Lisa 🏳️‍⚧️ Lunistice OUT NOW!

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Okay, so it seems like Lunistice 1.0 will get one more update (I'm calling it 1.1), which it's mostly a systems upgrade to finally fully merge the two codebases for 1.0 and Accel Coda (ver.2.0). This way I'll be able to deliver a clean update (or free DLC, we'll see) when Accel Coda is ready. It's not quite how I envisioned it to go, but that means that when I release Accel Coda I won't have to ship basically two games at once (since I wanted to allow people to switch between 1.0 and Accel Coda on all platforms). This does mean that the classic version of Lunistice (1.0) will change a little bit! Lunistice 1.1 will basically be 1.0 with: - more stable physics (with 1.0 values, so should feel the same) - new UI - the improved grind rail system from Accel Coda - generally more optimization - the “Accel Coda“ way of collecting secrets (files can now be collected on their own, but to read them you’ll need a key!) - some new assets from Accel Coda Everything else will still be 1.0 though! So no new level designs, old character models, etc. As for the original, original version of 1.0: I'll keep versions 1.05 and 1.06 available on Steam (on separate branches) and GOG for archival and preservation purposes! Again, not quite how I planned it would go (I basically wanted to ship 1.06 WITH Accel Coda), but since Accel Coda is at this point a major rewrite of 1.0, I'd have to maintain two completely different codebases for the same game. I wish I planned ahead a bit better when I started Accel Coda, but it is what it is 🫠. I'll probably make 1.1 available on Discord for Playtest purposes in a few weeks. And then I can finally focus on Accel Coda again!
a video showing that the ledge grab i'm prototyping is, in fact, not working great
A photo of workers actively on strike in front of Take-Two Interactive's London office with the description: "Pickets have taken place outside Take-Two Interactive's UK head office in London."
Hello everyone! Unfortunately I have some bad news today. After lots and lots of consideration (and some sleepless nights - shoutouts to my brain) and after talking to my employer/publisher Deck13, we've made the decision to cut down the content for Lunistice 1.5 significantly. What does this mean? Basically, the planned extra campaign "Accel Coda" will not be part of this update. There's many reasons for me to throw in the towel, so to speak, but the main culprit is that I've just been struggling to find ways to make this additional content *work* in the context of the rest of the game. It also really doesn't help that, even though I'm generally in a much better mental state than last year, I'm still utterly and completely burned out from working on Lunistice. That being said, 1.5 will still be a quite significant update and there's still a bunch of work to be done. Namely the update will include: - Improved and updated level and character designs - Additional playable characters (yes, the two raffle winners will still be part of the update, no worries!) - A new hub area for Hana and the bonus characters - Randomizer Mode - Mission Mode - ... and basically all the other improvements and bugfixes I made ... as an apology, Accel will still be playable as a bonus character - including two bonus stages. I definitely didn't make this decision lightly and I'd like to apologize to everyone who was looking forward to playing a full campaign mode with Accel. I feel his story might be a better fit for a potential new game (not anytime in the near future, though!) which'll give me much more freedom and opportunities to truly work on some interesting and new stuff! On the bright side this'll mean that 1.5 will probably not take *that* much longer to develop, since most of the new stuff is already done - though it will need a lot of testing and bugfixes still. Thanks so much to everyone for sticking around - I'm sincerely sorry I don't have better news for now, but I …