Lucy Dreaming News

Along with a couple of little tweaks to the game, the main reason for this update is to try and fix an issue which was causing the game to randomly crash (usually while streaming publicly...which is doubly annoying).

A bit of background info
The codec for the .ogg vorbis format I was using occasionally seemed to trigger crashes on some platforms, and I'm wondering if it's this that has caused the occasional crashing that some of us have seen on Windows 10 systems too.

I have now replaced all of the .ogg files with .opus files which has not only reduced the overall size of the game, it may actually fix the crashing too! 🤞

I have tested it at my end and didn't notice any issues with it running or loading previously saved games, but if anyone spots the game doing anything weird from an audio point of view, please do let me know.

Sorry this update is a bit heavier than the usual tweaks, but a large portion of the game's weight has been replaced with the new audio files.

Fingers crossed!

Tom

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Please take a second to nominate Lucy Dreaming for Outstanding Story-Rich Game of 2022.

[h2]It doesn't stop there![/h2]
Don't forget to tell your friends, families, pets and anyone else who'll listen, we're only a tiny team who have just released our first ever game into the wild, so we know we'll be up against the big boys, but you have to be "in it to win it", and we are so unbelievably proud of the game we've created!

Thank you for your help.
Tom & Emma x

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532710/Lucy_Dreaming/

The following have (hopefully) been fixed now

• Occasionally some objects were not accessible from left hand side of (musical) scene.
  
• It was possible to exit the scene after playing Goosey Wallop if you hammered the mouse really fast.
  
• A change to the game credits.
  

The un-ticked text in Lucy's diary is now higher contrast to help with accessibility.
I have also fixed an animation bug and tweaked the way system on one of the scenes.

Tom

We have seen incredible support and love for Lucy Dreaming, and managed to reach Steam's first two review milestones (10 and 50) really quickly. This is fantastic and has given Lucy Dreaming a Very Positive rating!

The next review milestone is a bit more daunting at 500 reviews!
This will give us an Overwhelmingly Positive rating and a top spot in Steam's algorithm. It may seem like a hard goal to achive, but we honestly believe that by tackling it one review at a time, we can reach it before we all die of old age.

If you have enjoyed playing Lucy Dreaming, please spare a few seconds to write a short review and help us to reach that magic 500 reviews ! It really will have an enormous impact, and enable us to create more games in the future.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532710/Lucy_Dreaming/

Thank you, and I really hope you've enjoyed playing the game.

Tom x