Project Unseek
Arsanesia is coming to San Fransisco!
We're excited to announce that we'll be attending both Game Connection America (GCA) and Game Developer Conference (GDC) this year!
GCA is one of the biggest business events in the gaming industry, where we'll be networking, showcasing projects, and scouting potential partners. This year, it's taking place in San Francisco from March 20th to March 21st, 2023. With the support of Asosiasi Game Indonesia, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia, and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, we'll showcase Project UNSEEK and many games from 7 other talented Indonesian developers on the Indonesia Pavilion to potential partners from all around the world.
But wait, there's more! We're also attending GDC - one of the most important game development events in the world. This year, it's taking place in San Francisco from March 20th to March 24th, 2023. The conference will have a bunch of super cool talks, workshops, and roundtables about game development, marketing, and business. We're excited to attend these sessions and learn from the most experienced pros in the industry.
So yeah, we've got a lot on our plate that week, but it's gonna be awesome! If you're attending either GCA or GDC, hit us up and let's schedule a meeting. We'd love to connect with you and share our experiences.
Wish us luck!
Thanks for reading!
Steam Next Fest: Developer Blog
It's been a week since Steam Next Fest ended. It's our first time publishing a public demo in an event as big as this, and it's a great feeling when many people finally try your game. We also learn a lot from this event as developers on how to market games on the PC gaming market.
Our participation won't be complete without the help of many people. First, we want to thank more than 3000 people who downloaded the public demo of Project UNSEEK, all 50k viewers of our gameplay stream on Steam; thank you for checking out our game and adding Project UNSEEK to your wishlist. We also want to thank all the media that helped us by creating coverage and content about Project UNSEEK. We want to give a special shoutout to all Twitch Indonesia Community streamers that did a special collab (and bug hunting) with us on their stream and gave us so much feedback. Let's play together again next time! Lastly, a shoutout to our Community on all our channels for supporting us until now!
Sadly the event must end, and we must deactivate the download for a while. Why? To improve and fix the demo based on our player's feedback. But the game is still playable (with online features and all) if you have it in your library. We intend to bring back the download later when it's ready. We hope you can wait a bit for it.
Thank you! See you at the next event! Also, don’t forget to add Project UNSEEK to your wishlist!
Let's Play Project UNSEEK feat. Twitch Indonesia Community
Stream: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1758470/Project_UNSEEK/
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/twitchindonesia
Featured Streamer:
Jiajisu: https://www.twitch.tv/jiajitsu
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Mosdut: https://www.twitch.tv/mosdut
Tautheory: https://www.twitch.tv/tautheory
Adli_hm: https://www.twitch.tv/v/adli_hm
McElroycs: https://www.twitch.tv/mcelroycs
FalconEgg: https://www.twitch.tv/falconegg
Let's come and support the streamers :)
Let's Play Project UNSEEK with the Dev @ Steam Next Fest!
Tonight we'll do a live stream with the dev Arsanesia! In this stream, We will play Project UNSEEK live and chat with you, feel free to ask us anything in the stream!
See you there!
Project UNSEEK Demo in now avaliable for STEAM NEXT FEST!
Project UNSEEK public demo is coming to STEAM NEXT FEST; you can play it NOW!
In this event, you can play Project UNSEEK Demo with your friends for FREE; we'll also do a live stream you can watch and ask the developer anything.
Welcome to Project UNSEEK Demo. A 2 v 6 asymmetrical multiplayer game inspired by the 80’s horror movie tropes. In this demo, you can play with up to 7 friends and other people for completely FREE from: NOW!
What’s in this Demo:
- Play as 4 Humans and 2 Creatures with each unique tool and skill: Jack, Britanny, Louis, Greg, Dr. Plague, and Alien.
- Play in 2 maps: Quiet Hills, & SPADE’S Testing Lab
- An early look at Human character customization with one exclusive item from the demo version: Magic Hat! You can purchase all the cosmetics items using coins you earn by playing the game in the Journal menu.
- Tutorial for new players
- Proximity voice chat
- Private room option
- Session invites using Steam Interface
Project UNSEEK is still in development; you might encounter bugs or crashes. Please report it using the feedback button on the main menu.
We’ll also plan to do a gameplay livestream with the developer at Steam Next Fest on 7th February, 8 PM UTC +7. Please come, watch, and ask us anything in the chat!
We hope you enjoy the Demo, and don’t forget to add Project UNSEEK to your Steam Wishlist!
Join our Discord server for more info about Project UNSEEK: https://discord.gg/N2vBaxHhH7
Welcome 2023~
2022 is when we decided to restart the development of Project UNSEEK, and it has been almost a year since we started redeveloping the game. So many things happened in such a short span; restarting our Discord and Twitter, many monthly playtests (thanks for your participation and feedback!), a lot of new mechanics and characters added, a couple of international events, some local events, and our first Steam event! Thank you so much for all of your support! (Especially to our community!) With your help, we can run this far.
Here are some updates on what we will do in January and February.
Steam Next Fest (February 6th, 2023)
We are working to create our first public demo that will be playable on Steam Next Fest. In this demo, you can play using 3 Humans and 2 Creatures on two maps and play it online with your friends and colleagues for free.
What's in this demo version:
- Play using five characters: Jack, Britanny, Louis, Dr. Plague, and Alien.
- Play on the latest map: Lab! Also Forest.
- Onboarding tutorial on how to start and play the game.
- Cross-play with the Community Playtesting version.
We also plan to do some Livestream on our steam page between the 6th - 13th of February 2022. We will also rebroadcast it if you miss the stream. Please stay tuned for more info about the demo and stream.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1758470/Project_UNSEEK/
Community Playtesting
Our last community playtesting was in November 2022, and we skipped it entirely in December. In 2023 we will do it again until the game is released. In the future, unlike the previous session, we will do it more unsupervised and more open. However, it might still be limited to our discord members or opened to the public on Steam. Because of this, we will implement an onboarding tutorial so the new participant can quickly learn the game without needing the dev to explain it every session.
This community version will also be compatible to cross-play with the Demo version, so you can play it with everyone without asking them to join the community.
So what's the difference with the demo version?
- The Playtest version will get early access to our latest updates, including new characters, maps, etc.
- The Playtest server will always be open, unlike the Demo version, which might be closed after the event above ends.
Join Project UNSEEK Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/N2vBaxHhH7
We have a lot of exciting plans for Project UNSEEK in 2023; please stay tuned for future information! See you in the next update!
November Playtest Updates
November Playtest is near us!
Let's learn what we will test in this month's session:
- Two new Human Characters with their new skill and signature item 👀
- In-game voice chat and quick chat system 🔊
- Customizable quick chat text 📢
- Plenty of unique items with various new functions 🍄
- Reworked Forest map size (bigger) 🗺️
- New placement system for captured humans ⛺
- New Britanny's materialistic skill 🤑
- New keyboard control layout ⌨️
- Joystick is now fully supported (XBOX Layout) 🎮
- Customizable control layout for keyboard and joystick 🔧
- Character and item balancing ⚖️
- New in-game UI 🪛
- Bug fixes 🪲
Schedule: Thursday, November 24, 2022, 7:00 PM and Friday, November 25, 2022, 8:00 PM
Register to join and get your key: https://forms.gle/1ff8WubesSkzvHwT8
Note: If you already have Project UNSEEK playtest built in your steam library, it will be updated on d-day. You can directly join the session on the Discord voice chat channel. Registration is optional if you do not have the steam key or want to get a reminder via Google Calendar
November Playtesting Invitation
With this post, we invite you to join Project UNSEEK November playtest session on the 24th (7 PM UTC+7) and the 25th (8 PM UTC+7) of November 2022!
We have plenty of new stuff you can try in this playtest session:
- New playable Human character 🚬
- Materialistic skills for Britanny reworked 🤑
- New Items 🍄
- Reworked map size 🗺️
- New control layout 🎮
- New capture point system 👮
- New communication system 🔊
Register here*: https://forms.gle/1ff8WubesSkzvHwT8
Note: You need to join our Discord server to be eligible for this event.
The update is pretty big, and we're pretty excited about it. We hope you guys are as excited as we do!
See you at the event!
Project UNSEEK October 2022 Development Update
Hello everyone, it’s been a while since we wrote about our development progress.
In October, we developed new characters and implemented significant mechanics for Project UNSEEK. We also have news about the events we participate in and what we plan in the near future.
Let’s get into it!
New Playable Characters
You can now play as Britanny and Alien. In previous builds, you could only play as Jack and Dr. Plague. Let us introduce them all.
Brittany (NEW!)
The only female human character so far. A popular girl in her school loves playing pranks, cruel jokes, and insulting others to show dominance with her gang. Basically, A teen rom-com movie antagonist.
With her special skill: Materialistic, she can help other humans escape the experiment through her instinct to find the most precious item on the maps.
Jack
A popular baseball athlete in his school has a handsome face and an athletic body, but he’s arrogant, hot-headed, and rude. Love to fight and certified bully.
With his special skill: Sprint, he can run faster than any creature (and human) in the experiment ground.
Alien (NEW!)
Found stranded in an undisclosed area. Believed from outer space in our universe. Have high adaptability living on earth because of their ability to mimic humans.
Has special abilities: Quick Mimic, visually transforms into one random human in the experiment ground, and Observer Offspring, summons a youngling on the ground to reveal humans location nearby.
Dr. Plague
Believed to be a doctor from another universe where a deadly outbreak decimated the earth. Mutated so much because of the disease, it is considered almost a human creature by researchers.
Has special abilities: Otherwordly Concoction, brews a strengthening potion and consumes it to move faster, and Mark of the Sunbreak, every time it catches a human, leaves a mark behind, reducing human’s movement speed.
Items and Skills Mechanics
Now every character can utilize skill, as explained above. Also, special for humans can use items scattered around the experiment ground to help them finish their objectives.
Big Lamp
Big lamp with limited fuel. Your field of view will be larger for a certain duration.
Baseball Bat
Old baseball bat with rotten wood to knock creatures down.
Instruction Manual
Instruction Manual for old computers. Boost some progress on computer hacking.
Ritual Dagger
The bloody ritual dagger is used for otherworldly rituals. Its mystic power has the ability to help escape from Creature's grasp.
Other updates:
Other than the updates above, we’re also making some changes to the game's overall experience
Visual revamp
We’re revamping the overall art style with a new style, combining 2D and 3D assets to create a stylish and functional visual.
New UI/UX
Inspired by mystery movie visuals and old computers, we’re creating a new UI to create more immersive experiences.
Bug Fix
As the game is in development, there are still a lot of bugs found in the build, and we’re trying to fix them on every new version.
Events
Besides development, Project UNSEEk is also attending and featured in various offline and online events.
Level Up Kuala Lumpur
Thanks to support from Asosiasi Game Indonesia, Project UNSEEK can attend and open a booth at Level UP KLM. At the event, we met incredible people from the games industry and received feedback and insight from them.
Gamescom Asia
Our first time attending an international event independently was a great experience. Even though the event is B2B only, we have so many visitors at our booth, from students, game dev, publisher, and the legendary Shuhei Yoshida of Playstation, that give us much valuable feedback and appreciation.
This event also has events on Steam and Project UNSEEK featured on the event page.
Steam Scream Fest
Our first-time event on Steam (Not including the Gamescom Asia one), a Halloween event featuring a lot of horror games Steam has to offer. At the event, we’re doing a Livestream on steam, talking about the development of Project UNSEEK and playing the game with the development team. We’re also doing a playtest session on our discord that we will explain next.
Playtest Session October
At the end of October, we’re doing playtest session with our discord server member and other game developers. At the event, we’re introducing all the new features and fixes and getting valuable feedback from all testers participating. This event is also our first time distributing the playtest build via Steam, it’s a great learning experience for using Steam for the first time.
The Future
As the development continues, we plan to add more features and characters to Project UNSEEK. We’re also trying to improve the game based on all feedback we receive.
Monthly Playtest Session
We plan to hold monthly playtest sessions as a regular event. By the end of November, we will have another playtest session with our Discord Member. You can also join the event by joining our Discord Server.
Steam Next Fest 2023
We are committed to participating in the Steam Next Fest Event on February 2023 Please stay tuned for more information because we will have a demo you can play!
That's it for this development blog; thank you for your time reading this long blog and your support so far! See you in the next updates!
Note: Work in progress. The gameplay and visuals shown or described in this blog might change in the final release.
Project UNSEEK is coming to Steam Scream Fest!
We're close to the Halloween season. To celebrate this spooky season, Project UNSEEK will participate in Steam Scream Fest (October 25th - November 1st, 2022). On the 26th, we plan to do a live stream of Project UNSEEK gameplay with the developer at this event. Of course, you can also chat or ask anything to us!
Watch it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1758470/Project_UNSEEK/
Also, on 27th and 28th, we'll do another playtest session; you can participate by joining our discord server: Join Project UNSEEK Community Discord Server