- Our next game! Penguin Colony! Is coming 2026 - 4 May 2026
Kia Ora!You may have heard the news that we are onto Game 2! Well come and see what all the fuss is about:What is this about?We have been working on our next game called Penguin Colony which is the first in a trilogy of games which are set in the H.P. Lovecraft Universe! If you liked how Umurangi Generation was old one adjacent with the ███████ stuff. Well you can expect more of the same in that regard. We are starting with At The Mountains of Madness as our canvas for this new story because Cthulhu and Dagon have been done to death. This one is set from the eyes and beak of a Penguin. You can swap to any Penguin you see and they all have different abilities. We are super excited to bring you a faithful but new take on Lovecraft and I want to explain a bit about how I see Lovecraftian Horror so you go in with the expectation of what we are doing. TO ME the idea is that the Old Ones view…
- Pre-Orders for the Umurangi Generation Deluxe Kit Are Now Live! - 4 December 2024
We’ve got some exciting news for you! The Umurangi Generation Deluxe Kit is now available for pre-order—and trust us, you won’t want to miss this one. Umurangi Generation is a first-person photography game where you capture the world around you while completing unique photo bounties. Whether you’re snapping shots of urban landscapes or capturing hidden moments, the game gives you the freedom to explore and express your creativity with your camera. Now, with the Deluxe Kit, you can immerse yourself even further in the world of Umurangi Generation. Each Deluxe Kit comes with: Physical Copy of the Game for Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 5 Camera Strap to keep your gear safe and stylish Clear Character Cards featuring the game’s unforgettable characters Acrylic Standee to display your favorite characters in your space Microfiber Cloth to keep everything clean and polished Paper Photo Bounty…
- Umurangi Generation is a part of IGF Celebration Days event on Steam! - 12 July 2024
Umurangi Generation is a part of IGF Celebration Days, a digital showcase celebrating award-winning indie games, the Independent Games Festival, and the players who love indie games. The event is hosted on Steam and will between July 11 and 20. Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/IGF_CelebrationDays
- A long overdue patch - 30 May 2022
Hi Everyone, Today we have put out a long overdue patch. Some bug fixes here, some new additions there. You may have noticed our launch on Xbox recently, with that we went through a whole new round of QA which found a ton of very obscure bugs which were patched. With this, Unity was also updated to a new version (from 2019 to 2021). This caused an issue for the PC build which was released last week on Gamepass, which todays patch (simultaneous to the one released on gamepass) has addressed. These were in relation to the refresh rate fixes, mouse scroll wheel input and some other little things. While I try to fix everything that gets reported some issues I can't replicate due to the unique nature of how PC work. But I am always trying my best to make sure everyone can play. If you have any issues which have popped up since this patch or have incompatibility please let me know so I can fi…
- Casual Patch 12/10/2021 - 12 October 2021
HI, We've updated the game to fix the following 2 minor bugs. We've been working on a port of the game and found the root cause of some issues on PC. Performance for Ultra on Contact & Protest It seems a certain glitch occurred where the red tracers on Contact were calling a physics calculation while colliding into a solid object. With the new 144hz update, this would calculate more than twice per frame and the bottleneck was found. We wrote some custom code that prevents this physics calculation from occurring because it is not necessary. It seems this was a default setting based on a template we used to achieve the effect. You should find that this level is much more performant Creative Mode Soft lock and All Levels being unlocked at the start We got clues something was wrong when a player asked 'is the DLC free now?' they were using a public beta 'development build' of the game. For…
- PC Patch Notes 1.16 - 6 September 2021
PC Patch Notes 1.16 Hi Everyone! Hope you've all been snapping and sharing your shots. This update we wanted to give pc players some much requested features. Hope you enjoy. We will continue to add your feedback in the future. Language Packs (Spanish, Te Reo Māori, Traditional Chinese) We’ve added new language packs for the game and will continue to add more in the future. One of the big ones we’ve added is Te Reo Māori support. This is something that has a lot of intangible value, seeing a language which was close to extinction less than 50 years ago, come back with strength and be translated by young Māori people into a video game. We would like to thank our mates at Ngati Gaming for the translation. Much love and mana you huas 😛 21:9 Ultrawide Screen Support We’ve added support for 21:9 Ultrawide Support. This was tricky as we had to rework some stuff with the UI as it wasn’t design…
- Umurangi Generation and Hades are officially ‘the best’ at the IGF and GDC 2021 awards - 22 July 2021
The Independent Games Festival awards and the Game Developers Conference awards were held last night in cyberspace. Like a Zoom meeting for the soul, the ceremony hopped between the winning game developers’ living rooms, with host Victoria Tran (community director on Among Us) stitching it all together with a remarkable combination of enthusiasm, sincerity, and silliness. She gets an IGF from me. The big winner was Umurangi Generation by Origame Digital. The photography sci-fi game won the 'Seumas McNally Grand Prize' and the narrative prize at the IGF awards. Hades was also recognised as the game of the year at the GDC awards. The rest of the winners, and the whole darn ceremony, are below. Read more
- Umurangi Generation Update June 2021 - 8 June 2021
Hi Everyone Ves here, Umurangi Generation has been updated. I would like to be transparent with the game over the last few days having a few updates pushed to everyone's machines. It has been a while since I updated the public branch because I have been working on the Nintendo Switch Build and the new modes. These modes required translation so they were something I couldn’t make live immediately. In the meantime I worked on fixing as many bugs as possible and improving the game with things like slippery movement. Unfortunately that introduced some new bugs, which hopefully should mostly be squashed. However, there is still more work to do as the game grows over time. I have set up a beta branch (password: betabranch2021) which I will update more regularly with fixes to individual bugs which come through on the discussions thread and then put out an update to the public branch with these…
- IGF's 2021 nominees announced, mostly correct - 8 May 2021
Videogame awards are good for three things: they encourage people to continue creating new work; they direct attention towards particular pebbles among the otherwise amorphous landslide of new game releases; and they give bystanders like me something of mercifully little consequence to gripe about when nominations don't align with our personal tastes. I'm sad to report that the Independent Games Festival has delivered only two out of three in 2021. The nominations for this year's IGF Awards were announced yesterday, but they have left me little to gripe about. Read more
- Our favourite games of 2020 - 19 January 2021
What’s up gamers? It’s 2021 and that means it’s time to round up the team’s favourite games of 2020. You’ll already know our selections if you read our annual Advent Calendar , but this post gathers all those words and games together in one convenient package. (more…)
- Umurangi Generation Macro Released - 7 November 2020
Umurangi Generation Macro is finally here! Umurangi Generation Macro is here. An all new gameplay expansion to Umurangi Generation. Extend your creative potential with 4 new levels and 9 new pieces of equipment to unlock. Adjust ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed manually to create refined images. Take a look at some of the new features below and be sure to share your best shots with us on Twitter at @UmurangiGame https://store.steampowered.com/app/1435580 Inventory Screens One of the other great things we've added in for Umurangi Generation Macro is an Inventory screen at the main menu for you to check out all the great gear that you've acquired. You can also see what equipment you haven't unlocked from the Select Level screen now New equipment Roller BladesMove quickly and stylishly through levels with the new Roller Blades. Hold shift to activate them. Combined with the Jet boots these…
- From graffiti to giant robots, Umurangi Generation's Macro DLC isn't messing around - 7 November 2020
I didn’t think Umurangi Generation could find a way to be more entirely my jam . And yet, with a heaping serving of skates, spraypaint and giant killer robots, today’s Macro DLC has managed just that. But alongside a new set of maps, lenses, and a toolset that closes the gap with Jet Set Radio even further, this week’s drop is also brazenly radical in capturing our current political hellscape on 35mm film. (more…)
- Umurangi Generation new stage DLC coming soon! - 22 September 2020
Due to the surface being in constant chaos and uncertainty many of the worlds elite were able to secure themself comfort from the ongoing crisis above. A new area, Tauranga Underground City has been added, which opens up the following 3 stages for photography. ・Gamers Palace: Forget your worries in a top of the line Gaming Bar and VR Arcade. ・UN Hangar: Uncover the truth the UN doesn’t want you to know. ・The Depths: A tent city where the air is thick with the smell of grease and toxic sludge. DLC Trailer: ・Selfie Lens Swap to the selfie lens and take a photo with you in it. ・Roller Blades Move quickly through levels with Roller Blades. ・Spray Can Tag anything that is Property of the UN. Create interesting opportunities for new and creative shots. ・Rad Pads Get down really low on your belly and take photos. ・Aperture Priority Take photos using aperture priority and change the way lenses…
- Hot Fix 3 - 24 August 2020
Hello everyone, we have been working hard to bring some more requested features to Umurangi Generation while also working towards new content for players to enjoy. Without any further waffle let's break it down. Keyboard Remapping Keys can now be remapped. This will let players who have unconventional keyboards play Your keybinding is saved to a tiny txt file located next to your save data. This way you can share your binding with other players. Achievements We’ve put together a list of achievements. Some are achieved from playing the game and others require some specific circumstances. This should give returning players something to do while soaking in the atmosphere. Trading Cards As some of you may have noticed we have added Trading Cards which would have already dropped. These trading cards were something we wanted players to strive to collect, so we worked to make most of the art d…
- Hot Fix 2 - 16 June 2020
Kia Ora everyone. As we move into a new week we are delighted to announce some new comfort options for players in the game. Controller Support You asked for it! Today we are rolling out controller support for Player Control and Menus. We chose to prioritise this as unlike other keyboards the 3 main controllers are universal in their design. This means that players from different countries can all enjoy the same experience using their respective controllers. The control scheme is as follows https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eamgb--UYAAt00L?format=png&name=small Controllers Supported Xbox 360, Xbox One and PS4 Read more here: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/[email protected]/manual/SupportedDevices.html Data Corruption Check A small amount of players were soft locked from playing after some files containing their settings were corrupted. We implemented a check which looks for any erro…
- Hot fix notes [ENG] - 27 May 2020
Hot fix notes Hi Everyone. We are super thrilled at the positive reception from players have had this week experiencing Umurangi Generation. The shots taken by players are incredible. We have have received feedback on some small tweaks that players have suggested this week. We want to walk slowly but surely through the implementation of these tweaks as we don’t want to upset the balance of players current experience. These tweaks are now live. Please view this post for a list of tweaks made. Photo Bounty Clarity We’ve reworked 2 later bounties to have an easier understood goal. Lights and Bricks to Work Lights and Blocks. Pallette to Pallet. Stairs We made it easier for the player to walk up stairs now. Sarcastic “Property of The UN” We’ve added a new spot you can shoot Sarcastic Property of the UN from. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY_gl4tUMAEcXJK?format=png&name=small On screen camera…
- I can't stop snapping Umurangi Generation's dazzling Jet Set Radio cityscape - 23 May 2020
Much as I’d like to believe, I’m no photographer. But damn if Umurangi Generation doesn’t make me feel like a seasoned shutterbug. Released earlier this week, Veselekov’s first-person-photographer is a defiantly indigenous photography sandbox packed with sharp looks, smooth sounds and extradimensional giant squids. Heck, you might even learn how to take a good photograph along the way. (more…)
- Umurangi Generation Released! 19th May 2020 - 19 May 2020
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYWngGbVcAE_ao4?format=jpg&name=medium Over the years many games have implemented a photo mode, had photographic elements or photography mini-games. But this was all in service of something else, not the actual act of taking photos itself. Umurangi Generation is the first real photography game where you are given a list of shots to take and it is up to you how you want to do that. Umurangi Generation may be the first of its kind. It is a photography game where you aren’t on tracks, you get to spend as much time as you like lining up that perfect shot and you aren’t limited by how you take a photo. This game lets you be as creative as you like. Set to the backdrop of Aotearoa during a crisis event, you are a courier for the Tauranga Express. Your job is to deliver a parcel to each location you visit, but along the way complete photo bounties. Photo bounties ar…
- Umurangi Generation Release Date Announced: 19th of May. - 2 May 2020
ORIGAME DIGITAL is set to release its debut photography game Umurangi Generation for PC. Playism will be localising and publishing the game in Japanese and Chinese for the Asia region. As such, a world wide global release date has been chosen for 19th of May 2020. Set in a retro-future taking direct visual inspiration from Jet Set Radio and turn of the century anime classics, Umurangi Generation is a distinctly southern hemisphere title. Umurangi Generation is set to the backdrop of a crisis event taking place in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Umurangi Generation is the first full featured photography game on the market where the player has full control over how they take and edit their photos. In the game you are tasked with taking a set list of photos which are called Photo Bounties. These Photo Bounties are given descriptions such as “7 Birds”. This means the player must take a photo with the…
