Hello everyone,
Do we find you delightfully more portly than the last time we spoke? The holidays will make a bon vivant for anyone!
This post will shine a light on four important Lightstep Chronicles updates:
- Why we made a new trailer
- What we'll work on in the upcoming week
- Why we pushed the game from February 15 to Q2
- Join us on Discord
Yay, a new trailer!
The old one put too much emphasis on animations and cut-scenes, and didn't show a lot of gameplay. The new trailer keeps it real, with text-based sequences at the forefront. You like?
https://youtu.be/q9oNu7fi4kU
Devlog
As promised, this is what we did in the past two weeks:
- added a UI to the galaxy map and ship map
- playtested internally to make sure all choices lead where we want them to
- edited the text
- completed a build with no blockers (bugs that impede with the game's playability)
- animated characters in one of the more malevolent simulations
- optimized the prison scene
- framed and directed the conversation between Cpt. Cain and the Priest
- added Blade Ships
We also changed the light schemes in some scenes. The yellow was not bringing us joy.
Next week, we will work on:
- the Medic Centre scene
- scene lighting and post-processing
- programming the Save Game system
- implementing a Ship Log
- additional dialogue choices
- detailing some game endings
- adding new planets and their descriptions in the Star Map
Why Q2?
We should be entering our 1 month until the release, but are we though? No, we're not. We really overestimated the amount of work left to be done. Lightstep Chronicles will not be released on February 15, but sometime in Q2.
There are many reasons for this, but the main one is: this game is visual-heavy, but we don't want to make it too graphically demanding, and streamlining the code takes a lot of work. We sincerely apologize for postponing the release, but it'll go a long way in making the game more accessible. We'll make it worthwhile. <3
We're on Discord
Updates are good, but direct communication is better. We created a Discord channel where you can ask away whatever you'd like to know about Lightstep Chronicles. On our end, we'll use it as a moodboard for our major inspirations and to do fun stuff like set up playtests and key giveaways. Click here to enter!
Take care!