The End of the Sun News

Hello folks!

We would like to share with You one of the most important pieces of information during our 5-year-long development process.

[h3]Free demo Release![/h3]

We are extremely happy to announce that The End of the Sun free demo version will be released on steam on the 24th of January, 2023! :)

The demo will contain a small part of the full game but as we tested, it still has 50-60 minutes of gameplay. (it's quite long for a demo, some small fully released indie games very often have like 1 hour of gameplay ) The Demo will also be a part of the Steam Next Festival 2023 February edition. The Demo will include English and Polish full audio language versions. The full version of the game will be available in 9 languages of course.



We have been working on the demo the whole last month (12h per day and sometimes even more. / A demo of the open-world game is a hard thing to prepare.) It'll be something really worth checking out. It'll contain an improved mission that You could watch on our gameplay video + another unrevealed mission.

[h3]Do you want to become the Demo tester?[/h3]

The demo is ready, we just make the final closed tests and fixes. After the new year, we will be looking for testers. Contact us at [email protected] if you want to take a part in tests! (We are looking for Linux and mac testers too!)


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Thank You for Your help!



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Hello folks!
The last update was posted a while ago. Sorry for that but we have been developing a few elements of the game simultaneously. Today we have for you better news than in the earlier update. :)

In that update, we'll be writing mainly about recording Polish language voiceovers to The End of the Sun but also about working on puzzles and missions.

[h2]Recording voiceovers - job harder than you could think[/h2]

Some may think that we just click the record button and then the actor says some words to the mic and it's done. It's much more complicated than that. :) We described the whole process in Update.



In The Update, You could find a lot of final samples of voiceovers, videos from the studio and in-game videos with dialogues. Please If You like it share the update with Your friends! :)


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[h2]READ THE WHOLE LONG UPDATE HERE[/h2]
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[h2]What we have been working on for the last few months?[/h2]

-We recorded almost all Polish voiceovers (only outsourced narration that won't take our time directly is still waiting for records), which took us over 2 weeks. Then we spent 4 weeks choosing proper versions of voiceovers and processing them by mastering and effects.


-We already fully finished the creation of 4 missions - We still have to finish the creation of 15 missions, but don't worry good news here is that preparing a single mission is taking us about 1 week. All systems are ready now and assets are done so basically connecting everything together is ultra-fast comparing it to the whole development process. To be honest, connecting everything (graphics, voiceovers, scripts, systems) into missions/puzzles is like 15% of the whole development. (Of course in our case)



-We created the whole Main menu, Settings Menu and Pause menu - It took us over a month. Seems like something easy to do but it's the opposite way. Basically, we had to code everything from scratch to fit our game. We added options for language settings like choosing subtitles and voiceovers independent way (something you ask us to implement)

We also coded fully gamepad support, and really advanced graphics settings (allowing You to set even Such details as the rate of global illumination refreshing time. We also implemented Save profiles so You could start a new game without losing actual progress. In the menu, You will also find cool "Credits place" with a fire theme. This is where Kickstarters supporter's names will be shown!



-We made many minor fixes and changes and made the gameplay a better experience. Polishing the game is always a lot of work impossible to predict in any way. Also, there are many features that we have been working on, but it's just hard to write about every single one here.



[h2]What do we have to do before release?[/h2]

We have to finish the creation of the rest of the missions as we already mentioned. Test the game and basically, that's it!

Of course, we still have to record English voice actors and translate the game to all languages but outsourcing creators will prepare it so basically, it won't take us our work time. It will be done simultaneously with game tests.

The problem is that we don't know what problems we will be dealing with after testing the game so we still can't say anything about the specific Release date. For now, we still won't change our predictions and aim to Release the game this year, if we decide to move Release we will inform You about it in Update.



[h3]Thank You for Your understanding[/h3]
As We mentioned in Earlier Updates the situation in the world and especially in our country isn't perfect. This is why we are even more thankful for Your understanding, the love and the warm words You are sending to us!

The Summer holidays are coming so... have a great time!
The End of The Sun Team

[h2]READ THE WHOLE LONG UPDATE HERE[/h2]



https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/

[h3]Check Out also Game from Our Friends:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1185740/Mira/

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Hello folks!
We have for You new and full of images and information game dev diary!

[h2]What exactly you will find in this update? [/h2]

• Today we would like to share with You some amazing drawings from great artists that we started to cooperate with!
• We also would like to talk a little bit about what we have been doing for the last 3 months and what is game development progress. :)
  
• We’ll share with you also few NEW environmental screenshots from The End of The Sun!
• What’s more, we prepared for You -15% FOR ALL SUPPORT TIERS AND REWARDS on our webpage until The end of the Autumn!
  

We established cooperation with 2 Artists (painters). Both of them create amazing art and specialize in paintings with Slavic myths, legends and creatures themes. You will be able to find these paintings in the game world, take a closer look at them and sometimes listen to “Ashter”(Zhrets) comments.
What will be even more interesting is that some of the paintings will be connected to The End of The Sun game story!

In The Update, we also show how Your comments influence the game design! It's really worth reading.





[h2]Almost 8000 players wishlisted The End of The Sun.[/h2]

We are very happy that many players add our game to their Steam Wishlist every day !

For now, 7747 people added The End of The Sun to their Wishlists. Keep in mind that we even didn’t start proper game promotion so these are great numbers for the indie game like ours. (We are making whole our marketing on our own)

Wishlists are very important for the game release and We are aiming to get a minimum of about 15 000 – 20 000 wishlists before the game Release. So please if you haven’t added Our Game to your Wishlist yet You could do it below:

[h3]ADD The End of The Sun to Steam WISHLIST HERE. [/h3]
Please also share that update with Your friends
[h3]THANK YOU for your support![/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/
Collecting wishlists is very important for small indie teams like ours. More people wishlist the game = more people will get single notification about game full Release. If You would like to help us even more You could click FOLLOW so You will get a steam notification about the most important updates about our game.


[h2]The new teaser that You may not have seen yet[/h2]
In the last update, we shared New short Teaser of the game. If You haven’t seen it yet. You could check it out below. Remember to leave THUMB UP and comment :) It will help us with promoting our game a lot. Thanks!
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



[h2]SPECIAL OFFER until the end of the Autumn![/h2]
Use code “SLAVICMYTHS2021” to get -15% for all support Tiers! :)
The End of The Sun Kickstarter has ended Successfully! Now, as the campaign is over, we can offer you to pledge via Paypal and still grab some of the special Kickstarter rewards! :)

It's a great time to support us and get for example T-Shirt (that will be delivered in 2-3 weeks) or an additional copy of the game for Your friend! :)

[h3]If You have any questions ask us in the comments section or Join our Discord.[/h3]



[h2]Game from our friends is now Released on Steam Store![/h2]
The Gamedec - a game made by our friends (They supported us a lot with their updates during the Kickstarter campaign) is now Released on Steam Store! :)

Remember to leave Steam Review if You will like the game :) It's important for devs to hear Your opinion. They put a lot of effort to polish and release Gamedec. :)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/917720/Gamedec/



[h3]If You like our update Rate it up. It's just one second of Your Time, and Huge help for our indie team :)[/h3]

Hello Folks!

We would like to share with You new teaser that presents part of the game-play. It's focused on fantasy creature called "Child of Water"
In addition, we prepared making of blog post how this creature was designed and created. :)

We also moved the release date of the game from June 2021 to 2021/2022. More detailed info about release date and teaser You could read on our blog post.

[h2]NEW TEASER![/h2]
[h3]You could watch Teaser on Youtube here or below.

Don’t forget to leave a comment and THUMB UP on Youtube if You like it.[/h3]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


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[h2]GAMEDEV DIARY:[/h2]

This blog post diary is about one of the fantasy creatures (connected to Slavic legends) that You will meet at The End of The Sun – a monster called “Child of water”.

READ WHOLE ARTICLE HERE








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[h3]JOIN TO OUR DISCORD CHANNEL[/h3]



[h3]Please encourage Your Friend to The End of The Sun Game To Wishlist on Steam.[/h3]

This is very important for Indie Developers to have a lot of Wishlists before game release.
Until now over 7300 players added The end of the Sun to Wishlists!

Thank You for Your Support!



[h2]Click THUMB UP if You like our updates :)[/h2]

Hello folks!

Cause It's been 3 months since the last update and many of You requested another one... it's here! :) Before we will start We would like to invite You to our DISCORD server where You will have more direct contact With us and You could also chat with other supporters and players. :)

[h3]The End Of The Sun DISCORD CHANNEL[/h3]

Please also don't forget to tell Your friends about wishlisting The End of The Sun :) We are really close to 7000 wishlists!
It Is Really Important for better steam positioning for a small indie team like ours to have as much as possible wishlists before Release.

SHORT ABOUT UPDATE:
We are writing what we have achieved in the last 3 months. We Show some new Scanned 3d assets as well as improvements to cutscenes system, characters, walking system and more.

[h3]TECH INFO:Unfortunateley Steam don't support GIFs larger than 3 MB this is why We posted the whole article on our Official Webpage[/h3]

[h2]READ THE DEVELOPER UPDATE HERE[/h2]










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