I have got some news. We (Aslan Game Studio) had been working on a chess based game since the end of 2013. It was our main project, while Clown House was a side, experimental one.
Now I'm proud to announce that Pawn of the Dead is finally released on Steam. This means that we will have time to work on horror games.
Pawn of the Dead is a 3D game based on chess, in the style of Battle Chess. What makes it a unique game is its mechanic: When a Black (undead) piece captures a White piece, that White piece turns into a Black one! But don’t worry, all the levels are designed so that you can always win the match.
We have a campaign mode with 64 levels (supported with cinematics), random level generator mode and classical chess mode.
TURKISH: Palyaço Evi 2'nin ne durumda olduğuyla ilgili kısa bir bilgilendirme yapmak istiyorum. Bu yıl Pawn of the Dead bittikten sonra Palyaço Evi 2'ye geri döneceğiz. Bu esnada devlet desteğine de başvurumuzu yaptık, eğer kabul edilirse harika olacak.
İlk oyunun en önemli sorunu çok kısa sürmesiydi. 2'de rastgele bölüm yaratma algoritması üzerinde çalışacağız. Ayrıca VR desteği de olacak.
ENGLISH: I want to make some announcements about Clown House 2's current state. We will continue on Clown House 2 this year when Pawn of the Dead is completed. We also appealed to governmental incentive, it will be great for us if we get accepted.
The greatest problem of the first game was the extremely short game time. We will work on random level generation algorithms in the sequel. Also, there will be VR support.
AMA with the developer
Developer of Clown House, Ahmet Kamil Keleş, is the guest of an AMA (Ask Me Anything) in Reddit. Feel free to ask anything!
It has been a year since I announced Clown House 2. People keep asking me if the project is still alive and when it will be released.
The project will definitely continue. The answer I can give about the release date is, Fall 2017 (hopefully before Halloween) for Steam.
I had given a long break from Clown House 2, in order to code Graveyard Shift. The next one-two months will be spent on adding Oculus Rift support (and maybe porting the game to PS4).
Why will it take so much time? Because I want it to be a long game with large environments. The first game was a failure, because the house was too small and the game could be completed in minute. This is unacceptable for a commercial title. That's why Clown House 2 will take a long time to finish.
I hope the sequel manages to make you forget the first game.
~Ahmet
Clown House 2 announced with screenshots
Turkish: Palyaço Evi 2'nin geleceğini önceden haber vermiştik, ama hiç ekran görüntüsü yayınlamamıştık. Cumhuriyet Bayramımızı da kutlamak amacıyla, bugün oyun içi ekran görüntülerini yayınlıyor ve oyunun resmî duyurusunu yapıyoruz.
İlk oyunun en çok eleştirilen kısmı kısa oyun süresi ve palyaçoların azlığıydı. Bu sefer oyun koca bir malikanede ve birkaç farklı bölümde geçecek. 6 çeşit (eğer talep gelirse daha da fazla) sayıda palyaçomuz olacak. Oyunu daha da lezzetli hale getirecek oyun mekanikleri üzerinde de çalışıyoruz, fikirlerimiz olgunlaştıkça paylaşacağız.
2016'nın ilk yarısında Steam (PC, Mac, Linux)için çıkmayı hedefliyoruz. Oculus Rift ve PlayStation 4'e de çıkış yapmayı düşünüyoruz.
Bu arada oyunun ekran görüntülerinin yüksek çözünürlüklü hallerini https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1sj4…/ClownHouse2_Screenshots.rar adresinden edinebilirsiniz, oyunun haberini yaparken onları kullanabilirsiniz.
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English: We had talked about Clown House 2 several times, but never published screenshots. Now it's time to publish ingame screenshots and annouce the game officially, also celebrating the Turkish Republic Day.
The most criticized thing about the first game was the short game length and the amount of clowns. Now this game sets place in a big mansion and a few different levels. We will have 6 different clowns (more if we get popular demand). We are also working on game mechanics to make the game more enjoyable, we'll share when they become ready.
We plan for Steam (PC, Mac, Linux) in the first half of 2016. Oculus Rift and PlayStation 4 are also among our plans.
By the way, you can obtain the high res screenshots from https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1sj4…/ClownHouse2_Screenshots.rar , maybe for releasing news for Clown House 2.
