Month #29 dev. diary - teaser site launched, prepare for some good news! - Forbidden Trip - Cadaver Party Project mod for Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Hello dear stalkers!

Teaser website is online!

When you will read these news, the brand new teaser mini-site will be online for a few hours!

This teaser mini-site is for... well... I am afraid I cannot tell much for now. ;)
Just have a look for yourself!

What has been done since last article?

The beginning of October has been really hard for me because I have been very sick during a little more than two weeks. I am a lot better since last week so I'm rather relieved... but I am a little mad it arrived now and not later this year. Well, sometimes it can't be helped.

Despite this, I continued to work the best I could but it was not easy, I can't lie, things took more time than I wished. I could not work on it at some moment, still it's better than nothing, here is what I did:

As usual I managed to correct and improve lots of things: the private beta and the feedback help me A LOT to make Cadaver Party the best experience I can (at my level).

I corrected little bugs, improved some maps, added details (again), changed and/or added new things to do, places to go, added new quests, new tweaks concerning AI. I also optimized some areas where there were FPS drops.

For now the game has been successfully tested on various rigs, from the middle/low range laptop to the high-end PC. I hope everything will run fine for you as well!

About platforms, game works very well on Windows (from XP to 10) and - in theory - works on Mac OS X 10.5.8+ and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Mint 13 LTS, Fedora 16, fully updated. I'll try making some tests on Ubuntu and/or Mint.

Storyline, soundtrack, and more

The storyline, notes and other texts are about to be be locked. I want to make some minor changes and add more "side-notes". You'll understand better while playing, for now I don't want to spoil you too much things, sorry!

The soundtrack has been finalized! It features various tracks, I'll give you more precise informations about it later. I have put attention in this to bring the right mood at the right moment - I even made some loops for calm moments and others for... well... you'll see what I mean when it will happen. ;)

Fun fact: I added some (new) easter eggs here and there, it's a sign the game development is going very fine, isn't it? You should find some of them if like me you search every dark corners in this kind of games!

The project will stick to Amnesia: TDD's engine, it works very well so I don't want to use time porting it to SOMA's one. By the way I tested the new modding tools coming along with SOMA, they are really cool... maybe for another project... later! :)

... SOMA was a GREAT game, wow. Incredible. If you want to read my review have a look there. Plus do yourself a favor: buy it when you can.

What else could I say... oh, once again, check the teaser site if you have not yet! Whatisif.tk
I talked about the soundtrack a little earlier, the track you can here there will give you an idea of the "ambient"!

Good, good - I stop before I talk too much. Be sure to check what happens tomorrow! Don't forget to check Twitter @Yanka_Prod too... we never know! ;)

This is where I get off, stalkers! Thank you for your interest and messages!

I am really excited!

I know you are too! No? Well... at least the ghost right above your head has a HUGE grin, so it's enough for me to be happy~

Yanka

PS: I received the latest Corpse Party – Blood Drive on PS Vita, the Heavenly Host Edition, very happy! I'm rather busy but I try to play it a little in bed before sleeping every night - so far I like it! If you like the previous games well... just buy it when you can, what are you waiting for!