Hiya! Selamat hari kamis (Happy Thursday), citizens of Neo-Surabaya!
After developing our game for more than three unforgettable years, we’re super excited to announce the release date of Rendezvous.
Rendezvous is Coming to you on April 11th, 2023!
Check out the release announcement trailer
Rendezvous is a 2.5D cyber-noir pixel art action-puzzle adventure game of family, betrayal, and dangerous secrets set against the backdrop of Bay City and Neo-Surabaya.
Follow the story of Setyo, a former criminal agent now living a mundane life as a security technician in Bay City. When an old companion turns up one evening at the local bar and reveals Setyo's sister is working with the most dangerous Cyberrunner group in Neo-Surabaya, Setyo realizes he must face his sins and return to save what's left of his family. Can he save his sister from her future? And can he save himself from his past?
We will also be releasing a single off the Rendezvous OST by Arkaeus on March 17th.
"I'm super excited to announce my debut in video game composing with a promotional single for Pendopo Creation's upcoming game Rendezvous, "Shadows of the Past"! This is one of 28 tracks that will be available on the Original Soundtrack that comes with the purchase of the game on Steam and will also be freely available to download/stream on April 11th" - Arkaeus
It's been quite a long time since we posted our last devlog right? Many things have changed and we have exciting news for you!
Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past demo now cover Neo-Surabaya for a limited time!
Yes, we hear you all! You want to see the Neo-Surabaya right?
You can now experience the Wonokromo part of Neo-Surabaya in the limited-time prologue demo of our Cyber-Noir adventure. Available free from
January - February 2023
The Wonokromo
In the limited demo, we bring you the Wonokromo. A place where you can find the remnants of the old world and tradition crashed with technological advancement that has overtaken the city. Here you can find preman thugs, a workshop with cannibalized stuff, cyberunner gangs doing their things, and many more!
Some said you can find the infamous thieves' market somewhere near the station in Wonokromo, both in Neo-Surabaya and the real-life Surabaya. You can find thieves, ordinary citizens, to police officers in this place, not doing any arrests. Interesting situation huh? Anything you want or need to find, just ask the fencer, he’ll probably gonna get you some in no time. With the right price of course.
A great place to find nighttime street foods. You might wanna try some martabak, lalapan, and mie ayam.
Development Progress
From the street of Bay City to the Sea Wall of Neo-Surabaya, we have already detailed the environments of cyberpunk cities. We’ve completed the settings, balanced the game, and fixed some bugs, audio, and translations.
We heard your feedback and we try to bring the best Rendezvous experience to you. While the combat itself isn’t a big focus in the game, we’ve balanced the stealth and combat gameplay.
Fixed some bugs, glitches, and English localization. Many thanks to Tautheory for his part in localizing and proofreading the game into English! We also fixed some audio where you can’t hear some of the character's voices during cutscenes.
“What?! I can’t hear you!”
I think that’s all I can tell you right now. I have a story to share about the Neo-Surabaya and its development, but that’s for the next devlog okay? Great!
Hope you guys have some “fun” in Wonokromo! Peace!
Hiya! We're so excited to release a new update for Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past. There are some changes to this prologue from the last update.
We also decided to pull some languages since we want to give the true experience in other languages with proper localization.
As you experience our cyber-noir 2.5D pixel adventure, consider leaving a review here on Steam to help us further develop and polish the game as we approach full launch on Rendezvous! Thank you for playing.
It's been a week since we released Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past here on Steam! Our free prologue gives you a taste into our cyber-noir 2.5D adventure and Setyo's dangerous past.
We've been pouring over your clips and feedback and are excited to share with you our thoughts and next steps as we approach the release of our full game, Rendezvous.
"Love the graphics. The art has the retro pixel feel but with a nuanced modern touch. Really quite beautifully done." -tijgerlil
We are so thrilled to see so many of you connecting with the art of Rendezvous! Ambience in the game has been a key focus from the start, and as we continue to crush bugs and increase the quality of game mechanics, we strive to keep and improve upon the art style already connecting with you.
"The game's lovely pixel art reminded me of how much I enjoyed the Blackwell games...I like how the main character (I think) is Indonesian because there wasn't much representation in similar games I've played in the past. " -Jedo
We are a developer team based in Indonesia, and are ecstatic to be working on a game that can reach across the globe and offer a glimpse into an albeit fantasy and futuristic Indonesia. Thank you for taking interest in our world!
"Love that it has voice acting in English with Indonesian accent...add options to change the volume for BGM, Voice, and Sound Effects." -Teetotaler
We are so glad to see you all connect with the plot and delivery of Rendezvous' story so far! As far as localization goes, we are in the middle of working with a localization team on the finalized script for Rendezvous and excited to see that polish reflected in the final game.
"Make the stealth more rewarding or have it feel different....the translation could use a bit more polish. Some sentences were confusing. " -Johnker
"The hacking puzzles have no consequences when you did something wrong." -Teetotaler
Concerning stealth, combat and puzzle mechanics: your feedback has helped us consider mechanic balancing and introductions to set you up for success both in the prologue and in the full game. We're currently implementing a new stealth interaction in the prologue area, and rebalancing stealth and combat overall. Visuals are also being polished to more clearly help you navigate and solve areas and puzzles.
Thank you for playing Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past!
If you haven't yet left a review, we would greatly appreciate your help as we work on the final game. Thank you!
Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past is Available NOW!
The day has finally come! We're so excited to release our prologue, Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past.
In this free prologue here on Steam, you'll explore Bay City as Setyo receives news that his past might be finally catching up to him...and his sister. Can he give up his new life to save his sister? And what...or who...might stand in his way?
As you experience our cyber-noir 2.5D pixel adventure, consider leaving a review here on Steam to help us further develop and polish the game as we approach full launch on Rendezvous! Thank you for playing.
Prologue Development: Localizations, Legibility and UI Polishing
Time passes quickly when you're on a mission to save your sister in Neo-Subaraya: or making sure that you have a fighting chance in-game during prologue development!
Here are some of the updates we've been working on as we get closer to prologue release:
Changelog
Updated main menu layout with new design for better clarity
Implemented localized dialogue text in Bahasa Indonesia
Implemented font Cyrilic in the UI, Journal, Interact and Character Name menus/boxes
Localization of character names for Japanese, Simple Chinese and Russian
Implemented the localization of dialogue text for Indonesian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
Next Steps
Adjustments of platform landing pages for the prologue
Implement the dialogue text for Japanese, Chinese simplified, Russian, French
Prologue ending adjustments (all good things must end, for now!)
Thank You
Thank you for your support and interest in the world of Rendezvous so far! We'll see you very soon with more news on our prologue release🌆
Welcome to the development of our 2.5D cyber-noir action-puzzle adventure game! Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past is the prologue to our upcoming full game, Rendezvous, and we are excitedly polishing and finalizing development to bring you the prologue very soon.
Here's are some of the areas we've tackled this past month:
Changelog
Added a resolution control setting within the Main Menu
Added a new tutorial system for clarity
Implemented X-Box controller compatibility
Added a UI tutorial for the X-box controller
Added different portraits for the same characters
Looks like he hates his job...
Next Steps
Fixing a bug for PS4 controller compatibility
Tackling bugs within prologue's puzzle
Can you solve this puzzle? Neither can we! Since some of the hints are missing...🐛but we're fixing it now!
Thank You
Thank you for your support and interest in the world of Rendezvous so far! We'll see you very soon with more news on our prologue release🌆
