Hello everyone!
To celebrate the announcement of Chester's sequel game Chester: Into The Light, I got to work on a total remaster of Chester! Chester 1.8 is loaded with tons of changes, so let's dive right in.
When I made Chester in late 2020, I was coming off of my first game DOGMAN.
I had learned a lot about programming, and was pushing myself to learn new things daily. But unfortunately, I was lacking heavily in level design skills. The previous versions of Chester reflect that shortcoming. You walked around in a big empty house with grey walls and a few chairs. It couldn't get more boring than that. I also had no clue how to optimize a game, which was reflected in my favorite review of the game: "Scary game. It burns your CPU if you don't finish it quick enough.".
So now, after another year of learning, I felt that I owed it to you all to remaster Chester, and make the changes needed to have a fun time.
Here's a total list of changes:
- New Main Menu Design
- New How To Play Description
- Game-wide Font update
- Huge Asset Overhaul
- House Redesign
- Minor sound Changes and Upgrades
- Improved visibility due to reduced darkness in the play areas.
- Added 3 Collectibles
- Removed Good/Bad Ending
- Game-Wide Lighting Overhaul
- Jumpscare Overhaul
- Removed Level Intro Widgets, and Made Them Spawn In The World With The Player.
- New Opening Scene Layout
- Color Changes and Small Gameplay Adjustments To The Closet Level
- Changes To Game Ending
- Massive Performance Optimization By Asset Reduction, Light Baking, Smart LODs, and Compressed
Packagaing.
- New Store Page Assets
- Game Size Reduced By Approximately 70%
- Tons Of QOL Changes I Won't List Here
I hope you all enjoy Chester 1.8! Thank you so much for believing in me, and enabling me to continue making games. I'm thrilled to bring you all a sequel to Chester. It's unlike anything I've ever made before, and I'm confident you guys will love it.
- Daniel, Developer Of Chester