Hello Last Chance Market shoppers, we just wanted to make a quick update. While we've been waylaid by various issues (disease, computer malfunctions, and the ever continuing cycle of trying to update unreal engine), we have never stopped work on getting the store ready for your resumed patronage.
Honestly, every time we try to estimate how long things will take, we seem to be wrong and its a repetitive blow to morale. So we're simply not going to make guesses.
That being said, what we've been working on lately is a pretty long list. We've added a new area to the store with new lore to find. The menu system has gotten a revamp and been completely fleshed out. Plus we've been working on an intro sequence to introduce players to the game and the few mechanics that we employ.
As a part of all that, one of our biggest concerns is always the number and difficulty of puzzles. Your feedback on that is the main reason we're looking forward to early access and getting the community involved. Our natural inclination as gamers ourselves is to make it as challenging as possible because thats the kind of game we love. But we also want to tell an intriguing story that's accessible for everyone, so we've decided to make two difficulty levels for players to choose from. Both difficulties will have the same puzzles and content, but Ellie may be a bit more helpful on the easier difficulty, as well as some forms of progress being maintained. The second difficulty will be more challenging and engage the player more in the stealth mechanics, requiring you to survive in order to succeed.
Last but not least, we've written a bit of a backstory to the whole... situation at Last Chance Market. A bit of a prelude to the events if you will. We're going to be polishing that up a little and then releasing it into the void on various creepypasta homes, and maybe even sending it to a couple of our favorite narrators on youtube to see if they're interested.
Overall we're very excited about the progress we're making and quite excited to share with everyone, hopefully Soon(TM). This has really been a project we're pouring ourselves into and we have big plans on how to continue the story and the experience well after this first game is released.
As always, if you have any questions about the game, would like to know how its going, or just want to chat about eldritch things in the dark, feel free to stop by our discord. We're always lurking.
Stay safe friends, see you in the mist.