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Genre: Point-and-click, Music, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

The Low Road

The Low Road Update
The Low Road recent update includes enhanced gameplay mechanics, and improvements ranging from background saving to reworked voice acting; all added to offer up a smoother gameplay experience.

The Low Road Soundtrack Bundle
We just launched both sound tracks on Steam: Songs On The Low Road by Win Well and The Low Road OST by Eric Cheng. You can pick them both up in The Low Road Soundtrack Bundle at 30% off regular price (oh and there's a 30% launch discount too... so let's just say CHEAP!).

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4978/The_Low_Road_Soundtrack_Bundle/

We also just brought one of our classic games to the Steam platform: Defend Your Castle. You might have gotten in trouble for playing the web version of this game in your computer lab or library at school when you probably were supposed to be studying or researching something important. Sorry teachers! If you're looking for a healthy dose of nostalgia hop on over to the DYC store page here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/708710/Defend_Your_Castle/

Most of all, thank you for playing our games!

- The XGen Studios Team

The Low Road is now out on Linux!


We’re so thrilled to announce that in addition to Windows and MacOS, The Low Road is available on Linux through Steam! Adventure Gamers stated The Low Road “just begs to be played and enjoyed” and XGen Studios wanted to give Linux users the opportunity to enjoy the game as well. This is our very first downloadable title to support Linux so we’re very excited to reach a brand new audience that may have played our flash games in the early days of XGen.

Since the release of The Low Road on Steam in late July, our point and click adventure has caught the attention of an international audience winning awards for “Best Character Design” at the Game Design Awards in Dundee UK, and “Best Gaming Experience” at the Ember Awards in Alberta Canada.

Thanks!

- The XGen Team

The Low Road wins Best Character Design at the Game Design Awards


We are so excited to announce that The Low Road won Best Character Design at the Game Design Awards in Dundee UK!

When we set out to create this point and click adventure we knew that the characters would play a huge role in the players' engagement with the narrative. Their personalities came together through a combination of so many skills: the digitally painted figures, witty dialogue, stellar voice acting, and the quirky way in which they moved!

Thank you so much to everyone that has played, shared, reviewed, and streamed The Low Road! You're the best!

- The XGen Team

The Low Road Patch Notes
Thanks for playing The Low Road! The feedback has been so helpful!

ADDITIONS/CHANGES:


<*>Added some music triggers for certain gameplay states in Ch3
<*>Updated some music to include additional instruments
<*>Added some ambient and one-shot SFX to various places
<*>Banner for Unity launcher

FIXES:


<*>Did some post-process cleanup on Horace's VOs to improve quality
Increased import resolution of Turn's art to increase crispness
<*>Fixed some race conditions surrounding inventory item use that could cause soft locks
<*>Fixed artifacts in seams (all quality settings) and screen edges (fastest quality setting) on full-screen sprites
<*>Fixed some FPPs that would display incorrectly, sometimes causing unplayability, at certain strange resolutions
<*>Fixed certain scenes from displaying in an incorrect state in some circumstances
<*>Fixed some dialog logic issues causing "player response" menus to appear when they shouldn't
<*>Fixed some music triggers that stopped working
<*>Fixed some incorrect subtitles
<*>Removed the ability to interact with certain environmental items when they shouldn't be interactable
<*>Adjusted some chapter card display times to better sync with music
<*>Improved timing of some sequences to align audio with visuals
<*>Tweaked audio mixing throughout the game
<*>Fixed some music transitions to be more natural sounding
<*>Prevented certain inventory items from being used repeatedly when they shouldn't be
<*>Fixed some incorrect character babbling in certain conversations
<*>Cleaned up some incorrectly implemented content
<*>Adjusted some graphics to properly reflect the current game state
<*>Adjusted some logic in CH 6 to avoid confusion in some circumstances

The Low Road is out today! 10% release discount!
On launch day we wanted something really special to share with you. Eric Cheng, our Composer and Sound Designer, put together some incredible music for your ears including 6 vocal tracks written and performed by his character Win Well. We also put together a music trailer to give you a taste of the pulsating rock and roll score that accompanies Noomi and the gang throughout The Low Road.

Click the image below to watch the Music Trailer:



Win Well’s Songs On The Low Road: https://winwell.bandcamp.com/album/songs-on-the-low-road

Eric Cheng’s Instrumental Score: http://ericcheng.bandcamp.com/album/the-low-road-ost

Thank you so much for your support and for being a part of XGen's first video game release in over 3 years!

- Scott

We're launching this Wednesday! (July 26th)
3.5 years of dev time and we're now just days away from sharing The Low Road with you!



The Low Road is a point and click adventure with 6 chapters, 32,000 words of darkly comedic dialogue with full voice over for each and every character! Solve branching conversation puzzles and test your spy skills with a variety of first person puzzles.

Thank you all so much for the wishlisting, tweeting, facebook... (ing?) and for spreading the word in whatever way you could. We can't wait to share this unique point and click adventure with the world. See you Wednesday!

- Scott

The Low Road will be out next week! New trailer and screenshots!
It's hard to believe that after just over 3.5 years of development we're just one week away from releasing The Low Road! While you're waiting for the July 26th release date; have a look at the brand new Official Trailer and a whole bunch of new screenshots that we added on our Steam Store page!

Thank you to everyone for all of the support we've received throughout The Low Road's development. We're so excited to share this dark comedic point and click adventure with you next Wednesday!

- Scott

Art Director
XGen Studios