About Triptych
Triptych is a Lovecraftian Walking Simulator written within a lore of Gnosticism, Occultism and Cosmic Horror. Legend has it that an ancient civilization once summoned an Elder God down from the heavens, and paid the ultimate price. They now live on as a Necromantic cult that the Caulm Brothers accidentally discover in their lifetime. A somber narrative of deceit, familial betrayal, and impending doom weaves itself through both character's perspectives in a two hour journey through madness.
Dark Craft Studios directs a sinister narrative about the underbelly of philosophy and lost theological ideas in a subtle and insidious story, a modification of Cryengine 2, free for owners of Crysis 1 to download and play.
Credits and Thanks
Written and developed by the Dark Craft Studios Banner, Triptych is the swansong of our Cryengine 2 development, released March 13th, 2017.
Glenn Winkelmann Jr - Sole Developer | Sole Designer | Lead Writer |
Ian Wiese - Co-Writer | Lead Editor |
Jarod D'Camp - Lead Composer
Adam Halpin - Secondary Composer
David Smolanowicz - Sound Director
Finn M.K - Playing Dorian Caulm
Jamie Campbell - Playing Jeremiah Caulm
David Bodtcher - Playing Samael
Ian Wiese - Playing Orne
Dark Craft Studios extends special thanks to these contributors, both past and present. Thank you all so much
Hanger34 - Flash UI Main Menu & Loading Screen
Alan Grant - Graphics Artist (All Book Pages.)
Luke Treacher - Trailer Creation
Articles
It's alarming to believe that I haven't talked with you all in five years and I developed this modification almost eight years ago. Time has flown by, and my dream as a game developer never really went anywhere. But I'm proud of what I've done, and took the time to download and set up the environment to replay Worry of Newport yesterday. It was then that I noticed something awful that I will touch upon in a second, and it is why I need your help.
For some back story, the development build for Worry of Newport was lost in a RAID failure due to a storm. I wasn't careful with the surge protection of that PC so long ago, and that was that. I have to this day zero ability to modify or patch or edit Worry of Newport without completely remaking it from the ground up, and that would take a considerable amount of time and polish given the limitations of the engine and how difficult it was to make Triptych in such a polished vain, which in and of itself needs patching soon.
The bugs are as follows;
1: It is incredibly difficult to get the mod to work, and it was only by a stroke of luck -- and having zero other mods installed -- that it did. I think it is due to the ancient file structure used to make it, a bug Triptych did not have.
2: All of the diary pages come up as blank, black textures. Does this happen to you, too?
3: The volume mixing is out of control, with various lines being raw and amped and others quiet as the wind. This is technically an easy fix for me, but I want to know if it effects you as well?
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I was basically set to experience my sophomore mod and instead I got blank book pages, horrific audio balancing issues and numerous installation quirks that frustrated me -- and I made it! Sadly without any means to patch it, only a remake can even be considered, but that would have to wait until 2019 -- after Shadow of the Ramlord releases, and Triptych - Reveries of Sarcon is conceptualized, developed, and released. So I'm making this post to gather some feedback. What would you like to see? Is a remake (In Crysis 1 again, mind you.) something you'd like to see? Do you have the book or audio bugs?
Thanks for taking the time, and I hope to speak to you all soon more about this once this article goes live -- in the comments below.
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Triptych Final Patch Live & Further News
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Triptych Post Release - Thoughts & Reflections
NewsOne week later, some lingering thoughts on the release of Triptych.
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alive?
Development files for Triptych have been found! They are a copy of the latest development build, post-release. The restoration and re-release of Triptych will be my summer project.
Remastering it will be difficult, so my focus will primarily be on audio, scripting, and performance improvements. A proper post-mortem and detailed news post will come later, and while I'm hesitant to state a release date, I'm hoping for sometime in late May.
Great!!!!
I'm sorry to say that Triptych is no longer available.
I hope those who played it could take something away from the story.
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dead?
Mmhm. I announced a retirement from video game design at the conclusion of my latest (final) release, The Shadow of the Ramlord. I designed that mod to be, top to bottom, the most polished version of my formula and storytelling as a proper sendoff for my ten year hobby.
Unfortunately, I have chosen to retire and no longer focus on video game modifications.
sorry to hear about it c-zom. i wish u luck on finding a better job then this. ill be praying for u
A whisper drifts like a memory down a somber valley, lulling the birds to sleep and welcoming forth the ancient songs of night roamers. It is the arrival of twilight.
News on Triptych patch soon.
I unzipped it, into the crysis foler and nothing worked, even after I set the -mod Triptych launch option. Is there supposed to be a mod folder in the steam version of the game? I couldn't find one so I made my own and put it in there, it didn't make a difference.
Folder should be called mods. The triptych folder goes in there, and then the shortcut is modified with -mod triptych. Can you send me some screenshots via pm? I'd be glad to help and see how you have it structured