At last, came this, perhaps, most exciting day for any team as a whole and each developer individually – the day of RELEASE!
Our path to this event lasted exactly 1 year, 9 months, 23 days. Someone will say that this is very little, because it often takes several years to make a game. Sure, we say, we know that, nevertheless, this is how long it took us.
It is hard to find proper words to describe our feelings right now!
It cannot be said that we have passed this path in one breath, and most likely it is beyond the power of anyone. During this time, many things happened, joy, overestimation of strength, disappointment, arguments, hysterics (from laughter), devastation, ambition, drive, meeting interesting people, a second wind, etc. One thing I would like to note, in spite of everything we traveled this path in a very organized way, as a whole, as a real team, which is obsessed with one idea and strives to achieve the goal, and we achieved this goal!
Thanks to everyone who was with us along the way!
It is not for us to judge our product, in which we have invested our soul, here it would be most appropriate to quote Andrey Viktorovich Yaroslavtsev, one of the masters of Russian voice acting, with whom we were lucky to work on the project.
Well, we have all done a lot of work, we can only hope that the players will meet the game with interest and appreciate it
I would like to note another very important point, during the development, we all and each individually received tremendous experience, which, after some processing, will certainly become very useful when working on the next projects, which, we hope, will not keep us waiting long.
Among other things, there was another very important and pleasant event on our way that we would like to share. Around the middle of development, we found out that a replenishment was expected in the family of one of our colleagues, and 9 months later, shortly before the release, they had a daughter, who was named with a beautiful name - Evangelina!
Thank you for your attention and enjoy the game!
Best regards, Mikola Games team
P.S. Until September 27, the game can be purchased with a 15% discount
The full version of the game (6 acts) is ready! Some tests and then RELEASE!
Hello dear friends!
We are glad to inform you that the full version of the game, all 6 acts, is complete!
It would seem that since the game is ready, we can safely go to release, but we decided not to rush, because we do not want you to be disappointed if you come across bugs that we could not find during our own tests.As practice shows, games behave differently on different computers, and considering that our team is small, we, with all our desire, are physically unable to conduct full-scale tests and identify all the errors. In this regard, we turn to you for help to find all the bugs so that we could fix them and then release the game with a clear conscience!
IMPORTANT! We plan to spend no more than a few weeks on the tests!
Since entering early access, a lot has changed in the game, not even counting the addition of the 5th and 6th acts - based on your feedback, quests, locations have been partially, and somewhere completely changed and reworked, achievements have also been worked on, many have been removed, new ones have been added for new acts.
Best regards, The development team
Act 6. What the hell, here goes nothing...
Hello, dear friends!
We are glad to share the news that the 6th act is fully completed!!! In connection with this event, we decided to show several pictures of the 6th act, which will occur mainly at the abandoned mill, as well as at the depot near the bay.
Sincerely, Mikola Games Team ːsteamhappyː
P.S. The release of the full version of the game is scheduled for August. We really hope that no one and nothing will prevent us from realizing our plans.
Act 5. Adventures at the bee yard!
Dear friends!
The finalization of the game (acts 5 and 6) is slowly but surely nearing completion, and in this regard, we decided to share with you several images of the 5th act, which will mainly take place at the bee yard (other locations will be involved too).
Regards, Mikola Games Teamːsteamhappyː
P.S. The release of the full version of the game is scheduled for August. We really hope that nobody and nothing will prevent us from realizing our plans.
COVID-19 STOP!
Dear friends! These days, when a terrible pandemic is gaining momentum around the world, we, the Mikola Games team, like most people, did not stand aside and took extreme measures.
But we did not stop only on the team members, but went further and decided to involve the characters of the game in the fight against the pandemic, and provide them all with protective equipment and masks!
Special update in connection with the СOVID-19 pandemic is out now!
Best regards, Mikola Games team
We invite bughunters to our team
Hello dear friends!
Some time ago, we published our plans for the future of the project, in which we said that we decided not only to finalize the game but also to partially rework some of the existing elements of the game. You can read in more detail about it HERE
All was fine and dandy, but after releasing the game into the early access we realized that finding game bugs was a bit more complicated than we could imagine, partly because our team is quite small and we physically cannot do it all by ourselves. To avoid this in the future, we have the courage to ask you for help in this difficult matter.
We will be very grateful to everyone who responds and decides to join our small but very ambitious, goal-oriented and friendly team, thereby becoming one of us to work on the Highly Likely project together.
We will be very gratefulːsteamhappyː
In order to join us and get access to the test build of the game, just add Mikola as your friend and write him a message!
Best regards, Mikola Games team
A critical bug with parallax fixed!
Hello dear friends!
Actually, from the name itself it already becomes clear what kind of update it is. Yes, we caught and destroyed this bug! We do not promise, but we really hope that this problem is solved once and for all!
P.S. By the way, the shooting gallery is already running at the fair, and the Wife grazes geese in the new quest in the 3rd actːsteamhappyː
A critical bug with parallax fixed!
Hello dear friends!
Actually, from the name itself it already becomes clear what kind of update it is. Yes, we caught and destroyed this bug! We do not promise, but we really hope that this problem is solved once and for all!
P.S. By the way, the shooting gallery is already running at the fair, and the Wife grazes geese in the new quest in the 3rd actːsteamhappyː
Plans for the near future!
Hello, dear friends!
We are glad to share some important news regarding our plans for nearest future.
Friends, during the first few weeks since the day when our game became available, we’ve heard from you a lot of reviews, suggestions, requests, advice, wishes, etc.
Thank you so much for participating in our project!
We did not disregard any of your comments, both on Steam and other sites, including YouTube, where reviewers and streamers themselves and their viewers expressed their opinion.
Having collected all the information and analyzed it, and after taking into account our plans, we decided on the course of further development of the game for the near future. First of all, this applies to new content, gameplay and the atmosphere of the game as a whole, which, without a doubt, will make it even more fun and diverse.
The game will be filled with new quests, animations, graphics, sounds, etc. We are going to partially or completely rework some existing quests that you can find at various locations, for example, at the fair there will be a quest with 13 characters involved, a shooting gallery and a tavern “Three Donkeys” will become available, where you’ll be able to meet new characters. We will add vehicles for movement through the game world, and also slightly reduce some locations in size so that you do not get tired of walking aroundːsteamhappyː
Additions will affect ALL acts!
Well and, of course, we will add the 5th and 6th acts to the game, which will bring new content, as well as new intrigues and of course the answer to the main question: how did the story end and if our Mikola was able to solve his problems?
We hope that you will meet the new changes with interest and appreciate them. As for the time frame, we plan to finish all this by the end of the early access period. We will periodically inform you about the development process and will be happy to hear your opinion.
Best Regards, Mikola Games Team
Update 0.03
Friends, welcome our first major update since the day the game became available!ːsteamhappyː
List of work done:
Animation. We fixed the bugs due to which several objects appeared at the same time or disappeared altogether.
Sound. Corrected the bugs due to which there were overlaying sounds and some other inconsistencies. Added sounds to the fair.
Inventory. Fixed bugs due to which it was possible to change the active item during the action.
4th act. Particular attention was paid to the broken parallax in the second half of Act 4, when Mikola wakes up and a dialogue with the Wife begins.
Cut scenes. They also got a little attention.
In addition to all of the above, we worked hard to fix a number of other minor and major errors that disrupted the gameplay and spoiled the impression of the game.
Enjoy the game!ːsteamhappyː
P.S. The build was tested by regular testers, everything went perfectly, we hope that everything will go smoothly for you as well and you will be satisfied with the game.
