So as we've been slaving [or should that read "slavering" perhaps?] away to improve your overall All the Delicate Duplicates experience, we thought we'd prepare you for some major AtDD tinkerings that are soon to be update-injected [that process sounds a heap more painful than it really is - we promise].
So just what are these impending shinier-than-shiny improvements [we hear you shouting incessantly over the background noise of us bleeding voraciously from the eyes + fingertips due to all the manic work taken to complete these updates]? [And yup, such updates do take their toll, seriously (aka we're not actually *that* serious, though don't tell our respective Optometrists and Finger-Doctors (is there such a thing?) that)].
Well, first up we've been listening to all the forum feedback [yes, we do actually read the forums while unsuccessfully navigating our Quasimodo-like posture probs + annoying squint-related issues + other embarrassing health conditions associated with rampant gamedev overwork] and have been crafting down in the AtDD forge an in-game Preferences screen with resolution and mouse sensitivity options. We've also included [ie wait, there's MORE!] the option to toggle between 'windowed mode' and full screen, and even the ability to inverse your mouse as well [we're thorough!].
We're also working manically [which is interesting when working with our constantly-needing-correcting-posture-altering-corsets + weeping eyestrained orbs] on implementing an in-game volume control option [yep, Streamers, we did take note that you needed it - how *good* are we?].
Additionally [and yes, the use of that word is just as wanky as you think it is, but we figure we have the cred to use it after having to look up all the medical terminology in order to deal with our blood-seeping fingertips], we've also added in some swelteringly-fabbo interactive goodies + assorted easter-egging [right after Easter - how timely is *that*?].
So look out for all these fantoobulous AtDD updates here very very soon. And while you wait, please send help [or any posture-fixing Experts, random Optometrists and/or spare Finger-Doctors you may have dotted about your basement]. ːsteamhappyː
Announcing: A New Slickfest AtDD Trailer
This fab trailer [if we do blurb so ourselves] was made with the help of The TrailerFarm, who were awesome, speedy, had great ideas and were fun to work with. Also, a big ruddy thanks goes to Guy Harris for the spot-on voice rendition of John, one of AtDD's main protagonists.
[Fun fact: during production, Tony Porter, The TrailerFarm's Cofounder + Creative Director, told us during the voice-over narration recording that his other half asked him why their little 4 yr old boy had been walking around saying ''We were going to The Actory''... aaaaaand now they know!]
All the Delicate Duplicates: Outside of the Digital
Like a thick physical journal packed with endless scribbles and tireless reworkings, All the Delicate Duplicates has gone through a great number of incarnations and interpretations. Although some of it can be found recorded on paper, this legacy mainly takes the form of thousands of shared Dropbox files, Unity backups and Photoshop documents. And although we would undoubtedly consider All the Delicate Duplicates to be a "digitally born" work which has almost completely evolved entirely out of digital experimentation and spontaneous reaction, as we've progressed the game we've certainly incorporated narrative threads and assets created outside of the digital.
We've ended up incorporating into All the Delicate Duplicates a vast array of creative material handcrafted outside the confines of a digital setup, with everything from pen-and-pencil-scribbled notes, notebooks, and standard painting canvases/surfaces used to create assets that help make up the core of the game. From jotting down core concepts to nailing exact dialogue exchanges, a manual writing process hasn't flown out of the window by any means...
[read more at: http://constructing.allthedelicateduplicat.es/natural-media/]
AtDD Official Declaration of Welcome...
Howdy there, intrepid “AtDDers” (yep, consider this our lame attempt to shoehorn you all into our All the Delicate Duplicates revved-up-game-players club. Forgive us).
Mez Breeze and Andy Campbell here, the creative team lurking behind every dark + mystery-laden corner that makes up our All the Delicate Duplicates storyverse (or universe, or multiverse. Or slightly cracked multiverses?)…
…soooo anyway we’re here to give you a huge HELLO-WE’RE-SOOOOOO-EXCITED-YOU’RE-HERE-WITH-US-AND-THAT-YOU-WANT-TO-DIVE-INTO-AtDD + to let you know (with loads of tingly-good squeals) that we’re going to be sharing lots of exclusive content here with you extra-keeno-types, including artwork, blooper stuff (yes even we make mistakes + some of them are indeed shockingly newbish and/or awkwardly hilarious) and even somejaw-droppingly weird VR content that’s currently on the AtDD drawing board.
Onwards + Backwards + Time-Loopingwards,
Mez + Andy
