-Removed the Arachnophobias accessibility options (The game had no spiders) -Replaced with a color blind setting that will assist you in color based puzzles (You may need to reload after enabling the setting)
-Removed the Arachnophobias accessibility options (The game had no spiders)
-Replaced with a color blind setting that will assist you in color based puzzles (You may need to reload after enabling the setting)
After what seemed like would never come, Broken Psyche is officially available for purchase, for $7.99 and a 15% launch discount. Thank you to every single person who has helped support me and made a dream project of mine come true. Words cannot describe how pleased I am with the
After what seemed like would never come, Broken Psyche is officially available for purchase, for $7.99 and a 15% launch discount.
Thank you to every single person who has helped support me and made a dream project of mine come true. Words cannot describe how pleased I am with the game and can't wait for you all to try it.
Thanks again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5dqwvilXGI
Broken Psyche will release for all Steam users on December 18th 1pm PST The game will cost $7.99 with a 15% launch discount and will have on average 2-3 hours of gameplay. Complete with voice acting from a talented bunch of voice actors, new and developed mechanics from the demo,
Broken Psyche will release for all Steam users on December 18th 1pm PST
The game will cost $7.99 with a 15% launch discount and will have on average 2-3 hours of gameplay.
Complete with voice acting from a talented bunch of voice actors, new and developed mechanics from the demo, and many new rooms to explore, I am very excited to have you all play December 18th.
Thank you for the support so far <3
Apparently it has come to my attention that in a common circumstance the save game data is never properly loaded. This bug has been fixed. Apologies for the complications, and I hope you will give Broken Psyche another shot!
Apparently it has come to my attention that in a common circumstance the save game data is never properly loaded. This bug has been fixed. Apologies for the complications, and I hope you will give Broken Psyche another shot!
To celebrate the Steam Next Fest I am releasing a huge update for Broken Psyche. Compared to the last demo, this will be a massive difference. Other than new rooms and more of the story to explore, I have added completely new mechanics and implemented ton of bug fixes. New Featur
To celebrate the Steam Next Fest I am releasing a huge update for Broken Psyche. Compared to the last demo, this will be a massive difference. Other than new rooms and more of the story to explore, I have added completely new mechanics and implemented ton of bug fixes.
It's out, go check it out. :] (Small bug after beating the demo where a cinematic won't play properly. Wiil fix as soon as Valve confirms my phone number)
It's out, go check it out. :]
(Small bug after beating the demo where a cinematic won't play properly. Wiil fix as soon as Valve confirms my phone number)
Just about that time! I really wanted to make more announcements earlier, but there were some complications with the Steam servers. Whether it was my end or not it doesn't really matter. What does matter is I finally get to showcase some gameplay for Broken Psyche for you to play
Just about that time! I really wanted to make more announcements earlier, but there were some complications with the Steam servers. Whether it was my end or not it doesn't really matter. What does matter is I finally get to showcase some gameplay for Broken Psyche for you to play. Be sure to wishlist and follow my social media so you can get your hands on the demo soon as possible.
Thank you for your support, and I am looking forward to tomorrow!
I really hate that I am here to let you all know that the demo for Broken Psyche will be delayed. While some of it is due to quality control, I have to own up and say I totally forgot that Steam has added a new Demo store page feature, which includes days of extra reviews. If I h
I really hate that I am here to let you all know that the demo for Broken Psyche will be delayed. While some of it is due to quality control, I have to own up and say I totally forgot that Steam has added a new Demo store page feature, which includes days of extra reviews. If I had any hope to release the demo on the 8th, I needed to submit it much earlier, while still crunching my deadline to mere hours.
The devlog for next Friday will still go forward, as well as the announcement of the release of the demo in the future. The good news other than a better quality demo, is I might have the time and resources to localize the entire game!
I apologize for anyone excited for the demo, but I promise the demo will come back with HUUGE quality improvements. Thank you all, and I hope to see you all next week. :]
It's a very exciting week, because the demo for Broken Psyche is coming August 8th! Just 6 days away. It's really crazy how fast time flies by. And with a new week, there's more updates! This week I was finishing the intro sequence to the game, as well as ironing out the controll
It's a very exciting week, because the demo for Broken Psyche is coming August 8th! Just 6 days away. It's really crazy how fast time flies by. And with a new week, there's more updates! This week I was finishing the intro sequence to the game, as well as ironing out the controller support. I will also show you some new status effects I've added that will hopefully (or not) come across.
First up, the intro sequence. Here I have decided between 2 stylized choices. One is if the players screen will be covered by a burlap mask or not. Here in this short I posted yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EAdC442lgN8
You can see the 2 versions. Ultimately I decided on the burlap mask variant, as I thing it adds more to the mystery and claustrophobe of the game. However I am definitely open to your opinion.
As for controller support, I have done the best I can to make controllers and clean and seamless as possible, but at the end of the day, keyboard and mouse will just be easier with Broken Psyche. Controller work, and you can beat the game with them without ever touching a mouse or keyboard, but the mechanics and high octane gameplay will make the slow inputs of a controller a little lackluster. But they work, and work better than I actually expected to be honest, so hopefully when you try the demo yourself it meets your standards.
I don't have a picture to demonstrate this, so let's just quickly talk about the new status effects I was talking about.
In this picture here:
You can see 2 status effects. One with a single red arrow, and one with 2 red arrows. When being chased by REDACTED you will suffer from a powerful stress debuff while being chased. This is a strong side effect that you want to get rid of as soon as you can, meaning the sooner the chase ends, the better. The other status effect is when you have become injured to the point of being stressed out. Healing as soon as you can is the key before you go insane.
With many more to come, I will have to end this devlog. Thank you once again for checking out my game, and I hope to see your feedback for the Broken Psyche demo August 8th!
Hey there friends! While I am disappointed to be making an announcement that isn't the release of the Broken Psyche demo, I am still proud of what I have done so far and very happy with the direction of the game so far. With that being said, the demo will still be delayed until t
Hey there friends! While I am disappointed to be making an announcement that isn't the release of the Broken Psyche demo, I am still proud of what I have done so far and very happy with the direction of the game so far. With that being said, the demo will still be delayed until the 8th so I can continue fixing some bugs and expanding on important features so they can work to a level I am satisfied with.
I have also done little to no marketing for the game, so I will be making this a good opportunity to help get my name out there and possibly attract more people to try out the demo.
I apologize to anyone who was looking forward to it, but I promise the wait will be worth it. Thanks again for checking in, and I will have a devlog next Friday once again to let you know what I've been working on. Looking forward to seeing you on the 8th! :]
July 28th is when the first demo for Broken Psyche will be live on both Steam and itch.io. There that's all you probably came for. There was a lot of work I needed to get done this week (mainly bug fixes) but I am in a confident state right now and will have a playable demo for t
July 28th is when the first demo for Broken Psyche will be live on both Steam and itch.io. There that's all you probably came for. There was a lot of work I needed to get done this week (mainly bug fixes) but I am in a confident state right now and will have a playable demo for the 28th of July.
A big challenge this week was definitely getting the save games to work properly. Saving the players position and simple stats were easy enough, but I really am trying to implement a dynamic save and load system into Broken Psyche. You most likely will not see a lot of the big features of the save system as my plans for it are a lot more ambitious than I originally intended.
As for now, here is how the load system will look like, and some stats you can see on the load game screen:
Getting Unreal Engine to properly screenshot the screen to save as a thumbnail image was probably the most frustrating part this week. But I did finally manage to get it to work, and am very happy with how it turned out. There were also plans to rename each of your save games but that idea was scrapped because I don't really see a point in it anymore.
Something that I also spent time doing was improving the environment of the entire game. One big change I did was add a water pipe system where you can see the water pipes in the levels. This not only added to the level design, but I also got some creative ideas to have the water pipes effect the levels and game mechanically.
I didn't really care for the realism aspect, as the pipes would probably not be visible, but I think it really adds to the decrepit and scuffed look an asylum would probably have. I also think it adds to the claustrophobia to further intimidate the player.
That will be it for this week. Hope you're looking forward to the demo as much as I am, and I really hope you give it a try, as it will probably be the MOST important demo I will ever make for Broken Psyche. Tell your friends, family, pets, I don't care who, just make sure you download it when it comes out!
Special thanks once again for the support, and have a great weekend1
First off before I say thank you for checking in on another devlog, I have to apologize for being a day late on this one. I have been hard at work really trying to get you guys the most horrifying game I can give. Secondly, I was also very busy on Friday so I didn't have much tim
First off before I say thank you for checking in on another devlog, I have to apologize for being a day late on this one. I have been hard at work really trying to get you guys the most horrifying game I can give. Secondly, I was also very busy on Friday so I didn't have much time to type this, but here I am now!
I will keep it short and sweet and just let you all know that I am planning on releasing a "mini demo" this month that will be a sort of gauge to see how smooth you guys like the gameplay. It will include some very early puzzles and scares, but most importantly will let you guys/galls know the quality I am trying to ship the full game in.
I have plans for the 20th of July, but it could be earlier, could be slightly later. I don't have an exact date because I need to get the Steam verification first.
I will surprise you with what I worked on this week with the demo or next devlog, but until then here is a sneak peak on a puzzle you should be able to find in the demo!
Thanks for tuning in, apologies for the lack luster devlog, but I hope to see you next time playing my demo! Once I fully release the demo, it will also be available on Itch.io, so if you prefer to get it from that platform, be my guest.
Hello once again, and welcome to my 3rd devlog of Broken Psyche, and for my American friends out there, happy belated 4th of July! Today I want to touch and showcase a little of the stress mechanic will work. There are many more mechanics and details related to the feature itself
Hello once again, and welcome to my 3rd devlog of Broken Psyche, and for my American friends out there, happy belated 4th of July! Today I want to touch and showcase a little of the stress mechanic will work. There are many more mechanics and details related to the feature itself, but I will touch on some basic ideas on it. I will also showcase how stress buffs and debuffs work.
Here is a video showcasing how you can turn a stress debuff into a stress "buff". Depending on the stressful situation the player is in, an icon on the top left or demonstrate that is worrying the player. In this situation, the player is in a dirty room that is a mess, so he has a debuff that is constantly adding stress to the player. You can, however, revert this by cleaning the room entirely, making it then more comfortable so the debuff turns into a buff now actually lowering the players stress.
https://youtu.be/vbUXB-oL2oo
As you can see, the debuff changes to a buff once the room has been completely cleaned. This room is now a great place to chill in case the player starts to get too stressed. There will be MANY different types of status effects, aswell as buff/debuff scaling the more or less stressful the situation is. For example, being in a room with a rotting corpse is stressfull for the player, but LOOKING at the corpse will double the effects.
This image is an example of how stressful or stress reliving a scene can get. Each arrow represents the strength of the stress.
As for the stress mechanic itself, there is too much to share in this devlog alone, so I will keep it simple and exciting by just showcasing how ther player vision and audio can be impaired.
https://youtu.be/68-ocnoMS0s
Depending the the side of the brain that is stressed, the player will see/hear different things. Right now there are only barebones effects, but in the game chasnges in the players stress will be much moere dynamic and game changing. I might touch on that mroe next time as well.
Thank you for tuning into the 3rd devlog for Broken Psyche, and hope you stick around for the 4th!
Welcome back to another Broken Psyche devlog! This week I want to touch on the menu, and the gimmicks that I have created to make it unique and "fun". I also want to touch on the settings and accessibility settings the game will have. If you have anymore settings you'd like to se
Welcome back to another Broken Psyche devlog! This week I want to touch on the menu, and the gimmicks that I have created to make it unique and "fun". I also want to touch on the settings and accessibility settings the game will have. If you have anymore settings you'd like to see, please reach out and let me know.
Here is an un-edited video of the menu + the menu music. The idea of the menu was to invoke a sneak peak into the halls of the asylum the player will end up walking through. Interestingly enough, when I first made the hallways they were relative to the real halls in the actual game. But I then noticed how plain and same-y they all looked, so I added a bunch of new props into the menu halls, which eventually translated to me editing and spicing up the actual halls in-game.
All the halls are randomly generated to appear, so you may see some repeat halls. As of right now there are 8 total. (More to possibly come in full release)
https://youtu.be/8I8MEM2PImE
Because Broken Psyche is a horror game that touches very dark and gory topics and subjects, making an accessibility tab won't cover all the bases. For example, hiding blood, scenes of death, high anxiety moments, killing, etc would destroy the purpose of the game. So the settings I currently have are pretty basic but also don't destroy the game's atmosphere.
Right now I have subtitles that will let players who are hard of hearing to anticipate incoming dangers and jumpscares, as well as an option to turn off rodents and spiders in game.
Graphically and audio wise you can edit just about everything. Don't really see a point in showing them here, as it's pretty standard stuff. I am however looking for more ways to make my game more accesable, so please feel free to either emial me at [email protected], contact me on social media, or event comment down below what settings you'd like to see next.
As of right now that's all I am going to show this week, and I hope everyone has a great weekend! Next week I might be showcasing some more core features like the "Mind Health" and sanity functions.
Take a look into The Artist's room and what twisted secrets they hold. When making scenery for Broken Psyche I really try to balance out the colors and brightness of the setting. As a horror game I try to keep things dark and mysterious, but in an artistic sense I like to give li
Take a look into The Artist's room and what twisted secrets they hold. When making scenery for Broken Psyche I really try to balance out the colors and brightness of the setting. As a horror game I try to keep things dark and mysterious, but in an artistic sense I like to give light to things that tell a story. Perhaps in a dark room you see just an average table with blood, but with the (hopefully) correct lighting you can see much more. Now it looks like a busy desk of someone who is up to nefarious things.
Here is an example of the room now, and a darker version that wasn't visually readable. I am curious to hear if you think the darker adds to the mystery, or seeing more of the room allows for more exploration and story telling.
Here is a naked run cycle of a character in the first episode of Broken Psyche. Deranged and out for blood, the running animation I made was made to emphasize the brutal and uncontrollable blood thirst he has. I say naked because this isn't exactly what they will look like in game. In game they will be much more "artistic" looking.
Special thanks to anyone supporting this project, and I hope you stick around and continue to support me until you get a product you're happy with. I will post a devlog of everything I've been working on as well as previews every week.
Also expect for next devlogs to be longer. As of right now I am still in between how much I share and how much I keep as a surprise, which could be a dangerous business strategy, we'll see. LOL