Reflections
Our Grave Kickstarter was 5 Years Ago and We Haven't Finished, Here's why Part 1&2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMDnlTpN3yk
https://youtu.be/Aqm4za1Shhs
Community Management is Here, Updates to Come!
I’m Josh Turner aka Deaths Crowbar and I am the new Community Manager at Broken Window Studios. I was hired to help care for and inform our community.
I know there hasn’t been a lot of management lately. We would like to apologize for this. We know many of you purchased the game and we did not support it properly. Unfortunately, as a small team on a budget, it has been hard for us to take care of everything and thus have had to focus on certain areas of development, thankfully though now that I have been hired I can help with the community. I hope I can help with this and alleviate some of your concerns.
A little bit about me, I am 22 and have been working in the Gaming Industry for 5 years. I started as a journalist and moved up to PR and community management at the site I wrote for. I have been working and speaking at conventions since 2016. I am currently finishing up my senior year at Southern Arkansas University getting my Mass Comm degree.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anything.
I know that some of you who purchased the game had questions or concerns and we value the input we receive from the community. We want to apologize for the lack of updates and say that we are working to correct that.
I will be active on the forums so feel free to post there!
A quick content update!! (No, the project isn't dead)
We know it's been a while since we posted an update for this game, but we've been hard at work developing various systems to enhance the experience..
The characters now animate and have voices!
We've finally implemented this feature, after a lot of working and reworking, trying to work out a good balance.
Here's a video of the content we've been working on
SPOILERS: Don't watch if you haven't played and don't want any of the content spoilt!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_HoWUW648Q
When can you play Reflections with this new content?
We're working out a bug with the main menu right now, but once that has been resolved, we'll be updating the game on Steam!
Thanks to everyone who's supported us on early access, it means so much! We appreciate your patience, and we can't wait to FINALLY get this game launched fully!
- The Broken Window Studios team
Reverted Unstable version 0.5.9.1 - Fix coming soon
THE GAME IS FULLY PLAYABLE AS OF RIGHT NOW. We sincerely appreciate your patience.
Currently the team is very small and restricted on availability so we aren't as quick to respond in some cases as we like. Tristan, or lead developer, was in Shanghai presenting Reflections as part of the the Global VR Challenge and while we are happy to say that we actually won the competition, the reduction in available manpower made us slow to respond and for that we apologize. We don't like seeing this type of thing pop up and it was due to making too many changes before a major business trip. We will endeavor to do better in the future.
Update Version 0.5.9.1 - VR Updates
-Lots of small VR updates
-Improved VR head tracking in main gameplay
-Menu items no longer follow your head in VR. Selection is done by looking to the item you want
-Pressing Crouch (C or the B button by default) will recenter your VR headset to fix any position errors when in VR
KNOWN ISSUES:
-Current head height is not configurable (will be in an upcoming version
We are currently showing the game in Shanghai as part of the Global VR Challenge, so you can look for more non-VR updates in the coming weeks!
Version 0.5.9 is live!
CHANGELIST
-ongoing improvements to grab and interaction mechanics
-improved collision with drawers and moving interactive objects
-improved the responsiveness of tobii eye tracking controls and reduced jitter
-various big fixes and improvements
KNOWN ISSUES
-office workers don't give the correct name of the employees that are blocking them.
-crush storyline is not fully implemented
-some collision trigger issues in act 2 Home renovation scene
HOTFIX version 0.5.8
-Fixed an issue where items could be frozen in place while being removed from the Stash
-Improved performance for post processes and corrections to quality presets.
-Various small tweaks and bugfixes (bigger updates coming in version 0.6.0)
KNOWN ISSUES:
-Some Xbox 360 Controller support issues on Linux (will be fixed soon)
-Office workers sometimes don't correctly name the employee that is blocking them (also due in our next update)
Patch version 0.5.7 is live!
-Fixed a save game issue where save games were being lost after restarting the game
-Updated Oculus compatibility for CV1 users (should function correctly now but let us know if you have issues)
-Corrected issue where characters weren't responding when you weren't paying attention
-Fixed some object trigger issues
-Fixed a bug where Xbox controller input would be interrupted after pausing
KNOWN ISSUES:
-Male crush not fully integrated yet.
-Progress map is out of date and doesn't not fully reflect current progression (will be updated soon).
Version 0.5.6 is LIVE with Oculus Updates, VR improvements and more!
CHANGELIST:
-Greatly improved Oculus VR experience (now more stable, with better movement controls and UI display).
-New highlight system for selecting objects.
-Rearranged puzzle objectives in act 1 and introduction of a few new keys and locked doors.
-Attempted fix for crashes some users experienced at start of game.
-Fix for an infrequent issue where the game crashed when placing objects into the mail shoot in the office.
-Fixed issue where progression map couldn't be exited after completing the game.
-Various bug fixes and corrections.
KNOWN ISSUES:
-Male crush not fully integrated yet.
-Progress map is out of date and doesn't not fully reflect current progression (will be updated soon).
We are eager to get your feedback and I will be hopping onto the forums to see what everyone is saying about the latest version. Thanks and have a good weekend!
Hotfix version 0.5.5 is live
-Fixed issues with the drawer physics
-Added in deeper conversations and interactions with AI characters
KNOWN ISSUES:
-Texture options settings are disabled until version 0.5.6