Tale of the Cursed Lantern - Alpha Available

[KanaX]

Always the commercialist I suggest to center the screen so that we don't see the window bars

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Always the commercialist I suggest to center the screen so that we don't see the window bars

It's very hard to record with livestream; I did the best I could.   At any rate, I am glad you enjoyed what you saw!

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Time for a small update, I'd say.

This is a testing for a freshly new game mechanic I designed myself.




I decided to make bust art a lower priority because I can always use placeholders before I release the final game. (I'm still working on them, just... I'm not gonna stress over 'em again.

Hey! If you guys like what you've seen in the thread so far, please spread the word!

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Time for an update I'd say!  Say hello to the NEW Kaiser Castle Gardens.  The old gardens are definitely still in the game.

But... something... happens in the game that changes... a lot of things.

And yes, I have officially taken the plunge into PARALLAXING.  Please enjoy. It is a work in progress, though.

parts will remain BARREN for the purpose of the demo. (I have a lot to do, might as well focus my energy on the demo!)

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[Simon D. Aelsi]

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Changes are coming...​

Are you prepared?​

https://soundcloud.com/dlsea/tale-of-the-cursed-lantern-new-castle-crawl​

 

[Kyuukon]

Dude, your music is awesome. I believe it's your strongest point :3 Don't give up and keep the good **** coming!

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Dude, your music is awesome. I believe it's your strongest point :3 Don't give up and keep the good **** coming!

Thank you very much. I do my best.

Edit: Here is more tunage to enjoy.  I've been experimenting with many of the organ solos in the game, knowing they could be so much more.

I'm really starting to like this new sound, for Lantern. 

https://soundcloud.com/dlsea/our-desert-gem-alternate

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Baaah! I'm totally sick and I totally forgot about this thread... ;;

I know it's not much, but have an ingame screenshot.  Right now, My main focus is to get better. I can't very well game dev (OR voice act) while sick, eh?

Anyway, here ya go.

What's better than a screenshot?  An in game VIDEO, of course.

I'm having so much fun with the fire mechanic, I decided to expand on it.

Quality will be funny. Fair warning.




That's all for now. *shuffles off to his healing chamber*

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

*A sinister voice echos through the halls...*

Meanwhile, a dark and menacing melody echoes through these same halls and corridors...

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

I'm wrapping up, finalizing, and cleaning up things for the first official demo. I'm so excited I'm nearly screaming.

I am shooting for SEVEN DAYS FROM NOW for an official demo release. I shall throw a stream party!

I'll also be looking for playtesters and recruiting some people soon. If you're what I'm looking for I'll accept you as a playtester!

Gameplay is now solid, all I need to do is flesh out the game design and add 500 more guards, maids, and possessed citizens to make you all pull out your hair  and add more characters, decorations and last-minute pretties for the demo. 

Maybe throw in a few teaser voice acting lines and sounds, hm? Maybe? We'll see...

Thank you to all my supporters and fans, whom without I would not be here!!

 

[KanaX]

*cracks knuckles*

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

COME AT ME BRO.

 

[Rikifive]

Well... xD

Oh, that's nice!

Full voice acting sounds really interesting as well as rest of the content here!

Great job! I'll definitely play the demo when it will come out and if I find me some free time. =P

Well done! =)

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Thank you!

And now... an official banner:

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado here is the Pre-Alpha 01

Download HERE.

 

[Dalph]

Well, congratulations for finishing the demo Croc, I'll check it out later more carefully.
I just want to point out that this crash happens when the first guard outside the princess room catches you:
 

 

[Kyuukon]

I found a bug: when at night, after the scream, if you go to the kitchen and then exit the game loops D:

Also:

(if I go to the door to the right (kitchen) the game loops)

Maybe you should do some more testing. It's a bit awkward having the players discover these :E

 

[Dalph]

Not sure if this is a bug but if it's intentional then it's weird:
 

Spoiler

Beware, this is not the .gif looping but the actual game. I get teleported at the entrance everytime I try to walk on that thin carpet.

 

[FeaR616]

I love the music of your game! =D

but unfortunately I got the same error as Dalph.

an is this normal? XD

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

 Maybe you should do some more testing. 

I've done about as much testing as as I possibly can. @_@

  It's a bit awkward having the players discover these :E

I disagree. IMO, when people find errors like this, it's in fact helping me.

@Dalph Man. I must have missed that graphic. Also yeah, that's supposed to happen but it's not supposed to be quite as.... easy to go back into like that. @_@

@f34r yes. That is normal. It's a placeholder.