Tailypo: The Game
Tailypo: The Game Will Soon be Free-to-Play
Tailypo: The Game was released a few years back, and unfortunately, it has some bugs. Namely, performance issues. This is my first game, and I made it mostly by myself, so I couldn't commit the time and resources to hash out these issues. I have two children, a normal job, and at the time, some health issues. Additionally, I've become a single father since releasing the game, so my time is limited.
I put my heart into this game and learned a lot along the way, so it means a lot to me regardless of the perception of unfinished bugs and other issues. I hope you can see where and why I put my time and attention into this.
As a result, I'm now (March 2023) making the game free-to-play, so anyone who wants to play it can do so. I recommend high-end graphics cards to handle the winter scenes as they were originally built (and I will adjust the system requirements, so players know what is needed).
Fortunately, the performance issues should be mostly resolved with the latest graphics cards and systems.
If you play the game for free, and especially if you do so with a top-end graphics card, and you enjoy yourself, please leave a positive review. If enough people do so, I may be encouraged enough to spend a few days knocking out the final bugs :)
Thank you and enjoy!
Tailypo: Major Update!
- Made the intro scene in the game much brighter so players aren't easily disoriented.
- While we understand the desire to see a game menu immediately, we designed the game to feel like a film and don't intend to allow players to access the menu until after the intro crawl has displayed upon first play. This may not be ideal for new players who want quick access to a menu, but we promise, the menu is there and fully functional. Just find the cabin! Follow the smoke! ;)
- Improved game mechanics.
- Significantly improved performance.
- Improved visuals.
- Made shadows less expensive.
- Added foliage to winter environment.
- Rebuilt lighting on all maps. We had some significant issues with our lighting builds, and still do, but we've rebuilt lighting across the game as much as possible for the time being. We intend to improve this further, but for now, performance should improve quite a bit. We believe our previous lighting builds were the sore spot for performance issues. If you notice an improvement in performance, please let us know.
This update is live now.
To celebrate these updates we will issue a 50% discount for the week of February 2nd. Enjoy the Super Bowl weekend!
Tailypo Removal
Rather than properly supporting a title which is not financially viable to us, we've decided to remove the game from the store. For those who believe the product is overpriced, we don't feel it would be right to sell the game at a steep discount if we are not properly supporting the title.
We've had a large number of wish-list requests, but we don't feel we will be able to satisfy the expectations of the community with the product in its current form.
Updates!
- Added keybinds.
- Improved visuals.
Updates!
- Fixed immortal enemies (oops).
- Further improved visuals and collisions in the outdoor area.
- Improved cave visuals.
- Further improved gameplay mechanics in the outdoor area and eliminated more unnecessary interactions.
- Added more blood VFX.
Thank you!
Updates!
- Removed additional pausing interactions which did not add to outdoor gameplay.
- Added further and significant graphical improvements to outdoor maps.
- Fixed some minor gameplay mechanics.
Enjoy!
Updates!
- The price has been lowered to $24.99, this will be the only price adjustment for the foreseeable future.
- The "outdoor" part of the game has been revised significantly.
- Dialogues have been shortened and the delay was reduced to speed up interaction mechanics.
- The winter environment visuals have been improved with more planned for a future update.
- Added more enemies.
- Added more huntable animals.
- Added VFX while hunting.
- Gave the player gun access earlier in the outdoor part.
- More animal permanence.
- Improved performance.
We hope these updates and other planned updates in the future add to your experience with the game!
We take all feedback to heart - thank you!
Tailypo Released!
New Release Date!
Enjoy!