- Halloween Sale - 2 October 2018
I've lowered the price of The Studio to 99 cents for the month of October to get people in the spirit of Halloween. So eat some cookies, find the hiding places, try to figure out how to stay one step ahead of the cats, the very hungry cats, the creepy clown of Middletown, and more spooky things.
- June Update - 22 June 2018
I made an update to my game today of the run speed today. Shift key allows you to move faster than the horror game walk that you begin with. There is still a short lived sugar rush burst of energy you get from eating cookies, but you still have to bide your time and strategize how you eat your cookies. Don't forget you can use the 1-6 keys to dial in higher or lower resolution whenever you want, that may be more suitable for your computer. Beware the cats. Beware the sugar rush when you are in places you might not want it. Always beware the cats.
- GAMEPLAY GUIDE / HINTS - 28 May 2018
I published a short guide / hint page to my blog that talks briefly about the game and how the game may spawn cookies in different areas. I talk a little about strategizing your way through the game but I try not to tell you exactly how to get through something, just give some hints. If you want to play without this then just head back to the game. In recent updates I added a cookie rush to the game. The cookie rush is a short lived burst of energy you get from eating a cookie. I've also added more structures in the game that may impede or help your gameplay depending on how you look at them. If you just want to learn your way through without any hints then don't go to this place. Just know that the cats get more angry as you eat cookies, and the evil in the game only grows from one level to the next, oh yes and don't forget the creepy clown of Middletown, it haunted my dreams for decad…
- Bug Fix - 12 May 2018
I cleaned up a few textures today and while testing I noticed I introduced a bug that made the game crash, a typo actually. The game is fixed and back online again. -Daev
- BlogUpdate - 11 May 2018
http://daevfinnstudio.com/studio-update-games-books/
- Studio Update : Collider Fixes, Cleaner Game Start, and Sugar Rush - 9 May 2018
I added a few things to clean up my game today, some collider fixes to the first level that I noticed were broken. I also removed the list of hot keys at the start of the game ( it is in the titles and can be accessed with the tab key which I tell about a minute into the game). It was a little overwhelming to have the title, the brief instructions come up and then the image to instantly get slammed with the hot key list. It's still accessible, but I just wanted a cleaner start to the game. I also have been experimenting with other things in the game in terms of gameplay. I experimented (and programmed) falling damage. I then removed it preferring to keep the simple horror (you die after eaten) philosophy of my game. I did however add a small reward in the game. After you eat a cookie you get a bonus, what I call a sugar rush from the cookie. You can run really fast for about six seconds…
- The Studio Update : New Models & Other small things - 7 May 2018
I put some things in my game to move things a little more, some things that i had hidden I've brought more to the fore. There are new models I've worked on, my homage to Skyrim. I also just returned from New Jersey where I saw the Creepy Clown of Middletown in person with my sons. It was the first time they had seen it in person, although they're very familiar with it from my game. This is part of the game I brought to the foreground a little more.
- SMALL FIXES & LANTERN COOL DOWN - 22 March 2018
I released an update today of The Studio, fixing some small things that were on my mind. Someone also thought the lanterns the player can create were too spammy. If you want you can create them quickly until there were a steady stream of touching lanterns unbroken. Now there is a slight two second delay before you can create the next lantern, and as before, the lanterns are on a roughly two minute timer so they start to vanish in the order they were created. Creating the lanterns is pretty addictive for sure. Kids like to just keep hitting that F-key, however it adds to the processing of the game, and at some point especially less powerful systems will start to heat up tracking all those lanterns. Keep in mind there is some strategy involved in the game. Things start to get fast and furious the more cookies you eat, so you have to pick your path wisely. If you eat one or two cookies, th…
- SMALL FIXES & LANTERN COOL DOWN - 22 March 2018
I released an update today of The Studio, fixing some small things that were on my mind. Someone also thought the lanterns the player can create were too spammy. If you want you can create them quickly until there were a steady stream of touching lanterns unbroken. Now there is a slight two second delay before you can create the next lantern, and as before, the lanterns are on a roughly two minute timer so they start to vanish in the order they were created. Creating the lanterns is pretty addictive for sure. Kids like to just keep hitting that F-key, however it adds to the processing of the game, and at some point especially less powerful systems will start to heat up tracking all those lanterns. Keep in mind there is some strategy involved in the game. Things start to get fast and furious the more cookies you eat, so you have to pick your path wisely. If you eat one or two cookies, th…
- The Studio Update : Hide Grass : Pause Key and Shadow improvements - 13 March 2018
I posted two updates of the Studio in the last couple days. One for some chattering of shadows I noticed in Pumpkin castle. This is caused by bias issues within Unreal game engine and I adjusted to be less accurate more forgiving . When testing the game there are different places I can test. In the game engine or even from my system the shadows don't appear to be an issue, however when loaded up through steam they showed the weakness that I needed to address. This should clear up most of the chattering. I will refine this more with future versions. Additionally, I was told there is lagging on some systems. I'm trying to address lagging, but this is a bigger can of worms than I can't address in a quick update. I have however added a hotkey if you find it lagging. The H key (for hide) will hide or rather toggle the grass on or off in the game. There should be a increase in frame rate from…
- The Studio Update : Hide Grass : Pause Key and Shadow improvements - 13 March 2018
I posted two updates of the Studio in the last couple days. One for some chattering of shadows I noticed in Pumpkin castle. This is caused by bias issues within Unreal game engine and I adjusted to be less accurate more forgiving . When testing the game there are different places I can test. In the game engine or even from my system the shadows don't appear to be an issue, however when loaded up through steam they showed the weakness that I needed to address. This should clear up most of the chattering. I will refine this more with future versions. Additionally, I was told there is lagging on some systems. I'm trying to address lagging, but this is a bigger can of worms than I can't address in a quick update. I have however added a hotkey if you find it lagging. The H key (for hide) will hide or rather toggle the grass on or off in the game. There should be a increase in frame rate from…
- SEND ME YOUR IDEAS! - 27 February 2018
First read my blog update about my game, The Studio. http://daevfinnstudio.com/games-as-an-exploration-of-time-art-and-the-unconscious/ Then understanding that I'm looking for unusual things to add to my game, and the window is closing soon, tell me something you'd like to see. Is there a monument in your home town made out of matches? Is there an unusual piece of architecture? By taking ideas from you, I add to the depth of the game because I add to the user experience. Part of what I'm exploring is games as a form of the unconscious, by adding things that might be oddly familiar I'm embedding an experience in game for you. Psychology says that locations hold memories for us, that's why when we visit our home town, we are awash with memories. My goal is to explore how to bring your memories into the game, collective memories by bringing those things alive in game. My examples from my b…
- SEND ME YOUR IDEAS! - 27 February 2018
First read my blog update about my game, The Studio. http://daevfinnstudio.com/games-as-an-exploration-of-time-art-and-the-unconscious/ Then understanding that I'm looking for unusual things to add to my game, and the window is closing soon, tell me something you'd like to see. Is there a monument in your home town made out of matches? Is there an unusual piece of architecture? By taking ideas from you, I add to the depth of the game because I add to the user experience. Part of what I'm exploring is games as a form of the unconscious, by adding things that might be oddly familiar I'm embedding an experience in game for you. Psychology says that locations hold memories for us, that's why when we visit our home town, we are awash with memories. My goal is to explore how to bring your memories into the game, collective memories by bringing those things alive in game. My examples from my b…
