The Crown of Leaves
New release date and stuff
We realized once again that we don’t have enough time to finish the game by the scheduled date (we postponed the release for March the last time). Fortunately, our enthusiasm has not gone anywhere, but, on the contrary, has only intensified, and thanks to our subscribers and patrons, we are increasingly devoting more time to working on the "Crown".
Characters are becoming more detailed and elaborated, the game world is developing, new concepts and secrets are being added, and the plot is branching in the most unexpected ways even for us. Sometimes we have to rewrite the dialogues, and the part of the plot, which was finishes some months ago, disappears, and we are thrown back for a few steps. But now we understand more what we are doing and what is the exact story we write, so the end of the first chapter is just around the corner. Not in March, of course. But not in ten years.
Of course, we could accelerate, and finish the game "as is", to make a re-release after. But the loose, hastily-written plot will surely cause your discontent, and we will immediately have a great desire to correct something and rewrite it, and this usually does not end well with anything. In the end, players become confused with the story.
We decided to get rid of puzzles (this isn’t our strong side, and we don’t know why we even started this). Instead, we will concentrate on in-game riddles and simple ciphers, the solution of which will depend solely on your attentiveness. There will be plot riddles - they can be missed if you are completely focused on the main story and the lore - and there will be side and optional riddles that open the ways to secret branches.
(For us, it was a big surprise that many people did not find cookie in the game. We can only advise you to look more closely at locations and do not forget to go back to where you were already – something may suddenly change! In the full version of the game, we plan to revitalize the environment, so it will react to your actions and change during the plot, so don’t miss it :>)
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Of course, there is a great risk to raise the bar once again and improve the game ONCE AGAIN - for example, to make more background animations and etc, etc, but then the game will be done in many years only. We are grateful to people for their feedback on the new demo, as well as their wishes, which help the game to develop. Unfortunately, we can not fulfil all the wishes, so we are only working with things people mention the most, like: mark the scanned tags in the locations, loop the background music, increase the speed of scrolling in the panoramas.
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The next approximate release date is October 2018.
Also we were going to shorten the first episode a little to speed up the work. Accordingly, the price for it, too, will be less, and it will cost somewhere around 200 rubles (4-5 dollars).
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Keep following the Crown! To celebrate the new release date, we will soon share new concepts, backgrounds and sprites with you.
DEMO 2.0 released
We are pleased to announce that the demo 2.0 is finished. We put everything together and added a lot of new, beautiful and interesting things (although something we have still reserved for the full version of the game).
- The main innovation: inventory. Now you can take items from your inventory into your hand, use them, show them to characters and apply them.
- The next thing you will definitely like: we have extended the story in the demo. Now you will find out what your decision will lead to in the Veglamb line. Cool? Cool.
- We added three new locations, and the Hill camp definitely became bigger. They locations play their roles in the full version of the game, but for now you can walk in, look around and even meet someone new.
- It seems that you have something new in Mindscape! Namely: the upgraded design and one new and very important article. Or not only one.
- The first location is completely redrawn, and the second is upgrated and expanded.
Happy New Year!
The rescheduling of the release
We know that you are looking forward to the "Crown of the leaves" and are supporting us in all possible ways. This means a lot to us. When we work on the game, we think about you - about making it interesting to read the dialogs and to solve small in-game riddles, to enjoy colorful backgrounds and animated sprites. We listen to your opinion and improve what has already been done. We feel a great responsibility for your expectations, and we certainly don't want to disappoint you in any case.
We had to postpone the game once, from spring until the autumn (almost winter, actually), and it looks like we have to do it again. The whole story is much deeper now. We finally thought over the details of the plot. We have added more branch lines and the plot is depended on the dialogues now. All this requires a lot of energy and attention, and we need more time to finish the game.
Our small team is working hard on the script, but some events of the summer and autumn have knocked us down and reduced our productivity. Natalie De Corsar was going through a loss. Grimm had a serious surgery. But even during these periods, we didn't stop to draw and write.
In any case, we assign the next approximate date of the release - Spring 2018. We plan to finish the work in March, but we will see in the process and will keep you informed anyway.
ATTENTION! You all can check our progress, because we' are going to upload the new demo, as it's bigger and better now. The demo will be released by the New Year. You will see the updated inventory, improved design, and also you'll finally find out what happened to Rui after he dug (or cut, depending on your choice) the Veglamb! Also, you will get acquainted with some new characters, will look at the redesigned backgrounds and new animations!
Demo update!
- Fixed text & translation bugs;
- Help & skipping added to the Riddle screen;
- Edited final Patreon invitation
The Crown of Leaves Demo update!
- Fixed translation bugs with additional dialogues and items' descriptions.
- Fixed "Tsourai" article