Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars News

It's that time of year again...when the ghosts ghoul and the goblins...gobble?

WHATEVER! It's SPOOOOOOOKY!

There have been a number of updates to Arkhangel since release. As a bullet point list here are the high-level updates:
+ Added traditional point & click navigation - This is now the default and recommended method of navigation.
+ Multiple direct input updates including faster turning and transitions and allowing the player to continue walking in the direction they are facing after a camera change if input is still active. The direction will update when the user actively changes their input direction.
+ Added game controller support.
+ Added a run option.
+ Added a method of fast travel that unlocks at a certain point of the game.
+ Interface updates that include opening the inventory on a hotspot interaction.
+ Updated Menu Flow & Tutorial
+ Inventory redesign.
+ Adjusted and revamped a ton of camera angles/transitions
+ Reconstructed & revamped many areas to better fit point & click navigation (and just general flow improvements)
+ Several bug fixes and bits of polish throughout including changes to dialogue and some characters.

If you'd like to check out a few cool videos, click below!

"Arkhangel: 1.5 Feature List":

https://youtu.be/buWxv1F_X5I

"What People are Saying":

https://youtu.be/CQ_Z4ypZmQI

"Recording the Music":

https://youtu.be/Jy95v8Y5T9w

"The History & Evolution of Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars":

https://youtu.be/Hgj33WYTsag

Happy Halloween!

-Winter Night Games

Check out this mini-documentary that we put together to wrap up our video series in honor of the version 1.5 update releasing this week! It goes into the history of Arkhangel and Winter Night Games.

Enjoy!
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Hey all!

As the week of Arkhangel Version 1.5 Release continues, we bring you a quick behind the scenes video of recording the music!

Chad Seiter, the music composer for Arkhangel wrote and recorded over an hour’s worth of original music. Check out some of the hijinks from the weekend that we went into the studio!

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Hey all!

We thought we'd share a little video of review quotes for Arkhangel. We really appreciate all of the love and support you've given us and wanted to put your words to some spooky Arkhangel music!!

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Thank you so much!
-Winter Night Games

ATTENTION! The 1.5 patch for Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars is available now! After months of work, we finally have full point & click navigation in and working as the default mode. You can still use direct input if you’d like but point & click is now the recommended and default setup when you play AA. There were a *ton* of additional updates in this patch.

Here’s a full list of what’s included:

Arkhangel 1.5 Patch Notes:

SPECIAL NOTE: Previous saved games are not supported. There were a number of invasive changes that will wreck havoc with old save files with unpredictable results. We recommend starting the game over from scratch.

+ Adding Point & Click Navigation - This is now the default and recommended method of navigation.
+ Input change when in Direct Input Mode that allows the player to continue walking in the direction they are facing after a camera change if input is still active. The direction will update when the user actively changes their input direction.
+ Interface updates that include opening the inventory on a hotspot interaction.
+ Added a method of fast travel that unlocks at a certain point of the game.
+ Run Toggle is now implemented and mapped to LEFT CTRL by default. This works in both point & click and direct input. This can also be mapped to a game controller.
+ Updated Menu Flow & Tutorial
+ Minor inventory redesign
+ Adjusted a ton of camera angles/transitions
+ Fixed random issue with Gabrielle's dialogue triggering in Haven Overworld when she wasn't around
+ Revamped several camera compositions and transitions.
+ Reconstructed & revamped many areas to better fit point & click navigation
+ Slight Animation adjustments to Michael
+ Changed default game pad button mapping to match updated UI.
+ Adjusted Low and Medium quality settings to eek out a little more performance.
+ One inventory item that you originally started with is now something that you need to find.

We’d like to take this moment to thank everyone for the great feedback since the initial release of Arkhangel. This is a game that has been part of our lives for a very long time and we are immensely proud of it. We appreciate all the love and support that you have all shown. This will more than likely be the final major content release for Arkhangel but we have really enjoyed the (sometimes bumpy) journey. 😊