November's been quite a productive month, so I thought it would be a good time to give you a little update about the game's progress. During this entire month (and some of October) I've been working daily on chapter 3 (out of 4). I got to finish more tasks than I thought I would, and some stuff to share
One of the things players will get to do in chapter 3 is use a new ability during the memory section of the chapter. This new ability lets you shoot a star in an arc, which can hurt enemies and help you traverse air obstacles.
About 50% of the chapter 3 is already playable, but without any graphics. This chapter is going to be the biggest & longest one in the entire game. It's going to contain 2 desktop mini games, multiple big cutscenes, multiple bosses, and an explorable (!) platforming section:
During December I hope to get 100% of the chapter to be playable. And by January, the entire chapter should be done, including graphics, sounds, music, bug fixing and polish.
After that only chapter 4 will remain to be developed. It's a rather short chapter, but would still require a lot of work since it's the game's finale. When that's done, I'll probably take another month or two to fix any remaining bugs and improve whatever I can before release.
That said, If everything goes according to schedule, Outcore will be released sometime in mid 2022!
Thank you for following the development of Outcore
Outcore is now 50% complete!
It's been a while since the last update about the development of Outcore. I've been working hard on chapter 2 and didn't have a lot of stuff I could share publicly.
I'm now happy to announce that development on chapter 2 (out of 4) is complete and that development has passed the 50% mark! It took a while to make the first two chapters. I had to build the entire game's infrastructure from the ground up, and that took some time to get right and stable. I believe making the next two chapters will likely be faster now that the infrastructure exists.
So what's next?
The story and events for chapters 3 & 4 are both planned, but I still need to take some time to write the fine details in each chapter.
I'm going to start developing chapter 3 right away. It's going to be the biggest chapter in terms of content, so it might take a while before I can announce it as completed.
There's going to be a mini-game in chapter 3 that I also want to integrate into chapter 1's desktop section. So expect a possibly new demo build in the coming months
I can't announce a release date at this point in development, but currently, I'm aiming to release Outcore in mid-2022. Don't take this as a promise as development times are hard to predict and delays are likely to happen. I want to make sure that I'll have enough time to polish the game and fix any major and minor bugs, so please be patient!
I usually post more frequent updates over at the game's Discord channel. So if you'd like to hear more about Outcore's development, you can join at https://discord.gg/CKSV49T
Thank you for following the development of Outcore.
