Ecosphere - Prologue — 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 |
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| New Demo Available! | 2025-03-03 | After several months of work and iterations, here's the new Ecosphere-Demo, for the VN Steam Fest! You can find it here. You can get to know the main characters through the first hour (approx.) of gameplay. The demo follows directly from the Prologue released in December 2022. As Creative Director, I know that development time is fairly long for a VN, but this allows us to offer you the best possible technical rendering! I'm pleased with the progress I've made in programming over the last few months. My team of artists also gives their all to achieve the best artistic and musical direction. ːsteamhappyː We've kept the point-and-click explorat |
| Progress of the Extended Demo | 2024-11-22 | We're currently working on the extended Demo of Ecosphere, which we expect to launch in January 2025. Here's what you'll be able to expect: First hour of the game Meeting with three potential love interests and the last one will be kept secret ;) 6 Computer graphics A new home screen 8 original audio tracks, loopable for added immersion A new trailer is also in preparation to introduce you to this project, which the team is working hard to bring to fruition ✨ |
| Extended Demo soon! | 2024-08-20 | We're working on a new Demo to show you the first hour of the story. It follows on directly from the Prologue! The various versions of the current demo and your feedback have enabled us to fine-tune the Point & Click and QTE mechanics, to strike the right balance with the particular gameplay of visual novels. This extended demo will allow us to delve deeper into the lore, the characters, and their relationships. You'll meet a romanceable new character: Zael Collins. He left the MC (Arane Kross) village four years before the story began, to join the Green League... Their reunion promises to be eventful! We expect it to be available this Fall ❤ |
| Storyteller's Festival & Demo available | 2024-02-02 | We're delighted to announce that Ecosphere has been selected to take part in the Storyteller's Festival! To mark the occasion, we've released a demo to show you a ten-minute sequence of gameplay with the essential features: Impact assessment Your choices will have an impact on the universe. First of all, your decisions will shape the heroine's personality: boldness, prudence, or diplomacy, influencing your relationships with the two love interests. For example, Leily is attracted to bold girls but dislikes diplomatic behavior... A reputation system will also help you manage your relationships with NPCs. Explore mode Combining both Point & Cli |
| Patch 1.3 released ! | 2023-07-22 | Patch 1.3 is now available ! It incorporates a lot of the feedback we've received in trade shows, which has enabled us to fine-tune the project and bring you a host of new features: • New game interface • Overhauled point & click mechanics: now you can explore the scenery on your own to find points of interest. If you need to, the help button will tell you where they are. • Checkpoint system: to avoid having to restart the entire game in the event of a game over. When you enter a new setting, a checkpoint is automatically activated. • The game is fully accessible to blind people and partially sighted. • Added a button at the end of the Prolog |
| New Patch in July ! | 2023-06-21 | Hi everyone! A lot has happened since the launch of Ecosphere - Prologue last December, and we've obviously continued to work on the rest of the project! We've joined an incubator specializing in creative industries, Plaine Images, and their support has enabled us to improve the Prologue: a new version was presented at Game Camp 2023, an event that brings together French video game professionals once a year. Their invaluable advice will enable us to improve the project even further. Here are the changes to the patch, which will go live in early July: • New interface • A checkpoint system to avoid having to restart the game after a game over. |