Factsheet

Developer:
VisualPath
Based in Romania

Release date:
August 13 2023

Platforms:
Windows

Website:
visualpath.net/projects/gray-destiny

Available From:
$39.99 - Steam

Description

Players initially control a man named William, who inherits a mansion following the mysterious death of his aunt and uncle, along with the unexplained disappearance of their daughter. What at first seems to be a blessing, may prove to be a curse, however, as upon your arrival you discover that "something terrible" seems to have happened there. As you cautiously explore the abandoned building in an attempt to discover the truth behind the fate of the family, you will need to "solve puzzles, riddles and follow the clues" to proceed, but must also be aware that "you are not alone in that mansion." Part of the game takes place in darkness, with just the beam of your flashlight showing the way, though daytime scenes will be playable as well. You'll also have another source of light that is integral to your investigation, as "there are clues, areas, puzzles, enemies and hints only visible when you use your UV light." The game will feature some intense scenes involving Quick Time Events to evade, counter, or complete various actions. However, this will not be the main focus of the gameplay, as your wits will be your primary tool in avoiding the entity that haunts the mansion.

History

Early history

As you probably know we launched our first indie title a few months ago, but things didn’t work as planned. We were a bit bummed about the outcome of our first title, but we decided to take a few weeks off to clear our heads. Once we got back, we started analyzing what we did and what went wrong and found out that there were many things we did wrong. Most of the successful indie developers will tell you that your first title will flop. Which happened to us too, but we decided to get back on the horse and continue. We are not going down without a fight…

After that

After a few weeks of brainstorming and discussions we decided that we should approach the 3D sector of indie gaming. Frankly, we wanted to build our first game in a more complex engine, but I think we were a bit too scared of all the new information coming with an engine like Unity or Unreal Engine. So, for our second game we thought that Unity would be the best choice for us. The second thing we had to agree upon was what framework to use, because there is no point in reinventing the wheel when there are already cars out there… (I know a lot of people don’t agree with the use of frameworks because they feel that the engine / framework does everything for you, but I can assure you that it is not the case. We learned that now too

About Gray Destiny

Our second title is a 3D First Person Horror game. We wanted to build something that would really transfer the emotions and the adrenaline of the events to the player. This brought us to our next question: “OK, but how do we do that?” This is when we started thinking about the games we played, what we liked more about them and which features and events meant the most to us. For example, I am the type of gamer that cannot play certain types of horror games. Although I know there are jumpscares, it’s not the actual jumpscare that frightens me, but the anticipation of when that moment. That is one example of emotions and adrenaline being transmitted to the player in a good way. Although our game is not a horror one, it has suspense and thrilling elements that we want our players to experience first hand by using the first person camera.

Features

• Intense
• Challenging
• Fun

Gray Destiny Credits

Vlad
Founder

Bogdan
Co-Founder

Contact

Support
support@visualpath.net

Homepage
visualpath.net/projects/gray-destiny

Indie DB
indiedb.com/games/gray-destiny

Twitter
twitter.com/visualpathnet