- Weekly Discord-exclusive content starting from today. - 14 December 2018
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- Early Access 2.0 Reveal Trailer & new website - 13 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26813514%2F73ff0d5cbf0dd35c6d26d819783c2a57b6ddbd1b.jpg Plenty of goodies to share today...first things first though: Want to get a taste of what we have been working on all this time? Very well, we present to you our Early Access 2.0 Reveal trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q5bDpHHYPs Now that we got that out of the way, some more news: We got a new website at www.thesoulkeeper.com We are accepting Beta Testing applications (visit official website to get more info on that) Join our Discord channel, every Friday (starting tomorrow) we will be posting exclusive content there, so if you want to be getting access to more content before release, that's a very good way to do just that. Dev Blogs will be posted on our official website from now on, as well as here. From January 2019 we will begin weekly Twitch streams, so…
- Development Blog: November 28, 2018 - 28 November 2018
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- Development Blog: July 12 2018 - 12 July 2018
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- Development Blog: July 11, 2018 - 11 July 2018
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- Development Blog: June 16, 2018 - 16 June 2018
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- Development Blog: June 6, 2018 - 6 June 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26813514%2Fc7e012dc05dc011c4b97425db96ade6955095d64.jpg Hail virtual warriors and spellcasters and welcome to the third dev blog update! We are taking a look at some of the navigation mechanics, more specifically the compass. It's probably safe to say, we all agree that navigation in an RPG is quite important. Especially when an RPG has a lot of activities to immerse yourself in, besides the main quest(s) that is! Traditionally we are used to on-screen radars, or compasses (in all forms and shapes) placed somewhere in a non intrusive corner on our screen, or sometimes near the edge, usually on the top side. These of course, are great and proven methods of providing players with quick, easy and useful in-game navigation, so they can find their way around the different objectives and activities that await them in the various…
- Development Blog: May 25, 2018 - 25 May 2018
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- Development Blog: May 21, 2018 - 21 May 2018
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- The SoulKeeper VR - Update on Early Access v.2.0 - 5 May 2018
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- Status Update , Q&A and small teaser of upcoming content - 17 December 2017
As we approach the end of this year, we want to share a status update as well as an overview of what's coming next in the new year. As has been often stated in the discussion threads, we are actively and fully engaged in the development of the next update, which is not a patch, but a massive content update. We realize we have not been sharing too many details about it, as the team needs to stay focused on development, solely for the purpose of bringing you a top notch qualitative experience and continue working towards that end. So here is a brief Q&A we put together based on all the questions and feedback we have been receiving through all available avenues of communication. Q: What exactly is going on right now with the game? A: We are preparing a major update that will introduce an entire new campaign, with a new character, featuring new gameplay mechanics. Q: Can you tell us what ne…
- Status Update , Q&A and small teaser of upcoming content - 17 December 2017
As we approach the end of this year, we want to share a status update as well as an overview of what's coming next in the new year. As has been often stated in the discussion threads, we are actively and fully engaged in the development of the next update, which is not a patch, but a massive content update. We realize we have not been sharing too many details about it, as the team needs to stay focused on development, solely for the purpose of bringing you a top notch qualitative experience and continue working towards that end. So here is a brief Q&A we put together based on all the questions and feedback we have been receiving through all available avenues of communication. Q: What exactly is going on right now with the game? A: We are preparing a major update that will introduce an entire new campaign, with a new character, featuring new gameplay mechanics. Q: Can you tell us what ne…
- Latest Update: Early Access Patch Version 1.3 - 25 September 2017
In this latest patch we bring you a massive overhaul of the audio system and user settings, while we also shortened some lengthy dialogue bits and added a lot more random interaction with scattered objects among other fixes and updates. More specifically: Patch 1.3 notes: Detailed graphics user settings (available in both main and in-game menus) Detailed audio user settings controlling music, sound FX, speech/dialogue, master/overall volumes separately (available in both main and in-game menus) Overhauled audio system that categorizes each type of sound into different categories each handled by the game separately Sound System automatically lowers music volume when there is a main dialogue taking place Customizable Vive controller trackpad-based locomotion (can now switch between touch to move and click to move) Shortened Grave Digger (level 2) dialogue sequence while maintaining the sa…
- Latest Update: Early Access Patch Version 1.3 - 25 September 2017
In this latest patch we bring you a massive overhaul of the audio system and user settings, while we also shortened some lengthy dialogue bits and added a lot more random interaction with scattered objects among other fixes and updates. More specifically: Patch 1.3 notes: Detailed graphics user settings (available in both main and in-game menus) Detailed audio user settings controlling music, sound FX, speech/dialogue, master/overall volumes separately (available in both main and in-game menus) Overhauled audio system that categorizes each type of sound into different categories each handled by the game separately Sound System automatically lowers music volume when there is a main dialogue taking place Customizable Vive controller trackpad-based locomotion (can now switch between touch to move and click to move) Shortened Grave Digger (level 2) dialogue sequence while maintaining the sa…
- Back to working after Hurricane Irma - 13 September 2017
We just wanted to share with all of you that we are all fine, and getting back to working on the game after Hurricane Irma passed through South Florida (where most of us are). We thank all of you who wished us well, and we hope those of you who were also on the storm's path, you didn't suffer any major damages and are getting back to normal as smoothly as possible. So, just as a reminder, here are the immediate updates we are currently working on and expect to be releasing soon: -Updated sound system that allows users to set the volumes for music, sfx, speech separately. -Updated sound system that avoids sound overlaps -Detailed and customizable graphics settings -Subtitles for additional languages Things we are working on but will be coming a bit later: -New playable character -New levels -New enemies -Refined melee combat system -New spells for Lavordian/Isoropos campaign -New runesto…
- Back to working after Hurricane Irma - 13 September 2017
We just wanted to share with all of you that we are all fine, and getting back to working on the game after Hurricane Irma passed through South Florida (where most of us are). We thank all of you who wished us well, and we hope those of you who were also on the storm's path, you didn't suffer any major damages and are getting back to normal as smoothly as possible. So, just as a reminder, here are the immediate updates we are currently working on and expect to be releasing soon: -Updated sound system that allows users to set the volumes for music, sfx, speech separately. -Updated sound system that avoids sound overlaps -Detailed and customizable graphics settings -Subtitles for additional languages Things we are working on but will be coming a bit later: -New playable character -New levels -New enemies -Refined melee combat system -New spells for Lavordian/Isoropos campaign -New runesto…
- Preparing for Hurricane Irma - 7 September 2017
Hello everyone! I wanted to let all of you know that we may go silent over the next coming days or week since our studio and team is largely around the South Florida area. We're busy battening down the hatches, re-supplying, sharpening our swords and preparing for any potential post-apocalyptic hurricane lifestyle. We're still going to be remotely working on the game until the power goes and as soon as it comes back but we're going to likely be more silent on communications to put that time towards disaster prep work. To those of you here with us along Hurricane Irma's path we also wish the best of luck to you and please be safe! We want to see everyone happy, healthy and ready for the VR adventures we are building. Talk with everyone again soon when the coming storm passes.
- Preparing for Hurricane Irma - 7 September 2017
Hello everyone! I wanted to let all of you know that we may go silent over the next coming days or week since our studio and team is largely around the South Florida area. We're busy battening down the hatches, re-supplying, sharpening our swords and preparing for any potential post-apocalyptic hurricane lifestyle. We're still going to be remotely working on the game until the power goes and as soon as it comes back but we're going to likely be more silent on communications to put that time towards disaster prep work. To those of you here with us along Hurricane Irma's path we also wish the best of luck to you and please be safe! We want to see everyone happy, healthy and ready for the VR adventures we are building. Talk with everyone again soon when the coming storm passes.
- Early Access Version 1.2 - Latest Patch - 27 August 2017
After a marathon of optimizations, we bring you the latest patch. This patch focuses on performance and visual optimization. So for patch 1.2, more specifically: Brightness/Contrast balanced for both Vive and Rift Major performance optimizations that should allow higher end PCs to play the whole game in High & Ultra (for the highest range) settings. Lower end systems should be experiencing a much more comfortable framerate and performance as well (at lower settings). Decreased memory used by texture packages for each level, optimized to take up 1/4th -1/8th of the memory, should resolve memory related issues. Much faster loading times between maps Save file system changes related to old hand save data messing up new had scaling/positioning Vive specific optimizations Further light optimization for each level Foliage and terrain optimization for Mardunuma/Grave Digger (outdoor) level Thi…
- Early Access Version 1.2 - Latest Patch - 27 August 2017
After a marathon of optimizations, we bring you the latest patch. This patch focuses on performance and visual optimization. So for patch 1.2, more specifically: Brightness/Contrast balanced for both Vive and Rift Major performance optimizations that should allow higher end PCs to play the whole game in High & Ultra (for the highest range) settings. Lower end systems should be experiencing a much more comfortable framerate and performance as well (at lower settings). Decreased memory used by texture packages for each level, optimized to take up 1/4th -1/8th of the memory, should resolve memory related issues. Much faster loading times between maps Save file system changes related to old hand save data messing up new had scaling/positioning Vive specific optimizations Further light optimization for each level Foliage and terrain optimization for Mardunuma/Grave Digger (outdoor) level Thi…
