WW Edition / The complete soundtrack is now available on YouTube
The game is now named "The Last Dogma - Wilder Wein Edition" to reflect many significant updates it got since release.
I didn't post any updates in the last months due to lack of feedback, but now it seems there are problems with Chapter Select menu and some new in-game texts, which will be fixed in the next patch.
If you found some bug or a typo, please let me know.
Soundtrack DLC is now available on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/PLHPBRWPQtM
DRM-Free Standard version of the game is now upgraded to Deluxe. Which means that the soundtrack is now available for FREE (I love when people spell it like that, like "free" is a magic word) for all buyers of non-Steam version:
https://sashadarko.itch.io/the-last-dogma
The Last Dogma 1.6 LA is now available for Windows
The new big update is now available. It features new terrain textures, rewritten dialogues, different character movement, graphics bug fixes and many other things. See more details in the previous announcement.
Linux version will be uploaded soon.
The next update most likely will be the last one.
News about the next update - Textures, Movement and No Guns (Late Access)
I'm back working on the game, despite not having any motivation to do so (Valve, US laws and banks take more than 50% of all money I earn on Steam, which is very devastating).
There are just some crucial things need to be done to make the game better which I want to do for the game's sake and for people who still didn't play it.
Textures, for example. I'm currently changing all in-game textures, especially the ones which were very low-res (like 512x512).
This how terrain on the first level looks now:
http://imgur.com/a/JbJpD
And this is how it looked before:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=634962390
Most importantly, these new textures still create the same atmosphere of desolation which I wanted, despite being more "bright".
The character movement was changed significantly and the new movement system feels somewhat similar to The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Speaking of which, the game as whole moves to the side of being "walking simulator", just the very first level is no longer has any enemies and weapons.
I'll change the title of the game to "The Last Dogma - Late Access" until I finish working on all these new updates. It's not "October Edition" anymore, obviously.
Director's Cut Announcement
I'm working on the final big update for the Unity4-based version of the game (which will be labeled "Director's Cut"). After that I'll be working on a Unity5-based remake and looking for a US publisher to release it (I'm done with marketing and I don't want to deal with atrocious Steam payment system anymore).
Transiting from Unity 4 to Unity 5 can just kill the game (messing up every single object and make all scripts obsolete), so Unity5 remake might be in development for months or won't be released at all (if I won't find the publisher).
Fun fact: transiting from just Unity 4.2 to 4.3 back in a day destroyed the project completely (at least I had a backup).
So...
Planned features / goals for Director's Cut: - Alternate version of the main campaign without any shooting (with an alternate story) + some other plot changes
- More polish (including fancy animated interludes), more consistent style
- Bigger levels
- Need to make sure there aren't any spelling errors / typos left, for that I'm looking for a third proofreader
- Updated sounds / graphics / GUI / controls
- New videos / updated old ones
- System which will inform you how many secrets you found on the level (at least there would be a pop-up saying what secret you found when you find it)
What most definitely will be in Unity 5 remake: - Better graphics with physics-based shaders (because we are all know that 99% of people play 3D first person games for cutting edge graphics)
- Controller support
- Mouse invert
- New characters / secrets
- More animations / effects / scripts
- Fuck if I know, time will tell
Bonus (Update 1.5.7 patch notes)
Update 1.5.7 (November 21)
- New main menu background
- Spelling fixes (textures)
- Font fixes
- Credits GUI fix
- Other fixes
Update 1.5.6 is now available for Windows
Aside from bringing back Full HD, it completely changes all comic book pages which you read between levels. The update is not fully tested yet and a hotfix will follow it (without announcement). I've already spotted that at least one page wasn't updated.
If your FPS is below 60, please report the issue (including your specs) and switch back to 768p.
- Full HD (1080p) option is back
- ALL comic pages have been changed, all lines have been rewritten and the pages themselves now follow one specific style
- Escape menu GUI has been changed a bit
- Chapter Select: fixed a typo ("When" -> "Then")
Massive October Update! (Windows & Linux)
Quite big 1.5.5 update is now available for both Windows and Linux / SteamOS versions.
List of changes: - Trailer lines have been rewritten, new quotes have been added
- Walking while pressing arrows during dialogues is no more
- Complete redesign of all character avatars (to follow one specific style)
- All interlude messages have been changed and redesigned
- All dialogues now have Helvetica 18" font
- All dialogues now have different pacing (the number of lines appearing at one time is now strictly limited to 3)
- Village / Underground Base dialogues now have new details and have been slightly rewritten
- New character has been added to 1366 Year level
- Developer logo tagline has been changed
- Faily News - few more words have been added
- Inquisition enemies' shields have been removed
- Inquisition enemies' shaders have been changed
- New model added: Table lamp
- New model added: Table lamp 2
- New model added: Cola cup
- Underground base location minor redesign (using new models)
- Village level object shader changes
- "God" word has been removed from the head of the village caretaker
- Poem 1 has been changed
- Other minor fixes
Update 1.5.3 Hotfix Is Now Available for Calculator and Toster platforms
List of changes:
- Key model on the first level is now visible (and has been replaced with the new one)
- Blood trail fixes
- NPC model shader fixes
- Level select shaders have been changed from Diffuse to Self-Illuminated
- Other minor shader fixes
Update 1.5.3 Is Now Available for PC
List of changes:
- Tutorial: Subtitle typos fixed
- Tutorial: More options for the crate and new monologues
- Village: Major dialogue fixes + more bits of the new writing direction
- Village: "Collect" icon removed
- Desert: Fall damage removed
- Underground base: Blood texture fixes
- Underground base: Note to Diana rewritten
- Underground base: "Touch" and "Collect" icons removed
- Year 1366: "Touch" and "Collect" icons removed
- Year 1366: Fall damage removed
- City: small shader fix for the line on the garage door
- City: "Touch" and "Collect" icons removed
- Menu: dot added
- Credits: minor fixes
- Developer note screen: minor fix
Update 1.5.2 Is Now Available for PC
New 32 mb is now available. It's practically a big fix for the first level, which changes its color palette, image effects, player movement and also includes some other minor things. I wasn't satisfied with colors there and Glow effect was too heavy. I'm not a fan of Glow Effect in games, but it's an essential component for the first level to create an atmosphere I wanted. I hope I managed to reach a compromise with Glow settings in the new update.
- Color correction on the first level (now everything looks different and has much more bright colors, more pleasing to the eyes)
- Dialogue with laughing cultist is now different and fits new writing direction
- Gun animation parameters have been changed (first level)
- Bloom has been disabled (first level)
- Gloom has been heavily reduced and now has different color settings (first level)
- Fall damaged has been removed (first level)
- First level object fixes (size, shininess, etc.)
- Shader fixes (first level)
- Small main menu fix ("cartridge" replaced with "developer commentary")
Update 1.5.1 Is Now Available for PC
List of changes:
- All characters on level "Year 1366" now speak entirely different sort of English
- First enemy soldier rotation fix
- Subtitles fix: from "fly" to "flight"
- Changed the line "near Koslovo" to "somewhere near Koslovo"
- Dialogue fix for cultist Nikolai
- Minor camera changes
- Splash Screen 2 is now removed
