CRT7 News

Hi all,

Just to let you know I'll be streaming a developer playthrough/Q&A to celebrate the CRT7 demo coming out! It'll run from 18:15 to 20:00 UK Time on the 4rd, to coincide with the end of my week, before I take a small break from working on the game!



Obviously beware for spoilers, but feel free to come along if you want to have a chat and/or see what CRT7 is about before you try the demo for yourselves!

-Amicable Animal

Hi all, Tom here!

Just a quick message to say I've pushed a new build of the Demo today - Demo Version 0.17e. You can check the version number in the credits section of your phone. This version contains a few small fixes, and a new visual option as requested by players.

• New: Added a new option in the Visual Options section of the phone. You can now switch between handwritten and printed styles for the books. Hopefully this will help people who struggle reading cursive! It's also printed in black, if you need more contrast.
  
• New: Made it so you can turn off the torch again at the start (but only before you open the door!)
  
• Tweak: Fixed a couple of minor mistakes in the books
  
• Tweak: Moved and renamed the option to delete progress
  
• Tweak: Reduced Hi-7 table light intensity to make books a little easier to read
  
• Bug Fix: Fixed an issue when running the game from different locales (commas vs full stops in numbers)
  
• Bug Fix: Fixed an issue with the log buttons remaining on screen at lower frame rates
  

Remember, you might have to restart Steam for the update to appear for you.

Enjoy! I hope the book option in particular helps some folks!

- Amicable Animal

Hi all,

Just to let you know I'll be streaming a developer playthrough/Q&A to celebrate the CRT7 demo coming out! It'll run from 18:00 to 20:00 UK Time on the 3rd, to coincide with the launch of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, and on the 4th to mop up anything we haven't done yet!



Obviously beware for spoilers, but feel free to come along if you want to have a chat and/or see what CRT7 is about before you try the demo for yourselves!

-Amicable Animal

Hi all, Tom here!

Over on the dying ex-birdsite, I've been counting down to the CRT7 Demo launch, and also challenging people with some old-school hidden information puzzles in the announcement posts. It occurred to me that if you made it to this puzzling Steam page, you might like to give them a try too!

At time of writing, I've released five of the seven puzzles. Each individual puzzle will yield a word or two, that you should collect along the way. You'll be able to find them all here the moment they are released:

The CRT7 Countdown Challenge

Below is the one for 5 Days to Demo, as a somewhat gentle entry point:



Good luck!

- Amicable Animal

Hi all, Tom here!

Today is the official announcement of the 2023 Cerebral Puzzle Showcase which means I can say that CRT7 is launching its demo as part of this exciting event! CRT7 will be one of only 5 new demos debuting during the event, and I'm honoured to have been selected alongside other incredible thinky games. My previous game, SOLAS 128, will also be discounted by 60% - it's deepest discount ever.

If you've not seen it yet, I've made a special trailer to celebrate. I really hope you like it:

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Solve puzzles / Explore the dark / Fix the future.

Whether you like wordless exploration of an ancient interconnected neon machine, or exploring a dark basement full of weird corrupted retro machines, there is sure to be something you like here. Not only that, but it seems like the two games might even be connected somehow?



What's more, the demo launch build was finalised today, and is hopefully (relatively) bug free! As always, please do share the news, tell your friends, and wishlist the game - it's such a huge help!

- Amicable Animal