Westwood Shadows
Westwood Shadows Demo - Gameplay!
We are going live on Saturday!
Join us this Saturday to go through the Prologue together and discuss about the game development stages.
Join our Kickstarter campaign and claim the Early bird and many physical items from the game!
Watch the LiveStream on our Prologue page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1717810/Westwood_Shadows_Prologue/
See you all on Saturday,
RedSoup team
Westwood Shadows is going to Kickstarter
We’ve been planning this for a long time and now it’s happening!
We are launching a Kickstarter campaign in November!
This means more content, better animations and more!
Sign up to claim the early birds when we go live on November 9th!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redsoupstudio/westwood-shadows-0
See you all there,
RedSoup team
Launching the Prologue for Westwood Shadows
Play the Prologue here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1717810/Westwood_Shadows_Prologue/
Our small indie team has worked really hard to cover all the aspects we wanted to have ready for this small piece of Westwood Shadows. The full version of the game will include extra features such as enemy encounters, combat and more!
We count on you to share your thoughts and feedback to make Westwood Shadows even better.
Feel free to use the following form if you want to help us improve the game.
ːsteamthumbsupː Feedback Form on Google
Below you can find a list of known issues and things we want to improve:
- A section under the game menu will be added which will include all tutorials.
- A tutorial on how to unlock doors by using the keys from the inventory will be added.
- An indication for the remaining battery of the flashlight will be added.
- The player will be able to close all menus by pressing ESC.
- Controller functionality is still under development.
- Announced languages will be added in a patch close to the game's completion.
- Some of the settings in-game don't work as intended. This will be fixed asap.
- Steam Achievements will be added.
- Inspection of all picked up items will be added.
- More interaction with the environment.
Want to share a bug?
We want to fix it! Join us on discord and contact us! We really appreciate every comment.
https://discord.gg/Sn2tXWsckQ
Please don't forget to add the full game to your wishlist (and share it with your friends!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122360/Westwood_Shadows/
If you're interested in supporting our game, here's the link to our upcoming Kickstarter campaign:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redsoupstudio/westwood-shadows-0
Thank you all
RedSoup team
Let's play Westwood Shadows
WE ARE LIVE HERE:
https://www.twitch.tv/redsoupstudio
Westwood Shadows goes to Kickstarter!
Dear friends,
We are going to Kickstarter!
We have been planning this for a long time and we are finally ready to go to Kickstarter. This will enable us to enrich the game with more details on our levels and work harder with extra help from more professionals.
We will need your help and support to make this game as good as we are planning! Sign up to the campaign page to get notified when we go live and claim the early bird perks.
Hit that "Notify me on launch" and please share with your friends and don't forget to play the demo!
More details along with the launch date will be announced soon!
See you all in our next update,
Redsoup
New updated version of the demo coming out in May
Hello!
We are very happy to launch our website with some wonderful news and progress from Westwood Shadows.
It’s been a pleasure to receive all your feedback and comments from the pre-alpha version of the demo. We read each and every comment from people who played or watched the game from YouTubers and we encourage all of you to send us your thoughts.
In the meantime we decided to refine the story and work on the mechanics and all the missing parts from that demo. We are happy to announce that the new demo is almost complete and will be available by the end of next month.
Before that we wanted to update you with a list of all the features added and what is now different from the pre-alpha version of the game.
“We are happy to announce that the new demo is almost complete and will be available by the end of next month.”
The list below only shows what has been already implemented in the demo but there are still features that will be included in the full game and will be revealed in time.
- New intro cinematic
- Peter Bennet’s model
- The Fosters mansion design was updated to reflect the story better
- Cabinets and drawers can now be interacted and there are elements that the player can find through researching
- New cinematic for the first encounter with a shadow
- Introduction to Sanity regeneration system
- New UI for the main menu, save-load screen
- New UI and functionality for player’s Inventory and Journal system
- Fixed the saving and loading system
- Fixed Frame drops issue
Thank you all for being a part of this and we will be back soon with more updates!
Redsoup
Peter Bennet Character Announcement
As we are getting close to finishing the lead character Peter Bennet we wanted to post an update on what's been done the last couple of weeks. If you missed our previous announcements, we are still working on an updated version of the demo which will introduce new mechanics to the player and will feature an overall better understanding of the game.
Finished tasks:
* UI functionality for Journal
* UI functionality for Inspection
* UI functionality for main menu
* UI functionality for game settings
* Character model for Peter Bennet
Currently in development:
* Peter Bennet Character: Basic in-game functions
* Peter Bennet animation cycles for in-game and cut-scenes
* New password generation on new game for all keypads and number-based puzzles
* Loading Screen re-design
Upcoming updates:
* Health regeneration system
* Cut scenes animation
A few things to expect from the new version of the demo are listed below:
* Peter Bennet character in first person
* More interactable content within the game
* Updated environments design
* New user interface designs
* Updated story elements
* Introduction to health regeneration system
* Introduction to saving system
* Animated Cutscenes
We can't wait to share with you more screenshots of Peter Bennet but we are still finishing a few parts so stay tuned and please spread the word. We are counting on you to make this game as great as it's already promising to be!
Redsoup team
Development update #3
Dear friends,
We are very excited about all the positive feedback and some extremely helpful advice and suggestions from all of you who played the first demo of Westwood Shadows!
When we first started this game it was just 2 people with no experience at all in making games but with a lot of passion and many stories to tell! We then released the demo to start getting feedback and this happened. Suddenly this game started to draw more attention and love from people around the world.
It is your love and support that drove us into making a few decisions. First of all, the User Interfaces are getting a redesign. We consulted many gamers and we put a lot of thinking into making the user experience, as pleasant and easy to use as possible.
The inventory and Journal of the game were the first Interfaces to be redesigned and recoded. Below is a screenshot of the Journal.
The coding of the game as it was by the time of the release of the demo has been fully replaced with a much more efficient and clean version. This fixes the issues with some frame lagging and overall feel during gameplay. Saving and loading the game has also been implemented with new User Interface as seen below.
*Difficulty mode is something we are still considering but is not it our current list of things to do. We would love to hear your thoughts about this in the comments.
Most of the re-design of the core of the game is complete but there are still lots to do. Therefore the release of the game will be transferred for 2021.
Before we wrap up this post we wanted to thank you all again for playing the first demo by sharing this compilation we made out of the videos you shared!
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Till the next time we hope you all stay safe and enjoy gaming!
We will keep you posted with further spoiler-free updates!
Redsoup team
Youtubers play Westwood Shadows
We're really excited to see so many Youtubers playing and enjoying the Pre-Alpha demo of Westwood Shadows and we want to thank all of you for your comments and feedback. We are watching each and every one we find even if we can't understand the non-English speakers. We are working hard on making the game as good as promised. We will soon start posting updates about the new levels and mechanics. Stay tuned for more!
Here is a list of people we found on youtube. If we missed any of you let us know and we will watch your gameplay as well and add it to the list.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWDxrALjhwXij8KTs_iRCWgPELcY6Atcf
Stay safe,
RedSoup