Unaware

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06 Oct 2024Developer post
Postponing the release of Unaware
Hello everyone, I have some news to share regarding Unaware. Unfortunately, it won't be released this year. The game is still far from being complete, and I don’t want to rush an unfinished product. I believe it's important to deliver the best experience possible, and releasing a
Hello everyone,
I have some news to share regarding Unaware. Unfortunately, it won't be released this year. The game is still far from being complete, and I don’t want to rush an unfinished product. I believe it's important to deliver the best experience possible, and releasing an incomplete game wouldn’t do it justice.
While much of the foundation is in place, there are still several key elements that need significant work:

Lighting
Save System
Storyline & Lore
Game Events
Characters
Artwork & Music
New Trailer
Lighting:
Lighting has always been one of my toughest challenges in development. No matter how much I tweak the settings, I haven't yet found a look that feels right. It's a crucial part of the game’s atmosphere, so I want to get this right before release.
Save System:
The plan is to allow both quick save/load functionality during gameplay, as well as a more traditional save system. This part of the development should be relatively straightforward, but it still needs to be implemented and tested properly.
Storyline & Lore:
The storyline is currently incomplete, and there may be some changes before it’s finalized. I can’t share too much right now, but it’s something I’m working hard on to ensure it aligns with the game’s overall experience. The goal is also to add deeper lore about the whole environment.
Game Events:
The initial goal was to create an open-world horror game. To achieve that, I need to come up with unique, engaging events that enhance the player experience without becoming repetitive or tedious. There will also be a travel system to minimize annoying backtracking, but I’m brainstorming ways to balance exploration and convenience.
Characters:
While the AI is functional, it’s still uncertain whether it will meet the final game's needs. The number of characters that will appear in the game is also still up in the air and will depend on how the rest of the development goes.
Artwork & Music:
The current version of Unaware uses placeholder artwork and music. Rest assured, this will be replaced before release with the final versions that reflect the game’s atmosphere and tone.
New Trailer:
The current trailer is quite outdated, and a new one will be developed to reflect the progress and direction of the game when the time is right.
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03 Sep 2023Developer post
New Update (0.4.0)
Hello all, I know, I’ve been very quiet for a while, but now I want to share what I've been working on lately. It may not be visible when playing the new update at first glance, but a lot has been changed underneath the hood. The entire codebase has been completely reworked. That
Hello all,
I know, I’ve been very quiet for a while, but now I want to share what I've been working on lately. It may not be visible when playing the new update at first glance, but a lot has been changed underneath the hood.
The entire codebase has been completely reworked. That was really necessary for the future progress. After doing this overhaul some bugs have been flushed out as well. All patch notes are listed below.
All UI elements and scripts have been cleaned up. The game used to handle all UI logic within a single script, but now that script has been divided and spread out into multiple scripts instead, so that each script only handles its own logic. This is a way more efficient solution and it also saves a little performance here and there.
Same goes for the object interaction functionality such as Puzzles, Items and NPCs. All interactions used to use a single script for every interactable object and then based on its name was able to find the correct function to initialize by comparing two strings. This was a really terrible solution and could quickly do some wrong behaviors.
The very next thing for me to do, will be to synchronize the alpha version with this brand new demo version. That shouldn’t be too hard.
In the near future, the goal is to add following systems to the game:

Save / Load feature
Reworked NPCs (AI)
Localization Support
Player Controller
Distant future goals:

More content (Lore, Puzzles, Objectives, NPCs / Enemies?, Environments etc.)
New Humanoid models and animations, including eyes and mouth.
New 2d artwork (Icons, drawings etc.)
New music for the game
Last but not least I want to mention that Unaware has a 4 year anniversary. It feels so unreal that 4 years have passed so quickly. Unaware - is the very first game project I released on itch.io and it has been through a lot of changes. I’ve made a video which showcases some of the major overhauls the game has received over the years. Check it out here:
Watch on YouTube
Patch notes:

Improved all UI elements in the game. The old version used several canvases. Now the game only uses one for all the UI.

Improved the Journal & the document reading system. This Includes fixing the bug where wrong documents could get displayed.
Improved the Game Menu.
Improved the Inventory.
Improved the way of interacting with objects work like with puzzles, items, NPC’s etc.
Added the functionality for Localization, so it will become easier to change language. Additional languages will be added eventually.
Disabled the Chess puzzle gameplay. Now, you only need to find the missing pieces to solve the puzzle.
Within the Stove puzzle, it’s now easier to drag the pan around.
Added a culling feature onto the kerosene lamps which will boost the performance and also prevent unwanted light bleed through the walls / floors.
Changed the way transitions between cameras works (Player’s vision to a puzzle view and back).
Fixed a bug where the candle holder still worked after running out of candle wax.
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16 Oct 2022Developer post
New Update (0.3.2)
Happy Halloween everyone! A new update for Unaware is now ready, which also includes the Halloween event. A little description of the event: Down in the basement, rumors say that an evil witch is lurking around and also that she eats people. In addition, she also collects pumpkin
Happy Halloween everyone!
A new update for Unaware is now ready, which also includes the Halloween event.
A little description of the event:
Down in the basement, rumors say that an evil witch is lurking around and also that she eats people. In addition, she also collects pumpkins.
Do you dare to dare to enter the basement?
There have also been a lot of bug fixes which are listed below.
Patch notes:

Replaced the old input system with Unity’s newest input system. This opens up a lot of options which make it possible to support different devices such as game controllers and joysticks etc in the future.
Replaced the old first person controller with a newer and more improved version
Reinstalled a better working crouch function.
Added an option to rebind keys within the game menu.
Added an option within the game menu to invert both the mouse X and Y axis.
Added an option within the game menu to enable / disable the subtitles.
Added the Halloween event to the demo.
Added the Halloween objective.
Fixed an issue in the inventory which could occur if the player clicks the drop icon while there’s an item on the mouse cursor. All visible item icon buttons now get disabled whenever an item gets clicked.
In the stove puzzle, the pan now snaps onto the heater.
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12 Jul 2022Developer post
New Update (0.3.1)
Hello all, A new update is now out for the Unaware demo only. The upgrade process to Universal Render Pipeline (URP) didn’t quite go as expected. It ruined the previous shaders such as the water, fire and smoke effects, so I have to replace those before I can release the next ver
Hello all,
A new update is now out for the Unaware demo only. The upgrade process to Universal Render Pipeline (URP) didn’t quite go as expected. It ruined the previous shaders such as the water, fire and smoke effects, so I have to replace those before I can release the next version of the Alpha version.
Patch notes for the Unaware demo version only:

Fixed a bug which messed up some text fields within the journal.
Fixed a bug which made it possible to solve the cube puzzle without doing it correctly.
Fixed a bug within the journal, where the enlarge button in the documents section didn’t show the correct documents.
Fixed a bug where Elizabeth got stuck in corners.
Fixed a bug where Elizabeth was able to detect the player through walls and closed doors.
Fixed a bug where the player’s candle was enabled and decreasing while being in a puzzle.
Improved and increased the sensitivity of the scrollbar function within the journal. The scrollbar UI gets visible if the Journal contains at least 10 objectives or documents.
Removed “Crouch” from the key mapping description since there’s no crouch function in the game for the moment.
Added a drop function on specific item types, to prevent cluttering inventory.
Added some ambient sound effects
Reorganized a couple of items and objects inside the house.
Refactored a lot of code structures, because it was very old and unnecessary.
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Updates & announcements

Postponing the release of Unaware

New Update (0.4.0)

New Update (0.3.2)

Happy Halloween everyone!

A little description of the event:

Patch notes:

New Update (0.3.1)