Outcore: Desktop Adventure

An introduction subtitle that warmly welcomes the readerHello everyone! It's time for your quarterly proctological inspection Outcore/Dead Watch update! YAYA subtitle about how I took Outcore's final boss behind a barn and beat it to death with the nerf bat. And then I spit on it tooOne common complaint I often read about Outcore is that its final boss is too difficult. This is due to the final boss sequence being the only one that can't be skipped; it has multiple phases that are vastly different from each other, each having its own custom controls, and requires a relatively quick response time.Getting the difficulty of a boss to feel right requires a delicate balance. I want the final boss battle to be an epic spectacle that will feel like a rewarding conclusion, but I don't want players to drop the game right at the end because they can't defeat it.Challenge was never the main appeal of Outcore, which is why I'm ok with leaning toward making the final boss a bit easier. These minor nerfs should hopefully help players finish the game without taking away from the fun for the more experienced gamers.Changes:Firewall phaseIncreased the delay between whi

Hey everyone, welcome to the localization update!The past monthIt's been a month since the demo was released. The reception so far has been overwhelmingly positive! Thank you for being so patient with all of the initial technical issues that were present during release. I spent the last month fixing most of them, implementing some quality-of-life features, and working on improving the game's performance on low-end PCs.Localization UpdateI've also worked on adding new languages to the game. Thanks to the awesome work from the community, you can now play Dead Watch's demo in the following languages:Brazilian PortugueseFrenchGermanItalianJapaneseUkrainianRussianSpanish Latin AmericaTurkishIn addition, more languages are being worked on right now:DutchPolishFinishKoreanSimplified ChineseTraditional ChineseSpanish SpainSome of these languages might need more volunteers, so if you'd like to contribute to the localization project (and you're confident in your ability to translate) then please head over to our Discord server and check out the #dw-translations channelWhat's next?My work is going to be split between fixing some more issues and working on th

Helloooooooo! It's time for the second public development update of Outcore's sequel, ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː Dead Watch ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː.But first, let's announce the demo's release dateFebruary 2nd, probablyUnless I don't finish my remaining tasks or a major unexpected problem shows up. That means there are fewer than two weeks until you can play a slice of Dead Watch. Hooray!So what's new?New spritesThe guy impersonating Lumi (internally called Fake Lumi or Flumi) received new sprites. He looks much better now. Look at those abs!Capi & Comi also got a bunch of new sprites (not gonna post them all though, gotta keep some exclusive to the patrons 👀)And Lumi finally learned how to feel sadnessPlaytestingThe game went through several playtesting rounds and was adjusted multiple times.Initially, most of the castle was open for you to explore right away. The problem was that players kept getting lost, often before even finding the first puzzle they were supposed to complete. That left players frustrated, especially when they found items for puzzles they had not yet encountered.So to solve that, I decided to lock player

Hey everyone!It's been 4 months since Dead Watch was revealed. I'd like to keep the community updated with the game's development every now and then, so it's time for the first public update!New character revealIf you watched the trailer (which, if you haven't, go watch it!), then you should know Capi, the little capitalist gremlin girl who is Mr Krabs reincarnated.Guess what? Dead Watch is a murder mystery game, and murder mystery games MUST have a pair of twins.That means Capi has a sister! She represents communism, a rival economic belief to Capi's capitalism. The sister's name is Comi: Although they are twins, Capi and Comi don't like each other very much...Who is your favorite twin? Don't let me know in the comments because this isn't YouTube and the visibility algorithm doesn't care about engagement!New spritesCapi, Comi, and Lumi have all received several new professionally drawn sprites! Just for comparison, these were Lumi's and Capi's old sprites from the trailerCurrent status of the gameThe demo content is complete. We started internal playtesting this month, and I've been working on addressing playtes