ArtFormer: Ancient Stories — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| UPDATE 1.1 | 2022-04-11 | ArtFormer offers an equal gameplay for players with upper limb disabilities. Because of this, it has specific controls. After the release of the game, we found that some gaming journalists failed to understand the unconventional method of control and its benefits. Therefore, we decided to implement an animated, clearer tutorial. The biggest change in this update are brand new tutorials for almost every aspect of the controls of the game. New tutorial for interaction, basic movement, ladders or climbing will help to the new players with better jump-in to the magical world of ArtFormer. Climbing is easy Climbing a ladder can be tricky, like in |
| Fighting through the Ages | 2021-09-27 | The world we live in is governed by the relentless laws of nature. If you are not a successful hunter, you become prey. The evolution of humanity goes hand in hand with these laws, and humanity fought for survival with other creatures since the dawn of time. Then people fight for hunting grounds, raw materials, territory or domination. Life is a struggle and sometimes fighting can become meaning of life. The basics of combat in the individual chapters of ArtFormer are similar, but with an increasingly developed society, wars are becoming more sophisticated and deadlier. Prehistory A spear follows an ordinary branch. Its biggest advantage is t |
| Transportation | 2021-09-20 | Every hero needs to take a break from walking and running and use any available resources to make their travel easier. Prehistory? Forget it! On the contrary, run fast, then run faster still, or you'll be trampled by an angry great-bison. In other ancient epochs however, it may just be a little easier. In Egypt, you'll enjoy a sightseeing boat trip, amongst your experiences on the journey you'll discover a multitude of crocodiles, angry hippos and insidious obstacles. Before you reach your destination, you'll be the perfect captain of the Nile. And thou shalt ascend well into Pharaoh's chariot, and lead him through the unforgiving desert, whe |
| Ancient mini-games | 2021-09-16 | Even the most delicious food becomes tiresome eventually! The best gameplay sometimes needs to change pace, or even interrupt events, so that the player isn't forced to do the same activity over and over. That's why we've placed a number of stylish and relaxing mini-games into the exciting storylines and action passages. The story won't be disrupted, the experience will only be deeper and richer. Each mini-game, by its design, is subject to a given epoch. Prehistory Exciting and familiar token hiding. To win you must find a stone that will bring you a health bonus. In addition, we added another mini-game which you can discover while playing A |
| ArtStory | 2021-09-08 | Indie Game Studio Buffa Software proudly announces details about four storylines behind ArtFormer: Ancient Stories. Your journey through ArtFormer: Ancient Stories consists of four historical epochs, each with their own unique graphic and play-style with dynamic, action mini-games. The same applies for every individual story-line in the background of all chapters. The stories in ArtFormer are an organic component that combine to form a unique gaming experience. So what are the individual ancient stories about? Prehistory - the story of early human society in the Stone Age. At a time when humanity was far from the master of all creatures, the |
| ARTFORMER RELEASE MONTH ANNOUNCEMENT | 2021-08-26 | Indie Game Studio Buffa Software proudly announces that the release month of ArtFormer: Ancient Stories is already confirmed. After several hard years of Indie development, we’re ready to announce that ArtFormer: Ancient Stories will be released later this year! We’re currently aiming for September and will publish the exact date later as the development process continues. |
| graphics optimization | 2021-07-19 | graphics optimization |
| We continue in our journey of creating the great and epic platformer game | 2020-09-15 | Hello World! Big THANK YOU for all your feedback and great passion you put into playing our game and love you have for its story and characters. You are the reason, why this unique game exists. We continue in our journey of creating the great and epic platformer game about art – the ArtFormer. We have finally done the most important assets needed for finishing the story part of the game. If all goes as we planned, we hope that the core of the story for all four chapters will be ready at the end of this year. But it is not nearly the end of our work – we will polish then all existing animations, balance the gameplay, fix eventual bugs and test |