Hello Players! This month has been quite busy on the boring side of things, a lot bureaucracy behind the scenes kept me from developing the game further. But I don't want to bore you with that, so here are the new things/changes:
new ghost behaviour! The ghosts articulations have been reworked, sometimes you have to deal with little ghost girls, sometimes you have to deal with big ghost boys. Enjoy!
new ghost model was added along with some animations
rearranged the EMF (sorry)
made the toilet a little less prone to flushing
The "Welcome Back!"-Update
Reading and hearing your feedback was the greatest part of this last week. And it has inspired me to make another update for Ghostist. Let's start with what you came here for:
What has changed?
- new music was added and some old music was cut - the activity levels of different ghosts should now better reflect their personality - gave the GIC some common sense ( I´d like some feedback on that ) - removed the social links - fixed some noise-bugs - changed some item prices(you get to keep your saved items though) - made toilets flushable
These might seem like rather minor changes, but under the hood a lot has changed. And it enables future features that I won't discuss just yet. This and the accompanying sale are not meant as a "Horse Armor DLC"(comment if you got that reference) but rather as a "Hey, I'm still here and I'm so happy that you are, too!"-Update. But that was too long a title, so Welcome Back!-Update it is.
Once again, I'm really happy you're here, and I hope you enjoy your time with Ghostist. I love watching you play my game :)
Welcome, new players. Thank you, Insym.
Hello World!
This recent week has been crazy. Insym, one of my favourite Phasmophobia-Youtubers made a video about Ghostist. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMILb_hTss&t=2829)
After that video came out Ghostist got a lot of love from you, the players. You helped a lot with your reviews, screenshots and comments, which made me very happy. This has been a passion project, and now being able to see more people enjoy that is the greatest thing one could wish for.
Possible Future Updates
I want to give back a little. I am thinking about another update, and i liked the suggestions Insym and some of you made. One thing I have to say first: Multiplayer is not something you can just include in a game, it is a design decision that has to be made early on in the development. But if you have other ideas do let me know. Customization is a big topic, and I'd love to include more options.
In the meantime, if you crave more Ghosthunting, I have made a demake that is free to play. A demake is an existing game reimagined for older hardware/consoles/platforms. It also features local multiplayer.
This is my demake of Ghostist. You can find the controls in the description.
Have fun, thank you all for stopping by, and have a great day.
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Possibly last early access upate
Hi everybody! Thanks again for your patience. After the early access I got great feedback, and hearing from you was honestly one of the best experiences I ever had in the creative field. Thanks again for that! Some time after publishing I got tons of mail and messages, I got really excited. Turns out there are a lot of people trying to scam you for free games-which wouldn´t be thaaaat bad-but they are not interested in your game, they just want to resell the bounty on other pages. That´s how those cheap steamkeystores work. I got really frustrated with that and took a big break from gamedev. But then I remembered all the nice people who helped me make this game a reality and slowly got back into it. Thanks for that! I´m now putting the finishing touches on the game, so this might be the last update before full release, depending on the amount of bugs that you might find ^^
What´s new?
New Level (studio apartment)
more music and better radio
bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes
The "Exorcist" - Update
NEW LATEGAME CONTENT
This is a very experimental update. Every bit of feedback is highly appreciated!
<*> Ghosts were always able to hunt you, but now you can hunt back! Buy the Exorcismkit and banish the ghosts! <*> in order to banish ghosts you first need to be sure what type of ghost you are dealing with. And be absolutely sure! No ghost likes being taunted.
<*> Collect all the bones scattered across the level.
<*> Draw the correct symbol for each ghost .
Ghosts can break your bones
aggressive ghosts will now break your bones to make your escape a little harder. Stock up on Medkits (new item!)
various small stuff
nerfed the emf more, so now you need to be around the ghost longer
improved lamps a little bit
added the TV
various tiny map changes
lots of sound changes
Have fun <3
Interview: New Updates, Indiegamedev and Publishing
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Thanks again for your great questions and taking the time to prepare them so thoroughly.
Also there will be a huge update very soon, stay tuned!
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