Father's Island
For the Glory of Sheep!
...oh, wait! There is a category "best usage of a farm animal" ?!
Well, in that case we would like to ask you humbly to vote for "Father's Island" in that category!
If you already played through the game, discovered all encounters and unlocked all endings, you should know WHY we want to win that one.
If not, take a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_P5wI-uVrA
1.09 is live!
We have granted Father's Island an extensive visual upgrade. With special thanks to Reshade.me and Mastereffects Guru Marty McFly, we are able to bring you:
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/460940/ss_011742c68d37a6090f4dca2207bb5d8fb0ddc849.1920x1080.jpg
- Advanced Adaptive Bloom
- Lensflare
- Virtual Global Illumination
- FXAA
- Scene-adaptive dynamic color grading
- Improved Ambience Occlusion
And all that with...
- Whopping 10 - 25% more FPS
- Cutscenes can now be skipped
- Fixed rabbit chase bug
- Fixed Alicias corpse sequence
KNOWN ISSUES:
- Some doors can still be glitched through, we keep hunting that one.
- Saved games run 10 - 30% lower FPS after loading. We still HEAVILY recommend starting a new game for each playthrough (is now easier with cutscenses skipping)
- If you look straight into the sky above, you see a line breaking the skybox. No Idea why!
So, fire up Father's Island, start a new game and enjoy the show! :NaziUfoLeft:
PS: We will keep the Halloween version live for now. No need to rush on that one, Comrades! :commie:
Happy Halloween!
What will that get you?
The option to start and play the Halloween Edition, in addition to the "normal" game!
And, as we are always trying to grab you and tear you even deeper into our trashy nightmares, here we go with 20 steam keys for
http://store.steampowered.com/app/266050/
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(First come, first serve, please comment which one you grabbed!)
Once again, Happy Halloween!
Halloween ahead!
The last performance patch solved the problems on all our customer's PCs except ONE (we are still investigating there), and heroic User schmatzler found a way to kill the green screen issue which we had identified to be originated in weird codecs installed on the affected machines.
K-Lite comes with a tool called "Codec Tweak Tool".
Went into there, and used "Win7DSFilterTweaker->Preferred decoders"
In there I set everything WMV and WMA related to Microsoft, so it uses the default Windows codecs to play the ingame videos. Voila, the green screen is gone! :)
Currently we have some code changes on the horizon that would allow the game to almost double the FPS, however, this is is still some weeks away.
Closer to that is Halloween, and if you already own
http://store.steampowered.com/app/266050
then you know what that means!
It means you get a free game to play for a limited period.
So don't miss this Halloween for Father's Island!
Performance Patch live!
Here's the changelist:
- ~ 250MB less memory used
- 10 - 30 seconds reduced loading time
- reduced memory-related issues by ~ 80%
- reduced likeliness of "green screen" appearing
- 5 - 15% more fps, depending on system
- less LOD-induced Microlags
With this patch, we have also changed the installation folder, because some Windows installations out there had a problem with the ' in "Father's" Island.
If you want to be on the safe side, delete the local Father's Island file in your Steam client and re-install afterwards.
Grace Savegame:
Yes, this would require starting a new game. However, we placed a "grace" savegame in slot 3 where you are already on the island and have solved the first puzzles.
Additional information:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/460940/discussions/0/350542683211512104/
Remove Father's Island from your wishlist...
For all of you who have played the demo (or not), and still left unsure if you should purchase our latest addition to the expanded universe of "Into the Dark", now your time has come:
Father's Island is spearheading the latest Friday Special Indie Bundle, where you can get it together with several other high-class Indie games.
:frogright: But hurry up, the top offers are on a tight time limit there!
https://www.indiegala.com/friday
PS: Yes, the purchase and activation from there also entitles you to get the 23% conspiracy discount if you purchase Into the Dark afterwards on Steam directly! :NaziUfoLeft:
Making Games: Father's Island & GameGuru
- As you may know, Father's Island was made with GameGuru. While it isn't Open Source or free, it has very reasonable costs and a generous license - basically you will never pay any kind of royalities for selling your games. You can check out and buy GameGuru here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/266310/
- You really don't need to learn programming to create a game like Father's Island. However, you will have to get a basic understanding of the LUA scripts powering the AI, entitiy behaviour and all interactions. If you do so, editing existing scripts, renaming and altering them to your needs is good enough to make almost any game imaginable.
- While Father'S Island has several custom 3D assets, buildings and props created for this game alone, the asset store of GameGuru will provide you with almost all you need.
- Timeferame: If you are on your own, calculate for roughly a year of work in your spare time to make a game like Father's Island. It took us 6 months of work with a small team to complete it.
Any questions left? Post them in our discussion board!
Microfix uploaded
- Games started in Full HD now load the correct splash screens
- Sound volume of the birds tweaked down
- Shore wave sounds get blocked by mountains now
No world rebuild, so we are still on version 1.07 and all your savegames are good! :NaziUfoLeft:
V1.07 is live!
- Enhanced level of detail without FPS loss or increased memory footprint
- Actually ~ 5% more fps on testing systems
- Better guidance: More landmarks, more visual hints where to go
- 3 new videos
- 5 new documents from Operation Paperclip and Hans Kammler
(well hidden)
- 2 of them officially still not de-classified!
- 3 new sound experiences
- 1 new secret location
- 1 spooky out-of-this-world experience
- Keys that are overlooked easily get a green light if the player is close enough
- fixed some minor bugs
As long as you want to experience those upgrades and if you don't want to spawn in a fence, rock or solid wall, start a new game!
So, go ahead, enjoy your game!
And those who don't own it - well, buy it or try at least the demo! :NaziUfoLeft:
It's Hammer... - ah, no - it's DEMOtime!
"Demo versions are a thing of the past..."
"I wish I could try before I buy, but those times are over..."
We from Homegrown Games beg to differ!
During the creation of the upcoming 1.07 version, we made a little side stroll through the woods and created a playable demo. As it is partially already based on the 1.07 code / shaderbase, it gives also a brief insight into the upcoming version.
Today we have released it here!
What is this DEMO for?
- Finding out if your PC runs the game properly
- Checking out if you like the game (of course!)
- Evaluating if your sanity suffers from this game
What is the content of this demo?
- A part of the island from the final game (~ 20%)
- 10 - 15% of the encounters, voice overs and cut-scenes
- The full intro puzzle + intro video
- 15% of the other puzzles
- 1 of the 4 different endings
If you like it - get it the full game for only $5 or the :NaziUfoRight:Ultimate Conspiracy Bundle:NaziUfoLeft: for only $10:
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/869/
Have fun!