Between Horizons News

Fellow detectives,

we are thrilled to announce that our sci-fi detective adventure Between Horizons will launch on March 25th, 2024! Time for you to hop on board of the generation ship Zephyr, and take on the role of Stella - the newly assigned Chief of Security. Dive into the conspiracy behind the incident that threatens to disrupt the Zephyr’s social order and foil its mission.

While we're counting the days until release, we're adding the final touches to the game to provide you a fantastic gaming experience.

You can watch the new release date reveal trailer right here:

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We can't wait for you to enter the Zephyr and utilize your detective skills to unravel the mysteries happening on this ship. Don't forget, failure is very much an option.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons/

Detectives,

we heard you, gathered your feedback, and developed a bunch of improvements for the demo! Internally, we call this update the "PDA glow-up" patch. :-)

The update includes the following changes:

• Major usability and visual upgrades to the PDA
  
• Reworked Network Area pattern puzzle
  
• Integrated more player feedback, e.g. better tutorial controls
  
• Added some new random encounters
  

[h3]PDA UI[/h3]

• Simplified & standardized layouts, sizes etc. across all tabs
  
• Universally prettier UI sprites, consistent color scheme, new tab icons
  
• Merged Journal tab into Cases tab
  
• Massively simplified Evidence tab
  
• Improved Messages tab layout
  
• Fixed mouse scrolling (click & drag, mouse wheel) on map
  
• Corrected mixed up clue texts
  

[h3]Other UI[/h3]

• Advancing tutorial no longer requires hold to press
  
• Added LMB to advance tutorials and disclaimers
  
• Major visual improvement to "show evidence" UI
  
• Added dpad support for scroll bars
  
• Fixed settings toggles not (always) being saved & loaded
  
• Reduced & simplified tutorials
  

• Completely reworked pattern puzzle & related texts of Intruder case
  
• Replaced blackscreen during opening monolog with cinematic Zephyr shot
  
• Changed dialog in William's bunk
  
• Added Sergeants briefing prior to Intruder case
  
• Added Chichi (Stella's pet)
  
• Added interaction with Erik & Elliot
  
• Added interaction with Bodo & Yahya
  
• Changed Luis dialog
  

• Added sign posts & animated screens to hallway floors
  
• Scan ability is now disabled until introduced
  

• Fixed a bug where dialogues could erroneously be started again
  
• Speculative fix for "stuck in elevator" bug
  
• Fixed rare stairs overshooting bug
  
• Added dpad support for lane switch controls
  
• Sitting characters no longer turn around when addressed
  
• Fixed rare camera jumps at scene start
  
• Fixed interaction UI (not) (dis)appearing at the wrong time
  
• Fixed placement of "ping scan" effect on all elevators
  
• Countless additional small fixes & tweaks
  

Here's a thread in the discussion boards, where we'll add all subsequent changes we're adding in the future: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1921980/discussions/0/7336985071466927854/


Furthermore, we decided to move the release of Between Horizons further into the future.
We want to make sure that we can deliver the quality you deserve and expect from us.

Happy investigating and don't forget to wishlist!

Yours,
DigiTales

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons/

Detectives,

there are some mysterious things happening on our generation ship Zephyr. And we need your investigative skills to unveil the secrets involving these incidents.

A new and updated demo for Between Horizons is available now - don't waste any time and jump right into the role of Stella, who was born on the ship 24 years ago and recently inherited her father's post as Chief of Security.

Report any suspicious things you encounter.

Stay safe everyone!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons/

Hey, everybody!

You may have noticed that we haven't shared much about ourselves or our work on Between Horizons over the last year or so. Time to bring you up to speed!



In spring of this year, we released a demo of our upcoming sci-fi detective adventure Between Horizons. Despite its favorable reception, we pulled it again about three months later for a number of reasons. If you haven't heard already, a completely revamped demo is playable at gamescom right now! You can find it in two places in Hall 10.2: the Indie Arena Booth as well as the GameUp!/saaris booth (E020g - D021g). Come check it out!

(Don't fret if you can't make it, the new demo is coming to Steam a little later.)





We recently announced our plan to join forces with legendary pixel artist 6VCR to delve into the genre of survival horror together. We are extremely excited about this project, but it has no clear timeline right now as it massively depends on the response to the upcoming crowdfunding campaign. If you want to see it come to life, please follow the campaign or sign up for a one-time e-mail and help us spread the word!





To celebrate Lacuna's second anniversary, we released a free mini album titled Lacuna Lo-Fi, a chill remix of select tracks from the Lacuna soundtrack. You can find it on Steam, YouTube, and most streaming platforms!





Earlier this summer, a medley of the Lacuna soundtrack was featured in a video game soundtrack concert at Saarländisches Staatstheater. From the bottom of our hearts: Thank you so much, Saarländisches Staatsorchester, Yannick Süß from HippoScore, and everybody else who helped make this possible! A full recording of the concert will air September 27 on Saarländischer Rundfunk. Check our Twitter or Instagram for a tiny sneak peek!





Believe it or not, we recently moved for the fourth time in less than four years. We swear this is the last time for a while now, as the new location is everything we could ask for. It's a very central place in Saarbrücken and just two floors underneath some good indie friends that moved in with us. Check out our break room!





These are the major developments of the past few months that we can speak on for now. We still don't know when exactly Between Horizons will be released, but we continue to aim for late 2023.

As for our plans beyond that, we currently have multiple projects lined up that may (or may not) be realized sequentially or concurrently starting this winter. We had more concrete plans already, but the federal games funding program being cut over night threw a massive wrench in the works.

We hope you enjoy the new demo at gamescom. If you can't make it there, stay tuned for the demo release on Steam this fall!

Best, The DigiTales team

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Dear Crew,

Thank you all very much for the continued support and feedback you've provided ever since the Between Horizons demo went live in early April.

As of today, the demo is no longer available until a completely revamped version goes live. We've made this decision because the demo was no longer a good representation of the game in its current state. In fact, it never really captured the more open-ended investigation gameplay that the full version of Between Horizons will offer.

We want to fix that in the reworked demo, but we cannot provide a release date for it yet. There have already been countless additions, fixes, and upgrades to the game, a lot of them based on your invaluable feedback. However, that doesn't automatically mean that there is a release-ready slice of gameplay fit for a demo.

Between Horizons is still coming out later this year, and it's possible that the new demo won't go live much earlier than the full game. In the meantime, stay tuned for announcements right here on Steam. For more frequent updates about Between Horizons and all our endeavors, best follow us on Twitter!

All the best from the Bridge,
Your DigiTales team