Join Powerhoof's Dave Lloyd (That's me!) as I show off The Drifter and chat about the inspiration and design ideas behind it!
I'm going to show some never-before seen footage of the early version of the demo with some of my programmer art like this-
And then we'll see if we can adding some of Matt and Barney's new background art over my version of this scene from later in the game! If you have any questions, I'll be answering them in the chat too!
Demo
On top of that, The Drifter demo's available all week to try out, so get stuck into it!
- Dave
Investigate The Drifter Demo during the Steam Mystery Fest!
Something's rotten in the city of Mawson.
We've been working hard on The Drifter, and the Steam Mystery fest felt like a great time to show off some of what we've been doing!
Updated Demo
The updated demo is live, so if you've missed it so far, you have this week to check it out! If you've played before, it's the same section, but with some spit and polish and a trailer at the end teasing never before seen gameplay.
New screenshots
We've got a bunch of new screenshots we're sharing on the steam page too, so check it out if you haven't for a while.
Steam deck support
The game's also running great on Steam Deck, with it's unique dual-stick interaction controls, if you have a deck, be sure to check it out!
Progress
The game's still a while away from releasing, or even announcing a release date... but the whole game is playable with placeholder art and temp dialog, and we have 3 artists on board now, so we're starting to really churn through content!
To keep up to date with development, or if you just wanna hang and chat, jump in our discord!
Cheers! Dave
The Drifter Dev Diaries!
Hullo, Dave here! I've recently starting recording little developer diary videos for The Drifter during a dev stream, and sticking them up on youtube. In each I talk about or share some stuff we've been working on, and also talk a bit about a topic, either something about the Drifter, or related to adventure game development in general.
I'm just recording these during a twitch stream, and uploading without editing, so they're nice and raw and unpolished. But that also means it doesn't take time away from development, and I'll actually keep up with making them!
So check them out if you're keen to see what's been happening on the Drifter!
The Drifter Demo Dev Stream
Dev stream
Join Powerhoof's Dave Lloyd (That's me!) as I play through the demo of my game The Drifter, and blather on about its development.
I'm gonna go into details about the idea behind the game, inspirations, the control scheme, and my approach to writing and puzzle design. If you have any questions, I'll be answering them in the chat too!
Demo
On top of that, The Drifter demo's available all week to try out, so get stuck into it!
Sale
On top of THAT, our past games Crawl, and Regular Human Basketball will be on sale for the duration of the event! Check out ours, and other Melbourne Games week games on sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/migw2021
Update on The Drifter
I'll be going into this in the stream, but I've recently got a first draft of the whole game playable, albeit in an extreeeemly rough state, so for the first time since putting the demo together, I'm getting new actual real art from a real actual artist into the game.
^ Here's some of characters from the second chapter!
Anyway, my hope is that now I'm at this stage, and I know what the whole game even is, I'll be able to start sharing more as we continue building the thing!
- Dave
Play The Drifter Demo during The Big Adventure Event
As part of The Big Adventure Event on Steam, you'll be able to play an early sneak-peek demo of The Drifter!
The devs (well, Dave at least) will be lurking in the steam community forums, so feel free to ask any questions there.
You'll only be able to play for the duration of the event, until January 25. So don't miss out!
