Itch Update! Our full game has now been uploaded to our itch.io page to download for free for Windows and Mac OS. https://morbid-curiosities.itch.io/morbid-curiosites We definitely plan on updating this project again, but overall we are still incredibly proud of what we have both achieved, and we hope you enjoy it. Thank you again for following […]
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For our third and final level, the point of view will shift so that the player appears to be laying down on their back on the table, looking down at the front of their torso, as if preparing to be operated on. There will be no instructions for this level, just a tray with a
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Itch Update! Our game has been updated to include the second level, and is available on our itch.io page to download for Windows and Mac OS. https://morbid-curiosities.itch.io/morbid-curiosites Feel free to try out this new and improved version of the game, and once again any and all feedback is a huge help. Thank you for following
When designing the levels, we knew we didn’t want to have to write the player’s instructions on the screen. Players should be able to intuit what steps they need to do themselves with only very simple prompting, which is why we have the paper tag at the top right-hand corner of the screen. The note
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Feedback from playtesting: Generally people seemed to like level 2, despite it being much shorter. Most people had the reaction we wanted from the bugs, creeped out and put off but also finding it kind of fun, and found the flies slightly bothersome (but not a distraction). People seemed to be able to follow the
We are now moving on to developing level 2, and have storyboarded the level as a whole to help us decide what assets we will need so we can start working on them asap. Our plan for this level is that it is the point when things start getting weirder and fleshier, bringing in an
When we were initially planning we had no intention of actually showing the Doctor to the player, (apart from his body in the final level). But as we were trying to fill the level 1 scene with objects and furniture, I thought a portrait of him would be interesting for the player to find on
Now that the bug removal segment is complete, I can look at adding some flies to our level using particle systems. We figured that this would be the easiest way to do this, as we can create several “swarm” effects, both a small bursting directional one and a general full-screen one, without needing to worry
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Exciting News! Our game now has an itch.io page, and the first level of our game is available to download (available for Windows and Mac OS). https://morbid-curiosities.itch.io/morbid-curiosites Please feel free to try out the game for yourself, any and all feedback is also greatly appreciated. Thank you for following the development of Morbid Curiosities, and
We have now had our first experience sharing our game with the public, and have summarised the observations and feedback from the day of playtesting. We’re planning to take a bit of time to make some final improvements to level 1 now, before we then use it as a starting point for creating our second
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