Much faster than trying to figure out all those calculations in real-time. Baking essentially means precalculating tricky things into a bunch of data the game can read when you play. Most non-procedurally generated games feature baked lighting (and not just lighting actually, it means you can do all sorts of yummy baking). That’s great and everything, except when it comes to the technical challenge of lighting. LightingShadows of Doubt is a procedurally generated game. From diary entries to the victim’s call history, checking their work ID and sneaking into their workplace or tracking down the CCTV footage in a cafe from a receipt you found on the scene, the only limit is your imagination!Īt Gamescom we will also have some awesome Shadows of Doubt themed goodies to give out to anyone who plays the game, we look forward to seeing you there! You will have the chance to put on your detective hats and take on the role of a private investigator as you search a crime scene for clues and decide which leads are the most important to follow. You will also have the opportunity to chat with one of our members of the team! Try your hand at detective work and see if you can solve a case. You’ll be able to find us at the Indie Arena Booth in Hall 10.2 where you can get your hands on the game. We’re pleased to announce that Shadows of Doubt will be available to play at Gamescom, this will be the second time we have had a build for Shadows of Doubt publicly available and the first time at a major international event! Times are very busy right now, so for the moment, the schedule of the updates is, by necessity, 'when I can find the time', stayed tuned and thanks for reading! It started as a practical limitation and has ended up as one of my favorite aspects of the gameplay.Īnyway, that's it for another update. And even when things do go wrong and you have people hunting you with guns, it's much more satisfying to be forced to rely on your environment: Ducking into an air duct, hiding in the shadows, or if you are committed to violence, chucking a chair in their face to knock them out as you dart for the exit. Much like in a horror game, not giving the player an arsenal at their disposal makes them much more vulnerable and this works really well with the 'creeping around places you shouldn't' vibe. While this may not feel in keeping with the game's noir roots, this limitation has actually become, in my opinion, a benefit to the gameplay. I've recently done a 'grime' pass over a lot of the interiorsĪ Parting Thought.One of the early limitations of the gameplay was the player not being able to kill anyone, or specifically, be able to shoot people. The idea is you may want to play Shadows running through it with different builds in different generated cities. I want to give examples but it's probably better if I leave the discovery to you. For example, one disk will have you choosing between more health or more inventory space: That's one of the more 'standard' upgrades, but I've really tried to think outside the box a bit for many of the others: Some of them are more akin to modifiers that subtly change how you play the game rather than straightforward benefits.
#Heavy shadows of doubt upgrade
The main idea though is for each one to have a choice of 2 or more upgrade options making for some interesting decision-making and bringing some RPG-like elements to the game. You won't have lightning shooting from your fingertips or anything these upgrades are much more grounded (ha) to something resembling reality. The biggest chunk of practical player progression comes in the form of "Sync Disks" think Bioshock-style genetic updates that give you a choice of buffs.
I haven't really talked about this a lot previously. Player ProgressionOne such thing we're refining is player progression.
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