Ahead of the launch for We Happy Few we are excited to announce that we are permanently dropping the price on Contrast from US$14.99 to US$9.99 on all the platforms (Steam, Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3 and Nvidia SHIELD).
We are also (finally) offering the DLC as a standalone upgrade to Contrast for US$5.99 (Steam only), which contains:
Shadow Music
A Soundtrack to Contrast: Enjoy the digital version (MP3) of the 16-track original soundtrack, featuring the lovely Laura Ellis. Every track is featured in the game and highlights our unique world, atmosphere, and style.
Contrast Official Art Book
The Art Book explains the background to the game, including the conception and production the game, official art, unused concept images, and the story behind the music and sound. And pictures of all of us who worked on it. Look out for Sam, he’s really handsome. Also a bit deluded, but what can you do.
Contrast was our first game and we hold it close to our heart. If you didn’t get a chance to play it, it’s a good way to understand what led up to We Happy Few and to take a glimpse into the Compulsion world :)
Team Compulsion
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[HALLOWEEN SALES] 75% OFF CONTRAST
[HALLOWEEN SALES] Join Didi and Dawn in Contrast, currently 75% off on Steam, and shift between light and shadow in a blink of an eye.
Contrast 75% off until 13 October!
Hey everyone!
Contrast is 75% off right now, as part of the FOCUS sale, until 13 October. This makes it a whopping US$3.75.
We might be biased, but this is the cheapest Contrast has ever been, and is a great price. It could be a great gift for your [insert subject] teacher for Christmas this year, or as an interesting date night with your cabaret enthusiast friend.
If you guys and girls want to ask any questions about the game, we'll do our best to answer anything posted over on Contrast's community forums.
Thanks!
- Sam, and the rest of the team at Compulsion Games
[STEAM FOCUS WEEKEND 09-13 OCT]
Play with the shadows in Contrast with 75% off on Steam. Lead Didi and her friend Dawn through complex puzzles in an adult story told through the experiences of a whimsical child.
Also available, exceptional discounts on the entire Focus catalog including fresh releases such as Styx: Master of Shadows, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments and also ALL the publisher best sellers!
Hey everyone - Contrast is 40% off for the next 48 hours! If you've been waiting for a deal, now's a great time to grab it. Plus, you can help us eat for the next few months.
For those who are curious, the Collector's Edition content includes:
Contrast
A 52 page art book (displayed side by side, so 26 pages on a pdf), that goes through the background of how we created Contrast
The soundtrack to Contrast, including two original songs sung by Laura Ellis.
If you want to chat about the game or ask us any questions, please feel free to drop by the forums.
As always, thanks for the support!
- Sam
Russian Localization added!
Hey everyone
A small but very important update today - we've added Russian localization! You should now be able to select Russian alongside the other languages, and it should default to Russian if you system language is set to Russian too.
So, for our Russian players, Здравствуйте! I'm sorry it took so long to get this out; next time, Russian will be a much greater priority.
There are also a few minor bug fixes, and the game should be running pretty smoothly for you now.
Feel free to leave any feedback in the comments or in the forums.
Cheers!
Bug Squashing Patch and Sale!
Hey team!
Thank you for the support so far! We have been paying very close attention to all your comments in your feedback/reviews, and we've been working really hard on addressing them. So, today we put out a major patch on Steam that fixed a whole lot of bugs (and you can now escape backwards through menus... huzzah!). We're really excited about it, because the game is playing really well, and much more as we originally intended.
We'd love to hear your opinions on how the bug squashing went. And hey, if you feel like telling people about it, Contrast also just went on sale for 25% off!
Cool. Cool cool cool.
- Sam
CONTRAST: FROM OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND INTO THE LIGHT WITH A LAUNCH TRAILER!
CONTRAST, the inventive 2D/3D puzzle-platformer in which the player shifts in and out of the shadow dimension playing light against dark, launches tomorrow worldwide on PC and Xbox LIVE® Arcade, and on the U.S. PlayStation®Network for PlayStation®4! The game will also be available on PS3 on November 19 in the U.S. and on November 20 in Europe. Finally, European PS4 players will be able to delve into this amazing world of light and shadows on November 29.
To celebrate this long-awaited release, Contrast lets us discover its Launch Trailer, giving us an ultimate sneak-peak at the game before you can play it for yourself!
"Creating Contrast was a journey, and ultimately a celebration of our craft,” said Guillaume Provost, creative director and founder, Compulsion Games. “It is a story that came together by the efforts and support of our team, our partners, our fans, and by the dedication of everyone who helped propel the game to such unexpected heights. We are deeply grateful and humbled by the community's reactions, and the overwhelming enthusiasm that at long last, helped bring Contrast to light."
CONTRAST, developed by independent Montréal-based studio Compulsion Games, draws players into a surreal 1920s dreamscape; a vaudevillian, film noir-inspired world where the boundaries between showmanship, magic, intrigue and deception are blurred. In CONTRAST players take on the role of Dawn, the imaginary friend of a little girl, Didi. Every imaginary friend is special, and Dawn is no exception. She has the unique ability to shift from the striking 3D fantasy stage into the mysterious 2D shadowscape. Like every family, Didi’s isn’t perfect; in fact they are as unique as they come with an aspiring cabaret singer mother and an absentee father. Didi’s only wish is to reunite her family. As Dawn, use shadow shifting abilities to solve intricate puzzles and uncover the secrets that plagues the family’s past.
With lyrics written by Compulsion Games and music composed by WaveGeneration Audio, specifically for CONTRAST, the original soundtrack envelops players with cabaret inspired music and the entrancing vocals of jazz singer Laura Ellis. Accompanied by a full voice cast, CONTRAST brings its illusory world to life as players leverage light sources and manipulate real-world objects to affect the shadows placement, dimension and overall weighting to solve multifaceted puzzles.
