Pale Night News

As we're approaching release, I'm polishing the last bits of contents and I have to say I'm having a blast with this new lava biome. It just looks so alive, and it's a joy to work with. In this area, the main gameplay mechanic is based on lava puddles and lava droplets, which creates big flashes of light when they meet. Like a crazy chain reaction under acid.


Next up, a cool screenshot of a large room:



I'll finish by adding that I'm looking for beta-testers! We'll start beta-testing the full game soon, so if you're interested, sign-up here to get access when it's live. The public demo has been out for a few months now, and I received tons of useful feedback from the community, so I'm really looking forward to getting your feedbacks for the full game!

In case you missed it, Pale Night was part of the official selection for the Tiny Teams festival. Many great games were showcased, and I'm honored Pale Night was chosen to be part of it among so many giants. Pal and Pook say thank you ❤️

Hi! I'm Simon, the solo developer of Pale Night, and tonight I'll be live with my friends from Affectus and Aveliana both solo developers themselves! Join us live, and you'll be able to ask us anything about our games and how we make them.

The first live we did with Zenibuka, the composer of Pale Night, was a real success. We reached a peak of 952 viewers and a total of 12,464 unique viewers! I still can't believe it!

I'm so excited to renew the experience, this time with developers of Aveliana and Affectus. We'll be playing each other's games and discuss our creative process, gameplay, storyline, art style, making games and more!


Play the demo (and wishlist!) right here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631550/

See you on the 21th!

Simon from PrettyFrenchGames

This is it. The Next Fest is right around the corner and the demo of Pale Night is finally available on Steam for free! And with it, the first major update, adding storyline elements, dialogues, cutscenes, character controller quality of life, French translation and more!



What are you waiting for? Go play the demo and tell me what you think! I'd love to get your feedback, so make sure to tell me how was the game in the community hub.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631550/

[h2]Update Changelog[/h2]
[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Add storyline cutscenes (wake up scene, Pook escape, forest cutscene, boss defeated cutscene)
  
• Add a flexible dialogue system with custom tags to pace the typewrite effect, special text effects, dialogue sounds
  
• Add localization system
  
• Add French language translation
  
• UI: Fit selection arrows to the text (helps with localization)
  
• Made the "elevator" level easier (more time to jump onboard)
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Improved character controller game feel
  
  
  
  • coyote jump
    
  • jump buffering
    
  • walljump doable a few pixels from the wall
    
  • analog movement with gamepad sticks
    
  • halved gravity jump peak
    
  • heavier fall
    
  • fine-tuned wallstick frames
    
• Increase fall height necessary for screenshake
  
• Add more tree layers and parallax effect to forest scene
  
• Slight changes to boss fight to fit the new character controller game feel
  
• Improve indoor tree entrance and exit to blend better with the background
  

[h3]Bug fix[/h3]

• Fix debug menu options
  
• Fix continue button when there is no save files
  
• Fix crystal hitbox bug on tree bossfight
  
• Fix visual bug with guard monkey duplicating
  
• Fix dashing while falling down a wall and getting stuck
  
• Fix elevators jitters
  

Simon from PrettyFrenchGames

Pale Night is a narrative platformer where you must avoid light to stay alive. Join the composer Zenibuka and developer Simon as we play Pale Night's demo live for the Next Fest launch!

We'll be there to answer all your questions: how did the project came to life, what the world of Pale Night is about, soundtrack creative process, speedrunning the game and more!

Play the demo (and wishlist!) right here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631550/
Leave us some feedback in the community hub:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1490870

See you on the 16th!

Simon from PrettyFrenchGames