Developer posts and news about this game.
Here is where the Tale took the team over the last few weeks... Chi: Implement custom achievements and Steam achievement integration Tweaks to various mechanics: free climb, wind avoidance Optimize level flow, remove a few tedious traversal segments Portal VFX Rockley: Various vi
Here is where the Tale took the team over the last few weeks... Chi: Bug fixes: stealth, combat, UI, cutscenes Implement a base achievement system and specific achievement logic Diego: Bug fixes: UI, player input, settings Implement an in-game tool to stage and capture gameplay a
Here is where the Tale took the team over the last few weeks... Sara: Socials management & press/influencer engagement Chi: Bug fixes: combat, interface, feedback, environment Add timed hints for various mechanics and combat encounters Diego: Finish controller support & i
A playthrough of The Longest Tale demo.
Here is where the Tale took the team over the last few weeks... Chi: Polish mechanics (combat, free climb, carpet ride) edge cases and UI for improved experience Add hints to various mechanics Improve performance and scene transitions Sara: Socials management & press/influenc
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Implement better camera control in certain areas in the game Enemy pathfinding fixes: ensure enemies always pursue players in stealth zones Ranged attack animation and ammo fixes Sara: Socials management & community/influ
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Ensure player always respawns and level resets correctly on death Ensure death visual effects are consistent across all levels Fix bugs with camera, pathfinding, and area accessibility edge cases Sara: Socials management &
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Mechanic fixes: player/ropes interaction, fix camera jitter Stealth fixes to ensure player can't just run through segments Sara: Socials management & community/influencer engagement Prep for upcoming conferences Rockley:
It's a brand new year! Here's the first patch report of 2026 and where the Tale took the team last week... Sara: Socials management & community/influencer engagement Jonathan: Formal QE verification of game as a new player, file various issues Can: Enemy attacks and grunts UI
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Combat fixes: Synchronize UI with enemy state, ensure all enemies successfully land, pathfinding Environment fixes: Ensure player can't get stuck, correctly setup all stealth triggers Checkout fixes: ensure player state is sa
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Sara: Socials management & community/influencer engagement Chi: Combat and puzzle fixes (Suspended Chains, The Beastly Maze) Game-wide traversal and combat consistency fixes Slope slide: handle edge case where combat is still
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Combat, pathfinding, and puzzle fixes Improve wading in water, mud, sand effect Game wide fixes to player movement and combat configuration for consistency Rockley: Lighting related performance improvements Various visual imp
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Keith: Finish polishing pre-rendered and in-game cutscenes Chi: Add bow pickup locations and integrate bow tutorial into primary game flow Fix various combat edges cases: specific skill refinement, glitches with new attack indicat
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Implement 'imminent attack' indicator Various fixes with puzzles, combat, and other mechanics Integrate bow tutorial into primary game flow Remove unneeded wobble mechanic Can: Enhancement/Fixes to SFX in various levels and t
Here is where the Tale has taken the Dev Null Production's team these last few weeks... Chi: Fix edge cases in environment, combat, ghost/snake pursuit, free climb Keith: Update cutscene animations and camera work/post-processing Fix movement & combat animations Can: Sound de
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Finish snake pursuit QTEs & VFX Various fixes: mechanics, puzzles, camera setup Can: Finish Surreality boss fight music Snake pursuit SFX Keith: Scorch & The Jewel: Improve in-game cutscenes Sara: Prep for upcoming co
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Can: Surreality: SFX for music room and garden puzzles The Jewel: SFX for polished cutscenes (scorpion and genie) Keith: The Jewel: Polish genie cutscene Scorch: Work on fort arrival cutscene Chi: Fear: Implement Quick-Time-Events
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Infiltration: Fix water VFX, issues with interactable objects and colliders Fear: Improvements to snake movement & pathfinding, start adding quick time events to pursuit sequence Can: Surreality: More SFX for puzzles and
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Infiltration: Finish new outpost stealth flow Side of the world: Fixes to puzzles and mechanics Nirvana: Combat and flow fixes Tweaks to ropes mechanic Sara: Planning for upcoming conferences Running social media contest Cont
Here is where the Tale took the team last week... Chi: Infiltration: Rework outpost stealth segments for challenge progression Side of the World: Various puzzle and mechanic fixes Keith: Improve various in-game cutscenes (animations, cameras, post-processing) Can: Surreality: Fin