Hello, guys and gals!
Let us bring you up to speed with what we’ve been up to for the last 6 month.
WHAT WE HAVE:
- “Dude, Stop” now has a story! Meaning, that it’s not just an “angry voice that shouts at you”, but an “angry voice that shouts at you FOR A REASON”! There are plot twists and side characters; there are secrets and enemies; there is a literal (no, not literal) emotional rollercoaster… Basically, we tried to squeeze out of the voice as much as we could.
- Script is 91.3% ready! This includes voice lines for the puzzles, implementation of said lines in the game, subtitles, award descriptions and a lot of flavor text here and there to improve puzzles and overall experience!
- Save slots! We know you love ‘em, we know you need ‘em and now WE GOT ‘EM. Basically to allow multiple playthroughs and to keep your little brother from messing things up.
- Reworked UI and other Graphics! We have remade the options menu to make your life a little bit easier (at least inside the game); there are new graphics for the Main Menu and many-many new backgrounds.
- Fixed a bunch of bugs and made lots of small improvements like new animations, graphics for puzzles, juicy particles and etc.
WHAT IS LEFT TO DO:
- Finish the script, which shouldn’t take much time (haha, very funny)
- Hire an actual Voice Actor to voice over over our voice over
- Finish implementing music, sounds and voice lines, which is, again, 95% ready
- Playtest, polish, and make a nice trailer!
A CONFESSION:
Now you see that we’re not hundred-percent-ready for the release yet, even if we promised it would be out in the First Half of the 2017. We underestimated how much voice we would need in the game, and in how many ways we can improve the gameplay with interruptions and reactions.
For these reasons, we have to delay the release of “Dude, Stop” for another several months. We are sorry for this added wait time, and we appreciate that you are still waiting for the game to come out! We’re anxious to see you playing our game and laughing and giggling and telling your friends on the whole internet about how cool the voiced version of "Dude, Stop" can be!
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You can read more about this in our latest blog post with a couple more gifs and pics: www.patomkin.com/s/script-progress
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