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Resin is the main source of energy in the world of Weakless. Every creature is using the resin to live, many of them are also made of it. Resin is like a blood of this world. It is transported from the Heart by roots to all directions. In some places roots are connected to fruits which storage the Resin. Resin was used by Ancients to power their city. They were pumping it from the Heart to make energy.









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Weavelings are living in villages in a community, spending their time on painting, making and playing musical instruments, dancing and worshipping the Resin. Hermitage is a fabulous place full of green where Deaf and Blind can fully enjoy their passions.

PS. Concept arts show general mood of particular place.









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Deaf is small, has a backpack where he put his journal, seeing light ball, but no hearing branches. He loves painting, that's why his arms and forehead are covered in turquoise paint. He is afraid of dark places.



Deaf is this character who can't hear but is more focused on seeing. He is energetic and childish. He wanted to live in the village like other Weavelings, but he always got in trouble. When he met Blind he thought that they have some kind of connection because they are both different. He started to paint in hermitage and made it also his home. Blind gave him a bell to know where he is. Deaf is small, has a backpack where he put his journal, seeing light ball, but no hearing branches. He loves painting, that's why his arms and forehead are covered in turquoise paint. He is afraid of dark places.

Vision of Deaf



The field of view of the Deaf character is the surroundings around him. However, all the sounds of the environment are inaccessible to him. Although he sees the surroundings around, he may have problems with recognizing some interactive objects, especially those that are sound sources. He can see the energy and light from the Resin.

Flash



Flash is a Deaf’s special ability. He can eject a beam of Resin energy from his light ball. It reacts with organic objects that are using Resin energy such as plants, mushrooms and objects from ancient technology.

Climbing



Only Deaf is agile enough to climb. Marked ledges are interactive objects for Deaf. He can use action on climbing point under the accessible ledge to start hanging on it. He can also move while hanging. If there is a platform above the ledge he can climb on it by using action and move up/forward. If there is a gap between two ledges on the same height he can jump from one ledge to another by using action and move right or left.

Journal



Journal is a collection of paintings and drawings which Deaf makes during their journey. In the world there are some places where Deaf can sit and paint. They are kind of collectibles. The player can see collected paintings any time they want from menu. Some paintings are more connected to the story, and they are added automatically after some events.

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Blind is this character who can't see but is more advanced in sense of hearing. He is mostly focused on sounds. Even if he was born in the village he decided to live in hermitage where he can peacefully listen to sounds of environment and play music. Blind is stoic and calm. He has a band around his head and wooden stuff in his hand which helps him to recognize the surroundings.

Vision of Blind



The vision of the Blind is limited to what he can hear or touch. His vision is mostly focused on hearing sensations. It's an empty dark space in which appears light areas of recognizing the environment. One of the areas shows Blind and his surroundings. Every distinctive sound he hears show the space around. It's radius depends on sounds amplitude. Also, Deaf as a sound source is making a recognizing area around. His perspective is wider than Deaf's. Every sound of environment is heard by him.

Echolocation



It's the special ability of Blind. He can expand the radius of his area of recognizing environment when arousing the sound wave by hitting his stuff on the ground. Area of echolocation stays in exact place even if Blind starts to move. It allows recognizing objects which are far away, under the ground or behind the obstacle. After some time area of echolocation starts to shrink until it disappear.

Musical instruments



Blind can use action on musical instruments and play them. He is always compatible with beats and bars of diegetic and non diegetic music. Playing musical instruments is kind of collectible. All played instruments are shown in menu so the player can see and hear them once again.

Pushing objects



Only the Blind is strong enough to push things. When Blind is near the object he can use action to grab one of its sides and then move with it. Some objects can be grabbed from every side, some have limited sides, some can be pushed to every direction, for some also the directions are limited -it depends on type of object.

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Hey there!

We're working really hard on polishing Weakless right now. The game is almost finished, few tweaks remaining and mostly bug fixing, but we're glad we'll finally be able to share our game with whole world soon.

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Xbox version is coming to the market with PC version - it's been few weeks we knew that, but we had to test few things and wait for the right moment.