bug
• Chapter 4: Fixed door code generation issue
• Chapter 4: Fixed water boiling bug
• Chapter 4: Added flies to big cactus
• Chapter 4: Fixed pot duplication bug
• Chapter 4: Fixed minor navigational issue in Edie's dream

Don't be shy if you encounter issues with the game.

Cheers,

- a

We just released a patch that should get rid of some of the freeze issues people have been experiencing, particularly while loading new rooms in Edie's dream. While we were at it, we also included a few other tweaks, mostly minor graphical upgrades here and there.

• Chapter 4: Fixed freeze during loads in Edie's dream
• Chapter 4: Added auto save points in Edie's dream
• Chapter 4: Fixed minor graphical issue in Edie's dream
• Chapter 4: Fixed two spawning issues in Edie's dream
• Chapter 2: Upgraded some graphical assets to high-res versions
• Chapter 2: Fixed minor graphical issue in Morton's basement
• Chapter 2 & 4: Tweaked music in Morton's apartment
• Chapter 1, 2 & 4: Fixed rare bug that sometimes hindered leaving Neff's apartment
• Chapter 1 & 2: Fixed items descriptions changing too early in Neff's hallway

Keep posting if you experience more problems.

Cheers,

- a

We just released a patch that should get rid of some of the freeze issues people have been experiencing, particularly while loading new rooms in Edie's dream. While we were at it, we also included a few other tweaks, mostly minor graphical upgrades here and there.

• Chapter 4: Fixed freeze during loads in Edie's dream
• Chapter 4: Added auto save points in Edie's dream
• Chapter 4: Fixed minor graphical issue in Edie's dream
• Chapter 4: Fixed two spawning issues in Edie's dream
• Chapter 2: Upgraded some graphical assets to high-res versions
• Chapter 2: Fixed minor graphical issue in Morton's basement
• Chapter 2 & 4: Tweaked music in Morton's apartment
• Chapter 1, 2 & 4: Fixed rare bug that sometimes hindered leaving Neff's apartment
• Chapter 1 & 2: Fixed items descriptions changing too early in Neff's hallway

Keep posting if you experience more problems.

Cheers,

- a

As some of you have already noticed, things have started to move inside the machine lately.

The good news is that we're finally getting ready to release Chapter 4. The final assets are being finessed as I type this, and testing is going really well.

We're so confident in fact that we've set a release date - August 1. Mark your calenders, folks!

The weird news is that we've reshuffled the game a bit, and added a sixth chapter.

Our original plan was that Chapter 4 would contain three small dreams, but once we started working on them they grew in scope and ended up getting very big indeed. This ended up causing some performance problems, so we decided to cut Chapter 4 into two separate chapters, effectively giving the game six chapters.

Q: So, if I bought the bundle back when it was only five chapters do I have to buy the last one separately?
A: You get all of them, you beauty!

We hope you like that piece of news.

Cheers,

- a

As some of you have already noticed, things have started to move inside the machine lately.

The good news is that we're finally getting ready to release Chapter 4. The final assets are being finessed as I type this, and testing is going really well.

We're so confident in fact that we've set a release date - August 1. Mark your calenders, folks!

The weird news is that we've reshuffled the game a bit, and added a sixth chapter.

Our original plan was that Chapter 4 would contain three small dreams, but once we started working on them they grew in scope and ended up getting very big indeed. This ended up causing some performance problems, so we decided to cut Chapter 4 into two separate chapters, effectively giving the game six chapters.

Q: So, if I bought the bundle back when it was only five chapters do I have to buy the last one separately?
A: You get all of them, you beauty!

We hope you like that piece of news.

Cheers,

- a