Major Update #2 | Environment Overhaul - Part 1

14 Mar 2024Developer post

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Welcome, Screamers!

I'm excited to announce our next major update; Environment Overhaul - Part 1! We're making great progress on our development roadmap (see below), and right now, we're concentrating on a complete overhaul of the environments. This means we're putting even more focus on environmental storytelling. To explain our goals in more detail, here's our very own Josh Lennen, who leads the art design for DON'T SCREAM, to share his insights:

Josh Lennen: In this environment update we wanted to focus on giving players more opportunity to explore. Instead of players simply getting lost in the woods, we've added more paths and environmental guides to the existing landscape. More landmarks will be coming in a future update to guide the player, but we've also added entirely new regions, and expanded upon existing regions of the map so they are easy to find. Our aim is to draw players into each environmental region where we plan to develop future scares, all focused around exploring the storytelling of each region. This is just the start of the process for us in our small dev team, and with our planned roadmap for future updates, there will be more detail and new regions added to take the player deeper into the experience of Don't Scream.

Thanks, Josh! Just to build on what Josh mentioned, I want to highlight that we've really focused on the finer details to enhance the game's realism. Take the plane crash site as an example, it now represents more closely what you'd typically expect from a crash scene. We've added damaged terrain, shattered trees, and much more to enhance the experience. Our aim is to increase your curiosity about what happened in this forest!

We're excited to keep improving the game and hearing what you think, this is only just the start! It's a step-by-step process – we'll try things out, see what fits and what doesn't, and keep refining. Our goal is to offer you an even more complete horror experience. I also want to note that we haven't updated the scares yet. The next few major updates will heavily focus on the environment. As we hit each milestone on our development roadmap, we'll then shift focus to other elements of the game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2497900/DONT_SCREAM/

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