This week, we mainly focused on finalizing the MENACE public demo. Fixing bugs, adjusting the difficulty (aka making it more difficult), adding missing icons, and lots and lots of playtesting.
To publish the demo, we also have to prepare a Steam Build that can be uploaded and updated.
Apart from that, the whole project had to be transitioned to Unity 6, which also tied up a bunch of resources.
The tasks mentioned above unfortunately are not making up a juicy dev diary, so we don’t really have a lot of new stuff to show.
What is worth mentioning, though, is that the week began with a big media push as a bunch of new articles and previews about MENACE got published. On Monday, Jan and I invested an afternoon in visiting German streamer and YouTuber HandofBlood in his studio for a live MENACE play session, the first time.
To round things out, we also published a teaser for a MENACE cinematic that is in the works. The whole cinematic will be approximately 1 minute and 20 seconds long and will be released later this year. Syama Pedersen directs it, who is known for his video series "Astartes," and it was produced by the Canadian visual effects studio Hoplite.
To help you bridge the time until the demo is released at the end of the month, we have compiled a list of links to new articles and media for your viewing pleasure.
Enjoy!
Gamesradar and PC Gamer Articles.
Interview with PC Gamer.
MENACE Play Session with HandofBlood.
Party Elite
Grid Commander
Marbozir
Easily Distracted Games
Engage, Explore, and Stay Informed
That's it for now! We'll see you next Friday.
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