Hello officers!
The wait is almost over! Even though there is still some work to be done — like game balancing, localization and bug fixing, — we can clearly see the finish line as the game nears its September 19th release date.
Police Stories will come to Steam and Nintendo Switch first, and then, later this Fall, to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, since we want to make sure that the players on each platform are getting the best experience.
It took us nearly 4 years to finish Police Stories, and during this time nearly every aspect of the game was tweaked or reworked. Previously called Pixel Police, the game came a long way to becoming what it is today. Since the Greenlight Page for the ‘proto-police’ is still up, you can take a look at the project and see the progress yourself!
Let’s take a look at the features which weren’t even planned in the beginning, but will be an essential part of Police Stories:
1) Narrative
At first we wanted to simply add more personality to the main characters. However, later we realized that an actual plot will add much more value to the game. And so we’ve put together a narrative for Police Stories, which gives context to the missions the player experiences.
2) Online (Steam exclusive) and local Co-op Modes
Having no prior experience of adding co-op functionality this was a hard task on which we’ve spent about 9 months. Yet the thought of abandoning this idea never crossed our minds. In the end we’ve successfully added local co-op to the console version of Police Stories, and online to the PC version.
3) Full controller support
This sounds like a basic task, but it turned out to be a lot harder than expected — Police Stories features a command wheel which needs the player to be able to point at anything on the screen.
Even after the game’s release we will continue working on the game: taking into account your feedback and implementing new features.
First up is Custom Mode where players can select any mission and choose the types of the suspects. And after that, as a separate app, we’re going to release Level Editor which will allow players to create their own maps.
Thanks to our backers and fans for sticking with Police Stories through all these years! And thanks to everyone who followed the game’s development!
To get Police Stories on September 19th and not to miss the release you can:
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