Wait: Extended
French Hotfix for the 2.0 version
Wait: The Patient - OUT NOW
Wait: The Patient is out NOW.
If you enjoyed Wait - Extended, you now have the chance to experience the story of another previous tentant of Wait's apartment, who is also mentioned every now and then throughout the game.
Wait: The Patient
Wait: The Patient is releasing in 6 days!
our semi-prequel to Wait is releasing in only 6 days.
If you enjoyed Wait and want to find out more about what happened in the past, then maybe 'The Patient' will answer some of your open questions.
Even if you didn't finish all playthroughs of Wait, you'll get something out of 'The Patient', we're sure.
Here's the final trailer:
If you're interested, be sure to wishlist and/or follow.
Have a great weekend.
Wait - 2.0 Update
If you are currently in the middle of a playthrough, it is safer to start the playthrough from the beginning, but it's not a necessity.
2.0 Changelog:
Presentation:
- Most ingame illustrations have been overhauled
- Title screen artworks have been overhauled
- Added voice for the audio logs you can find
- Added a day cycle animation
- Certain dialogue texts have been colored in for better character distinction
- Adjusted some SFX volumes
- Added atmopheric background noise in certain areas
Features:
- Added an item overview that can be opened actively, and removed the item images on the side of the screen.
- Added item illustrations for almost all items for that purpose.
- Disabled the infamous F12 key, that would restart your game immediately.
Game Flow:
- Removed the possibility of getting a different ending in the 1st playthrough, which led to some confusion and frustration.
- Changed the story flow in the 3rd night of the 2nd playthrough for more clarity.
- Added a new artwork to the chase in the 2nd night of the 1st playthrough.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug that made it impossible to put the small lamp back in Riley's Basement.
- Added some missing text in the German version.
- Changed an event that would display German text in the French version, on the second interaction.
- Changed French text in the 3rd night of the 4th playthrough that was displayed in German.
- Fixed some typos in the English version,
- Fixed a bug where, under certain conditions, a wrong item would be given to the player.
We hope you enjoy the update and as always, feel free to join our Discord if you have any questions or feedback or issues:
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Wait: The Patient - Store page live
after much consideration, we've decided to separate The Patient from Wait - Extended,
and turn it into its own game.
There are multiple reasons for this decision. One being the technical issues that we briefly mentioned in a previous post, but also the fact that The Patient has become a much bigger project than we first anticipated, and we feel like it deserves to be its own game.
So many people have put such wonderful work into the project, and we wouldn't want their work to be hidden within an 8 year old game.
That way, it will also be possible for The Patient to have its own demo, achievements, trading cards, community hub, and so on.
That being said, we're super excited to release the Steam store page for Wait: The Patient today:
Wait: The Patient Store Page
All Steam updates and news regarding the project will now be posted there, so make sure to follow and wishlist.
Demo Release and development update
Demo Release
Today we released a playable demo of 'Wait - Extended' that let's you play through the first nights of the main story. The demo version is already in version 2.0 which features some new artwork and some quality of life improvements. That being said, the full game still remains in v1.8, just to clear up any confusion should you play the full game after having played the demo.
So, if you were uncertain about purchasing the game up until now, we invite you to play the demo and see for yourself if it's something for you.
You can find it on the store page of the full game.
Development of 2.0
As for the development of 2.0 'The Patient', we are nearing its end. While we said Q1 in our teaser, due to private matters, it didn't work out and we apologize.
The story of the new side story has been completely developed and now we are implementing all sorts of polishing and extra elements that are still open, such as some optional side quests and secrets, as well as the artwork overhaul for the main story.
We hope you are as excited for it as we are and stay tuned.
Development Update and RPG Maker Festival
here's a very late "first update of the year".
RPG Maker Festival 2024
Before we dive into the current development, the RPG Maker Festival 2024 has started and we are participating with 'Wait - Extended'. So if you want to check out the game before the big update, you could get it now for a small discount.
We also encourage you to check out the other great games participating in the festval.
RPG Maker Festival 2024
Development
As for the development of 'The Patient' and version 2.0, we have finished almost all of the illustrations for the cutscenes and will start voice recording for the protagonist this week. We're very excited to put the visuals and audio together and eventually show you the results.
As part of the update, the artwork from the base game will also be overhauled with the new style, which we will start, after all artwork for 'The Patient' has been created.
On the coding side, we are trying to find a good fix for the infamous F12 key that, per engine default, restarts the game, instead of taking a Steam screenshot. Since this requires making changes to the core system, we're being very cautious with the whole plan. The last thing we want is to break what's already there.
As for the gameplay, sadly the game flow implementation isn't finished yet. The beginning of the year was wild and didn't leave as much time for development, as we had hoped. We are still aiming for our Q1 goal, though.
A final note
Lastly, a little request - we're a very small passion driven team and although passion is an important factor when making games, it doesn't help if no one knows about your game. Marketing a game these days is like chewing on a tough piece of meat, and if you like our game and what we do, we'd like to kindly ask for your assistance in this regard. Share the trailer, our Steam page, our Discord with people you think are into that kind of game. Everything helps us get a little more traction.
Thank you.
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Winter Sale and Holidays
as the holidays draw near, we are also preparing to spend a few days with the familiy.
But not without letting you hear from us first.
The Steam Winter Sale is upon us and if you feel the extra need for some holiday eeriness, you can grab Wait - Extended for a discount.
Apart from a little setback due to sickness, we made good progress. Because of the different setting and the possibility to talk to a lot of people (which you seldom do in the base game), we were faced with a different kind of story writing challenge and had quite a few design sessions with a lot of back and forth, before we settled on the final gameflow.
As always and in tradition of games like these, there will be riddles and we try our best to make them as entertaining, challenging, and non-frustrating as we can. Some are optional and some are integrated in the story.
We wish you Happy Holidays and look forward to next year's release of the update.
Cheers from the rest.less Games team.
About release dates and teasers
we've been working a lot on the scarier parts of the new content, drawing inspiration from other incredible games (especially old ones), while trying to stay true to the way we convey horror in the base game (no jump scares, only atmosphere).
By now, it is easier to evaluate when we'll be done and while we cannot give you a specific date yet, we can definitely say it is going to be some time in Q1 of 2024 (therefore soon-ish).
To give you a bit of a taste of what you can expect from 'The Patient', we prepared this short teaser. We hope you enjoy and if you do, wishlist or purchase the game on Steam and join our Discord.
About artwork, voices and content
Hello everyone,
we apologize for the long radio silence. We had many changes happening to the project, and a variety of plans were set into motion. Some things are still uncertain, which is why we can't talk about them yet.
As for the things we can talk about:
New artist:
We have a new artist, who will not only provide the artwork for 'The Patient', but also overhaul the artwork of the base game.
We're very excited and hope you enjoy her art as much as we do.
Voiced Scenes:
After evaluating the possibility for a long time, we decided to have a few select scenes in 'The Patient' that are voiced. These scenes are key scenes of 'The Patient's plot, for which we thought that putting in voices was appropriate.
In this regard, we're happy to announce that we have already found the voice actors for our two main characters in this story, and that recordings have already started.
Content:
- Choices with consequences: At some times in the 'The Patient' you get to decide what the character is going to say or do, which will impact later parts of the story or even shape the nature and atmosphere of the scarier moments of the game.
- There will be lots of objects to interact with
- To support the explorative nature of this side story, we added lots of secrets and riddles.
- You can talk with the hospital staff throughout the different time phases and help them (or don't).
- We also added a few quality of life features (for example, an updating map).
We hope you like it and don't forget to join our Discord, if you haven't already:
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Until next time.